2022 Pebble Beach Concours Car Guide by Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

AUGUST 21, 2022 CAR GUIDE

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A Antique 4 B McFarlan 7 C American Classic 11 D Packard 16 E1 Lincoln V-8 20 E2 Lincoln V-12 24 E3 Lincoln Zephyr & Continental through 1962 28 F Unorthodox Propulsion 32 G Duesenberg 37 H Rolls-Royce Prewar 40 J1 European Classic Early Open 42 J2 European Classic Late Open 46 J3 European Classic Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 K Talbot-Lago Grand Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 L1 Prewar Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 L2 Postwar Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 M1 Ferrari Grand Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 M2 Ferrari Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 N Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 O1 Postwar Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 O2 Postwar Touring Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 O3 Postwar Touring Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 P1 Graber Coachwork Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 P2 Graber Coachwork Late . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 R1 24 Hours of Le Mans Centennial Early . . . . . . . 95 R2 24 Hours of Le Mans Centennial Late . . . . . . . 101 S Otto Vu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 V 1932 Ford Historic Hot Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 CONTENTS Pebble Beach®, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance®, The Lodge at Pebble Beach™, 17-Mile Drive™ and their distinctive images are trademarks and service marks of Pebble Beach Company. All rights reserved. ©2022 Pebble Beach Company. Please note: An asterisk (*) indicates Exhibit only

According to the American Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal of April 1904, this Fiat 75 HP Alessio Touring was one of the highest-priced motorcars in the world, at $13,500 . Just five years after Fiat began manufacturing automobiles, the automaker was already racing in Europe and the US, using a state-of-the-art engine that featured a self-advancing magneto and an innovative multi-disk clutch . In readiness for the 1904 Gordon Bennett races in Germany, Fiat upgraded four of its 60 HP models to 75 HP racers, but during testing it was decided that the 10-liter displacement should be increased to 14 liters Therefore, the four initial 75 HP 10-liter “racers” were returned to the factory to be redressed and renamed as 75 HP “sporting specials .”

This lovely 1910 car is the earliest remaining 4-cylinder Auburn, and the only existing example sporting this body style It was the largest of the 1910 Auburn line, utilizing a 318-cubic-inch Rutenber engine, with a three-speed

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance A-01 1904 Fiat 75 HP Alessio Touring George F. Wingard, Eugene, Oregon

The Paulsen Family, McPherson, Kansas

This Fiat 75 HP was coached with an elegant Alessio Touring body and sold to Vincent Bendix, an American automotive entrepreneur . According to George Wingard, this 1904 Fiat can top 85 mph A-02 1908 ALCO 60 HP Touring Brad Baker, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

This 1908 ALCO Touring is the only 60-horsepower chaindriven ALCO in existence and one of the most prestigious chain-driven automobiles of the great Brass Era of racing . It features a T-head six-cylinder engine with a fourspeed transmission . ALCO—the American Locomotive Company—was very successful in the Vanderbilt Cup, winning both the 1909 and 1910 races with a chassis specification identical to this car . In 1942, this ALCO was acquired by one of the greatest American collectors, George Waterman Jr ., from its original owner . It is currently restored to the exact specification of the original owner, who had the coachwork updated in 1911 to a Torpedo Touring Five Passenger configuration . The leather, lamps, instruments and upholstery are all original . A-03 1910 Auburn Model R Baby Tonneau

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This spectacular Silver Ghost was ordered by Douglas Fletcher, Esq ., of Avoch, Scotland, and coached by S & A Fuller Coachworks of Bath, England Known affectionately as “The Fuller,” it is believed to be the first Silver Ghost fitted with electric lights Upon Fletcher’s demise in 1929, the car was sequestered on the Black Isle of Scotland and remained undisturbed for 25 years It was eventually purchased from the Fletcher estate and superbly preserved with its original interior, which it retains to this day Numerous collectors have enjoyed Rolls-Royce #1392, and each has taken particular care to preserve its originality, with minimal refinishing . In 2010, this Ghost was awarded the Lucius Beebe Award at Pebble Beach Concours—an award named for a “bon vivant” who traveled by private Pullman car in grand style similar to “The Fuller .” This automobile has taken part in numerous rallies, and one cannot help but reflect on how, despite many changes in its surroundings, the Silver Ghost endures— largely unchanged

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. In 1953, the Auburn was “discovered” by a collector and restored for the first time Preserved by multiple layers of paint, the original wood body was in such good condition that, once stripped, it was merely varnished, not painted

A-04 1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Fuller Double Pullman Limousine John Bentley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

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A-05 1911 Lozier Type 51 Lakewood Touring Charles E. Nearburg, Dallas, Texas Lozier was renowned for building magnificent, sporting automobiles, first in Plattsburgh, New York, and later in Detroit The Lozier automobile was aimed at the upper echelons of society, so it was produced in limited numbers and was extremely expensive, often costing

. Chris Paulsen acquired the Auburn in 2018 and had it restored to its original dark blue with gold stripe livery, taking meticulous care to preserve all the original wood and sheet metal

transmission . The Baby Tonneau body was considered the “sporty” edition, with a narrow, removable back seat . The automobile stayed with the original family that owned it, in Wellington, Kansas, for over 40 years—and received a fresh coat of paint each time the barn in which it was stored was painted

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The Rambler Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, produced one the most luxurious automobiles of the early 20th century—recognized by the slogan, “The Comfort of the Parlor and the Speed of the Express Train .” This glorious example is believed to be the sole existing Model 65 and is quite possibly the only one built on a 128-inch chassis, with huge 41-inch tires, necessary for navigating the rutted tracks of the early 1900s . Luckily for us, the inaccessibility of replacement tires caused this Rambler to be “retired” for much of its life under the original ownership of S N Johnson, who kept the motorcar until 1963 . It emerged from retirement many decades later, still in original condition, complete with its first Laredo, Texas, license plate . This magnificent seven-seater Rambler was meticulously restored in 2008 and appears in its original green livery with superb brass accoutrements

A-07 1912 Packard 1-48 Six Phaeton Gary Dwight, East Lansing, Michigan Packard developed its first six-cylinder model in 1912, employing a 525-cubic-inch T-head engine, and maintained this platform as their top-of-the-line option until 1915 . A total of six Packard 1-48s exist, and this car is the oldest in existence . One of only three 1-48 Phaetons, it is a superb example of the early American automotive elite It has enjoyed a storied history and, based on markings on the rear of the car revealed during its initial restoration in the 1980s, it is believed to have been one of the automobiles used by Henry Joy, then-president of Packard, in one of his

1911 Rambler Model 65 Seven Passenger Touring Joe & Janice Conzonire, San Marino, California

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance more than an average home . The Type 51, named for its horsepower, featured a 9 .1-liter, six-cylinder T-head engine and was renowned for its sophisticated engineering and performance . This fabulous example was discovered sequestered away in a carriage house by an attorney who was settling the estate for a family in Albany, New York, in 1946 When Webster Knight, a celebrated antique car hobbyist, learned of the Lozier, still bearing its 1923 license plate, he bought it without further ado A later owner showed it at many events during the ’60s and ’70s, garnering several awards In 2018, Charles Nearburg purchased this rare and exceptional Lozier and had it expertly restored

pebblebeachconcours.net cross-country tours . Over the years some owners sought to modernize the Phaeton, but these modifications were undone amidst the car’s restoration . Gary Dwight has owned this car since 1981 and driven it more than 40,000 miles A-08 1912 Pierce-Arrow 48-SS Seven Passenger Touring Alan Schultz, Golden Oak, Florida

Among American automobiles of the pre-1920s era, Pierce-Arrows were the ultimate standard for quality, power and size, leading many US presidents to make them their cars of choice In a nostalgic nod, this specific car was even used by John F. Kennedy during his presidential campaign This majestic 1912 Pierce-Arrow 48-SS Seven Passenger Touring features one of Pierce’s quality trademarks: a cast aluminum body and a 48-hp 525-cubicinch, six-cylinder engine . Purchased new by James P. Sullivan, this Pierce-Arrow received a touring restoration for E . C . “Doc” Lawrence, former president of Horseless Carriage Club of America, around 1980 Over the many decades of its ownership by Brass Era specialists, this car has been maintained in original and complete condition while being used enthusiastically . Pierce-Arrows were built to be sturdy and to last forever—a goal likely to be met by this superb centenarian . B-01 1923 McFarlan 154 Twin Valve Six Knickerbocker Cabriolet

The Nethercutt Collection / Helen & Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, California

This enormous Knickerbocker Cabriolet (chassis 23016), McFarlan’s top-of-the-line offering, was first owned by film star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle . At its core was McFarlan’s Twin Valve Six, with a 4½ x 6–inch bore and stroke, displacing 572 cubic inches and offering 120 horsepower . With its six fenders, ornamental side lamps, and landau bars, the Knickerbocker body style was more than a bit flamboyant Special equipment for Arbuckle included a canopy that snapped onto the back of the roof—and a BM c FARLAN

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This rakish McFarlan roadster (built on chassis 23131) was initially purchased as a graduation gift for a daughter of the Goodrich tire family . In 1950, E . J . Leap of Hyndman, Pennsylvania, bought the car, and members of his family drove it on the 1951 Glidden Tour . Soon after, the car

This Twin Valve Six (chassis 23061) bears the only McFarlan Sport Touring body to have survived the Great Depression and the ravages—particularly, the metal drives—of World War II

Its third owner, John Gambs, did the same for two decades more . It passed to Johnny and Christine Crowell in 2021 . This rare survivor was repainted in 1950 but it remains primarily in its original unrestored condition . It appeared on the cover of Antique Automobile in the fall of 1984 B-03 1924 McFarlan 142 Twin Valve Six Roadster Chris MacAllister, Indianapolis, Indiana

Johnny & Christine Crowell, San Ramon, California

The heart of the McFarlan Twin Valve Six is its massive engine with a 6-inch bore and 4 ½-inch stroke displacing 572 cubic inches—the largest displacement engine available in a production car for 1924 . With four valves and three spark plugs per each of its six cylinders, horsepower is rated at 120 . Current owner Chris MacAllister says this car is “wonderful to drive—and torque is off the chart ”

8 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance M c FARLAN director’s chair with his name on it . With the exception of another Knickerbocker trimmed in gold that was sold to an Oklahoma oil family, this car was purported to be the most lavish car that McFarlan ever built . Additional owners included Milford “Tiny” Gould, Nelson Holmwood, Elliott Wiemer and Tom Barrett . The Nethercutts purchased the car from Barrett in 1968 and restored it in 1975, just prior to sharing it at the Pebble Beach Concours . B-02 1923 McFarlan Twin Valve Six Sport Touring

Its first owner, David Leroy Small, earned a fortune working as an engineer on the Panama Canal, and when he returned to the States, he wanted the best possible car—so he ordered this McFarlan Twin Valve Six with four-passenger Sport Touring body . Regrettably, he had little time to enjoy it; he died of malaria in February 1926 . His nephew later sold the car to Ralph and Margaret Burkhart, who kept it and cared for it for many decades in their automobile museum in Martinsburg, West Virginia

M c FARLAN was partially disassembled and stored away for more than 50 years . Mark Smith purchased the car at auction, but it wasn’t fully reassembled until passing into the hands of MacAllister in 2017

Although it spent much of its life on the West Coast, this McFarlan (chassis 2531) returned to its hometown of Connersville, Indiana, in 2001 and now has pride of place in the Fayette County Historical Museum A century back Connersville was known as “Indiana’s Little Detroit,” playing host to McFarlan, Lexington, Empire and, later, the Auburn car manufacturing plants . John Becraft McFarlan emigrated from London to the US in the 1820s and by 1958, his carriage shop was firmly established . Just over 50 years would pass before the McFarlan Carriage Company, then led by J . B .’s grandson Harry, produced its first motorcar It focused almost exclusively on the luxury market, offering cars that were impeccably designed and constructed Although originally called a Knickerbocker Cabriolet, this Type 154 body style was renamed a Town Car when offered for 1924 models Past owners include D Cameron Peck, Ed Griffin, J . P. Wallerich, Gary Anderson, the Imperial Palace Collection and Dean Kruse When the car was restored in 1990, it was repainted, reupholstered and some mechanical work was done, but it still has its original silver-plated huge headlights and radiator cover, as well as original nickel-plated side lights

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Long a constructor of horse-drawn carriages, McFarlan created its first “horseless” motorcar in 1909 . That same year, just 70 miles to the west, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built Harry McFarlan had his sights set on the luxury market, so racing was initially of little interest to him But races, particularly those at the Speedway, soon served as the proving ground for great cars . So McFarlans raced and did well there as early as 1910 For a brief time after the pace car pulled off the track, a McFarlan actually

B-04 1924 McFarlan 154 Twin Valve Six Town Car*

Fayette County Historical Museum, Connersville, Indiana

B-05 1925 McFarlan Twin Valve Six Roadster* Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance M c FARLANB led the first Indianapolis 500 race, in 1911 . It went on to finish the race but didn’t place . This later 1925 McFarlan Roadster now makes its home at the Speedway . The twoseater was patterned after McFarlan’s larger creations and is equipped with the same 572-cubic-inch six-cylinder twin-valve engine producing 120 horsepower . Like all 1925 McFarlan models, it also came equipped with all-wheel brakes . A hidden rumble seat, for two additional passengers, is located in the trunk B-06

From its start, the McFarlan was an impressive vehicle intended for the luxury market, and many superlatives have been used to describe it over the years . But Stan Lucas, the owner of this wonderful Twin Valve Six Rumbleseat Roadster (chassis 23403), quickly boils down its description to a few primary traits: the car has a very large engine displacing 572 cubic inches (thought to be the largest displacement engine available on a production car at certain points in the 1920s), it has triple ignition (with twin valves, six cylinders and three spark plugs per cylinder), and it was built in very limited quantities Lucas also jokingly notes that when built this Roadster was “about

Although the first McFarlan motorcar emerged about a dozen years prior and was recognized right from the start for its technology and excellence, it was the Twin Valve Six model, first offered in 1921, that earned the most accolades for the marque Despite additional new offerings, it served as the ongoing mainstay of McFarlan until the company’s demise in 1928 With a massive powerplant at its core, and with its solid, dignified and regal bearing, the McFarlan Twin Valve Six was sometimes referred to as the American Rolls-Royce—and bankers, businessmen, diplomats, sports heroes and stars of stage and screen all clamored for it This Town Car (built on chassis 23304) was priced at $9,000 when new, and it first went to Warner Bros Pictures San Francisco Chronicle editor Scott Newhall also owned it for a time B-07

1925 McFarlan 154 Twin Valve Six Town Car* National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), Reno, Nevada

1926 McFarlan 154 Twin Valve Six Roadster* Stan Lucas, Long Beach, California

B-08 1926 McFarlan Twin Valve Six Phaeton

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This 1926 McFarlan Twin Valve Six Phaeton (chassis 23407) is believed to have belonged to boxer Jack Dempsey It is also thought to be the only remaining McFarlan of this year and body style The car was previously owned, and restored, by the Imperial Palace Collection, and it was more recently with Robert Jepson before being purchased by the Crowells . The magnificent Twin Valve Six, introduced in 1921, was McFarlan’s mainstay for years; as tastes changed, the company offered a lighter car with a single valve engine in 1924 and then an inline-eight cylinder in 1926—but neither caught on . The same year this Twin Valve Six was created, McFarlan began a precipitous decline; company president and guiding light Harry McFarlan fell ill and headed to Arizona for his health, leaving the Indiana factory in the hands of a foreman who died two short years later Without guidance, production stopped, and McFarlan’s assets were liquidated in 1928 Many assets were purchased by Errett Loban Cord and the Auburn Automobile Company . C-01 1930 Stutz M LeBaron Torpedo Speedster Larry Carter, Los Gatos, California

Johnny & Christine Crowell, San Ramon, California

pebblebeachconcours.net 11 BM c FARLAN the most expensive, inefficient way to move two people yet devised .” The car was purchased new by Connecticut’s then-governor John Harper Trumbull . Additional owners of the car have included Cebert Holmes, Jack Passey and Otis Chandler Lucas has owned the car for about two decades

The Stutz Torpedo Speedster, which debuted on August 27, 1929, was heralded by the Stutz company as “an ultra-sport streamlined two-passenger high-speed automobile, the embodiment of the spirit of modern youth ” This particular car is significant as it is believed to be one of only four designed and built between 1929 and 1930 by LeBaron with an aluminum construction contoured specifically to obtain the greatest possible speed The tapered tail, cycle

This year, Cadillac is celebrating 120 years of creating innovative, iconic automobiles such as the 1931 Fleetwood V16 . Cadillac began production of its 16-cylinder, 452-cubic-inch automobile engine in 1930, and the legendary Cadillac “Sixteen” was born—with a 148-inch wheelbase and weighing 6,300 pounds In 1931, Cadillac built 364 of these behemoths but just 33 were Dual Cowl Phaetons This superb “Sixteen” was the object of desire of Augusta Little, aviator and automobile enthusiast, who ordered it in Satan Red with Puritan Cream wheels, and dubbed it the “Fire Wagon .” Forty-five years later, Little gifted her precious Cadillac to General Motors with just 44,000 miles on the odometer . The car has been meticulously restored in its proper colors, and all its fascinating features were preserved—the crank-operated rear windshield, eight-day clock, and rear compartment speedometer, to ensure that the chauffeur didn’t speed— not necessary for the audacious Little, as she always drove herself .

12 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance AMERICAN CLASSICC fenders and lack of running boards set this car apart from other Stutz Boattails . In 1929, one of these cars finished 10th in the Indy 500 race . The Torpedo Vertical 8 Engine has a high compression SV-16 head upgraded at the factory with 322 CID developing 113 hp Robert Gottlieb, editor of MotorTrend magazine, owned this Stutz in his personal collection from 1972 through 2003 The current owner acquired the car in 2020 .

C-02 1931 Cadillac 452A Fleetwood Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton* General Motors, Warren, Michigan

C-03 1932 Auburn 12-160A Speedster Charles & Amy Spielman, La Jolla, California

The stunning Auburn 12 Speedster was produced from 1932 to 1934 . Often referred to as a “boattail” for its superbly fluid lines, the Speedster was created by celebrated designer Alan Leamy These cars featured the impressive V12 Lycoming engine, displacing 392 cubic inches and developing 160 hp—which was much appreciated by top racers of the day, such as the Collier Brothers, who raced their “Beelzebub” in various Automobile Club of America events . The Speedster was a limited edition built for

One of the last of the great classics produced by Chrysler, this 1933 Chrysler CL Imperial Dual-Windshield Phaeton represents the epitome of Chrysler design in the early 1930s Of the 50 LeBaron-bodied Dual-Windshield Phaetons commissioned by Chrysler for 1932 and 1933, 17 are known to exist and this particular example bears its original body, chassis and engine

The 1932 Marmon Sixteen is a standard-bearer for the Classic Era of automobiles Designed by Walter Dorwin Teague Jr . and crafted by Colonel Howard Marmon himself, this car represents the alchemy of art, power and prestige . The all-aluminum V-16, 490-cubic-inch powerplant for which it is named is capable of developing 200 hp . It was on par with the Duesenberg Model J for acceleration, and yet cost a fraction of the price in the day Only 75 examples of the model still exist, and this pristine example was once owned by Daniel E “Hap” Motlow, chairman of Jack Daniels’ distillery . Its most notable features are the unusual and highly desirable chrome “spears” on the hood doors and the chrome molding on the trunk rack—believed to be the first Sixteen so equipped . This Marmon was also one of the early Sixteens to receive vacuum-assisted power brakes, which facilitated worry-free driving .

Gregory and Michelle Whitten acquired the car in 2018 .

aerodynamic efficiency and power with several innovative features, including hydraulic brakes, Columbia two-speed differential, three-speed synchromesh transmission with free-wheeling, adjustable shocks, knock-off wheels, and automatic chassis lubrication In 1932 a 12-cylinder Speedster set a speed record of 115 mph at Indianapolis, outperforming the top speed of the winning car at the Indy 500 that year

C-05 1933 Chrysler CL Imperial Custom LeBaron Dual Cowl Phaeton Laura & Jack Boyd Smith Jr., Elkhart, Indiana

C-04 1932 Marmon Sixteen LeBaron Closed-Coupled Sedan* Gregory & Michelle Whitten, Bellevue, Washington

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. According to the original Chrysler build sheet, this car was delivered new on June 15, 1933, to Indianapolis, where it stayed for much of its early

The car was eventually purchased by Chrysler Imperial expert Joe Morgan, who restored the car in the early ’90s

. The V12 engine conjures 175 hp, and 1933 was the first year of hydraulic valve lifters and StewartWarner power brakes

Mary & Ted Stahl and Mark Hyman, Chesterfield, Michigan

This 1933 Pierce-Arrow Model 1242 Convertible Sedan is one of two known to exist on the 137-inch wheelbase

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This Chrysler CL Imperial Custom is one of 151 flagship CLs constructed in 1933, and one of six CLs sold as a bare chassis/cowl It was exported to Paris, France, in July 1933 to be clothed by Carrosserie de Villars in this elegant, close-coupled cabriolet body It is quite possibly the only Chrysler ever bodied by this prestigious coachbuilder

The Smiths acquired the car in 2018 and orchestrated an exhaustive and historically meticulous restoration

C-06 1933 Chrysler CL Imperial Custom De Villars Cabriolet

. This Pierce-Arrow was acquired in 1983 by Dr Barbara Atwood of Illinois, known as the “Grand Dame of Car Collecting .” It was the first car in her 24-car collection and was immediately submitted for restoration . In 2009 the car was purchased at auction from Dr Atwood’s estate by the San Francisco Academy of Art Auto Collection, underlining its aesthetic prestige

The impressive coachwork was crafted by LeBaron, as were most Pierce convertible sedans; but this car does not carry the LeBaron tag because it was finished at the Pierce factory

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. The restoration of this lovely CL has been overseen by Mark Hyman for owners Ted and Mary Stahl . It is a marvelous representation of de Villars’ effortless elegance, with its taut, close-coupled coachwork, graceful CL radiator shell, extended bonnet line, and sporty CL chassis—a beautiful amalgam of French design and American engineering excellence

1242 LeBaron Convertible Sedan Bob Jacobsen, Los Altos, California

C-07 1933 Pierce-Arrow

. The car’s early provenance is unknown, but in 1968, CL1399 came into the care of a Polish aristocrat, Piotr Sanguszko, who owned the car until his death in the late 1980s, when it was acquired by French collector Rene Cocheteux

Having been a focal point of prominent collections for many decades, this car has been driven only 400 miles since its 1983 restoration and has since received minimal, carefully curated upgrades with correct period items, thus maintaining its authenticity C-08 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster Stephen A. Finn, Los Altos Hills, California

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The 851 Speedster was so admired, it was featured in the 1936 movie Desire, starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich This example was owned by the Otis Chandler Collection in Oxnard, California, and then acquired by Stephen Finn in 2001 and is Category #1 certified by the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club . Absolutely splendid in its stunning livery, it is rumored that Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio took this classic beauty for an extended test drive lasting over two hours long C-10 1941 Chrysler Town & Country Station Wagon Dr. Peter Heydon, Ann Arbor, Michigan

This nine-passenger Town & Country was built on March 14, 1941, and delivered to the Chrysler dealer in Alhambra, California . It was originally owned by Warner Brothers Studios and appears in several Our Gang and Charlie Chan movies . The first production year was 1941 for this new concept in Chrysler estate vehicles and only a handful of Town & Country station wagons from that year are known to remain today . The name “Town & Country” was used because the front looked like “Town” and the rear looked like “Country .” It was built on the standard Chrysler Windsor chassis and its wooden body was topped by the longer steel roof used for a limousine . The framing is ash, and Honduras mahogany veneer was used for the contrasting panels . Early examples were painted only in Regal Maroon, which was thought to best complement the highly glossed finish of the natural wood

In the midst of the Great Depression, Auburn launched one of its most iconic and desirable automobiles—the 851 Speedster . The perfect balance of elegance and performance, the Speedster offered a superlative tapered design originally penned by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, coupled with the Lycoming straight-eight supercharged 279-cubic-inch engine, producing 150 hp and a top speed of 100 mph

. Largely intact, the car was eventually restored by Packard enthusiast Robert Thayer and, once revived to its original splendor, this lovely Packard first attended the Pebble Beach Concours in 1998

Joseph & Margie Cassini III, West Orange, New Jersey

While the Great Depression took its toll on all auto manufacturers, Packard succeeded in maintaining a position of prestige in the American luxury market with its Seventh Series offerings, including the 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster

James & Nancy Scharfeld, Avon Lake, Ohio Packard’s Seventh Series debuted on August 29, 1930, and as with many of their celebrated automobiles of the era, this Dual Cowl Phaeton was penned by the talented Raymond Dietrich . Early provenance is unknown, but Packard aficionado Harold Crosby of Santa Cruz acquired the car in 1969 and orchestrated a restoration that led to First in Class at the Pebble Beach Concours in 1970 . Later that year the car also achieved Senior status in the Classic Car Club of America

D-02 1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Dietrich Dual Cowl Phaeton

16 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance PACKARDD D-01 1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster

. Powered by the 384-cubic-inch engine, the 745 was capable of 106 bhp and a top speed of 80 mph New for 1930 was a four-speed transmission and a centralized chassis lubrication system This glorious example was reportedly delivered to John Shibe, a wealthy Philadelphia sporting goods manufacturer, and then gifted to Cornelius McGillicuddy (aka Connie Mack), manager and part owner of the Athletics baseball team In the mid-1950s the Packard was acquired from a Philadelphia-area salvage yard and stored in a cow pasture, where it remained until the mid-1980s

. In 1972 the Packard was placed in the Craven Foundation Collection in Toronto, Ontario, and remained a centerpiece of this finely curated exhibition until 1986 . Almost 30 years later, under the ownership of Jim Miller, the car received a cosmetic restoration and the body was refinished in the Packard Blue and Black livery initially requested by Harold Crosby . James and Nancy Scharfeld took stewardship of the Packard in 2015 and are returning it to Pebble Beach more than half a century after its debut

D-04 1930 Packard 734 Speedster Eight Runabout Rob & Jeannie Hilarides,Visalia, California

. Heaton’s friend Ed Macauley, son of James Alvan Macauley, the president of Packard, was building a Speedster appropriately named the “Macauley,” and Heaton emulated his friend’s design Facilitated by the Packard Experimental Department, Heaton incorporated various nonproduction items into his Speedster, such as chrome-plated 18” wheels, also used on the Twin-Six Prototype seven-passenger sedan The finished product was, according to a period photograph and caption, capable of 117 mph, and as is evidenced here, is a unique and resplendent example of the Packard Speedster .

