Plaid Tour 2024
Another year has passed quickly and it was again time for the Plaid Tour, an ALS research fundraiser in honor of Marshall Mathews, this year the 21st iteration of this annual event. We start at the Mathews home in Woodside where we drink coffee and mill around admiring each other's cars and perusing the wonderful collection that Marshall assembled over many years. Then we head up over the hills and down the other side to the little town of San Gregorio where we enjoy Bloody Marys, kick tires and spend more time socializing. Then the event ends in a schoolyard in Pescadero where we have a picnic. The weather was great, all the roads were open again after the rain damage that caused problems last year, and attendance was way up.
Here are some of the cars in attendance this year, as well as some of the cars from the Mathews collection.
Very early Buick -- I don't know the year
1926 Bugatti racer
'33 Packard V-12 Club Sedan
'52 Jag XK-120
My '41 Super
The Bugatti departing: