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Cars and Coffee: NYC Edition

The weather here in NY has been pretty mild the past couple of days, which allowed for a brief cars and coffee to go down this past weekend. @urbanautoenthusiast hosted a last minute gathering at the Rhythm Zero Coffee shop, located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I went without any expectation, because there was a chance of rain, plus most folks tend to have the cars in storage during the winter season here in the Northeast. I was quite surprise though on the amount of people who

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Jan 121 min read

Momo Motorsport: Vintage Jackie Stewart Steering Wheel.

The story behind the origin of Momo (Short for Moretti Monza) is nothing short of a movie. Founded in 1964 by Italian race car driver Gianpiero Moretti. Gianpiero Moretti He commissioned a local craftsman to produce a custom steering wheel for his race car. This move set him apart from other racers because that steering wheel had a lot more grip, which caught the attention of other drivers. One race car driver in particular by the name of John Surtees, a Ferrari Formula One d

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Jan 102 min read

Premier Porsche Aircooled Gathering Luftgekuhlt 9: Part II

Here's a continuation from the previous post of Luft 9 from a few years ago. The amount of awesome cars in attendance was incredible. Won't be posting everything on here, quite frankly too much to post on a blog. If you'd like to see more, tune into the official instagram @vintage_appeal . Alright enough yapping, on to the photos! As the day progressed, the weather cleared up, making it a perfect day! The gate for general admission opened up. Lots of Porsche enthusiast enjoyi

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Jan 71 min read

Premier Porsche Aircooled Gathering Luftgekuhlt 9: San Francisco

Greetings! Luft 9, premier Porsche aircooled gathering was about two years ago. This post is better late than never, am I right? First things first, for those wondering what the heck is Luftgekuhlt, it's basically German for "Air-cooled". This is one of the biggest gathering of curated Porsche Air cooled vehicles in the country, dare I say world. If you're a Porsche fan, it is a MUST that you attend at least one of these. Every year the event is held in a different location,

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Jan 52 min read

Cars of Lisbon, Portugal '25

Greetings! Figured I'd clean up all the cobwebs and dust from the blog, which I have neglected for a couple years now. By the way, for those that don't know who I am, my name is Jose AKA Jay. Welcome! Before I proceed, Happy New Years. For 2026, one of my goals is to keep up with Vintage Appeal. A passion project that I began almost 10 years ago, focusing on the automotive car culture around the world, along with other cool things. I know some folks think I am crazy for doin

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Jan 43 min read

Luftgekühlt 7 A Celebration of Aircooled Porsches

First of all, welcome back. It's been a while that I've made a blog post, yet alone updated the website. After this hiatus, I feel as motivated as ever and a lot of exciting stuff are on the works behind the scene which I'll share in due time. Thanks for tuning in! Now let's get back to the regular schedule programming! A couple years back I took a trip to Indiana for Luftgekuhlt ( LUFT-GE-KÜHLT meaning Air Cooled in German) For those that don't know, this is a premier Porsc

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Feb 20, 20231 min read