. The new design featured a bench front seat, with a rumble seat in the rear deck to accommodate two extra passengers . Due to the installation of the rumble seat, the original torpedo design had to be abandoned and a single spare wheel was mounted on the rear . This example was originally owned by famous aviator and World War I hero Tommy Hitchcock Jr ., who was instrumental in convincing the military to install the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, built by Packard, in the P51 Mustang fighter, thus giving the Allies air supremacy over Europe . The car was restored about 30 years ago and retains all of its original speedster features Rob and Jeannie Hilarides acquired the car in 2020, and are bringing it to Pebble Beach for its West Coast debut

On January 21, 1930, Packard announced the addition of the four-passenger Runabout, known as style #452, mounted on the 734 speedster chassis—and records seem to indicate seven Runabouts were built that year

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D-03 1930 Packard 734 Speedster Eight Heaton Custom Runabout Ted Davis, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The 734 Speedster was designed to be a high-performance, robust iteration of the Packard—a driver’s car Built on the shortened Deluxe Eight wheelbase, the Speedster was rigid and dependable Only 113 cars were built across all body styles and this lovely example is rendered even more rare by its unusual genesis The Heaton Packard was a 1930 Model 734 with a custom body, finished in 1932 by J L Heaton, owner of the Packard dealership in Terre Haute, Indiana

. But this car is one of just two that remain in existence

. Rollston was renowned for specializing in the formal Town Car with liveried chauffeur driving while exposed to the elements

. Feeling the bite of the Great Depression, Packard began to send Rollston their own touring limousine bodies for modification, adding padded formal rooflines, open front seats, and fine interior trim These Town Cars were built to the same high standards as Rollston’s fully unique creations and, as is evident on this excellent example, they were every inch a Rollston

D-05 1937 Packard 1507 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria Dr. Lonnie & Elizabeth Fallin, Littleton, Colorado

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D-06 1938 Packard 1608 Twelve Rollston Town Car Bob Tiffin, Red Bay, Alabama

This car is one of a handful of Convertible Victorias originally built, and one of even fewer still in existence In 1937, Packard made major changes to their senior models, including the frame, suspension, steering and brakes

Likewise, the interior was treated to a significant upgrade This car’s known history begins in 1963, when Irving Linden acquired the Packard with 200,000 miles on the odometer Over a period of almost three years, the Packard was restored and painted the green of his wife’s favorite dress This car carries the Dietrich body plate, and Irving requested that Dietrich be photographed with the car once it was completed One of the current owner’s most prized possessions is the photograph capturing that shared moment of pride This stunning Packard 1507 Twelve Dietrich Convertible has been repainted in Aubergine and appears today fresh from a recent restoration by Dr Lonnie and Elizabeth Fallin

This Series 1608 Packard is one of three known survivors Dressed in body style 495, this lovely Town Car sports a 473 3-cubic-inch, L-head V-12 engine, producing 175 hp, with a three-speed selective synchromesh manual transmission mounted on a 139-inch wheelbase The coachwork is by Rollston, a New York City coachbuilder who produced some of the finest and most expensive coachwork on the Packard chassis

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This car, built by the famed firm of Derham for Philadelphia construction magnate Matthew McCloskly Jr ., is one of the final examples of one-off coachwork and one of the last true phaetons built on a twelve-cylinder Packard chassis The completed product was beautifully finished with handmade hardware, a slim chrome-plated one-piece windshield, folding rear armrest, and a flush-folding top

Don Williams / Blackhawk Collection, Danville, California

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. Hormel used the rear body section of a 1930 Renault Reinastella Torpedo Scaphandrier to craft his creation, which went on to be owned by a Who’s Who of classic car collectors During its lifetime this unique Packard has been sought after and acquired by Hal Broda, J B Nethercutt, William F Harrah, and Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza . The Packard remained in the Domino’s Classic Car Collection until 1989, before joining the Blackhawk Collection where it was treated to a painstaking restoration and has emerged looking spectacular . This octogenarian has the prestige and performance of a Packard and has been front and center of some of the most prestigious car collections in the world 1938 Packard 1608 Twelve Derham Phaeton

Donald Ghareeb, Birmingham Alabama

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The Phaeton was later exhibited by Harry Resnick in his motor museum in Ellenville, New York, and after passing through the hands of Tom Barrett III and Ed Weaver, was eventually purchased by Charles B C . Gillet, whose storied history included stints as a US Navy frogman and an editor of MotorTrend . He had the car meticulously refinished and exhibited it at events all over the country

This one-off 1938 Packard Twelve (Model 1608) Torpedo Cabriolet by Kellner was custom built by the original owner, believed to be George “Geordie” Hormel II, heir to the meatpacking Hormel Foods Corp and owner of the historic Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona

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This historic Lincoln centenarian has been with the same family for the whole of its 100 years

Peder & Maria Jorgensen, Los Gatos, California

E1-01 1922 Lincoln L-124A Brunn 7 Passenger Touring Timothy Casey, Santa Barbara, California

. The chassis for this early Model L (chassis 6476), with a precision V-8 engine at its core, was likely completed when Henry Leland still owned Lincoln, but the marque’s transition to Ford ownership was probably well underway by the time the car was bodied by Brunn When the completed 7 Passenger Touring first arrived in his Portland, Oregon, Ford dealership, H J Casey didn’t know quite what to do with it

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Most people came to him seeking a Ford Model T then priced at just over $300 (the Model T became the first motorized vehicle to surpass 1 million in annual sales that year) He doubted the Lincoln, with its price tag of more than ten times the Ford, would sell—so he made it the family car After a decade of use, the Depression made its sale even more unlikely, so Casey simply parked the Lincoln in the garage and told his son, Paul, then aged five, that it was his For a time, it doubled as a fort or clubhouse for Paul and his friends, then it sat unused for decades Paul brought it with him to California in the 1970s, refreshed it, drove it, then passed it to his sons, Michael and Tim Tim and the next two generations of Caseys share this Lincoln centenarian with us today E1-02 1925 Lincoln L Judkins 3 Window Berline*

This early Lincoln was first owned by Emil and Caroline “Lina” (formerly Sutter) Leuenberger, who founded the famed Sutter Home Winery in Napa Valley . It is believed that they spotted the car (chassis 29341) on display at the San Francisco Auto Salon and immediately purchased it there . After a dozen years, the Leuenbergers gave the car to their chauffeur, Ernest Peterson, who later moved in with the Milanis next door and sold the car to them . After several other notable owners, including Jack Passey, the Jorgensens became its caretakers in 1982 . The 3 Window Berline was among the semi-custom bodies Judkins contracted to Lincoln . The Type 140 body style, offered from 1924 to 1926, came in three configurations: a 2 Window Berline, a 2 Window Berline that was semi-collapsible, and this 3 Window Berline A 2 Window Sedan and a 3 Window

Sedan were also available . This Berline is one of just 24 of its type built in 1925 . All of the 3 Window types came with artillery wheels and dual spares carried on the rear . Amazingly, this car retains its original body paint and interior upholstery, and the trunk has two fitted suitcases

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1928 Lincoln L Holbrook Fully Collapsible Cabriolet

This sweet Lincoln is one of just 10 built with a Berline Landaulet body by Willoughby, and it is believed to be the only complete surviving Lincoln with this body . The car’s original owner was Mary See, whose delicious creations had inspired her son to open his own confectionery, See’s Candies, based in Los Angeles, California, just a few years prior, in 1921 . By the early 1970s the car (chassis 39228) had passed into the hands of Kenneth Vaughn, co-owner with racing great Phil Hill of that era’s top restoration shop, Hill & Vaughn, where this car was lovingly revived In 1977, the car was sold to Brian Maclean See, and it later passed to notable Lincoln collector Thomas Powels and to Brian Harlamoff before passing to Max Neary in 2019 The careful restoration work of Hill and Vaughn has held up well, and the car still boasts its original cloth interior in back

Bill & Dee Kuettel, Capitola, California

Just 12 Fully Collapsible Cabriolets were built by Holbrook for Lincoln between 1927 and 1929 and this is one of two still in existence . Holbrook, a reputable New York coachbuilder, was in expansion mode throughout much of the 1920s; in addition to its original focus on building one-off custom bodies for well-off individuals and luxury chassis builders, it began to supply semi-customs and even production bodies to select manufacturers, including Lincoln in 1923 . Holbrook’s most popular body style built for Lincoln was a Collapsible Cabriolet, which debuted at the 1925 New York Automobile Salon Based on the Holbrook Brougham, the Collapsible Cabriolet had a removable chauffeur’s top and a rear compartment with a top that folded down like a landaulet . Soon, this came in Semi-Collapsible and Fully Collapsible versions This rare Lincoln Model L (chassis 48253), now with the

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Max Neary, Sherman Oaks, California

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E1-06 1930 Lincoln L Locke Roadster Leland Powels, Cambria, California

E1-05 1930 Lincoln L-176A Sport Phaeton Tom & JoAnn Martindale, Santa Cruz, California

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This 1930 Lincoln Model L was custom-bodied by the Locke company as a roadster with a fully disappearing top . Lincoln wanted to showcase a unique roadster at the 1930 Paris Auto Salon, and Locke was charged with the task of creating it In the process, Locke fully developed the art of the disappearing convertible top, finishing the look with a windshield that also folded down The final car, painted in a unique Ascot Maroon color scheme with maroon leather interior, was one of the last true roadsters produced by Lincoln . Some of the world’s foremost Lincoln collectors have owned and cared for this car . Tony Heinsbergen acquired the car in the 1950s from an early automotive preservationist who had used the car through World War II before retiring it, and Tom Powels purchased the car from Heinsbergen in 1958 . The roadster is now in the care of Tom’s son Leland, and it remains as delivered

This 1930 Lincoln Model L mirrored its 1929 predecessor almost exactly, which perhaps most notably to the eye had a higher, narrower and slightly more square radiator shell This particular Model L carries a four-door fourpassenger Sport Phaeton body (Type 176A), which also debuted in 1929 Most Lincolns came well equipped and most carried side-mounted spares, but this Sport Phaeton has dual-mounted rear spares, which give the car a longer, more dashing look . This Sport Phaeton was originally sent to California, and it was later owned for a time by Lincoln advocate Jack Passey . It eventually made its way to George Townsend, who restored it to a very high standard The Martindales purchased the car in 2008, and worked with Passey to make certain the car was absolutely as close as possible to its original state .

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance larger engine displacing 384 .8 cubic inches that had been introduced late in 1927, was built to fulfill a special order from the Peruvian ambassador to France . The car has been owned by Elfred Prada and Ludi Hinrichs, and it passed into the possession of the Kuettels in 1988

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John & Heather Mozart, Palo Alto, California

To many American classic car enthusiasts, Raymond H Dietrich was the leading car designer of his day . Dietrich was born in 1894, as cars were just coming into being, and he had an eye for these new creations and a love of drawing from an early age . His father was an upholsterer, so he also grew up seeing how any item could be transformed with an artistic touch . At age 12 he began an apprenticeship as an engraver, and by 19 he was working for Brewster & Company . He went on to create beautiful bodies for many manufacturers, but Edsel B Ford was a good friend and strong supporter, and those done for Lincoln have a special touch This is a rare Dietrich Coupe built on a Lincoln KB chassis (KB1219) . Of the 1,600+ Lincoln KBs built in 1932, just 16 were Dietrich Coupes, and even fewer—just 11—included a rumble seat, as this car does Dietrich’s trademark raked split-V windshield can be fully opened,

E2-01 1932 Lincoln KB Murphy Roadster

The Lincoln KB was the flagship model for the whole of Ford Motor Company in 1932 . With its smooth-running V-12 engine and a wide array of beautiful body styles, it had few rivals . It was magnificent when used around town or as a fast tourer, and its good looks and performance compared favorably to similar models from Cadillac and Packard

E2-02 1932 Lincoln KB-242A Dietrich Coupe

The car disappeared for a time but was discovered on the East Coast by Tom Powels and purchased by Harry Andrews, who left it dismantled in his shop for over 40 years John Mozart tried to purchase the car from Andrews repeatedly and finally succeeded in buying it in 2008 . “I truly love owning this Lincoln,” says Mozart “It is one of the highlights of my collecting career”—no small statement from a man who has won Best of Show at Pebble Beach not once but twice .

Bill & Barbara Parfet, Hickory Corners, Michigan

Around 1,600 KBs were built in 1932, and this is the first and only surviving example of five roadsters bodied by Murphy of Pasadena (on chassis KB11) It was first shown at the New York Auto Show, where it was immediately sold It appeared then much as it is seen now, with similar exterior and interior colors, polished belt line, walnut interior panels and many other small details

Beth & Ross Myers, Boyertown, Pennsylvania

The much-respected coachbuilding firm of Walter M . Murphy, located in Pasadena, California, built just five Dual Cowl Phaeton bodies for Lincoln, four of which were mounted on a 1931 Model K This Dual Cowl Phaeton, the final one built, is the only one mounted on a KB chassis (KB1349) The original brass Murphy body tag is still nailed to the bottom of the front seat . This car was originally painted black, and it had a green leather interior The paint and interior changed amidst a restoration several decades back, but the car has now been returned to its original livery by Beth and Ross Myers, working with Steve Babinsky The original owner is unknown, but the Myerses purchased the Phaeton from Mark Smith, who had owned it for 30 years

This particular KB (KB2005), with its fashionably raked V-windscreen and rear hinged “suicide” doors, is one of just 15 Dietrich Convertible Sedans produced, and is believed to be the earliest of the six surviving examples and the only one to have the early style open fenders The car passed through the hands of Jack Pope, Art Graver, Lee Gurvey, Otis Chandler, and Scott Kriens before being purchased by John Shibles in 2013 . Along the way, the car earned the nickname “Abe .” Gurvey hired marque expert Fran Roxas to restore the car, then showed it at the 1992 Pebble Beach Concours, where the car won its class and was named the Most Elegant Convertible Shibles had Steve Babinsky restore the mechanicals and the top, then drove the car on the 2015 Pebble Beach Motoring Classic and shared it again at the Pebble Beach Concours, earning the Lincoln Trophy

E2-03 1932 Lincoln KB Murphy Dual Cowl Phaeton

Lincoln offered a staggering 26 different body styles built by 17 different coachbuilders for its KB model in 1933 .

E2-04 1933 Lincoln KB Dietrich Five Passenger Convertible Sedan*

pebblebeachconcours.net 25 LINCOLN V-12 E2 the rear window can be lowered to chat with rumble seat passengers, and a large storage compartment can be accessed through a door on the right .

John P. Shibles, Sea Grit, New Jersey

The early history of this car (chassis KB4280, with #4 of the 13 Type 304-B bodies) is unknown although there are tales that it went to a burlesque dancer and actress in Canada

E2-06 1936 Lincoln K-330 LeBaron Convertible Roadster

The Model K chassis (K9002) was completed on October 11, 1937, then delivered by ship to Brunn in

E2-05 1935 Lincoln K Brunn Non-Collapsible Cabriolet

. Three or fewer are thought to survive today

. In the late 1960s it was found in a barn near Pembroke, Ontario It then passed through the hands of Gordon Scott and Tyson Davidson before being partially disassembled and retired to another barn for another 25 years . Andrew Marsh then purchased it, got it up and running, and sold it to Richard Mitchell Nick and Shelley Schorsch acquired the car at auction in 2014, and it has since received a light mechanical and cosmetic fluffing

E2-07 1938 Lincoln K Brunn Convertible Victoria Douglas & Leslie Kittenbrink, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The chassis for this custom-bodied Lincoln was built to special order for Walter Weiss of the Sterling Drug Company

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When this LeBaron Convertible Roadster exited the factory, it headed straight to Hollywood The 14th of 20 such roadsters built on a Lincoln Model K (chassis 6876) in 1936, it was purchased new by fan dancer Sally Rand Several decades later, the roadster was still in Los Angeles and still completely intact, including leather interior and top, but in need of much loving care

Harry & Heather Clark and Hillary Barr, Paradise Valley, Arizona

Only 13 Lincoln Model K Brunn Non-Callapsible Cabriolets were built in 1935—one of which was presented to Manuel L Quezon, then president of the Philippines, at the Malacañang Palace in Manila

. It is now co-owned by Hillary Barr and Harry and Heather Clark . And this past year, it received several awards and accolades at the CCCA Grand Classic and the AACA Western Regional Meet .

Nicholas & Shelley Schorsch, Newport, Rhode Island

. Hilyard Barr purchased it there in 1972 and eventually sent it to the Murray Motor Car Company to be restored

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Ralph Marano, Westfield, New Jersey

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This Lincoln K (chassis K9314) carries the last of the 12 LeBaron Coupes built in 1938 . Four more were built in 1939, for a total of 16, and then they were at an end A LeBaron Coupe could be had no more . The beautiful headlamps in the fenders, the low roof and windshield, and the lack of chrome trim on this example make the lovely design of the car even more pronounced It is one of the largest coupes that could be had and it rests on a long chassis Production of the great Model K was drawing to

27 Buffalo one month later . Brunn built a lovely Convertible Victoria body on the long wheelbase chassis, which is 145 inches long—9 inches longer than standard . With the extended wheelbase, the two doors are nearly five feet long! Custom details, such as the teardrop-shaped running boards, rear wheel skirts, and V windshield, accent Brunn’s design Other features include chrome covers for the window slots, a folding rear armrest, radio, heater and beautiful interior woodwork The car was later owned by Ernest Stern, Don Williams, Joe Hayes, Roger Willbanks, and Hyman Ltd The Kittenbrinks have owned the car since 2011 .

E2-10 1938 Lincoln K LeBaron Coupe Wayne Carini, Portland, Connecticut

By the end of the 1930s, James H . Knox, who was a Lincoln dealer in Buffalo, New York, felt that the bodies then being offered for the marque were a bit tired . So he invited LeBaron to work with him to develop a much more modern-looking Model K—and this one-off Convertible Sedan was the result The front ensemble, which Knox himself penned, was taken in part from production studies for the original Lincoln Zephyr The tall, narrow grille, in turn, might have inspired a similar nose that appears on the 1939–40 LaSalle The fenders were basically those of a 1938 Zephyr, but the rear fenders had a subtle kick up at their tailing edge and were skirted The stretched hood and grille were entirely new . Additional custom details included a full bar and writing table . Ralph Marano purchased the car in 2004, and it then underwent a two-year restoration process, which Stone Barn completed in 2006 .

E2-08 1938 Lincoln K-12 LeBaron Five Passenger Convertible Sedan

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E3-01 1939 Lincoln Zephyr 3 Window Coupe Ray Poletti, Seattle, Washington

E3-02 1939 Lincoln Continental Prototype* Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

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In the early 1930s, shortly after the Lincoln Model K debuted, Edsel Ford began to search for a new look for Lincoln—and he soon met an individual who would be able to take, translate and expand on his visions

. To power this new creation a new V-12 engine was developed from the Ford V-8 A variety of changes were made in the ensuing years but the revolutionary nature of the car remained This particular Zephyr (chassis H70360) has the rare “wing windows” and a Selectamatic auto-tune radio Ray Poletti acquired the car in 2014

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. The new Zephyr had been introduced and the Continental would arrive soon . Coachbuilding, too, particularly in the US, was on the decline Tastes were changing, and although the world was exiting the Great Depression, it was on the cusp of another great war

. The aerodynamic 1936 Zephyr was the result The Zephyr featured a prominent grille up front while the rest of the car was rounded, with curved side windows, fender skirts and sloping rear deck

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. Eugene “Bob” Gregorie had trained as a boat designer, but after the start of the Great Depression he headed to Detroit to search for work there—and after a brief stint at General Motors, he was hired by Ford Motor Company . Together with Edsel’s assistant, John Crawford, they became an informal design team, drawing also on the work of Briggs Body Company’s Tom Tjaarda, who had done some preliminary designs for streamlined prototypes In particular, they referenced Tjaarda’s prototype from the 1934 World’s Fair

This is the earliest surviving prototype for the Lincoln Continental that would be the epitome of style for years to come Amidst a trip to Europe in 1938, Edsel Ford was

E3-04 1953 Lincoln Capri Derham Coupe Victoria Blake & Lauren Atwell, Buda, Texas

inspired by the appearance of European cars, and when he returned home, he asked a design team at Lincoln to create a car that echoed what he had seen—with low frame, long, luxurious hood, rear-mounted spare tire and automatic convertible top He drove the first prototype to Florida the following January and received 200 orders from friends, so he asked Ford Chief Designer Bob Gregorie to build a second prototype with modifications that would help meet the goal of production This is that second prototype A Lincoln Zephyr served as the bones of both cars, but the second prototype offered more interior and trunk space Edsel gifted this prototype (chassis H82410) to Gregorie, who drove it for a time and made several significant modifications to it, then sold it . Thereafter it passed through several owners until the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, purchased it in 2017 .

