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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 09:13 AM |
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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
I'm in L.A. for a few months so a road-trip up the coast this weekend to attend this show was a no-brainer. It's best described as the Canne Film
Festival of the Automotive Calender.
The event has the best of the best cars shipped in from around the world. Only the most exotic cars get an invite and classes are judged with the best
of class being the highest award a car can achieve. The best of show award is the Holy Grail of classic car awards.
There was also a display of concept cars from the major exotic car manufacturers.
Here is some of what we saw.
4 door Porsche- the family man sports car!
Merc- not sure about this one.
Bugatti- Beautiful!
Historical Porsche.
One of my girlfriends favorites- 
A typical engine bay at the event- eat ya dinner off this!
The very first Ferrari to hit U.S. shores.
Land speed record motorbike- from back when men could wear speedos and call themselves heros.
Original paint 56 Carrera! - wet dream car!
1952 Le Mans winning Gullwing.
1949 Veritas BMW Spyder race car.
One of my favourites- 
1937 Ferdinand Porsche Designed Car.
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HappyDaze
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 09:29 AM |
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That was the BEST lot of photos I've seen for ages - if not ever! How lucky you were to be there. The bloke in the 'Speedos' was Rollie Free, a
good mate of Burt Munro (of The Worlds Fastest Indian fame). We have a BLACK Poodle with 3 legs, who follows me around like a SHADOW - I named him
VINCENT! May catch up in October?
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 09:55 AM |
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Hey Greg- Yeah, not the cheapest of shows to attend, but definitely an event to see if the opportunity arises. We had a great weekend and everyone we
met was super friendly- a great vibe around this show!
There is also a couple of days of classic car races and an exotic car auction that goes on all weekend with many cars going for 100K and up. Too rich
for me unfortunately!
So you might be heading over here in October? Looking forward to catching up with you at some point in your trip.
Cheers,
Stuart
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 09:20 AM |
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that looks like an awesome display of various marques.
a lot of rare automobiles.
thanks for sharing
cheers
D
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