We walked into the darkness of the massive Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport not knowing what we’d find. Over the years we’d seen everything here from TV tapings to the launch of Tesla. On this occasion we’d been invited by Auctions America to photograph cars scheduled to go across the block July 17-18 at its annual California sale. Turned out it was a nice group of cars:

2004 Ferrari Enzo

1967 Ferrari 330 GTS

1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE

1998 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S

1997 Porsche 911 Turbo

2003 Porsche GT2

1964 Porsche 356 SC Sunroof

1957 Jaguar XK140 MC Fixed Head

1966 Shelby GT350 Hertz

We were told we could drive them, but only some of them.

“What would you like to drive,” asked Auctions America’s Ian Kelleher.

“How about that,” we asked pointing to [...]