E3-05 1956 Continental Mark II Hardtop Coupe Leon Flagg & Curtis Lamon, Mequon, Wisconsin

The Lincoln Capri was introduced in 1952 as an upscale version of the Lincoln Cosmopolitan and soon replaced it, holding its own with the Lincoln Continental and Lincoln Premiere for a time . With a new 90-degree V-8 at its core and a reasonable retail price, it also did well against competitors such as the Cadillac Series 62 and the Chrysler New Yorker It was eventually retired after the success of the Continental Mark II . This particular Lincoln Capri with a Coupe Victoria body built by Derham Body Company was ordered by Tom O’Connor for his first wife . It was one of Derham’s last custom designs and builds . Aggie Pate later purchased the car and displayed it in the Pate Museum of Transportation near Fort Worth, Texas . Rich Atwell later purchased the car and spent years restoring it to its original condition . It is being shown today by Blake and Lauren Atwell

The first generation of Continentals ended in 1948, but just two years later, William Clay Ford Sr , Edsel’s youngest son, was determined to revive the Continental name . He was just two years into a training program at Ford Motor Company at the time, but he dedicated himself to this project,

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E3 working with a newly formed Special Products Division to envision the new car . A competition was held and outside proposals were invited, but the internal team won out— and eventually their drawings moved to full-scale clay renderings, then prototype, then car The Continental Mark II was introduced at the Paris Auto Show in October 1955

The invoice for this particular Continental (serial no C56 J 3348) instructs the factory to build a very individualized version of an already exclusive model The exterior paint is specified as Gray Lucite Metallic, and the interior requests two tones of gray leather arranged in a special pattern . It was also one of just 16 Mark IIs to leave the plant with mouton carpeting and it had air-conditioning It was delivered to the C . B . Knickerbocker dealership in Santa Ana (a production order lists a C B Martin as the customer), and it has spent time in Michigan and Texas . Leon Flagg has owned it since 1995 E3-06 1956 Lincoln Premiere Convertible Ray Kinney & Jeff Wildin, Dallas, Texas

30 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance LINCOLN ZEPHYR & CONTINENTAL

Much as the Capri had replaced the Cosmopolitan as Lincoln’s top model a few short years before, the Premiere replaced the Capri in 1956 . The new Continental was introduced in this same year, but it was initially viewed as a separate marque . So, for a time, the Premiere was the top of the line It featured a 368-cubic-inch Lincoln V-8, modern styling, and a face that leaned forward—into the future It was also available in a seemingly endless variety of colors and array of options . This striking Premiere Convertible (serial number 56WA24105L) is painted a rare and rich Taos Turquoise color—the same color of the car used in original advertising materials to promote this new creation Lincoln marque expert R .V. Hardesty spent nine years perfecting its restoration, and the current owners acquired it from him in 2016 It is a past Lincoln & Continental Owners Club national Best of Show winner, and at the 2017 Sam Pack National Ford Meet it was awarded Best Ford by Sam Pack himself

E3-07 1960 Lincoln Continental Mk V Convertible Glenn Kramer, Houston, Texas

In the 1950s American automotive style meant bigger was better, chrome trim was applied with reckless abandon,

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The 1958, ’59 and ’60 Lincoln Continentals were leaders in this regard . This 1960 Mk V Convertible was the largest production car in America—slightly over 227 inches long and just four inches shy of seven feet wide— and its unitized construction body was a masterpiece of decorated sculpture resting atop its massive 131-inch wheelbase . It was powered by Lincoln’s 430-cubic-inch V-8 engine, which produced 315 hp Records indicate that just 2,044 Convertibles were built during the 1960 model run This example, done in a deep turquoise with matching interior, was equipped with every comfort and convenience, including air-conditioning, power steering, signal-seeking radio, and a powered lowerable breezeway-style rear window The convertible top was a mechanical masterpiece, lowered through a series of electric motors and switches until it completely disappeared beneath a hard tonneau cover . Suggested retail price was $7,056—a relative bargain in price per pound, as the weight of the car was a massive 5,176 pounds!

E3-08 1962 Lincoln Continental Convertible Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California

. These smaller, lighter cars were still powered by Lincoln’s big 430-cubicinch V-8, now rated at 300 hp . The Convertible was the first such body style offered by an American marque in many years and featured an electrically operated trunk lid that completely swallowed the folding top Just 3,212 Convertibles were built for 1962, versus 27,849 of the companion Sedan model Price when new was $6,720 These cars were favorites of the Kennedy family and were often seen during John F Kennedy’s presidency

For the model year 1961 and the virtually identical 1962, Lincoln Continental took a totally new styling tack . Reflecting European influences, designer Elwood Engel created a timeless look with simple elegance, devoid of excess chrome and gadgetry, which took the American luxury market by storm . The new car was 15 inches shorter than the previous version and had completely clean side contours and unique curved side glass creating a sleek, more personal look . It was offered in only two styles, a fourdoor Sedan and a remarkable four-door Convertible, both of which featured rear-hinged rear doors

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F F-01 1900 De Dion Bouton Tricycle Rob Kauffman / RK Motors, Charlotte, North Carolina

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F-02 1907 Columbia Mark XIX Surrey Mark Hyman, Saint Louis, Missouri

. With a single cylinder, the De Dion Bouton tricycle was the most successful motor vehicle in Europe in its heyday and remained in production until 1904 In 1902 the French racer Georges Osmont set a speed record of 67 .8 mph in Nice, France, on a tricycle like this Owner Rob Kauffman explains, “These trikes were built for racing with limited brakes and no clutch Thirty miles an hour on that thing is somewhat terrifying . Believe me—I’ve done it!”

This vehicle is believed to be the only Columbia Electric Park Surrey in existence . Electric automobiles were extremely popular in the early 1900s, especially in urban communities, accounting for about a third of all automobiles in cities such as New York, Chicago and Boston

. According to promotional materials, the Columbia differentiated itself from steam and gasoline vehicles as it offered occupants freedom from “all noise, odor or vibration, while providing a luxurious perch for passengers to enjoy a smooth and quiet jaunt through the park ” This lovely example of the Columbia was acquired by Mark Hyman in 2021 from a private collector

The 1900 De Dion Bouton Tricycle, also known as the “Firefly,” was the result of many years of experimenting with steam propulsion before designers Jules-Albert de Dion and Georges Bouton developed the gasoline-powered engine featured on this 122-year-old tricycle

. This 1907 Columbia cost $1,900 new and would have served as a private carriage for trips to the opera and Sunday jaunts within a limited distance . It was comprehensively restored in 1990 and remained in the Henry Ford Museum until 2013, when it was deaccessioned to a private collection

. Yet, it is a hybrid of sorts; it must be started with pedal power Production began in 1895 with ½ hp, which increased to 2¾ hp by 1900, making this all-original, superbly preserved example the lowest-powered vehicle on the field today

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. Once a head of steam is established, the Stanley could easily conquer steep grades at a solid clip

This stately centenarian is a 1909 Stanley Steamer Model E2 Runabout . Brothers Francis and Freelan Stanley founded the Stanley Steamer Carriage Company in 1901 and competed avidly with the internal combustion engine vehicles in the early 1900s The Model E2 features a 10 hp, 70 .5-cubic-inch, twin-cylinder engine, which starts on white gas and burns kerosene to heat a large frontmounted boiler

. In 1912, electric-powered cars comprised over a third of the car market, equaling sales of gasoline and steam-powered cars, but the electric roadster cost $2,250, while a Ford Model T Runabout cost around $850 This roadster was acquired by Nick & Shelley Schorsch for the Audrain Collections, and has been recently recommissioned, so that it now runs and drives beautifully…and silently

F-03 1909 Stanley E2 Runabout John Rich, Gilberton, Pennsylvania

This example is one of 475 E2 models built in Newton, Massachusetts, costing $850 new The original owner was Barney & Berry—a manufacturer of roller skates . The Stanley was stored in a barn for many years and eventually made its way to its current owner in 2009 . This Stanley E2 is unrestored and in full running order with its original black leather seats

. If you look carefully, there are hints of green and yellow paint still visible on the original wooden body

This electric roadster was originally owned by Elizabeth Cunningham, mother of race car driver Briggs Cunningham It is a rare example of a well-preserved Rauch & Lang Roadster, advertised as “Noiseless, Odorless, Clean ” Electric cars were deemed especially appropriate for women to go “automobiling,” without the fuss of preparing a horse-drawn carriage

. Around 1,200 of these Rauch & Lang electric cars were built in 1912, and while they were promoted as the easiest automobile on the market to operate, they were also some of the most expensive

F-04 1912 Rauch & Lang Electric Roadster Audrain Collections, Newport, Rhode Island

Known as the “Car of 1000 Speeds” due to its unconventional gear system allowing limitless gear selection, the Owen Magnetic was one of the first-generation hybrid electric automobiles using an avant-garde electromagnetic transmission system

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

F-05 1916 Owen Magnetic Model O-36

The Megola is a rare German motorcycle built in Munich between 1921 and 1925 . It was renowned for its fivecylinder, 600 cc, rotary-type engine—a unique design by Fritz Cockerell, in which the entire engine rotates around a stationary crankshaft mounted within the front wheel’s center hub . The cylinders rotate around the front axle at six times the wheel speed, and the rotary motion propels the motorcycle forward as a form of front-wheel drive

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Rauch & Lang Touring*

. The unique drivetrain design consisted of an internal combustion engine adjoined to a generator, which produced electrical current to the motor, which in turn powered the driveshaft The American auto manufacturer Owen Magnetic built luxury hybrid electric vehicles between 1915 and 1922 These automobiles became extremely popular at a time when steam-fired engines were considered cumbersome and inefficient, and gasoline internal combustion engines were in their infancy and thought to be noisy and dirty This rare example, coached by Rauch & Lang of Cleveland, Ohio, retains its original and unmodified body and drivetrain It was acquired by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1975 . F-06 1922 Megola Touring Motorcycle Alex Pilibos, Fresno, California

. There is no clutch and the transmission is one-speed, which means that if the bike is running, it’s in motion! The Megola has 14 hp and a top speed of 53 mph and, with its exceptionally low center of gravity, the motorcycle has superb handling . It is believed there are only three Megolas in the United States, including a Sports version in Jay Leno’s collection and another Touring example at the Solvang Motorcycle Museum Alex Pilibos has owned this magnificent Megola since 2013, when it was imported from Germany

This rare, coal-fired car is the epitome of necessity as the mother of invention Amidst the Great Depression and then, later, during World War II, gasoline was at times very costly or altogether unavailable To work around this problem, various companies offered vehicles powered by wood or charcoal—and Fap Elgazo Tarbes developed the Gasogene system, whereby cars could be powered by the gas from burning coal This Citroën 11 Traction Avant has been modified to use the Gasogene system It features two large cylindrical containers that are mounted beneath the front fenders, filled with coal, and ignited After approximately 30 minutes, enough methane gas is produced to feed the modified carburetor and the automobile has power . Unfortunately, horsepower is reduced by a third, so the top speed drops from 65 to 45 mph—and after 30 minutes of driving, the containers need to be restoked with coal Not surprisingly, very few of these highly combustible automobiles, with their coal-burning methane-production engines, survive This superb 1938 Berline, which retains its original Gasogene system, was acquired by the Jeff Lane Motor Museum in 2006

The idiosyncratic prototype never made it to production, remained in storage for several decades, and was eventually acquired in 1966 and restored to operation by William Harrah’s Collection The National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, now exhibits the Julian, which remains true to Julian Brown’s original specification

The Julian Sport Coupe is a unique automobile powered by a radial engine—a power source common to airplanes but unheard of in an automobile Wealthy entrepreneur Julian Brown, for whom the Julian motorcar was named, began his venture in vehicle design with an electric boat project Brown developed the Julian Sport Coupe in 1925, utilizing a rear-mounted, air-cooled, radial, flat six-cylinder engine with pistons installed horizontally The car was bodied by Fleetwood to Brown’s personal specification, featuring an interior with the driver situated in the center of the cabin and child-sized jump-seats on either side, facing backwards

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F-08 1938 Citroën 11 Traction Avant Berline* Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee

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1956 Citroën 11BL Traction Avant Saloon John Rich, Gilberton, Pennsylvania

Mary & Ted Stahl, Chesterfield, Michigan Chrysler launched its turbine engine program in the 1930s and created multiple prototypes that completed numerous long-distance trips in the 1950s and ’60s The new A-831 engine that powers this car could operate on various alternative fuels including diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, perfume, peanut and soybean oil—and even tequila! A total of 55 cars were built, including five prototypes and 50 for a public-user program . In 1966, Chrysler ended the program, reclaimed the cars, and destroyed all but nine, keeping three and distributing the other six to auto museums across the US . This car was donated to Harrah’s Automobile Collection and was eventually acquired by Frank Kleptz of Indiana, who returned the engine to operational condition The original engine was then damaged and replaced with another fully operational turbine engine . This amazing Chrysler Turbine automobile was acquired by Stahl’s Auto Collection in 2021

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The Citroën “Traction Avant” (French for front-wheel drive) was produced between 1933 and 1957 in large numbers In addition to front-wheel drive with four-wheel independent suspension, it was notable for its monocoque structure However, this 1956 example is a rarity: originally an 11BL (light) model with a four-cylinder gasoline engine, it has a gasification system installed—a Gohin Poulenc gasifier that uses charcoal as its fuel source

1963 Chrysler Turbine Ghia Coupe

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. When gasoline became elusive during World War II, many gasification systems were developed to offer alternative power sources Gasogene automobiles feature charcoalburning furnaces with a filter system mounted under the front fenders Through cooling and filtering, the gasifier created enough combustible gas to power the vehicle . Few of these gasification vehicles remain, as most were returned to gasoline-powered engines once gas was again readily available This example of the Citroën 11BL Traction Avant was acquired by John Rich in 2007 . F-10

G-03 1929 Duesenberg J LeBaron Dual Cowl Phaeton John D. Groendyke, Enid, Oklahoma

This Model J (J-121 on chassis 2177) was purchased new by chewing gum scion Philip K . Wrigley, whose family members were the major shareholders in the Auburn Automobile Company, entitling them to buy their several Duesenbergs all at cost! Mr Wrigley personally traveled to Indianapolis to oversee construction of this car . J-121 would spend most of its subsequent life in Orange County,

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G-01 1929 Duesenberg J Murphy Dual Cowl Phaeton

G-02 1929 Duesenberg J LeBaron Dual Cowl Phaeton

Valerie & Aaron Weiss, San Marino, California

The Walter M . Murphy Company, a Pasadena, California, coachbuilder, was highly regarded for its clean, stylish designs, particularly on the Duesenberg chassis This car (J-403 on chassis 2169) is one of three Model Js fitted with this unique version of a Dual Cowl Phaeton, featuring an innovative two-piece “butterfly” rear cowl and windshield that articulate out of the passengers’ way It was originally restored by early enthusiast Dick Bell of Pennsylvania and exhibited for many years in that state’s Swigart Museum

The late Paul Andrews eventually purchased the car from the Swigart collection and commissioned a complete restoration by Steve Babinsky . Valerie & Aaron Weiss acquired the Duesenberg from the Andrews estate, returning it to the area where its coachwork was built

Tony & Jonna Ficco, Wheatridge, Colorado

An example of the famous “sweep panel” Dual Cowl Phaeton designed by Alan Leamy and built by LeBaron, this car (J-149 on chassis 2174) was one of three Model Js privately imported to Canada by William Van Horne of Montreal Van Horne sold the car to Mrs David Dunlap of Toronto, who gifted it to her son, Moffat, as a wedding present

The Duesenberg remained in Canada for much of its life, spending 53 years with the late Captain John T. Dart, an airline pilot who spent decades meticulously restoring his prized Duesenberg with its original chassis, engine, and coachwork . It has been owned by Tony & Jonna Ficco, its first American caretakers, for over a decade, and they have enjoyed both showing and driving it with equal passion .

The Du Coing Family, Newport Beach, California Pennsylvania coachbuilder Derham mounted five Duesenbergs with this very handsome vee-windshield Convertible Sedan design . This particular car (J-475 on chassis 2486) was one of no fewer than five Model Js originally delivered to malted milk heiress Maybelle Horlick Sidley of Racine, Wisconsin, a woman to whom the soda fountain craze had been very good over the years

The car was restored for Mr . Miller and has recently been extensively freshened and improved by Tim Purrier for its current owners, who are thrilled to possess the “Jake the Barber” Model J G-05

One of the best-known designs on the Duesenberg Model J chassis was California coachbuilder Murphy’s Convertible Coupe, of which about 25 examples were produced

38 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance DUESENBERGG California, before being sold in 1992 to passionate AuburnCord-Duesenberg collector Terence E . Adderley . It resided in the Adderley Collection for nearly thirty years, and while there it was fully restored by specialist Brian Joseph . G-04

J Murphy Convertible Coupe Meg McCarthy & Craig Kappel, Chatham, Massachusetts

1930 Duesenberg

This car (J-143 on chassis 2167) was originally a factory demonstrator before its delivery to John “Jake the Barber” Factor, a cousin of cosmetics icon Max Factor, and a prominent gangster and con man of the 1930s and 1940s who counted numerous worldwide socialites and aristocrats among his “marks .” Later owners included, for many years, Duesenberg enthusiast Dan Lang; master Model J restorer Joe Kaufmann (aka “the Duesenberg Doctor”); and S . Ray Miller, an avid collector of great Indiana-built automobiles

1931 Duesenberg J Derham Convertible Sedan*

. Following her passing in 1938, the car was sold from her estate and driven across country to a gentleman in Washington State, and it has remained in western ownerships ever since Most prominently it was long possessed by noted Duesenberg aficionado Charlie Norris of Oregon, then for 44 years by the late Clifford Stranburg, who loved the car and carefully undertook a full restoration . The Du Coing family acquired the car from Mr Stranburg, fulfilling a longtime dream of Model J ownership

G-06 1932 Duesenberg J Figoni Sports Torpedo Lee R. Anderson Sr., Naples, Florida

This Duesenberg (J-465 on chassis 2509) was shipped without coachwork to European distributor E . Z . Sadovich’s Motors Deluxe of Paris, and there famed coachbuilder Joseph Figoni fitted it with a unique Sports Torpedo complete with a hood extended back to a low vee’d windshield and a tapered tail . Sadovich drove the car in the 1932 Paris-Nice Rallye before delivery to its first owner, Peruvian sugar heir and prolific Duesenberg customer Antonio Chopitea, who exhibited it at a concours at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix . The following year this Model J moved Stateside; in the 1960s its original coachwork was removed and ultimately mounted to another Model J chassis Original chassis and Figoni coachwork remained separated for decades until both were acquired and reunited by the present owner G-07 1935 Duesenberg J LaGrande Dual Cowl Phaeton Thomas Maoli, Whippany, New Jersey Gordon Buehrig redrew Alan Leamy’s beautiful “sweep panel” Dual-Cowl Phaeton design with a more curved cowl and powerful straight-through beltline for production under Duesenberg’s own auspices, bearing the name LaGrande This car (J-537 on chassis 2558) was the final example bodied to this design It also was fitted from-new with the freshly available skirted fenders and 17-inch wheels, then used as a demonstrator at Duesenberg’s factory branch in New York . It was finally sold on October 28, 1936, to 26-year-old Hugh Bancroft Jr ., whose family published The Wall Street Journal . Subsequent owners included well-known Duesenberg restorer Joe Kaufmann and longstanding collectors J . Frank and Milli Ricciardelli, for whom a restoration was performed by Steve Babinsky . Thomas Maoli recently acquired the car from the Ricciardelli Collection and today returns it to Pebble Beach

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H-03 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Barker Sedanca de Ville Helen & Brent Heath, San Leandro, California Barker originally produced seven Sedanca de Ville bodies for the short wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental chassis, and 72MS is one of the five survivors

This 1925 Silver Ghost (chassis S242PK) is an early left-hand drive Rolls-Royce built at the factory in Springfield, Massachusetts

The Salamanca Permanent Town Car is one of only 37 created for the Springfield Silver Ghost The term “Permanent” refers to its fixed top . Today, only three of these Salamanca examples appear in the Silver Ghost registry Ron and Sandra Hansen purchased this car at Pebble Beach in 2013, and a frame-up restoration was started four years ago Ron passed away in 2020, but the restoration team believes he would be proud of their accomplishments Sandra believes it is one of the finest restorations in their collection The exterior of the car is a black mirror finish with red pinstriping . The interior is re-created exactly as it was— from the petit-point needlework on the rear seats, to the inlaid wood around the mahogany bar

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The stylish design of this Phantom II (chassis 179JX) was executed by Barker & Co . and guided by the requirements of its first owner, Andre Manuel Mertzanoff, an engineer and a good Rolls-Royce customer . The design features rear fenders that hide the spares, and it has storage compartments built into the curvaceous pontoon-like front fenders . A boat-like rear deck hides the rear seat, which is accessed by pivoting the central deck behind the front seats vertically . Mr . Mertzanoff sold the car to the famed British dealer H .R . Owen Ltd . in 1932, and that firm is rumored to have sold it to Gulab Singh of India, the Maharajah of Rewa . It has been in the United States since circa 1960 .

H H-01 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Willoughby Salamanca Permanent Town Car Sandra Hansen / Hansen Collection, Valencia, California

H-02 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Barker Torpedo Sports Museum of Automotive Art, San Carlos, California

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This Phantom II (chassis 136PY) is one of 281 short wheelbase Continentals produced . J . Gurney Nutting built 31 bodies for the Phantom II Continental and only four were saloons . The first owner of this Phantom II was Frederick Sidney Cotton OBE, an Australian Inventor, aviator, and photographer . He was a combat pilot in the Royal Air Force and he developed an early color film process as well as doing photographic reconnaissance . He was close friends with George Eastman, Ian Fleming, and Winston Churchill He is thought to have been one of the inspirations for the character James Bond .

