Werks Reunion Monterey 2024
Monterey Car Week

Friday at Monterey Car Week is a doubleheader—Werks Reunion and The Quail on the same day—so I start the morning on the fairways with my crowd. Werks at Monterey Pines Golf Course feels like home base: PCA friends from my Diablo Region, familiar faces from Zone 7, and new folks from across the country. Conversations pick up from last year, last week, or the previous canyon run—we fall right back into comparing notes, peeking under decks, and pointing out details in the rows. It’s less garden party and more reunion: judged lines, huge corrals, and space to actually talk cars.

Once I parked Soul to Squeeze (Turbo Florio 4) in the water-cooled 911 corral, that became my starting point to orbit from—three-quarters for stance, then details for story, before stepping back to see it in context on the grass. A familiar sight nearby: the “High Plains Drifter” Cayenne, a frequent attendee that always seems to rack up as many conversations as photos. From there the highlights stacked quickly: a 993 Carrera RS, a clean 993 coupe, and Porsche Monterey’s entry for the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge looking like a parts-counter poster come to life. The custom 1986 911 Targa by Bb-Auto drew a steady semicircle—hybridized, rainbow-themed, and clever in the packaging. The 356 presence was strong (as it should be): Speedsters and coupes that make the short grass feel like a postcard. I wrapped my loop with a cream-toned Gunther Werks Speedster, where the carbon-fiber bodywork let the surfacing do the talking.

Werks is where I recharge—catching up with PCA friends, meeting new ones, and getting a real-world read on what people drove in before the day turns dress-code. The Quail will bring the crowds and the jackets; Werks brings the community. This set reflects that: what caught my eye, what told a story, and the long walk across the green that reminds me why I come back—before I head home and change for the afternoon.