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ROLLS-ROYCE PREWAR that include the original body, engine and chassis . The first owner was Alice Cecil Agnes Wilson, whose husband, Arthur Stanley, was a founder of the Ellerman and Wilson Line, a UK cargo and passenger shipping company . The car spent 25 years in Kuwait, of which 23 years were spent abandoned in a shed; the motorcar was covered in deep sand when discovered Its appearance at the Pebble Beach Concours will be its first public showing since 2004 and it has recently been freshened Rare features include a low split windshield, a jeweled aluminum dash, tachometer and chromed door sills in the front and rear H-04 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Gurney Nutting Pillarless Coupé Private Collector

The Phantom II Continental was made for robust touring on the continent . The sporting pillarless coupé body on chassis 67MW complements the touring spirit of the car

The first owner was Lady lrene Clarice Dunn of London, England She was an actress and later became the 11th Marchioness of Oueensberry . Over the years there were various alterations executed on the Gurney Nutting coachwork, including louvered rear spats, added trim, and a luggage rack A recent restoration deleted these alterations H-05 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Gurney Nutting Sports Saloon Carl Soderstrom, Morton, Illinois

The owners commissioned Steve Littin and his team at Vintage & Auto Rebuilds to do a complete frame-off restoration

. Powered by a 2 0-liter, 8-cylinder engine, with a 4-speed manual gearbox, the Type 38 was the first Bugatti designed and built by Giuseppe Figoni, the celebrated coachwork designer, eight years before he would team with Falaschi

It functions as a three-position drophead coupé, similar to those built by J Gurney Nutting and Barker, but it has skirted fenders and a more steeply raked trunk and spare arrangement set off by a lightweight, divided bumper The car was restored in 1990, and it made its debut at the Pebble Beach Concours where it was named the Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Open Car

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. This car was delivered new in Paris, but resided primarily in Cheshire, England, and San Francisco, California

This Phantom II Continental (chassis 164PY) was fitted with a Carrosserie Vanvooren body in 1933

H H-06 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Kellner Drophead Sedanca Coupé Off Brothers Collection / William Johnston, Richland, Michigan

. It came with Andre Harford adjustable shocks and special-ordered large face speedometer and tachometer

. While being respectfully restored in 2005 in France, Figoni’s son was able to inspect and authenticate his father’s craftsmanship

The first owner, Edouard Edmond Blanc, was involved in an accident and the Vanvooren was seriously damaged, so the body was replaced with a Drophead Sedanca Coupé body by Kellner

J1-01 1927 Bugatti Type 38A Figoni Tourer Gerald & Theresa Alexander, Irvine, California Bugatti launched its Type 38 in 1926 and built 387 examples, but only 54 were supercharged, as in this case

The more desirable supercharged cars were called the 38A and featured a slightly extended hood, increased brake diameter and a few other subtle upgrades

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. This car maintains its original chassis, radiator and even the frame timbers, and in 2012, it received the correct “blower,” returning the engine to the original 1927 configuration CLASSIC EARLY OPENJ1

J1-03 1929 Bugatti Type 43A Grand Sport Jack Braam Ruben, Maastricht, The Netherlands

David & Teresa Disiere, Southlake, Texas

The chassis of this Grand Sport Bugatti was completed in April of 1929, making it the penultimate 43A ever built At the time, Bugatti was suffering from a serious economic downturn and this car, along with the final car, were kept at the factory, with no apparent demand . Three years later, in 1932, the 43A was given a two-tone gray body with cycle wings, but it wasn’t until 1942 that the car was purchased direct from the factory by Edouard Michel of Paris—at a greatly reduced price . The car enjoyed subsequent French ownership and was hidden during the war, making its way to the Montlhéry Motor Museum in 1962 and the Le Mans Museum in 1973 . In 2009, owned by Manfred Dolleschel, the all-original 43A was involved in an accident during an International Bugatti Rally in Maremma, Italy . In 2014, the car was acquired by Jack Braam Ruben, who had it restored to its original factory configuration, only replacing the leather with reindeer hides salvaged from a shipwreck in 1786

Only around 18 of the Mercedes-Benz Type 680S and 710 SS chassis were dressed in coachwork by Saoutchik

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J1-02 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Four Passenger Torpedo Sport

While the two-passenger Torpedo Sport is the bestknown iteration of this body style, a handful of these cars were produced as four-passenger versions, and of the three known survivors, this one is unique in that it was constructed without roll-up windows . The original owner of this car was Count Olivier de Rivaud, scion of an aristocratic French banking family, who special-ordered the 680S as a four-passenger Torpedo Sport roadster, perfect for use at his homes in Paris and the Côte d’Azur . Rivaud displayed the Mercedes at the 8th Salon de la Carrosserie held in 1929 . After subsequent ownership in France, the Mercedes came to the United States and was owned for over 50 years by H . Dieter Holterbosch, a longtime judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance In 2019 the car was acquired by David & Teresa Disiere of Texas, who present the car here in its glorious original livery

J1-05 1930 Lancia Di Lambda Carlton Carriage Co. Drophead Coupé Filippo Sole, Milan, Italy In 1929, following a trip to Italy where he had admired Lancia cars, Sir Douglas Montgomery Bernard Hall, 2nd Baronet, ordered a Lancia Di Lambda 277 chassis Sporting a 4 .0-liter, V8 engine, the Di Lambda could summon an impressive 100 hp . The Baronet commissioned the Carlton Carriage Company Ltd . to complete the car with a body designed to lighten the hefty chassis and grace it with a noticeably sporty aesthetic . The resulting Di Lambda is dubbed “Blue Shadow” on its registration, referencing its shades-of-blue details over predominantly gray paint . The interior is blue leather, and customized accessories are set into the large dashboard, which was positively futuristic for the time . During the war, the car was stored at the “Plug & Spanner Garage” in Ashford, Middlesex, until the garage was hit during an air raid in October 1940, at which point the coupé was sequestered by the Ministry of Supplies . Now in the care of Filippo Sole, this lovely Di Lambda resides safely in Milan, Italy

The Alfa remained in England until 2010, when it went into the collection of Italian automobile historian Maurizio Tabucchi, and then in 2015 was acquired from Tabucchi’s widow by Umberto Galloni of the Republic of San Marino

J1-04 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GT James Young Fourth Series Occasional Coupé Umberto Galloni, Dogana di Serravalle, Republic of San Marino

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This Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 was registered in January 1931, with the license plate GN 597, which remains on the car today The 6C 1750 GT was quite the sports car— delivering 55 hp and a top speed of almost 80 mph . This is one of only three such cars bodied by James Young, and it was built on a lowered chassis, characterized by large doors to create a low, streamlined profile The original factory two-tone paint combination on this example is unique; it has a grey body, except the fenders, lower flanks, hood, trunk and upper doors are all painted a rich complementary red In 1930, the first owner of this car was C F Malfatti, domiciled at the English Pirelli factory, in Burton-on-Trent, England

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Joanie & Scott Kriens, Saratoga, California This car is one of only three Bentley 4½ Litres bodied by Vanden Plas to feature lowered running boards set at the center of the wheel hubs, lower sweeping fenders and deeper doors to match The styling created by the Belgian coachbuilder is stunning A sibling car resides at the Fred Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, but the third car is unfortunately lost The wooden frame and body on this Bentley are original, and new aluminum has been fitted only where absolutely necessary during restoration The 4½-litre engine and D-Type gearbox were obtained from sister cars in the series but are correct to the model When this car was restored earlier this year, it was returned to its original and stately combination of black paint over oxblood red leather—exactly as it was delivered in 1931 Car

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J1-06 1931 Bentley 4½ Litre Vanden Plas Tourer*

The 780 Sport Cabriolet was designed by Hermann Ahrens, who later created the famous Mercedes 540 K roadster Launched amidst the Great Depression, the imposing and dignified 780 featured a superb 4 .9-liter inline eight-cylinder engine producing 100 bhp and could achieve 125 kph . Some 250 to 300 units were built, of which only 16 remain today . This 780 was delivered to a textile merchant in Groningen, The Netherlands, and during the occupation, the car was confiscated by the German military . When the war ended, the retreating army attempted to abscond with the car, but Groningen officials said, “Let the Germans walk home and bring us the car .” As the property of the kingdom of The Netherlands, it was assigned to Adriaan van der Wyck, the attorney general, who used it for official business only, always sidestepping local restrictions (petrol rationing and use on Sundays) with a special windshield permit . He later purchased the car and meticulously cared for it, protecting the leather and circumventing governmental edicts to modify the headlights After his death, several modifactions were made,

J12 Binder Phaeton Stephen Brauer, Saint Louis, Missouri

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This twelve-cylinder Hispano-Suiza was delivered in 1933 to New York real-estate magnate Robert Walton Goelet, of Paris and Château de Sandricourt, Amblainville, France, with Labourdette six-passenger limousine coachwork, dressed in black In 1936, the car was sold to Marcel Boussac, a Parisian sportsman and racehorse owner, who is believed to have commissioned Binder to build the Phaeton body we see today . Racing enthusiast Briggs Cunningham acquired the J12 18 years late and exhibited it in his Costa Mesa museum . adding a rear cowl and windshield Further modifications, such as painting the chassis red, were orchestrated when it was later sold to Blackhawk In 1988, the car was displayed at Pebble Beach, winning the Automobile Quarterly Historian Trophy After a period in the Samsung collection this lovely Hispano-Suiza was acquired by Hunter Classics, and thanks to curator Stephen Brauer, returned to its Briggs Cunningham–era presentation

J2-01 1933 Hispano-Suiza

J2-02 1933 Horch 780 Sport Cabriolet Hugo Modderman, Monte Carlo, Monaco

About 40 Talbot-Lago T120 chassis were clothed by Figoni and just five are known to exist today First presented at the Paris Auto Salon in 1934, two TalbotLago Sports Cabriolets, the T120 and the T150, were the belles of the salon Figoni’s extravagant coachwork won the Coupe d’Excellence and cemented an ongoing symbiotic relationship between the auto manufacturer and the coachworks . The history of this lovely T120 is well documented, with Jacques Puget of Marseilles commencing primary ownership on April 9, 1937 . Two years later, it passed to another Marseillais, Maurice Martignon, who carefully maintained the car for over two decades . In 1962, the car was shipped to Covina, California, by the Forsyth family, and some 43 years later it was finally restored by experts in the field . The restored T120 debuted in 2005 and was displayed for four years at the Art Center School of Design Car Classic Its fourth and current owner has had it since 2017

J2-03 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff Stelvio

all of which have thankfully been reversed over a 25-year restoration by owner Hugo Modderman, who purchased the car from van der Wyck’s widow in 1995

Olav Glasius, Bennebroek, The Netherlands

This Bugatti Type 57 was built in August 1936 and graced with this stunning Gangloff coachwork the following September, as ordered by its first owner, Pierre Vogt . The car remained in Vogt’s ownership for a decade, and was then acquired by Ir Van Rijswijk, who failed to maintain the car appropriately and abandoned it in storage In 1957, Bob Laming located the Bugatti in derelict condition, apparently missing its original engine He succeeded in purchasing the Bugatti by settling Van Rijswijk’s outstanding storage charges Three years later he sold it to the van Pelt family, which located a suitable engine for it and cherished it for 55 years Olav Glasius acquired this lovely Type 57 in 2014, and it has since been returned to its former glory through a five-year nut-and-bolt restoration

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J2-04 1936 Talbot-Lago T120 Figoni Sports Cabriolet Stephen Plaster / Evergreen Historic Automobiles, Lebanon, Missouri

J2-05 1938 SS Cars SS100 Roadster

Tom & Gwen Price, Belvedere, California Introduced in 1936, the SS100 3 .0-Litre sports car represented the pinnacle of prewar performance from the Coventry-based British automaker SS Cars Ltd —the marque that would later become Jaguar Cars . The SS100 united a powerful 3 0-liter sedan engine with a lightweight roadster weighing just 2,610 pounds—thereby creating a high performance, ultra-lithe sports car

The model’s name hinted at its theoretical top speed of 100 mph, and zero to 60 mph was possible in a brisk 10 seconds This particular car was originally sold to a bicycle company, Parker’s of Bolton, in England, then exported to the United States in 1962 by Eugene Faust . It was sold to the well-known antique dealers, the Keno family, and remained in their care for 40 years . Eventually, this splendid SS100 was purchased by K Clendenning, an active member of the Jaguar Club, and it found its way to Tom and Gwen Price in 2021

J2-06 1938 Steyr 220 Gläser Roadster Peter T. Boyle, Covington, Ohio Steyr of Austria produced automobiles from 1923 until 1941 and remains in operation today, building marine engines, tractors, and small arms This exquisite Steyr is one of six 220s dressed by coachworks Gläser of Dresden with custom streamlined roadster bodywork and just three of these cars remain . This example was employed as a factory demonstrator at the 1938 Berlin Auto Show While Steyr ceased building automobiles in 1941, during its operation the company produced technology that was exceptionally avant-garde, such as the full floating rear axle featured on this car and a wet sleeve all-aluminum engine . Peter Boyle acquired the car in 2011 and enlisted the help of Egon Zweimüller to research it as he embarked on a full restortion . This exceptional Steyr is believed to be the only one in the United States

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. This rare SS 1 Coupé spent 80 years in Buenos Aires before arriving in the United States . In 2015 it arrived in Miami and has remained in the loving care of Eduardo and Michelle Zavala Harris ever since

J3-01 1930 Bentley Speed Six Martin Walter Sports Saloon William Medcalf, Hill Brow, England

The SS 1 Coupé is rakish and sporty, but was actually a value-based proposition in its day, costing less than most competitors . This example was shipped from England across the Atlantic in a container ship and delivered new to Argentinian tango performer Ada Falcon, via Buenos Aires importer and dealer Ehlert Nash Motors

The SS 1 was the first car designed by Sir William Lyons, co-founder of the Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company, also known simply as SS After WWII, the name of the company was changed to the familiar Jaguar moniker .

This Speed Six Bentley was delivered new to Viscount Mandeville, 10th Duke of Manchester

. Today this Bentley appears exactly as it left the factory in 1930

J3-02 1935 SS Cars SS 1 Coupé Eduardo & Michelle Zavala Harris, St. Petersburg, Florida

. Termed a “Folkestone,” the close-coupled saloon was crafted by the coachbuilder Martin Walter . The only sister car to the one exhibited at the Olympia Motor Show in 1929 this saloon was “designed to accommodate four passengers at least 6 feet tall ” It was also reported that, in view of the potential speed of the car, Sorbo rubber was employed in the upholstery to absorb vibration Some time and several owners later, the car was purchased from the Ann Klein Collection in America and returned to England, where it was rebodied and offered for sale

. In 1982, Mr . Medcalf Sr acquired the Bentley and drove it across Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Europe and the United States for more than 40 years When the original coachwork became available, a three-year restoration ensued

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J3-03 1935 Voisin C 25 Aérodyne* Craig McCaw, Santa Barbara, California

This one-of-a-kind Estate Limousine is the longest Railton ever built . The Rippon Brothers, founded in 1555, originally served as the coachbuilder for Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I . It created its first car body in 1905 for a Rolls-Royce In 1937, Colonel Rippon, the works manager, conceived of this Estate Limousine to be used for exhibitions and rallies and his own personal use

Only 28 Aérodyne cars were produced between 1934 and 1935, eight of which were built with this unique “four place” body

The first known owner of this example was Henry Browne de Kilmaine, an officer for the Automobile Club l’Ouest, organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and co-founder of the Le Mans Museum Browne purchased the Aérodyne for his own collection and attended various prestigious exhibitions, events and museums for many years, finally displaying it at the Le Mans Museum in 2008

The Aérodyne, designed by Gabriel Voisin, debuted at the Paris Auto Salon in October 1934

J3-04 1937 Railton Hudson Deluxe 8 Rippon Brothers Estate Limousine Chris & Laura Maloney

. Railton imported the Hudson Deluxe 8 chassis and motors from the United States and mated them with lightweight custom coachwork

. The Maloneys acquired the car in 2011

Following a color change, the current owner has had the car returned to its original livery, and it remains one of only three examples of the Aérodyne known to survive

. Unique features include separate sunroofs over the front and rear passenger areas, a hidden compartment for two shotguns, and inlaid compartments in the front seat-back that open into tables with a variety of original flasks, bottles, drinking glasses, mixing tools and vanity kits . The trunk is also equipped with fitted luggage and a comprehensive fitted tool locker Also included is the Andre Telecontrol, an adjustable shock absorber system with dashmounted controls, built-in scissor jacks, a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher

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. The C 25 retained many of the mechanical curiosities of its predecessor, the C 24, such as the electromagnetic gearbox and retractable roof, operated by a pneumatic suction motor in the trunk

. After just two years, Pittorino sold the Bugatti to a collector in California, who kept it for 25 years, repainting it red and black . In 1990 the Bugatti was acquired by Seattle-based collector Charlie Morse, who returned it to its original and inarguably more elegant black/blue livery

T150C-SS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupé

The Pearl Collection / Fritz Burkard, Switzerland

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This exquisite Talbot-Lago Teardrop was the fourth T150C-SS chassis of 14 built and one of only a handful of the desirable New York models, considered to be the most spectacular examples of the iconic Teardrop design This was the only Teardrop constructed without a sunroof, giving the car an even purer line than its sister cars

. This lovely Atalante appeared at Pebble Beach in the late 1990s and again in 2003, the same year it entered the Colorado Grand Today the car still resides in Seattle, under the watchful eye of another collector

This Atalante (chassis 57818) was the final Atalante built, and it was bodied by Swiss/French coachbuilder Gangloff . Specified from the factory with wire wheels and a supercharger, the two-toned Bugatti was originally delivered to a collector in France, but with the onset of war, the car soon went into hiding It emerged in 1950 and was acquired by Bugatti collector Paul Pittorino, also in France

To offset ventilation issues the car was fitted with twin outward-opening windscreens—a design patented by Joseph Figoni that further enhances the unique character of this car But for all its aesthetic prowess, this car was a triumph on the track, too, taking 11th place overall at the 1950 Grand Prix in Watkins Glen The car was also raced at Wilmot Hills and Elkhart

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J3-05 1937 Talbot-Lago

. After passing through the hands of Tommy Lee, Brooks Stevens, and Bruce Lustmen, the Teardrop found its way to John W. Rich and the JWR Automobile Museum in Pennsylvania

J3-06 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Gangloff Atalante Fastwelve, Bellevue, Washington

This one-off Grand Sport (chassis 110103) is, perhaps surprisingly, the only one to be bodied by Figoni et Falaschi

This fascinating Fastback Coupé, which echoes aspects of Figoni’s famed Goutte d’Eau (Teardrop) while also wrestling with newly emerging pontoon styles, was unveiled to the public at the 1950 Paris Auto Salon

GRAND SPORT

T26 Grand Sport Franay Coupé Munday Auto Collection, Austin, Texas

Talbot-Lago

K-02 1948

. The original owner is listed as a Mr Charpentier, and there are rumors that he lived in Switzerland, but little is known about this car’s early history At some point, it crossed the Atlantic and was cared for by Evan Boddy of Georgia and Lamar McQuirter of Tennessee It then passed into the ownership of Steve Cortinovis of St . Louis, Missouri, who had it restored in New Zealand After subsequently passing through the hands of Don Williams, the car is now in the Munday Auto Collection in Austin, Texas

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Figoni Fastback Coupé* Robert Kudela, Chropyne, Czech Republic

Built between 1948 and 1951, the Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport on the short 265 cm wheelbase was the last TalbotLago to be offered as a bare chassis only Carrosserie Franay bodied three of these creations; this is the first of two Coupés while there was also a Cabriolet The other two cars share many characteristics, but this one-off body built on chassis 110113 is distinct and dramatic, with a high beltline, low fenders and a sweeping fastback

The Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport was born a short while after the conclusion of World War II, when Anthony Lago decided to produce an exclusive road-going sports chassis with a powerful 4 .5-liter six-cylinder engine that could be bodied by the few surviving postwar European coachbuilders

K-01 1948 Talbot-Lago

. Although Marius Franay served as president of the Guild of French Carossiers, he often hired freelance stylists to put pen to paper, and the work of one may be in evidence here The first grille was changed by the Carrosserie in period to mimic the frontal aspect of a Ferrari 212 Inter (chassis 0177E) that Franay had admired at the 1952 Paris Auto Salon

T26 Grand Sport

. Its first owner, Mr Fayolle, was known as the “Zipper King,” and for this reason there is a string of horizontal chrome strips above the cyclops headlight, making this the only car in the

The Cussler Family, Arvada, Colorado

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. Author Clive Cussler purchased the car in 1978 and featured it in his novel Deep Six.

The very first Grand Sport chassis to emerge from the Talbot-Lago factory went to Jacques Saoutchik on July 10, 1948 . He built a striking fastback coupé, and the completed car was shown on his stand at the Paris Auto Salon that fall Five more Grand Sports were bodied with Fastback Coupés by Saoutchik, one more with a low roofline like that of the first, and another four, including this car (chassis 110114), which had a slightly higher roof This car, the first to get the higher roof, was shown for three consecutive years, from 1949 through 1951, at the Concours d’Élégance Automobile at Enghien les Bains, and it also appeared at a concours in Rouen in 1952 Apart from the three-piece grille and striking perforated wheel discs, the car had little additional decoration, allowing the flowing lines to speak for themselves

This one-off Antem Fastback Coupé (chassis 110112) was built for French industrialist Michel Paul-Cavallier, an important business associate of Anthony Lago and a director for Automobiles Talbot As director of the Pont-àMousson foundry and steel company, Cavallier had a say in the allocation of resources such as steel So the car created

K world with a zipper on its hood! Nothing more is known of the car’s early history, but it resurfaced in Los Angeles in March 1960 when it was acquired by Lindley Locke . After just a few years of use, the car was put into storage and there it remained for 47 years Betty, the wife of Mr Locke, started a restoration in 2011 but was unable to complete it and in 2015 she sold the car Current owner Robert Kudela finished the project The car was a Best of Show Nominee here at Pebble Beach in 2018, and it was named Best of Show at both Chantilly Arts and Elegance and Salon Privé

T26 Grand Sport Antem Fastback Coupé Robert Kudela, Chropyne, Czech Republic

K-03 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Saoutchik Fastback Coupé

. The first owner is listed as Mr . Currie, but nothing is known about him . The car was discovered in Paris in 1961 by Jim Bandy, an American USAF serviceman, who soon sold it to a US Air Force sergeant who took it to the States

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GRAND SPORT

K-04 1949 Talbot-Lago

There are some gaps in the car’s ownership record in early years, but as early as 1958, it was registered in California to Patrick de Goldsmith, and in 1962 it was acquired by Lindley Locke He and his wife Betty used the car up to 1980, then garaged it for 35 years

for him was to be a very special car for a very special client

Just two Grand Sport road cars were created with a twin ignition twelve-plug head and an aluminum block, as on the Talbot Grand Prix cars, and this is one of them

. The engine is capable of generating 250 to 260 hp, which is about 60 or 70 more than the standard Grand Sport

. In the early 1960s, the car was found in a Parisian wrecking yard by American Frank Werstein, and thereafter it passed through the hands of famed Lutèce restaurateur and airline caterer Andre Surmain, Sir Anthony Bamford, Jackson Brooks, Peter Giddings and Lidley Locke, the latter of whom carefully cared for the car for 37 years

Little is known about the car’s first owner, Mr Gerbe, or its early days in France

Michael Regalia, Sun Valley, California

Michael Regalia purchased the car in 2015, and in 2019, he undertook a comprehensive but very sympathetic preservation effort, seeking to protect all of the car’s patina and characteristics

Additional speed equipment included a dry sump, special high-compression pistons, a special exhaust, a substantial oil cooler, and a GP braking system In contrast to its undercarriage, the Antem body is a quiet but lovely counterpoint; almost austere in its lack of ornamentation, its smoothness offers the calm this car needs

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T26 Grand Sport Dubos Cabriolet*

GRAND SPORT

This one-off Talbot-Lago Grand Sport (chassis 110117) is one of just four existing open Grand Sports, and it is the only one that remains unrestored—although it was repainted in 1977 . The lovely Cabriolet body, which exhibits a simple harmony of lines, was penned by Carlo Delaisse and built by Dubos Frères

. Robert Kudela acquired the car in 2015, returned it to Europe, and restored it K-05 1949 Talbot-Lago

T26 Grand Sport Franay Coupé Munday Auto Collection, Austin, Texas

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K-06 1949 Talbot-Lago

K-07 1950 Talbot-Lago

This Talbot-Lago Grand Sport (chassis 110123) is one of three bodied by Franay and the second of two Franay Coupés, while there is also a Franay cabriolet Although these three cars share some characteristics, each is quite distinct This is clearly a one-off car Its fenders are more integrated into the body, its lines have more subtlety—and it has a sunroof! This is also the only Franay-bodied Grand Sport to remain unaltered in period by the coachbuilder . Soon after its creation, this Coupé appeared at the Festival d’Élégance, an exclusive event in the Place Vendôme . Little is known about the early owners of this car; records just list a sequence of last names . But by 1984, the car was being offered for sale by Charles Crail It later spent time with Craig Davis, J . A . Ribbons of Holland, Tony Paalman, and Brendan Gallagher The Munday Auto Collection purchased the Coupé in 2015

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T26 Grand Sport Pennock Coupé* Steve & Marilee Hamilton Just 32 Grand Sports were constructed on Talbot’s short chassis, and each one is unique . This particular Grand Sport (chassis 110124) is the only one bodied by the Dutch coachbuilder Pennock in The Hague . In fact, it was the last body built by the company before it closed down in 1952 . The chassis was ordered by amateur racing driver Maneer Reichmann, who specified several modifications suitable for rallying, including uprated suspension and a sports gearbox . The body had an extra-large grille opening and a high windshield . The dashboard featured a Jaeger rally clock/stop watch, a Jaeger speedometer, and Plexiglas rear windows . After the body was completed, the car was shown by Pennock at the 1952 Amsterdam Motor Show, just before Reichmann entered it in Holland’s famous Tulip Rally . Although some of its early history is not known, the car sold to Vojta Mashek around 1960, and it remained with his family until 2006, when Tony Paalman purchased it . When Paalman later exhibited it on his Rétromobile stand, Steve Hamilton saw and bought it

. When Farina returned to Turin, the designs and wooden patterns for the car were destroyed in his presence, so he could be certain the car would forever remain one of a kind . The car’s next 35 years were spent in Portugal, with its original owner, who often allowed the car to be displayed in the Museo de Caramulo . In 1985, the Cabriolet was sold to Jacques Touzet, also of Lisbon, who eventually had the car repainted in its original milk white color The car was sold to Charles Morse in 2000 and to Peter Mullin in 2001 A full restoration was completed in 2010

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1951 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Saoutchik Coupé* CMG Classics, San Ramon, California

1951 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Stabilimenti Farina Cabriolet Merle & Peter Mullin, Los Angeles, California

This Grand Sport has the last 2 .8-meter chassis to leave the Talbot factory, and it is the only Talbot-Lago Grand Sport to receive its first body by an Italian coachbuilder, namely Stabilimenti Farina The chassis was purchased by a Portugese Industrialist who invited many top design firms to submit proposals for a two-seat Cabriolet—and Farina won out . Upon the car’s completion, Giuseppe Farina, a racing great as well as a coachbuilder, drove it to the 1951 Paris Auto Salon, where it was named La Plus Belle Carrosserie Spéciale (The Most Beautiful Coachbuilt Special)

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Jacques Saoutchik was the most prolific of the coachbuilders who bodied Grand Sport chassis . In addition to his six Fastback Coupés, Saoutchik built this one-off coupé with a distinct notch in the rear roofline and a relatively flat and low rear deck In terms of its underpinnings, this Grand Sport (chassis 110156) was likely the second to use a newly introduced chassis with a lengthened 2 .8-meter wheelbase . There is little information about the car’s early history But since 1980, it has passed through the hands of several notable collectors, including Maurice Harlaux, Charles Howard, Albrecht Guggisberg, Jacques “Frenchy” Harguindeguy, Don Williams, Erich Traber, and the Blackhawk Collection Its current owner purchased the car last year

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Unfortunately, Dodge Sr passed away in 1921 and his son, Dodge Jr ., most likely took delivery of the Hispano in his father’s name In 1962, Dodge Jr transferred ownership to Waino Husko as payment for assistance with legal affairs resulting from his “adventurous” lifestyle The Hispano received a few minor modifications in Dodge Jr .’s care and Mr Husko maintained the car in this condition for more than 40 years . In 2004, Todd Nagler found the superbly preserved Hispano in Mr Husko’s barn and made the car run, but resisted the temptation to restore it . Chuck Reimel, the current and fourth owner of the car, has had the motor rebuilt and has maintained the car in its original, preserved condition L1-03 1929 Lincoln L Willoughby Town Sedan Steve & Susan Babinsky, Lebanon, New Jersey

This Hispano-Suiza was ordered new by Horace Dodge Sr . from the Hispano-Suiza stand at the New York Auto Show in 1920 Mr Dodge ordered the Phaeton with coachwork by Marcel Chavet of Neuilly-sur-Seine, just west of Paris .

This unrestored Lincoln was built in the penultimate year of Model L production and benefits from the series’ numerous upgrades, including standard four-wheel mechanical brakes, a larger engine (384 8 cubic inches) than early model predecessors, safety glass and dual windshield wipers The Town Sedan was created specifically to compete with elite luxury automobiles such as the Mercedes-Benz 630 and Rolls-Royce Phantom I . The early provenance of this Lincoln is undocumented, but it is believed the car was initially purchased in Chicago and owned by Edward Joseph O’Hare, aka “Easy Eddie,” Al Capone’s accountant . Mr . O’Hare was instrumental in the conviction of Capone for tax evasion, and was shot dead a week before Capone’s release from prison . Around the 1970s the Lincoln was acquired by noted Lincoln collector James Sullivan, and in 2002 it came into the stewardship of Steve and Susan Babinsky Although portions of the car were repainted many years ago, for the most part this Lincoln car remains in original condition

L1 L1-02 1921 Hispano-Suiza H6B Chavet Phaeton Chuck Reimel,Villanova, Pennsylvania

. The current owner acquired the car in 2020

L1-05 1930 Lincoln L Dietrich Convertible Victoria

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This Cadillac is unrestored and in factory-original condition, having traveled a total of 22,000 miles in its lifetime . It was purchased new by publisher, politician and utility tycoon Ira C Copley, who served in the US House of Representatives from 1911 to 1923 Special appointments requested by Mr Copley include Bimini Blue paint over black fenders, mohair upholstery in the passenger compartment, and Kelch heat registers front and rear

David & Jennifer Willoughby, Watsonville, California

After Copley’s death in 1947 the Cadillac remained at the family estate in Aurora until about 1960, and over the next 60 years passed through a series of owners who carefully preserved its originality, including “Cadillac Jim” Pearson, the Armacost Museum, and the Groendyke Collection The Cadillac has never been restored and exhibits factory-original paint, chrome, glass, upholstery, carpets and engine—which drives quite well

L1-06 1931 Cadillac 452 Fleetwood Imperial Limousine Jim Callahan, Oakland, California

This 1930 Lincoln Dietrich Convertible Victoria was originally shown at the San Francisco Auto Show in 1930 and is the only known one of its kind Originally the Dietrich-bodied convertible was dressed in yellow, but the initial buyer had the dealer paint it tan, because he thought the yellow was “too flashy .” Today the tan color is wearing thin and the original yellow paint is showing through—an indication of the authentic preservation of the 90-year-old Lincoln This example is equipped for long distance touring with a 50-gallon fuel tank and a trunk rack in addition to the standard trunk Especially rare are the Woodlite headlights and an accessory Owl spotlight, controlled from a T-handle on the dash Jack Passey, classic car collector extraordinaire, acquired the car at some point, and its current owner purchased the Lincoln from Passey’s widow, Mona, in 2016, still beautifully preserved and sporting its original interior and top

. He had the fenders fitted with cargo boxes, installed quilted covers on the radiator and hood and used the car for continental touring Additionally, the rear luggage compartments were converted into jumpseats for his children . Photos of Peter and his wife Gladys plowing through the snow in the Alps illustrate their intrepid motoring . Rimoldi kept his trusty Alfa until his death in 1988 The care given the car is reflected in its amazing original condition and it has never been restored The car is still in use; it recently participated in the 2021 Colorado Grand L1-08 1937 Lincoln K Brunn Semi-Collapsible Cabriolet Michael Gudge, Welches, Oregon

. Hermann A . Brunn, the son of founder Hermann C Brunn, served for years among the

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This Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 was on loan from the Alfa factory to Luigi Chinetti for the 1933 Monte Carlo Rally, and Chinetti and co-driver Jean Trevaux were in the lead when they crashed on the very last lap The car was subsequently acquired by Giacomo Brenta who returned it to the factory in 1937 . Alfa Romeo then rebuilt the engine and sold the car to Peter Rimoldi A Londoner, Rimoldi used the car extensively before and after the war

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L1-07 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Touring Corto Spider Chris MacAllister, Indianapolis, Indiana

. Features include an intercom system between the rear seat and the chauffeur’s compartment so that instructions can be given to the driver without undue fuss! Brunn and Company of Buffalo, New York, was one of Lincoln’s preferred custom coachbuilders, chosen by Edsel Ford to provide an array of elegant options for Lincoln customers . Brunn had been in business since 1898 and had transitioned from horse-drawn to motor vehicle–mounted coachwork

This All-Weather Semi-Collapsible Cabriolet (so called because the top over both the driver and rear passenger seating areas could be removed or lowered) is one of just seven examples of the 359B style built in 1937 on the big Lincoln K V-12 chassis It is a totally original preserved example of Brunn coachwork, penned by Hermann A . Brunn, and lovingly cared for by just a few owners over its 85-year history . Power for this K is provided by Lincoln’s famous 414 cubic inch V-12 engine

Kirk Wentland & Lawrence Camuso, San Jose, California

Honorary Judges at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and he often spoke of the wonderful relationship Brunn had with Edsel Ford and Lincoln

L1-09 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GTC Stabilimenti Farina Cabriolet

The Keller Collection at the Pyramids, Petaluma California

The Lincoln Continental was developed as a series of luxury automobiles engendered by Edsel Ford’s desire for a personal vacation car appropriate for touring the Continent . It was imbued with European Continental styling, and the 1948 model was the final iteration featuring the V-12 motor . This completely original, unrestored 1948 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet was purchased new by the appropriately continental Danish-American screen actor Jean Hersholt Mr Hersholt appeared in 75 silent movies and another 65 “talkies,” making him one of the most prolific actors of the 20th century He specifically requested his Lincoln to be the unusual and eye-catching combination of Opal Blue-Green with Tan leather interior In 1953, Mr . Hersholt sold his Lincoln to Los Angeles car collector William VanMeter Upon VanMeter’s death in 1982, the

Beginning in 1931, Alfa Romeo offered the 6C 1750 GTC—the chassis, axles, suspension, brakes, steering, wheels, half-shafts and gearbox were all quite different from earlier 1750s They were more akin to the 8C 2300, making them virtually an 8C—with a 1750 supercharged engine! Not surprisingly, today many 6C 1750 GTCs have been converted into 8C 2300 cars—usually with their chassis shortened There are very few matching-number original survivors of this model that remain in their original configuration This car features elegant original coachwork by Stabilimenti Farina .

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L2-01 1948 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet

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L2-03 1955 Ferrari 250 Europa GT Pinin Farina Coupe Car Spares Distribution, Ltd., Birmingham, England

The Dr. Marco Gastaldi Collection, Monte Carlo, Monaco

L2 Lincoln was acquired by current owners Kirk Wentland and Lawrence Camuso . This amazing three-owner Lincoln Continental remains in original condition, complete with correct 1948 Lincoln wheel caps and showing just 39,000 miles

This Europa GT is one of 43 examples built by Ferrari It was commissioned with bespoke specifications by Dr . Enrico Wax, an enthusiast who ordered a new, highly personalized Ferrari every year from 1950 to 1974 . This Ferrari features a Pinin Farina body with custom instrument cluster and distinctive taillights

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L2-02 1950 Lancia Aurelia B50 Vignale Coupé

This Aurelia was delivered new to Italian racing driver Giovanni Bracco, who commissioned Carrozzeria Vignale to install a modern sleek body It is rumored Bracco showed his Vignale-bodied B50 to his friend Gianni Lancia, who liked the design and asked Mario Felice Boano to draw up a similar-looking Coupé on a shortened wheelbase—and the B20 GT was born Bracco had the transaxle and front suspension modified at the factory and then took his B20 to the 1951 Mille Miglia—and finished second overall Passing through various hands, the Aurelia returned to its roots in 1983 when it was purchased by Giulio Vignale and was kept until 2010 in Turin by the Vignale family . This Aurelia has never been restored; the interior and exterior are in original condition, and this stunning time capsule continues to be expertly maintained in good running order by the current caretaker, The Dr . Marco Gastaldi Collection of Monaco .

. It was delivered in deep metallic grey, with orange leather upholstery and the dashboard and door caps painted in a green-grey finish—a superbly sophisticated livery . The Europa GT is fitted with the V-12 Columbo engine and is one of the first cars to have coil springs on the front suspension . This Ferrari’s early life is undocumented, but it was sold to William Gottwald of California and exported to the United States in 1960 Unfortunately for Mr Gottwald, but fortunately for us, the car suffered a mechanical failure

Vincent Schicchi, Flushing, New York

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L2-04 1955 Mercedes-Benz

L2-05 1957 Ghia Chrysler 400 Super Dart

The 1957 Ghia Chrysler Super Dart 400 was a unique collaboration between Virgil Exner of Chrysler and Ghia of Turin, Italy, for the 1957 Turin Auto Show The car was equipped with Chrysler underpinnings, including the 400 hp 392-cubic-inch Industrial Hemi engine, factory airconditioning and “highway hi-fi” record player

. Shortly after the Turin show, the Super Dart was brought to the states by Dual Motors, Ghia’s American counterpart, and exhibited at the New York Auto Show, where Alex Freeman of New Jersey acquired it . Freeman owned the car until 1977 . Then the Kanter brothers took ownership until 2020, when John H White purchased the Super Dart for the Ramshead Automobile Collection as the quintessential representation of 1950s styling and technology This lovely Super Dart remains in its original unrestored condition exactly as it left the New York Show in 1958 It has traveled only 49,000 miles in its 65 years

300 SL Gullwing

John H. White, Lincoln, California

The current owner, Vincent Schicchi, grew up with the car, as his father purchased it from the original owner in Germany in 1960 This 67-year-old Mercedes has never been painted and is in original and full operating condition—Vincent can remember treating the leather seats as a child before taking it for a spin alongside his father The Schicchi family have the entire history of this car, which shows the original 60 km on the odometer, as it was parked in the early ’70s, and it has been driven sparingly ever since . All service work to the mechanicals is undertaken with the strictest adherence to maintaining the car’s originality and authenticity

L2 at around 33,700 km and was stored in his workshop for 60 years . It now emerges following a painstaking nut-andbolt mechanical restoration, with its body and interior unrestored and all original

This iconic 300 SL Gullwing is an all-original, two-familyowned car, finished in Ivory with special-order red leather seats, Rudge wheels, a rare high performance “NSL” engine and sport suspension

This E-type Roadster was the last car in the “first batch” of production E-types . It was delivered to Briggs Cunningham as his personal car while racing his two other E-types in Europe in 1961 . Briggs drove this E-type to Le Mans where he and Walt Hansgen participated in the 24 Hours race .

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L2-06 1961 Jaguar E-type Roadster Christian Jenny, Thalwil, Switzerland

The E-type was acquired in 1973 by Jaguar expert and author Dr Thomas Haddock, who kept the car in permanent storage, showing it once briefly at the Henry Ford Museum In his 46 years of ownership, Haddock drove the car just 752 miles and preserved it meticulously, never being tempted to “improve” it in any way and using it as a marker and guide for his book Jaguar E-Type SixCylinder Originality Guide, considered the absolute bible for originality reference . Dr . Christian J . Jenny acquired the car from Dr Haddock in 2019, and it was all original with 54,275 miles on the odometer

L2-07 1961 Jaguar Semi-Lightweight E-type Roadster* William E. “Chip” Connor, Hong Kong

The introduction of the road-going Jaguar E-type in 1961 was a technical and stylistic tour de force . Even Enzo Ferrari declared the E-type the most beautiful car ever made . Boasting a twin-cam, 3 .8-liter, six-cylinder engine with disk brakes and a semi-monocoque construction, the car was born to race . It was Briggs Cunningham, fabled American sportsman and racer, who was the genesis of the E-type’s success in international competition . This car was the third of three E-types ordered by Cunningham and the 27th left-hand-drive E-type built by Jaguar . Cunningham’s race engineer, Alfredo Momo, developed the car for international endurance racing, modifying and lightening the initially all-steel car to achieve ultimate success in the world’s most significant races at the hands of some of the greatest drivers of the day, including Walt Hansgen, John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham—who achieved First in Class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March 1962 . This E-type is a veritable time capsule, remaining in “as last raced” condition

The 904 Carrera GTS features the four-cylinder Carrera Type 587/3 four-cam engine and Porsche’s first-ever fiberglass body Conceived to contest 1964’s 2 0-liter class in the World Championship for Makes, the car proved very successful, winning the Targa Florio and becoming 2 .0-liter World Champion in 1964 and 1965 . Dr . Nicholas Begovich ordered this homologated street version, taking delivery in Stuttgart in 1964 . He drove it around Germany and took a lap at the Nürburgring before flying the car home to California . In 1998, Begovich drove the Porsche to the Pebble Beach Concours 50th Anniversary celebration for Porsche . In 2020, Begovich’s collection of 14 cars was gifted to Cal State Fullerton upon his death . The collection was acquired by the Audrain Automobile Museum, with the proceeds of the sale going to Cal State Fullerton . This Porsche has stood the test of time and is recognized as one of the most beautifully preserved 904s in existence, having been driven only 2,998 kilometers to date

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This Abarth Simca 1300 GT started life with a regular nose and roundtail body . In 1966, after some racing, including two outings at the Hill Climb Consuma and two at Imola, first owner Renato Arfe traded it back to Abarth Corsa, where it was updated to racing specification with a longer nose and short “duck lip” Kam tail . An upgraded twin-spark head was fitted, along with transmission cooling ducts and larger brakes

. In 1967 the car sold to the world-famous Conrero racing outfit and eventually, in 1978, collector Fabrizio Violati acquired the car and placed it in his Maranello Rosso Museum, where it stayed until the breakup of the collection in 2014 . The current owner attempted, but failed, to purchase the car at auction in 2014, but succeeded in 2021 . Few 1960s race cars possess the organic patina of this Simca, whose exceptional originality is evidenced by the pipes, ignition wires, even the cardboard and wire air ducts, largely thanks to almost 40 years in a museum where it was expertly preserved .

L2-09 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Coupe Audrain Collections, Newport, Rhode Island

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L2-08 1963 Abarth Simca 1300 GT Sibona & Basano Coupé Elad Shraga, Savyon, Israel

This concept car was built by Carrozzeria Bertone in Turin, Italy, and exhibited at the Torino Show in 1969

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L2-10 1969 Autobianchi 112 Bertone Concept Car ASI Automotoclub Storico Italiano, Turin, Italy

This aluminum Touring “Superleggera” (superlight) Ferrari 166 MM Spyder was the first Ferrari imported into the United States by Chinetti Motors in March 1949 . The development of the 166 MM was a watershed where body design, chassis and performance came together, establishing Ferrari’s success in subsequent road and racing lines The 166 MM was the successor to the type 166 competition cars, named for Ferrari’s outright win at the Mille Miglia in 1948 . The sports/endurance racers had natural aspiration and were campaigned by both Ferrari works and individuals, delighting crowds with their iconic engine soundtrack This groundbreaking design was the brainchild GRAND TOURING

The avant-garde profile was penned by designer Marcello Gandini, who was also responsible for the Lamborghini Miura and the groundbreaking Countach, the Italian wedge being his specialty .

M1-01 1948 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta Anne Brockinton Lee / The Robert M. Lee Automobile Collection, Sparks, Nevada

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The Autobianchi A112, also dubbed the “Runabout,” featured the mid-engine transverse configuration, employing the Fiat 128 SOHC engine, displacing 1,169 cubic centimeters, coupled with a fourspeed manual transmission . The small two-seater emulated race-boats of the 1960s, and sported several unusual features, including no doors and headlamps mounted on the side posts of the rollbar, behind the occupants’ seats . The only instrument on the interior of the car is a speedometer, styled as a nautical compass in the center of the dashboard . Rarely driven and always meticulously preserved, this amazing concept car was the inspiration for the Fiat X1/9 and the precursor for many styling details of the future Lancia Stratos

A truly historic one-off Ferrari, this 212 Inter has participated in the Mille Miglia twice, and was invited to Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary Concours at the Circuito de Fiorano in 2007, in recognition of its rarity and significance

M1-02 1951 Ferrari 212 Inter Ghia-Aigle Coupe Masashi Tashiro, Shibuya, Japan Carrosserie

. M1-03 1951 Ferrari 340 America Ghia Coupe Jack & Debbie Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri Ferrari built just 23 examples of the 340 America, and this is one of them . The 340 America was the first Ferrari street car to utilize the powerful Lampredi V-12 engine, making this a landmark model . As one of just five 340s coached by Ghia, this is the only one graced with an alloy body . Initially this Ferrari was owned by Michel Paul-Cavallier, President of Pont-à-Mousson foundry, who became the first nonItalian member of the Board of Directors of Ferrari Cavallier requested competition camshafts, producing a 15% increase over a standard 340 America, and rare frontdriving lights . The current owner, Jack Thomas, believes “Ferraris are meant to be driven,” and true to his word he has driven this car on the Colorado Grand and raced it on

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of Touring coachworks and shown at the Turin Auto Show where it was dubbed the “little boat” or barchetta . The car was purchased new by auto enthusiast Tommy Lee and then in 1995 acquired by classic collector Robert Lee (unrelated) from Tommy Lee’s business partner’s estate This Ferrari has graced the Robert M . Lee Collection ever since, and is considered by many to be one of the most important Ferraris in the world

Ghia S A , Aigle, commonly known as GhiaAigle, was founded in Switzerland in 1948 as a subsidiary of Carrozzeria Ghia, and responsible for creating the stunning coachwork for this Ferrari 212 Inter . This is one of only two Ferraris bodied by Ghia-Aigle, and the only one built sporting this design by Giovanni Michelotti . Sold new to Henry-Gustave Thiébald of Switzerland, the car was exported to England in the late ’50s, where it received some racing upgrades Its British owner, F J Buckland, raced the car on May 5, 1974, at the Prescott Speed Hill Climb in Gloucestershire, and since then the car has been owned by collectors from the United States, Japan and New Zealand

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M1-04 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Ellena Coupe Eddie & Kimberly Montini, Gilbert, Arizona

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M1 tracks from Sebring to Laguna Seca . In 2008, this car came to the Pebble Beach Concours, and we are delighted to have it back .

The 410 Superamerica was a modern coachbuilt car by Ferrari, and this Series III example is fitted with the powerful 4 9-liter, 400 bhp, race-derived Lampredi V-12 engine

. The car was then meticulously restored to factory specifications, with the original drivetrain .

The 1958 Ellena was built by Carrozzeria Ellena, previously called Carrozzeria Boano The 1958 Ellena was the successor of the Boano car, resulting in three major design changes: a raised roofline, elimination of the vent windows, and an improved synchromesh transmission

. Completed in May 1959, chassis number 1305 SA was the 25th 410 Superamerica built and the fourth of a dozen Series III models produced . As was typical of these bespoke super-coupes, it boasts several special features, including competition-style covered headlamps, and unique rear fenders with one-off taillights

. According to the factory build sheet, this example was built with special options—a dual-brake master-cylinder peddle box and vented/racing brake drums—and is possibly the only one thus ordered . In the 1970s this Ellena was completely disassembled, but all work was halted until 2015 when the car was acquired by Eddie Montini

. Just 39 “High Roof” Ellenas were manufactured, and it is believed 27 exist, with only 18 still sporting their original engines

M1-05 1959 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe Kevin Cogan, Louisville, Kentucky

. The original color scheme was Nero Tropicale over Naturale leather— exactly as you see it today, and this example retains its original numbers-matching engine and chassis, as well as the original gearbox and rear axle . Following ownership by vintage racer Dennis Machul, this 410 Superamerica joined the collection of its present owners in the late 1990s and has remained largely out of sight ever since In recognition of its significance, this smashing Superamerica was prominently featured in Dyke Ridgley’s book Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series III.

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This Ferrari 275 GTB was completed in Maranello in March 1965 The first owner was Count Vittorio Zanon di Valgiurata in Turin, Italy, former president of the Italian ASI (Automotoclub Storico Italy), and a well-known car collector

The 226 hp 3 .0-liter V-12 engine is encased in a superb sporting body crafted by the Italian favorite, Scaglietti Only 56 of the California were produced, and this car is a special covered headlight example In September 1961, this California was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show and then delivered to the customer It eventually made its way to the US and Luigi Chinetti, being acquired by the current owner in 2019 Its provenance is well documented and it remains exceptionally original and perfectly appropriate for this quintessentially Californian event

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M1-06 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Spyder California Pierre Chen, Taipei, Taiwan

. Apparently, correspondence from Enzo Ferrari to the young Count states, “In view of your sporting driving style, I have fitted six carburetors to your new car!” In 1981, the car was assigned for restoration with some styling and technical upgrades in line with the 275 GTB/C prototype the Bolognese owner particularly admired . Special air vents were incorporated into the rear wheel arches and 250 LMstyle driving lights and an external fuel filler were added, along with a triangular power bulge in the bonnet . The current owner acquired the car in 2020 and had it restored to its original configuration and Blu Scuro Metallizzato color, enabling us to see the Ferrari exactly as it was crafted in 1965

M1-07 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Scaglietti Berlinetta Hamid Moghadam, San Francisco, California

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The Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Spyder, also known as the California, was built specifically—as its nickname would suggest—to meet the demands of discerning customers for West Coast touring It is based on the 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France, but with a convertible top and a shortened wheelbase of 240 cm (94 5 inches) to enhance handling

The current owner purchased the car in 2016, and we see it today complete with its original registration number from July 1967: “BL 46529 ”

M1-08 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Scaglietti Berlinetta Jimmy Page, Boca Raton, Florida In 1964, as the legendary 250 series came to an end, Ferrari launched its 275 GTB at the Paris Auto Show

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. A late-production car and one of only eight built to this specific configuration, it features racy long-nose bodywork and a torque-tube driveshaft As with most of the lightweight alloy-bodied 275s, this one was specified with the six-carburetor setup from the factory The current owner took possession of the car in 2007 and has retained its superb presentation as a rare, superbly maintained example of Ferrari’s top-of-theline road-going racer, demonstrating Ferrari’s ability to marry power to comfort to beauty—alchemy at its best M1-09 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Pininfarina Speciale Peter Kalikow, New York, New York Ferrari gave Carrozzeria Pininfarina just four of its 330 GTC Speciale cars to be bodied, based on the 330 GTC Gran Turismo platform . The finished product was debuted at the Brussels Motor Show in 1967 and was lauded for its exceptional styling and power—provided by the impressive 4 .0-liter V-12 engine, capable of producing 300 hp and with a top speed of 230 kph . So popular was the 330 GTC that many of its styling features—elongated hood, covered headlights, split bumpers, egg-crate grille and rear quarter window—were emulated in future models

Hosting a 3 3-liter V-12 engine, similar to that of the 250 LM, the 275 was the first street Ferrari with four-wheel independent suspension and a rear-mounted five-speed transaxle gearbox, capable of 160 mph and producing 280 hp— adding performance to its luxurious appointments This 275 GTB features the highly desirable alloy body, designed by Pininfarina and built by Scaglietti, specifically for Ferrari enthusiasts with an eye on the track

. The first of the four Speciales was sold to Princess Liliane de Réthy of Belgium, but this car—the third in the series—was commissioned specifically by Maria Maddalena Da Lisca Barilla, wife of the famous Italian pasta manufacturer Pietro Barilla

In 1951 Ferrari entered its third Mille Miglia, competing with this Berlinetti driven by Luigi Villoresi and Piero Cassani Early in the race, in very wet conditions, Villoresi went off the road near Ravenna, sustaining damage to the front wheel and suspension After the team cut away some bodywork, they once again set off at a swift pace— and at the finish they placed first, twenty minutes ahead of Giovanni Bracco and Umberto Maglioli in a Lancia Aurelia Another win followed at the Portugal Grand Prix, then the car was sold to Viviano Corradini of New Jersey . In the ensuing years, the car has lived on both sides of the Atlantic . It has resided in the United States with its current owner since 1999, but he has taken the car back to Italy many times for the Mille Miglia Retrospective

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. Under his ownership the 121 LM was driven by Umberto Maglioli, Carroll Shelby, Phil Hill, Ken Miles and Tony Bettenhausen . The car retired from contemporary racing in 1959, but under new ownership it returned to the track in 1995, and it has participated in many historic races and concours

M2-02 1954 Ferrari 121 LM Scaglietti Spyder Les Wexner, Needham, Massachusetts

M2-01 1951 Ferrari 340 America Vignale Berlinetta Jack & Kingsley Croul, Corona del Mar, California Carrozzeria Vignale built four 340 America Berlinettas, and this car (chassis 0082A) was the first to be completed

This Scuderia Ferrari factory team race car is one of just four built . The 121 LM was designed to participate in the 1955 Le Mans, in an effort to perpetuate Ferrari’s winning streak at that race, following the first overall in 1954 with a 375 Plus, driven by Jose Froilan Gonzalez The new 121 LM received stunning Scaglietti coachwork and a massive 4 4-liter, inline, 6-cylinder Lampredi engine This 121 LM campaigned all over the world, participating in the Buenos Aires 1000 km and most notably the Mille Miglia in 1955, driven by Piero Taruffi . The factory sold the car in the summer of 1955 to construction tycoon Tony Parravano, close friend of Jack McAfee and prolific buyer of Maserati and Ferrari race cars

M2-04 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Berlinetta Michael & Katharina Leventhal

This 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione Berlinetta is one of eight created by Scaglietti in 1956 The model is known as the TDF or “Tour de France,” after the event the 250 GT won outright from 1956 through 1964 These cars were powered by the Colombo-designed 3 .0-liter, V-12 engine, and they dominated the race scene for almost a decade This car was delivered new to race-driver Pablo Ferrara, aka “Hippocrates,” who raced the 250 GT at the Mille Miglia in 1957, finishing seventh overall and third in class, completing the 1,000-mile circuit of Italy in under 11 hours and 31 minutes . Over the following four years, this TDF raced more than 25 times, including the Avola-Avola Hill Climb, Monte Pellegrino, Coppa Belmote, and Targa del Busento, where the car won overall, with further successes in the Targa Florio and other European races In its second lap of life, this GT revisited the Mille Miglia in 1987 and has completed the Colorado Grand 18 times, living up to its “Competizione” moniker .

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M2-03 1955 Ferrari 410 S Scaglietti Spyder Brian Ross, Cortland, Ohio

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This Ferrari 410 S is one of the most powerful sports racing cars built in the 1950s . Designed to participate in the 1955 Carrera Panamericana Road Race, the 410 S was powered by Ferrari’s most competitive engine—the 4 .9-liter, V-12, twin sparkplug Lampredi, producing 390 hp at 6,200 rpm Ferrari built four of these 410 S cars, two for its Scuderia race team and two sport models for private racers This car was one of the Scuderia cars . Unfortunately, the Carrera Panamericana was cancelled in 1955, and so this car went on to compete in the 1956 Buenos Aires 1000 km race, the opener for the World Sports Car Championship The car, driven by Peter Collins and Luigi Musso, qualified to be third on the grid and registered the fastest lap at 102 5 mph, but it did not finish the race due to transmission failure The car retired from racing in 1959 after competing at Nassau, Pomona and Daytona, but graduated to historic racing in 1998, with outings at Silverstone and Goodwood

. Present owners William and Cheryl Swanson present #1143 GT in its original Swiss racing livery of red with a white stripe

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This 1959 “Tour de France” Berlinetta by Scaglietti is a late-production, single-louver, covered-headlight, alloybodied example of one of the most celebrated dual-purpose sports cars of its era It represents the final evolution of a model that played a significant role in the history of Ferrari competition cars .

M2-06 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Scaglietti Berlinetta William H. & Cheryl K. Swanson, Pebble Beach, California

M2-05 1957 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Zagato Berlinetta Lee and Joan Herrington / The Herrington Collection, Bow, New Hampshire

Zagato coachworks created bodies for just five Ferraris, and this car (#0665) is the only Zagato Ferrari to feature both covered headlights and the signature double-bubble roof

The first owner, Jean Aumas of Geneva, Switzerland, and subsequent Swiss owners would amass an extensive and winning European rally and hill climb record right through the 1960s, most notably a third overall in the 1959 Mille Miglia in the hands of drivers Jean-Pierre Schild and Robert Pecorini . This Tour de France returned to the Mille Miglia three more times under different ownership, in 1982, 1996 and 1997 In 2002, the Ferrari was acquired by Bruce Male of Boston, Massachusetts, who continued to use the car as intended in historic races and rallies throughout Europe and the United States

The Ferrari was a special order for Camillo Luglio, a gentleman racer who won the Italian GT championship having attained first in class at the Mont Ventoux Hillclimb, first in class in the Coppa InterEuropa at Monza, and first overall at the Pontedecimo-Giovi Hillclimb However, Luglio’s greatest claim to fame was at the Mille Miglia, where he finished sixth overall and second in class, trailing only Scarlatti for Maserati, and the four Ferrari factory teams, thus finishing first among non-works drivers Enzo Ferrari was so impressed he invited Luglio to drive for Ferrari in Formula 1, an offer the gentleman racer politely declined . Acquired by Lee Herrington in 1999, this exceptional Zagato Ferrari appears in its 1957 Mille Miglia race livery for the first time at Pebble Beach

M2-08 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Scaglietti Berlinetta Series II Harry Yeaggy, Cincinnati, Ohio Enzo Ferrari once said, “Ask a child to draw a car and they will draw it red .” Case in point is this Ferrari GTO race car This is the only Series II GTO that Ferrari built, and it was used as the factory practice car at Targa Florio, driven by Phil Hill and Mauro Forghieri, racking up an impressive race and hill-climb schedule in its first year

This Ferrari (chassis 0806) is the last of five Ferrari Dino 196 SPs built as part of Scuderia Ferrari’s 1962 Sports Prototype team These five cars were the first of the rearengine sports Ferraris This car was first raced with the 2 4-liter, V-8 engine in 1962 at Sebring, where it failed to impress . It didn’t do so well after its engine was enlarged to 2 6 liters, so a radical rethink was called for The Vittorio Jano-designed V-6 was tried, since it was compact and more fuel efficient, and it fitted perfectly The design was very untraditional for Enzo Ferrari, who had always believed that the engine should be placed in the front of the car In 1963, with the V-6 behind the driver, 0806 was finally raced with some success by Doug Thiem in sports car events all over North America

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M2-09 1964 Ferrari 250 LM Scaglietti Berlinetta Chris & Ann Cox, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

M2-07 1962 Ferrari 196 SP Fantuzzi Spyder Peter Harburg, Brisbane, Australia

. The following year the car was stripped of its original body and redressed by Scaglietti in Series II coachwork . Wearing its new garb, this GTO finished fifth overall at Targa Florio and was first in its class . Following some modifications to the nose and the addition of a brake cooling system, the car was then sold to the UK and raced by David Piper at Brands Hatch, where it finished first overall . Very recently its current owner had the car restored to its Series II Targa Florio attire

The Ferrari 250 LM was built for the track with its uberpowerful 3 3-liter V-12 engine The car was built on a 94-inch wheelbase—it was lithe, agile, fast, and packing 320 hp This is the 22nd car of the 32 produced, and it

. In 1963 this car came fourth overall at the Targa Florio, piloted by Gianni Bulgari and Ron Grana

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This Alfa Romeo (chassis 2111032) was used as a Works car in 1932 and was then sold early in 1933 to Scuderia Ferrari, which had the original Monza body replaced with Zagato-built Spider coachwork .

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was purchased new in China Red by race driver George Drummond of England . Drummond actively campaigned this car around England in 1965 with exceptional success, taking first overall at meetings at Brands Hatch, Snetterton and Silverstone

The following year, Drummond took the car to the 24 Hours of Daytona, followed by outings to Austria and South Africa In 1968, the 250 LM raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Paul Vestey and Roy Pike, but sadly failed to finish Some 20 years later, the 250 LM returned to the track in the Chicago and Monterey Historic Races and today it presents in Rosso Cina—its race-ready livery of 1965 N-01 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato Monza* Fastwelve, Bellevue, Washington

The Keller Collection at the Pyramids, Petaluma, California Seldom has there been a more convincing claimant to the title of the complete car than Vittorio Jano’s masterpiece, the Alfa Romeo 8C . Victorious in many Grand Prix races, at Le Mans four years in succession, and in no less than seven ROMEO 8C 2300N

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Ferrari entered the car in the Mille Miglia with the legendary Tazio Nuvolari behind the wheel, and he drove the car to victory in the famous road race .

The 8C 2300 served Scuderia Ferrari for several more seasons, and it was during this period that it was rebodied back to its original Monza shape . After its Ferrari ownership, the Monza continued to be raced extensively as late as 1948 when it took part in the opening weekend at Goodwood After some time in Africa and Europe, the car was bought by its current, American owner . He presented the car, wearing its Mille Miglia winning number 98, at the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance N-02 1932 Alfa 8C 2300 Graber Cabriolet

This 8C (chassis 2211071) features coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring and was selected to represent the Alfa Romeo company at the 1932 Paris Auto Salon . Sold new by the British concessionire F W Stiles, its first owner traded it in after a short period . Subsequently it was acquired by Harry Rose of London In an interview with marque historian Simon Moore, Rose enthusiastically recalled motoring around London as well as taking some continental road trips, including a trip to Monaco for the Grand Prix and traveling briskly from Paris to Monte Carlo in ten and a half hours . Rose also participated in local motoring events with the 8C at Shelsley Walsh and Brooklands Later the car was discovered in Maryland and acquired by Maryland State Senator Anders Lofstrand It remained in his family until 1987 when it was purchased by Judge North . In 1991 it was acquired by Gordon Barrett who carefully preserved and maintained the car, enjoying it on numerous tours and events for 26 years before passing it to its current owner in 2017 .

N-04 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Brianza Monza The Pearl Collection / Fritz Burkard, Switzerland Enzo Ferrari entered this car in the Monaco Grand Prix for Tazio Nuvolari, who led the race until he had to retire on the very last lap . In July of 1933 it was registered for road use and then entered in the Swedish Grand Prix for Antonio Brivio . Although it was Ferrari’s single entry, Brivio won the eventful race against a colorful mix of racing cars . Later in 1933, it was also used in the Mont Ventoux

N-03 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Touring Corto Spider* Time to Drive Collection, Charlottesville,Virginia

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editions of the Mille Miglia, its competition credentials are beyond reproach . The heart of this formidable machine is its supercharged, straight-eight, twin-overhead-camshaft engine, which Jano arranged in effect as two four-cylinder units in tandem with the cam-drive gears amidships Yet its racing exploits only tell part of the 8C story . The chassis, available in both long chassis Lungo and short chassis Corto form, underpinned some of the finest and most elegant touring cars of its day, such as this 8C, which is elegantly clothed in timeless coachwork by Carrosserie Hermann Graber of Wichtrach, Switzerland

Built ahead of the 1933 season, this Monza was most likely sold new to French racer Jean-Pierre Wimille He campaigned at a variety of events that year placing second in the Marne and Comminges Grands Prix Under new ownership, the car continued to be raced in 1934, with Raymond Sommer, amongst others, doing the driving In July of 1935, it was most likely used to set a variety of Class D International speed records at Montlhéry

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1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Figoni Tourer John & Gwen McCaw

1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Auriga Collection, Germany

The 8C was then sold to Portugal and eventually ended up in Brazil during the second half of the 1930s It was raced in South America at a variety of events before being placed in storage, and it was in remarkably good condition when Colin Crabbe found the car in 1980 . Brought back to England, it was fully restored and ready in time for Crabbe to show the car at the 8C 2300’s 50th anniversary celebration Following a stewardship in the hands of Jeffrey Pattinson, it is today part of a formidable stable of historic racing cars in Germany . N-06

N hill-climb and at San Sebastian . Over the winter, the car was rebuilt at Scuderia Ferrari and it re-emerged in 1934, simply tagged SF28 . It was then raced at the Mille Miglia before being acquired by amateur racer Vittorio Belmondo, who campaigned the car extensively during the 1934 and 1935 seasons . It has since been raced extensively in recent years, and in 2012 it was famously driven over the road from Germany to Goodwood for the Revival, where it was raced to victory before driven back on the road once again N-05

This Figoni Tourer on a long chassis was sold new in France in November of 1933 for 18,750 francs . The car left France for Switzerland with its original owner in 1939 and the car still retains the original Alfa Paris badge and knock-off spinners to this day Joel Finn purchased the car in November of 1961 and shipped it to New York, later selling the car in April of 1962 to Standford Landell, a GM executive, who undertook a three-year restoration of the car . When the restoration was completed, Mr Landell entered the car in the 1965 Carnival of Cars in Detroit where it was

O1-01 1950 Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Open Two Seater Peter Roberts, Chipping Campden, England

Completed in early 1934, this 8C 2300 was delivered as a rolling chassis to Joseph Figoni’s Paris workshop There the car was completed with a very elegant Cabriolet body

N-07 1934 Romeo 8C 2300

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judged a 100-point car and won first place in the Classic Car Club Division . In the early 1980s the car transferred to owners in the UK, South Africa and Sweden before landing back in the US with Henry Petronis in 1988 The current owner acquired the car in 2010 and completed a four-year restoration

Figoni Cabriolet Décapotable Robert Bishop, Palm Beach, Florida

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This Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica was a regular East Coast and SCCA racer when new Chassis FN10 has a continuous history and is remarkably original for a race car Starting life in glamorous fashion, FN10 was specially prepared by the factory for exhibition at the 1950 New York British Auto Show Finished splendidly in light grey with red upholstery and chrome embellishments, the car was bought off the stand by legendary privateer Larry Kulok Kulok’s first race with the car was at Bridgehampton on Long Island, finishing third behind a pair of Ferrari 166s RACING

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The first owner quickly sold the car to Raoul Calvayrac, who managed to hide the Alfa Romeo on his estate during the German occupation In the early 1950s, the Figoni Cabriolet was brought to the United States and subsequently bought by Ohioan Jim Ibold He cherished the car for over 40 years—and for most of those years it shared a garage with his 8C 2900 Ibold preserved the Alfa Romeos and only replaced parts when strictly necessary Patrick Ottis acquired the car next and commissioned a respectful and sympathetic restoration that preserved some of the details that enhance its charm The current owner purchased the car from Ottis

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O1-03 1953 Aston Martin DB3S Race Car Wayne & Ruth Gray, Fife, Scotland

This car (chassis B20-1300) is one of five special competition first series Lancia Aurelia B20 GTs produced . It was most likely also the very first Lancia Aurelia B20 in the United States, because it was used as a road test car for the January 1952 issue of Road & Track magazine Created by Lancia specifically for and raced in the 1951 Carrera Panamericana by a privateer, then again in 1952, it features a special lowered roofline for more efficient aerodynamics featuring lightweight alloy panels, special transmission with long ratio gears for higher speeds, special floor shifter for faster shifting, long-range fuel tank with double fuel necks, lightweight interior with different seats and a specially tuned engine with an extra two-barrel carburetor In the 1950s the car was retired and stored in Mexico . From 1964 to 2016 it was owned by the same family as part of a large car collection before being acquired by its current owner .

The fifth of 31 examples built (and one of only 11 works racers), this particular DB3S (serial number DB3S/5) was originally built for the private use of the company’s owner, David Brown . But after three other examples were destroyed at Le Mans in 1954, Brown handed his car over to John Wyer at the racing department, who replaced the fiberglass bodywork with aluminum and put it to work . It had twelve wins with drivers like Sir Stirling Moss, Peter Collins, and Roy Salvadori, who drove it at Spa, the Nürburgring, and the Mille Miglia Later it became the first to be fitted with Girling disc brakes that necessitated the one-off Borrani rims and wheel arch extensions for which the model became famous . It also was raced at

O1-02 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Pinin Farina Competition Coupé Strada e Corsa BV, Haarlem, The Netherlands

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O1 By his third outing at Linden Airport Raceway, he had won three races . He then sold the car to Ted Boynton who also campaigned the car regularly . The car continued life on the track with several different owners before being acquired by its current owner in 2003 Peter Roberts still drives the car in rallies and races, and has recently restored it to its original livery after a long period of being painted green

O1-04 1955 Porsche 550 1500 RS Wendler Spyder

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Robert Ingram / The Ingram Collection, Durham, North Carolina

Paul Sagan purchased this Porsche (chassis 550-0073) from Max Hoffman, intending to use the car to promote his Porsche dealership Sagan started at Thompson, racing 550-0073 in June 1956, and he often finished first or second in each race By the end of the ’56 season he had accumulated enough points to gain second place in the national FM standings behind legend Jack McAfee At the beginning of the 1957 season, Sagan modified 5500073 to resemble a hill climb car by drilling the entire car with lightening holes to reduce weight, with the purpose of competing against the newer 550As on the track Unfortunately, at Lime Rock in 1957, his new light and agile 550 crashed and rolled numerous times, causing extensive damage . The car was then parted, including the quad cam engine, with the body sent to a Ferrari repair shop . The car was there for an extended time before Sagan sold it half-finished to friend Bill Dunne The car 550-073 was restored in 2010 and acquired by its current owner from the Jon Shirley Collection that same year It has recently received a comprehensive restoration . O1-05 1957 Bandini Sport International “Saponetta” Sports Racer Mark & Newie Brinker, Houston, Texas In 1946 Ilario Bandini began manufacturing race cars and established Bandini Automoili . Bandini’s earliest cars were built using modified Fiat components . Bandini’s cars were beautiful and extremely competitive in both Europe and the United States In fact, Bandini won the SCCA National Class Championship in 1955 and 1957 . Bandini is particularly celebrated for the engineering masterpiece of Bandini twin cam engines . Building on the design of a Crosley crankcase, Bandini cast an all-new aluminum DOHC head and also cast the intermediate block . These engines produced impressive power and revved to over

Spa-Francorchamps and local circuits such as Goodwood and Silverstone . As if that provenance weren’t enough, the roadster then went on to appear in the ’60s comedy School for Scoundrels alongside Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, and Janette Scott

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 8000 rpm with ease . This example (chassis number 1005) is one of only nine Saponettas ever constructed and the only right-hand drive example . This car scored many class wins in the 1950s and early 1960s, and was owned and raced by Henry Rudkin from 1957 to 1960 Rudkin finished 4th in the 1960 SCCA National Championship . Dave Lang became the next owner and finished 3rd in the 1961 SCCA National Championship . Acquired by its current owner in 2010, it was subsequently restored over a three-year period

This 1963 Factory Team Shelby Cobra (CSX2026) was built at Shelby to full competition specifications with numerous special performance features that include 12:1 pistons, roller camshaft and lifters, and 48mm Weber Carburetors on a prototype intake manifold It was first raced by Dave MacDonald at Riverside in 1963 and it won . This is the first Cobra ever to win a race, the first Cobra to win an SCCA championship, in 1963, and the first Cobra to win a USRRC race overall, which helped secure the championship in 1963 . In total, CSX2026 won eleven races during 1963 and 1964 Later, it spent many years at the Shelby American Collection in Boulder, Colorado . This Cobra is one of the most historically significant Cobras in existence, representing the time when the Shelby Cobra put its mark on the racing world for the first time The current owner has restored the car back to its exact original specifications as it appeared on the track in Riverside, including the original tires from 1963 .

O1-07 1964 Alfa Romeo TZ Zagato Coupé James & Victoria Trofitter, Brush Prairie,Washington

Peter Klutt Legendary Motorcar Company Ltd, Halton Hills, Canada

O1-06 1963 Shelby Cobra Team Race Car

This car (chassis number 38) is one of nine Giulia Tubolare Zagatos, or TZs, that were sold new to the United States . Research indicates that 102 of these cars were constructed of aluminum, as this car is, and three bodies were made of fiberglass . Featuring sophisticated aerodynamics penned by Ercole Spada and a chassis design by Carlo Chiti and Alfa Romeo’s racing subsidiary, Autodelta, they were highly competitive in the under-two-liter class in international racing (LeMans, Sebring, Targa Florio) despite having less

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The DB2 helped revolutionize the postwar sports car boom

. This DB2 is one of 100 drophead coupés, and 10 authentic lefthand drive examples . The car was first owned by Herbert Turner Matson of Victoria, British Columbia, who was a war

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. A survivor, this car competed in 72 races from 1964 to 2006, including the Monterey Historics for seven years, and miraculously was never crashed . It is one of an estimated 14 TZs equipped with knock-off wheels, an especially attractive feature In 1964 Preston Erickson, sales manager at Rezzaghi Motors in San Francisco, took delivery for the first owner, Noel Armstrong of El Paso, Texas, who retained it until 1970

Subsequently, it passed through several owners until the current owner acquired the car in 2015 and performed an authentic restoration

O1-08 1965 Ford GT40 P/1012 Mk ll Gerard Lopez, London, England

It sported elegant Italianesque styling, and it won races with its innovative coil springs, space frame, and tilt bonnet

O2-01 1952 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupé David Martin, Santa Monica, California

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The second GT40 Mk II built, this chassis (1012) made its competition debut at Daytona where it finished 2nd It was also used at the Le Mans test in April and a month later was the sole Mk II entered in the Spa 1000 Kilometers where it placed 2nd again . At Le Mans, it served as one of the spare cars because there had been no time to properly rebuild it after Spa . In 1967, it was raced at Daytona again, this time managing no better than 7th Chassis 1012 was later used for testing until Peter Revson had a very big accident at Daytona, severely damaging the car The GT40 was stored at Holman & Moody before it was acquired by Californian Don Davis in 1970 He painstakingly restored the car and brought it to the very first Monterey Historic Automobile Races and campaigned it regularly until selling it in 1989 to Stanley Ross . The current owner purchased the car in 2014 .

O2-03 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Pinin Farina Spider

The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong Pinin Farina built the B24 Spider, dubbed the Spider America, as a development of the very successful B20 Aurelia . Aimed at the US market, 240 were made and each came equipped with a 2 .5-liter V6 engine and DeDion rear suspension . Note the striking windshield position that facilitated the aerodynamics and a top speed of 115 mph This B24 was sold new to an owner in California, and it remained in Southern California for about 45 years . In 1992, it was sold to another party who consigned it to a body shop in Northern California, where it remained another 10 years Steve Garland bought it in 2002, restored it, then sold it to Ronald B . Francis, who passed it to John

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O2-02 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Worblaufen Cabriolet

Lisa Schigiel & Eric Schigiel, Miami Beach, Florida Swiss coachbuilder Worblaufen first collaborated with Alfa Romeo to create a body for the 6C 2300 in 1934, and the relationship between the two companies continued on and off through 1958 . It is believed that only six 1900 CSS (Super Sprint) bodies were built in all and the whereabouts of just three are known today . This car was delivered to Worblaufen on January 13, 1955, for the remarkable 1900 CSS cabriolet bodywork, along with two sister chassis . In 2019, this car was meticulously restored in Italy—a particularly arduous task as there were several wooden segments that had to be replaced Once the bodywork was finished, the Alfa Romeo was painted its original color, colbalt blue, over a beige interior In 2021 Leo Schigiel, the owner of the car, passed away, and today his wife Lisa and son Eric are showing this rare 1900 CSS in Leo’s honor

O2 correspondent for the Canadian Army during WWII and then a newspaper publisher . Educated in England, Matson had a penchant for all things English, and the magnificent DB2 with its English panache fit the bill . Upon receipt of the car in Victoria, Matson and his third wife cruised high society and the car became something of a celebrity . It was eventually sold to a fellow Canadian in Toronto and then in 1987 it was repatriated to England and entered a prestigious collection Today, in the care of David Martin, we see this iconic DB2 in its original colors and interior palette

The spyders commissioned by Dei are considered to be Frua masterpieces, and are identical except for color—one is finished in red with a cream central stripe, and this car is yellow with a black stripe Both cars had Marchal driving lights and Veglia gauges

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This Maserati A6GCS Frua Spyder is one of three built and two in existence . Guglielmo Dei, the official Maserati dealer in Rome, commissioned a small series of coachbuilt A6GCS/53s in 1954, including four Pinin Farina Berlinettas and a single Frua spyder Delighted by the Frua upon receipt, Dei asked Maserati for two additional A6GCS/53 chassis, intended for Frua coachwork The two chassis were equipped with special dry sump A6G/54 engines and then forwarded to the coachbuilder in Torino

Baker . The Hon . Sir Michael Kadoorie purchased the car from Baker in 2007 and fully restored it .

In recognition of its significance, the car was featured in several magazines in 1957, including MotorTrend, Quattroroute, Classic Cars International, Auto d’Epoca, Automobilism and Routeclassic. From 2003 through 2008, this Maserati underwent a painstaking restoration— overseen by Dr . Adolfo Orsi, whose family owned Maserati—and in 2014, it was invited to the 100th anniversary celebration of Maserati at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena At the close of the exhibition, the car went back to Autosport, was stripped to bare aluminum and re-dressed in its original colors It returned from Italy to the US in June 2016, and has enjoyed the stewardship of Brendan Gallaher since 2020

Jonathan & Wendy Segal, San Diego, California

O2-04 1955 Maserati A6GCS Frua Spyder

O2-05 1956 Maserati A6G/54 Frua Prototype Spyder Brendan Gallaher, Wilson, Wyoming

This Maserati was displayed by prior owners at Pebble Beach in 1964 and represents the symbiosis of the thoroughbred A6GCS/53 chassis with exquisite Frua coachwork

This is the prototype for the third A6G/54 series, which consisted of just ten cars It differed from its peers with a dash that matched the exterior color of the car and it did not have a decorative plate behind the gauges

O2-06 1963 Apollo 3500GT Intermeccanica Spyder

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Dennis & Susan Garrity, Green Bay, Wisconsin

This 1949 Lancia Aprilia was featured on the Ghia stand at the 1949 Geneva Auto Show . Carrozzeria Ghia supposedly built three Supergioiello (Super Jewel) models on three different chassis . One was built on a 2500 Alfa Romeo chassis, another on an early Ferrari chassis, and this example was built on an Aprilia chassis, making each car unique and ultra-rare This car is considered to be a 2- to 3-seater with the special bench seat . It was first owned by Tony Lewis until the 1960s, when it was passed to Frank Skully, who apparently last drove it to the Millers Picnic in 1977 After that outing it is believed the car was stored for some 40 years and was acquired by a third owner before making its way to the current owner in 2015 It received a restoration in 2020, with painstaking care to match the

The Apollo 3500GT Spyder combined the craftsmanship of Intermeccanica with the power and reliability of an American drivetrain Only 11 “spyder” versions were produced, penned by Franco Scaglione, and this Apollo was the prototype for the model—the only 3500GT constructed with an all-aluminum body and an aluminum block and heads Upon its arrival in the US in 1963, the car was dressed with numerous bespoke features in preparation for its unveiling at the San Francisco Auto Salon in the fall of 1963, followed by the 1964 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

O3-01 1949 Lancia Aprilia Ghia Supergioiello Coupé Nigel Churcher, Toronto, Canada

The car’s first owner was Dr Gordon Hayden, a UC Berkeley professor, nuclear physicist and Apollo stockholder, who kept the car for 30 years until he passed away . In 1995, company founder Milt Brown showed the Apollo at Pebble Beach for a second time, and earned a Second in Class . Upon acquiring the vehicle in 2019, current owners Dennis and Susan Garrity consulted with Milt Brown and Apollo historian Robb Northrup to return the car to its “authentic as built” condition

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leftover Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 dry sump engines built for the Royal Italian Navy during the war, only two cars were produced, one bodied by Carrozzeria Colli and this car, the Serenissima by Carrozzeria Riva . Count Lurani created a design that was lighter and more streamlined than standard Alfas of the early ’50s, with superior performance and handling The original color of the car was light bluegrey metallic, with blue Connolly leather, and Alfa 6C instruments The resultant car entered the Venice Grand Prix Concours d’Elegance in 1950 and—competing against Pinin Farina, Touring, Bertone, Castagna, and Ghia—the Serenissima won Best in Show . Some 70 years later, the Alfa was acquired by Stephen Bruno, and has been restored to its former glory and original color palette .

O3-03 1952 Jaguar XK120 Ghia Supersonic Coupe Bill Heinecke, Bangkok, Thailand

O3-02 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Riva Serenissima Berlinetta Stephen Bruno, Boca Raton, Florida In 1949, Guido Cattaneo and Count Giovanni Lurani built a one-off, high-performance Alfa Romeo 6C Berlinetta called the “Serenissima” or “most serene .” Utilizing

First produced in 1949, the XK120 featured legendary coachwork crafted by William Lyons . However, a few bare chassis were sent to outside coachworks and this car is one of three that went to Ghia for a “supersonic” body . The advent of the jet age produced such icons as the tailfins on the 1959 Cadillac, and, in Europe, Giovanni Savonuzzi of Ghia created supersonic coachwork for the Alfa Romeo 1900, Aston Martin and Fiat 8V. This Supersonic Jaguar is one of two commissioned by Malpelli, and the only one ordered with a modified cylinder-head to accommodate triple carburetors in place of the usual twin carburetor configuration On completion, it was exhibited at auto shows in Paris and London and appeared at concours in Montreux and Cannes One of two existing Supersonic Jaguars, this car was acquired by Bill Heinecke of Thailand in 2015, and has been dutifully restored to its original livery

. The profile was restyled with a split bumper in the front, rendering the two models easily identifiable

This car was designed by Giovanni Michelotti for the Maserati brothers . Michelotti opened his own studio in 1959 and his first build was this prototype, a Fiat-based coupe with a 1600 cc engine modified by the Maserati brothers to have a new head, cams and induction system

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. The DB6 was the first Aston Martin to be constructed at the Newport Pagnell site, and this Vantage was completed in October 1966 . It was an original left-hand drive car destined for the United States in early 1967 . In addition to the Vantage high-performance engine, it was factory equipped with seldom seen options, including fog lamps, air conditioning and chrome wheels Jim Walter, founder of Jim Walter Homes, was the original owner of this automobile, and the current owner acquired the car in 2021

The dual Weber carburetors are mounted between the valve covers in the center of the head, a unique engine configuration

. The body was developed to be a two-seater touring car, with room for luggage behind the seats It has a Pagoda roof, subsequently employed by the Mercedes-Benz SL class, and indicator lights on the rear of the front wings . The prototype was shown in Geneva, Paris and Turin, each time wearing a different livery Unfortunately, the car was then disassembled and abandoned in Florida only to be rediscovered and restored to its original red and black colors

O3-04 1959 OSCA 1600 Michelotti Berlinetta Peter T. Boyle, Oil City, Pennsylvania

O3-05 1966 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage Touring Kathleen Valiasek / RJ Autoworks, Corvallis, Montana In 1965, the DB6 was unveiled at the London Motor Show to great anticipation The new iteration shared many qualities with its highly popular predecessor, the DB5 of James Bond fame, although it featured noticeable differences, such as a longer wheelbase, Kamm tail to increase downforce, and a unitized construction in place of the DB5 tube-steel chassis

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The Iso Grifo was engineered by Giotto Bizzarrini of Ferrari fame, based on a shortened Rivolta chassis, with fastback coachwork by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone In total, 413 Grifos were produced between 1964 and 1974 In 1968, Iso introduced the Iso Grifo Super 7 0-liter, producing 435 hp with a top speed of 186 mph Several mechanical changes were needed to accommodate this engine, as well as the incorporation of the “penthouse” hood scoop to allow for the larger big block engine This Iso was completed on May 25, 1970, one of the 90 Iso Grifo 7 0-liter cars made, and one of fifteen equipped with 5-speeds . This was the only car built with the quick steering ratio option In 2021, overseen by Roberto Negri, engineer and test driver for Iso Rivolta, the car received a full restoration to 1970 factory specification, complete with its superb Tobacco leather and Metallic Green paint

O3-06 1970 Iso Rivolta 300 Bertone Coupe Peter Wilde, Brookline, Massachusetts

P1-01 1930 Duesenberg Model J Graber Cabriolet Sam & Emily Mann, Englewood, New Jersey

This Duesenberg Model J was originally a long-wheelbase Murphy-bodied town car built for Vera Montgomery of New York City . It was later sold to Vladimir de Radevsky of Paris, who tasked Graber in 1935 with shortening the chassis and fashioning this striking and unique design, which represents the ideal for streamlining in its era and is among the most modern on any Duesenberg chassis

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Subsequently the car was owned by Heinz Boethge of Switzerland, then spent many years in Harrah’s Automobile Collection Prior to and since performing their own restoration, current owners Sam & Emily Mann have enjoyed years of driving and displaying this powerful, stylish machine

Peter Janssen, Lottum, The Netherlands

This Graber-bodied Bugatti Type 57 was originally owned by a Dr Walser, but by 1937 it had been purchased by Arnold Christian Kropf, Jr ., who owned the Metzgern Hotel in Thun, Switzerland He would use the Cabriolet as an everyday automobile and, on the weekends, to drive his family through the Alps to Bern for lunch . Mr . Kropf owned the Bugatti until his hotel was purchased by the town of Thun and, consequently, his car was evicted from its longtime home . He felt it would be safe with his son and daughter-in-law in Beverly Hills and sent it to them . This wonderful example of Graber coachwork has continued to be maintained by his daughter-in-law, Lilian Quon McCain, since 1969

An unusual example of true two-passenger coachwork on the Bugatti Type 57 chassis, this unique car is believed to have been the first Type 57 bodied by Graber . It features especially light and flowing fender lines, accentuated by a low rear deck and subtle chrome trim . Originally sold to Dr Hans Kalberer of Zurich, the car later spent time in the United States and subsequently the United Kingdom, where it was repainted black after being two-tone brown and cream . David Cohen has cared for this car since 2003, and to this day it remains a wonderful original Bugatti P1-04 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Graber Cabriolet

David Cohen,Vancouver, Canada

Liliane Quon McCain, Beverly Hills, California

Hermann Graber bodied very few examples of the French Avions Voisin marque, which was generally delivered with its own proprietary coachwork Voisin put an emphasis on its sleeve-valve engine, and one can, of course, be found at the core of this car The lovely Graber Cabriolet that is fitted to this Voisin C23 is believed to have been a one-off car, and it was personally used by Mr Graber for many years .

90 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance GRABER COACHWORK EARLYP1 P1-02 1932 Voisin C23 Graber Cabriolet

When Peter Janssen purchased the automobile in Montpelier, France, in 2014, it was found to still be in very good shape, and aside from a mechanical rejuvenation it remains in its original cosmetic finishes from 1932 P1-03 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Graber Roadster

P1-06 1939 Delahaye 135MS Graber Cabriolet Peter Kappeler, Walchwil, Switzerland

Originally delivered to a prominent Swiss banker, Maurice Labbardt, this car was one of just two Delahayes bodied by Graber in this very clean, rounded and smooth modern design . It had an upgraded 135MS engine fitted by the factory in 1947, while retaining the optional Cotal preselector gearbox The car remained in Mr Labbardt’s possession for nearly 40 years, until 1985 . Each of the owners since then has been a prominent collector, one of

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David Gaunt, Naples, Florida

This “junior” Packard was dressed by Graber with a classically sleek one-off Cabriolet, fitted with Marchal headlamps, and was then exhibited at the 1938 Geneva Auto Salon Afterward it remained in Switzerland until 2009, when it was finally rescued from the cinderblock garage where it had been stored since the 1950s It was shown here at Pebble Beach the following year as an unrestored car, then was fully restored for Paul and Chris Andrews

P1-07 1946 Delahaye 135M Graber Cabriolet

P1-05 1938 Packard 1601 Eight Graber Cabriolet

The one-off coachwork of this Delahaye, with the rare 135MS engine, was begun by Hermann Graber in 1939 and completed in 1940, after which it was sold to Dr Rudolf Bosshard of Zurich In 1966, Mr Graber bought the car back and completed a restoration, making this one of the few Classic Era coachbuilt automobiles to have actually been owned and restored by its original coachbuilder Hermann Graber kept the Delahaye until his passing in 1970, and it was maintained by his wife until 1997, when the family finally sold it to Robert Temperli In 2019 it was acquired by fourth owner Peter Kappeler, who has maintained it mechanically but has proudly preserved its original Graber restoration from the late 1960s

Anne Brockinton Lee / The Robert M. Lee Automobile Collection, Sparks, Nevada

The Robert M . Lee Automobile Collection acquired the Packard from the Andrews family and has since maintained it alongside other significant custombodied Packards

P2-01 1953 Bentley Mark VI Graber Drophead Coupé John Miller / John R. Miller Enterprises, Salt Lake City, Utah

The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance whom had the car fully restored in 1996 . That restoration was freshened before the Delahaye was bought by David Gaunt in late 2021

Tetsuyuki Hirahata, Tokyo, Japan

This 1953 Bentley Mark VI (chassis B184MD) was originally built with two-door fixed-head bodywork by Carrosserie Graber and was displayed in that configuration at the 1952 Geneva Auto Show . Following the show, the car was returned to Graber and reconfigured as a Drophead Coupé . Very few similar drophead coupes were produced on Mark VI chassis, and they were known for their smooth, modern, pontoon fender lines with integrated headlamps and flowing slab sides, giving them an appearance reminiscent of a Talbot-Lago . This car has won an AACA National First Prize, in addition to awards at multiple concours d’elegance .

This Bentley (chassis B82SR) was originally reported to have received two-door fixed-head bodywork by Carrosserie Graber, yet it was shown at the 1953 Geneva Auto Show as a Kabriolett (a “convertible”) and that was also its dress when delivered . Its first owner was E . Weiss of the Swiss bank named Banque Weiss By 1971 the Coupé was for sale in England, but it soon made its way to Japan where it has been since 1973 It was owned by the Wakui Museum from 1988 to 2010, and it was exhibited at the 2007 Tokyo Concours d’Elegance Tetsuyuki Hirahata purchased it in 2016

P2-02 1953 Bentley R-Type Graber Drophead Coupé

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. Los Angeles businessman Andy Gordon acquired it for his own collection and subsequently passed it to Gene Ponder, a longtime connoisseur of coachbuilt Aston Martins

P2-04 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Graber Cabriolet Fred & Donna Kriz, Monaco

. The car was then sold in the spring of 1955 through Garage Stierli of Zurich, the Aston Martin agents in that area of Switzerland

This car was one of three Alvis TC 108s built to the “Super” specification, with a low-bonnet, alloy body by Graber and a special 130-horsepower engine built by the Alvis factory, as well as Borrani wire wheels . It has had only three prior owners, all in Switzerland, including the small private museum of renowned sports car manufacturer Peter Monteverdi It was restored in the present color, with its original engine, in the early 1980s and was sold from the Monteverdi collection in 1992, having now remained with the present owner for thirty years

P2-03 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Graber Drophead Coupé Gene Ponder, Marshall, Texas

A very interesting example of Graber coachwork, this one-off example does bear some resemblance to that firm’s efforts on two standard S-1 chassis and one RollsRoyce Silver Cloud, but is unique unto itself, perhaps because it was intended for the Geneva Auto Show

P2-05 1958 Alvis TC 108G Graber Coupé Frieder J. Heinz, Solingen, Germany

. This S1 Continental (chassis BC25BG) was the subject of some very trying litigation from 1998 to 2012, which resulted in the chassis, bare body shell and engine remaining in the possession of a secured party as collateral for a debt, with the body components, interior and chrome trim parts evidently nonexistent

. It next appeared in the mid-1970s when purchased by the respected Swiss collector Hans-Peter Wideman

. Norrish, Esq , of Genevo-Quarto, Italy, who sent it to Hermann Graber for its bodywork

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. Fortunately, the missing components were found in 2012, enabling the restoration of this straight, undamaged, albeit weary thoroughbred to be correctly carried out

One of six Aston Martins fitted with Graber coachwork and the only such DB2/4, this chassis was ordered by A .N

This was the first of seven Alvis TE21 Coupés bodied by Hermann Graber to this design, with a wide grille and oval headlamp nacelles containing rare Marchal Megalux lights . It is powered by a 136-horsepower six-cylinder engine with dual SU carburetors, mated to a ZF five-speed transmission . An original left-hand-drive example, it was delivered with Borrani wire wheels and a Nardi steering wheel to its original owner, a Mr . Dietziger, in March of 1964 . Several further owners followed before the current owner acquired the car in 2020

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Original owner Hans DiehlRietmann, who registered the car that July, was a Swiss merchant and licensed purveyor of wine to the Swiss National Railway As he made frequent trips to/from France and did not trust the French gasoline in his automobile, he had Graber fit a larger fuel tank so that he could make round trips without stopping Now with only its fourth owner, this car has a completely known history since new It was restored in Germany in 2009

A particularly highly regarded design with a wide grille and rare Marchal Megalux headlamps, this car was one of 130 Alvis chassis bodied by Graber, and one of only seven TD21 Series 2 finished as cabriolets . It was exhibited on Graber’s stand at the 1963 Geneva Auto Show and has remained in Switzerland since then, with a continuously known history The present owner, a longstanding Graber enthusiast who has owned several other Graber-bodied Alvises, purchased the car in 2008 and has lovingly maintained it . Never completely restored, it retains the original leather and carpets fitted by the Graber craftsmen in 1963

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Alvis shipped this bare chassis from Coventry, England, to Hermann Graber in 1961 .

P2-06 1961 Alvis TD21 Graber Special Coupé Ken Swanstrom, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

P2-07 1963 Alvis TD21 Graber Cabriolet Christoph Grohe, Féchy, Switzerland

P2-08 1964 Alvis TE21 Graber Coupé Jean-David Pelot, Lausanne, Switzerland

This famous Bentley, known as “Old Number 1,” was the second Speed Six to be completed Built specifically as a race car, it is a two-time Le Mans winner, driven by Woolf Barnato and Tim Birkin in 1929 and by Birkin and Glen Kidston in 1930 . Throughout its career the car was continually modified to keep it as competitive as possible Originally fitted with a four-seat sports body by Vanden Plas for the 1929 Le Mans race, a different body was built for Brooklands racing, and these were changed around as needed In 1931, after being fitted with this new body with streamlined tail by Gurney Nutting, it competed in the 1931 Brooklands 500 Mile race and later in the 1932 Brooklands Empire Trophy . Then, for the 1932 Brooklands 500 Mile race it was driven by Clive Dunfee, who tragically crashed over the banking at 127 mph and died . Woolf Barnato eventually had the car rebuilt as a road-going coupé, but in 2001, Old Number 1 was restored to its appearance prior to its final race at Brooklands

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R1-01 1929 Bentley Speed Six “Old Number 1” Gurney Nutting Sports Two Seater* Fastwelve, Bellevue, Washington

This Bentley Speed Six, known as “Old Number 2,” is one of the most original Bentley Team Cars in existence . It formed part of the trio of Speed Sixes built by W O Bentley’s Cricklewood factory specifically to compete in the 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans, in which, driven by “Bentley Boys” Dick Watney and Frank Clement, it came in second, behind its stablemate Old Number 1 . These racing Speed Six models were all built on a shorter, 11-foot chassis, and their 6½-litre engines were fitted with lightweight aluminum pistons, dry-sump lubrication, twin spark ignition and an advanced valvetrain . Prior to racing at Le Mans, Old Number 2 won the famous Brooklands Double Twelve driven by Bentley Motors Chairman Woolf “Babe” Barnato

The car has enjoyed a long and illustrious history and has always been carefully maintained in largely original condition, but after a previous restoration in 2008, its true brighter green paint color was discovered in 2018, so its

R1-02 1930 Bentley Speed Six “Old Number 2” Vanden Plas Tourer* Time to Drive Collection, Charlottesville,Virginia

R1-04 1937 BMW 328 NSKK Race Car Stephen Bruno, Boca Raton, Florida

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R1 Vanden Plas body was carefully repainted for a second time while still keeping the patina that made it world famous

R1-03 1936 HRG 1500 Le Mans* Craig & Bunny Davis, Pebble Beach, California

This prewar race car entered the 1937 Le Mans and finished 13th overall and 2nd in class driven by owner Archie Scott and co-driver Ted Halford The car completed 163 laps in a stripped-down configuration, using cycle wings and a Notek spotlamp with a wire mesh windscreen HRG Engineering Company, based in Tolworth, England, was founded in 1936 by Messrs Halford, Robins and Godfrey, and this car was one of the first motorcars it produced and the second of 16 cars built using the Meadows 1 .5-liter engine . The HRG 1500 was similar to the chain-driven Frazer Nash (Nash being a former business partner of Godfrey) . It was a special order for Archie Scott who campaigned the car at Donnington, Monte Carlo, Brooklands and Edinburgh, with some considerable success The HRG was raced in the UK until 1951, and then disappeared from view until 1989 when Ian Dussek, HRG Club registrar and author, located the car and had it restored to its 1937 Le Mans specification

This 1937 BMW 328 NSKK was a BMW works car that went missing for 80 years . It is returning to public view at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours Due to the cancellation of the 1939 Mille Miglia in Italy, a Mille Miglia-type race was held in Libya, and the BMW NSKK (German governmental corps) entered three BMW 328s, numbered 26, 27 and 28 . The cars swept the 2 .0-litre class, finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and went on to Le Mans where they achieved 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their class and 5th, 7th, and 9th overall . War broke out in September 1939, and the three BMWs apparently disappeared . Eventually, cars numbered 26 and 28 were rediscovered after the war, but car number 27 remained lost until 2017, when an expert from BMW Classic examined a “mystery car” sequestered in a garage and identified it as missing number 27 . It was acquired by the current owner, who had the BMW forensically restored to its original race-correct configuration

Sixty cars started at 4 p .m . on June 24, and a day later victory went to a French Talbot, a thinly disguised Grand Prix car . Averaging 81 .5 mph (only 8 mph less than the winner), this Cadillac Coupe placed 10th—a finish that, to the French crowd, was as surprising as the car’s entry in the race The Cunningham/Walters car came in 11th, despite its aberrant aerodynamic bodywork and a top speed 13 mph faster than its sister Cadillac R1-07 1950 Cadillac Series 61 “Le Monstre” Le Mans Race Car Miles Collier Collections at Revs Institute, Naples, Florida

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1950 Cadillac Series 61 “Petit Pataud” Le Mans Race Car Miles Collier Collections at Revs Institute, Naples, Florida

This Cadillac, known as “Petit Pataud” (Little Clumsy One), is the sister car to “Le Monstre .” It was one of the two Cadillac Series 61 cars entered into the 1950 Le Mans by Briggs Cunningham . American cars were an oddity at Le Mans, the last entry being a Duesenberg in 1935 Unlike its sister car, this Cadillac retained its original bodywork and was driven by the Collier brothers, Sam and Miles

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The French called this car “Le Monstre” for obvious reasons Le Mans rules permitted the rebodying of standard automobiles, and Le Monstre was Briggs Cunningham’s attempt to reduce weight and wind resistance, testing a scale model in an aircraft wind-tunnel

. Cunningham entered two Cadillacs in the 1950 Le Mans: this car, which he drove with Phil Walters, and another Cadillac that remained original, driven by the Collier brothers, Miles and Sam . Le Monstre was three inches narrower and 13 mph faster than the Collier brothers’ Cadillac, nicknamed “Petit Pataud” (“Little Clumsy”) . Le Mans officials spent hours ensuring that this chassis was standard Cadillac . Despite its makeover, Le Monstre finished 11th, one place behind Petit Pataud, and had to be dug out of a bank following an off-track fracas The American entries were popular at Le Mans, and the American drivers were toasted in the European press for their “skill, sportsmanship and dauntless good humor .”

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It went on to win the Circuit Rouen in 1950 and come in 4th in the Grand Prix de Syracuse and 2nd in the 1951 Grand Prix de Paris Still owned by Rosier, it raced successfully at several world-renowned events, including the Carrera Panamericana

It was owned by privateer Louis Rosier, and driven by him and his son Jean-Louis, who together completed 256 laps, one lap ahead of Pierre Meyrat, also driving a Talbot-Lago

This Jaguar C-Type won Le Mans in 1953, driven by Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton, completing 304 laps at an average speed of 100 mph—a first for the Le Mans race .

. The first of the racing W194s was built in just nine months and heralded the now famous “SL” suffix, denoting SportLight . To achieve optimum strength, a space-frame chassis with a delicate lattice of numerous triangles was raised at the sides, a design that necessitated the use of the now legendary gullwing doors .

T26 Grand Sport Dugarreau Le Mans Barquette* Bunny & Craig Davis, Pebble Beach, California

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This T26 wears a body created by coachbuilder Dugarreau

These winning race cars featured the 4 .5-liter engine, producing around 200 hp with a top speed of 125 mph

It also participated in Le Mans two more times before retiring from the race scene in 1955 . This lovely Talbot-Lago made its comeback in 1992 at the Mille Miglia, and—a thoroughbred to the core—it was driven by owner Craig Davis at the Italian 1000-mile race in 2000

This is the car that brought Mercedes-Benz back to the top in sports racing by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1952 . Driven by Hermann Lang and Fritz Riess, this 300 SL (chassis W194/07) was the first German car to achieve this result . After this important win, Mercedes-Benz began a program to build a road-going car modeled on this race car—the 300SL Gullwing coupe, launched in 1954

R1-09 1952 Mercedes-Benz W194 Coupe* Fastwelve, Bellevue, Washington

R1-08 1950 Talbot-Lago

This car was the winner of the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans .

R1-10 1953 Jaguar Lightweight C-type Race Car Time to Drive Collection, Charlottesville,Virginia

This result furnished a 1st, 2nd, and 4th finish for C-Types that year (2nd was piloted by Stirling Moss/Peter Walker)

. While it retained the successful 3 4-liter straight six from its predecessor, the D-type’s shape and monocoque construction, with body and frame combining for structural integrity, brought aviation technology to competition car design

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R1-12 1956 Talbot-Maserati Reggiani-Campana Barchetta* Craig & Bunny Davis, Pebble Beach, California

pebblebeachconcours.net 99 and furthered the model’s eminence as a superlative racer . Wrapped in thinner-gauge alloy coachwork than its predecessors, and sporting three Weber carburetors and four-wheel disc brakes, the C-Type was unbeatable

. A dry-sump lubrication system was also employed, allowing the engine to be mounted lower for aerodynamic efficiency

This Talbot-Maserati started the 24 Hours of Le Mans on July 28, 1956 . It ran 220 laps on its 2 .5-liter S6 Maserati engine, piloted by Jean Behra and Louis Rosier, when— just three hours before the checkered flag and sitting in third place—the transmission failed and the car was forced to retire . Within a year, the car was acquired by André Dubonnet, the French flying ace, race car driver and

Thirty-three years later, the C-Type was reunited with the Hamilton family, when Duncan’s son, Adrian, took possession . Currently a focal point of the Time to Drive Collection in Charlottesville, this legendary C-Type remains one of the most significant racers from the Jaguar stable . R1-11 1955 Jaguar D-type Le Mans Race Car

This 1956 Jaguar D-type (XKD501) achieved its greatest success in 1956, when it claimed overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . That same year it had numerous podium finishes at Goodwood, Aintree, Charterhall and the 12 Hours of Reims . The prior year had witnessed victories and podium finishes at Goodwood, Crimond, Snetterton, Charterhall and Aintree . XKD501 was the first D-type built for a private race team; it was sold to and raced for the Scottish team of Ecurie Ecosse . Today XKD501 retains its original chassis, body, and engine from its victory at Le Mans . The D-type was the successor to the steel-tubed space-frame C-type

The JSL Motorsports Collection, Redwood City, California

. This car continued to race with Jaguar and later Ecurie Ecosse and in 1968, Briggs Cunningham acquired the car that beat him in 1953 (he took 3rd place in a Cunningham C54)

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This Ferrari 250 GTO (4153 GT) made its competition debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1963, driven by its owner Pierre Dumay and Belgian co-driver Léon Dernier to 4th overall and 2nd in class . The following year, in 1964, it was driven by Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger to overall victory at the Tour de France . It finished on the podium six more times in its extensive period racing career . The Ferrari 250 GTO featured an improved tubeframe chassis, Dunlop brakes, a completely revised rear suspension, and an all-new gearbox At its core was Ferrari’s Tipo 168/62 Comp V-12 engine . This particular GTO was the 24th of 36 GTOs produced and sold directly to Pierre Dumay on December 28, 1962 . It was finished in silver metallic paint and featured a central French Tricolore stripe (of blue, white and red)

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Dubonnet heir . Dubonnet had the car rebodied with the coachwork we see here today . Sporting its new livery, the Talbot-Maserati was once again campaigned at Le Mans in 1957, this time driven by Franco Bordoni and Bruce Halford for the Ecurie Dubonnet Alas, tragedy struck a second time when the transmission failed at the start . Eventually the Talbot-Maserati made its way to Craig Davis, who has driven the car in three Mille Miglia retrospectives as well as the California Mille Miglia

R1-14 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Scaglietti Berlinetta David MacNeil, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

R1-13 1959 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder* Time to Drive Collection, Charlottesville,Virginia

This Ferrari (0774TR) made its debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 driven by Jean Behra and Dan Gurney, but failed to finish . It also ran in the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood driven by Phil Hill After being updated to new TR59/60 specifications, it won its first time out, at the Buenos Aires 1000 Km Like its twin, 0770, it was reconfigured with a new fuel tank, the back axle shifted forward, and the rear end cut short It has the standard exhaust system, and its cockpit is configured for smaller drivers Following its initial racing career, the car’s V12 was taken out but then returned in the 1980s . Then owned by Paul Pappalardoo, it was restored to its Le Mans–winning specification and raced throughout the 1990s

. This victory was the last time a Ferrari won overall at Le Mans

. In the years after its 1965 win, this 250 LM competed at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1966 and 1968 and returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 and 1969, before its final race at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970, where it finished seventh Shortly after its final race, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation acquired the Ferrari 250 LM

The aerodynamic Alpine M64 finished 17th overall behind a Ferrari 250 LM A few weeks later, this Alpine won its class again at the 12 Hours of Reims

. Not only did it win its class, but it won with the lowest fuel consumption in the race . Over 24 hours, Alpine factory drivers Roger de Lageneste and Henry Morrogh raced 2,436 miles at an average speed of 101 mph, consuming just 21 mpg, an impressive statistic for the petite four-cylinder engine from Renault-Gordini

R2-02 1964 Alpine M64 Coupé Mitch McCullough, Pompton Plains, New Jersey June 21, 1964, Le Mans…A moment of triumph for this super-lightweight, low, lithe racing prototype

While most of the attention at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965 focused on the battle between the “factory” teams of Ferrari and Ford, it was a privately entered one-year-old 3 .3-liter V-12 Ferrari 250 LM that caused a major upset by winning when the favorites encountered difficulties Entered by Luigi Chinett’s North American Racing Team (NART), American Masten Gregory partnered with future world champion Jochen Rindt of Austria for the unexpected win . The pair completed 347 laps of the 8 .365-mile circuit, averaging 120 .944 mph for the 24 hours

R2-03 1964 Ferrari 250 LM Scaglietti Berlinetta* Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana

. Its lightweight body was constructed of fiberglass, penned by Marcel Hubert, aerodynamics engineer at Alpine, and the coachwork was mounted on a chassis crafted of special molybdenum metal tubing

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. At the end of the 1965 season, chassis No 1711 was re-fitted by the Alpine factory with M65 bodywork, to develop the next-generation version that became the successful Alpine A210

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This competition berlinetta (IA3*0222) is the most successful of the Iso Grifo Bizzarrini-built A3/C works race cars in existence It has a light fiberglass body by the yachtbuilder Cantieri Nautici Catarsi and was the first A3/C with independent rear suspension and inboard disc brakes . With its potent 5 .4-liter Chevy engine, driven by Régis Fraissinet and Jean de Mortemart, it finished 1st in class and 9th overall at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965, achieving a top speed on the Mulsanne Straight of 186 mph—a speed matched only by the 7-liter Ford GT40s It went on to participate in World Sports Car Championship races at the Rheims 12 Hours and the Nürburgring, and later tackled the Mt . Dore Hillclimb, where it was driven by Maurice Tritingnant in his last ever race . Later owners included American actor Remington Olmsted, the Marenello Rosso Collection and Gregor Fiskin Bruce Meyer acquired the car in 2012 R2-06 1966 Ford GT40 P/1046 Mk II* Rob Kauffman / RK Motors, Charlotte, North Carolina This GT40 Mk II (chassis P/1046), driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, placed first at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, leading two other GT40s across the line

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R2-05 1965 Iso Grifo A3/C Catarsi Competition Berlinetta

Bruce Meyer, Beverly Hills, California

R2-04 1965 Alfa Romeo TZ2 Zagato Competition Berlinetta

The William Lyon Family, Newport Beach, California

This Alfa TZ2 retains its original engine after an extensive racing career . Following a superb outing at Monza in 1966, where it took 1st in class and 7th overall, it headed for Le Mans . Racing for Autodelta, the Alfa did not finish due to engine failure, having completed 217 laps with Roberto Bussinello and Jean Rolland at the wheel . That same year the car was raced at Targa Florio, and the following year, 1967, it raced at Sebring, Monza, and again at Targa Florio, where it achieved 2nd in Class and 10th overall In recognition of its racing celebrity, this Alfa was invited to be the poster child for the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance in 2009, wearing its original Targa Florio colors . The car also was honored with the Gran Turismo Award and was featured in the racing simulation game series of the same name

pebblebeachconcours.net 103 for the famous 1-2-3 photo finish . Following its memorable win, the car passed to Holman & Moody and was entered in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, driven by Lloyd Ruby and Denny Hulme After running amongst the race leaders, Ruby crashed on his 300th lap and P/1046’s racing days were over . Once repaired, this famous car was shipped around the United States as part of a Ford marketing tour . It was later rebuilt as a road-going supercar, complete with gold metal-flake paint job Its current owner has, thankfully, restored the car to its 1966 Le Mans–winning configuration

The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan

This Ford Mk IV (J-5), driven by Dan Gurney and A . J . Foyt, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967 The car was a continuation of Ford’s original GT40/J-Car program of 1964, which was resurrected in order to replicate the success of Ford’s grand win by a trio of Mk IIs at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 This Mk IV uses a strengthened chassis and a NASCAR-style steel roll cage, and the body is more conventional than the first “bread van” J-Car . It also has a lower tail to improve airflow . It is fitted with the same 427-cubic-inch V-8 that drove the winning trio of Mk IIs in 1966 . Despite being 600 pounds heavier than its rival, the Ferrari P4, this Mk IV eventually crossed the line three laps ahead of it Following the 24-hour race, the car was shown at the Auto Expo International in September 1967, before going to Dearborn, where it was donated to The Henry Ford museum in 1972 .

R2-08 1975 Alpine-Renault A441C Sports Racing Prototype Flavien Marcais, La Gaudaine, France

R2-07 1967 Ford GT40 J-5 Mk IV*

This Alpine-Renault A441C was raced at Le Mans in 1975 under the Equipe Elf Switzerland banner by MarieClaude Beaumont and Lella Lombardi, but it did not finish because the fuel pump failed after eight hours . It went on to complete the World Endurance Championship, finishing with a class win, followed by 4th overall at Monza . The Alpine-Renault A441C is constructed around a tubular chassis, reinforced with aluminum riveted panels, and fitted with a two-seater fiberglass body It is powered by a mighty V6, 4-cam, 2 .0-litre Renault engine, mated to a 5-speed gearbox, giving 300 hp with a top speed of 185 mph The

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The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance car was acquired by Giancarlo Naddeo from the factory in 1976, and remained in his care until 2009, when Flavien Marcais purchased it in highly original racing condition Since a sympathetic restoration to retain its authenticity, the car is used sparingly on French circuits for demonstration purposes only and has been exhibited at the Le Mans Museum

As with the Group 4 competition 911s, the Group 5 Porsche 935s were delivered to private clients and were heavily campaigned internationally . Several companies and some individuals modified 935s, the most notable being Kremer . For the 1979 season Kremer designed and built a small number of twin-turbo 3 2-liter race cars that produced between 700 and 800 hp depending on boost settings This car was entered and driven in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 by Don and Bill Whittington, who along with co-driver Klaus Ludwig, battled through the rain to win first overall against a significant field of prototypes and other 935s It is the only 911-based Porsche ever to win outright at La Sarthe—no small feat for a Group 5 car This 935 K3 went on to compete in numerous other endurance races around the world in 1979 and 1980, usually attaining podium finishes

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The Keller Collection at the Pyramids, Petaluma, California

The Sauber C9 was first introduced to the world in 1987 A group C prototype race car, it came about through a partnership between Sauber, which constructed the car, and Mercedes-Benz, which built the engine . It had one purpose: it was created to compete for the World Sportscar Championship But the first year saw little success; it finished just three races and failed to get near a spot on a podium . The year 1988 showed promise; although the C9s were forced to withdraw from Le Mans when a tire blew, they won five races and placed second in the championship . It was in 1989, though, that the C9 really made its mark; it won all but one race that season, and at Le Mans it finished first, second and fifth . In qualifying sessions, the C9 reached 400 km/h (248 mph)—a speed that was one of

R2-09 1979 Porsche 935 K3 Coupe Bruce Meyer, Beverly Hills, California

R2-10 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9 Group C Race Car

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. Stanley and Malcolm Ross have been the caretakers of this wonderful piece of Porsche history since 1993 R2-12 2007 Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP* David Porter, Darien, Connecticut

R2-11 1985 Porsche 962C Longtail Stanley & Malcolm Ross, Columbus, Ohio

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pebblebeachconcours.net 105 the highest ever recorded at Le Mans and one surpassed only by a WM Peugeot P88 that reached 405 km/h Those speeds changed the game; for safety’s sake, two chicanes were in evidence on the Mulsanne Straight the following year Early in the 1990 season, the C9 was retired .

With the 962, Porsche sought to build on its prior success— success that began with the 917s, and continued with the 935 and 956, the latter of which was unbeaten at Le Mans from 1982 through 1985 . The new model, introduced at the end of 1984, would bring continued success, winning at Le Mans in 1986, 1987, and 1994, and there were many other wins as well This particular 962C (962-003) was piloted primarily by Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck . In 1985, it won at Hockenheim, Mosport, and Brands Hatch, also placing 2nd at Spa and 3rd at Le Mans, thereby winning the WEC World Championship In 1986, this car won Le Mans outright, and it also won at Monza and placed 2nd at Silverstone . Derek Bell was the World Drivers Champion in both of these years . The car also continued to podium in races in both the 1987 and ’88 seasons

This Peugeot 908 is one of 10 cars raced by Peugeot Sport during the 2007 to 2011 period, and took 5th overall at Le Mans in 2011 . The 908 was a sport prototype built for endurance racing, featuring a V12, twin-turbo diesel, 5 5-liter engine, producing 750 hp and weighing just 1900 lbs The acronymistic moniker “908 Hdi FAP” denotes the “90x” series for Peugeot racing iterations, with “Highpressure Direct Injection,” and “Filtre à Particules” (or “particle filter” in English) . This actual car raced in 2010 as a factory car and in 2011 run by Team Oreca Matmut

. It has three overall World Endurance Championship wins to its credit, along with its 5th at Le Mans in 2011, which marked the last year of competition for the 908 family It is believed to be the only Peugeot 908 in the US, and has raced historic events with great success, including a win at the Classic 12 Hours of Sebring and two wins in the Classic 24 Hours of Daytona

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From the car’s first on-track test in Canada to Ford capturing the 2016 GTLM class win at Le Mans was an astonishing array of 395 days It was used extensively for testing all over the US during 2015 as the team prepared for the 2016 season and tested drivers who would become part of the program . Once retired as a test car, it was repainted as the 2016 Le Mans winner and has been used as a promotional vehicle at consumer events and colleges Its last on-track run was at the Bathurst 1000 in Australia in late 2018, where driver Ryan Briscoe did a series of demonstraton laps at the event for media and enthusiasts

R2-14 2020 Glickenhaus 007 LMH Le Mans Hypercar HK Motorcars, Boca Raton, Florida

The Glickenhaus 007 LMH (chassis 009) finished 3rd overall in the 2022 Le Mans The Glickenhaus is an endurance race car created by Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus to compete in the first-ever Le Mans Hypercar category in the 2020-2021 FIA World Endurance Championship When the FIA and ACO announced the new Le Mans Hypercar regulations in 2018, Glickenhaus was the first manufacturer to commit to entry in the class .

This is the actual car that started Ford’s return to Le Mans in May 2015 .

The X-1 was the first Ford GT race car built by Ford Performance and Multimatic in 2015 and served as the primary test car for early development of the race program It was also the car first shown to the media and public in the announcement of the company’s return to Le Mans in June 2015

The Le Mans Hypercar Class has become a top class at Le Mans, where the world’s best automobile manufacturers battle for the World Endurance Championship alongside one small US-based privateer—Glickenhaus . In less than two years, two Glickenhaus prototypes were ready to compete at the 2021 Le Mans . In its debut, this Glickenhaus, along with its sister car (chassis 008), finished 4th and 5th overall . In June, 2022, both cars ran Le Mans, finishing 3rd and 4th overall, with a top speed of 236 mph, consolidating a new era of hyper-racing at Le Mans

R2-13 2016 Ford GT Multimatic Coupe* Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Michelle & Steve Wolf, Wayland, Massachusetts

This Siata 208CS 2+2 Berlinetta wears elegant coachwork by Carrozzeria Bertone on a slightly lengthened (by 200 mm) chassis created in mid-1952 There were four 2,700

S-02 1952 Siata 208CS Stabilimenti Farina Berlinetta

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S-01 1952 Fiat 8V Zagato Spider

This Fiat 8V (number 000005) is one of the six prototype 8V cars hand-built by the factory . It originally left the factory fitted with a Rapi body and was run in the 1952 Mille Miglia . The second owner commissioned Zagato to create a stylish barchetta body with no windows to race in the Sport Class . In 1953 it returned to the Mille Miglia wearing its new Zagato spider body Just a month after the Mille, the 8V crashed and flipped over at the Giro di Sardegna and the driver was tragically killed Since the chassis and engine were largely intact, the car was sent back to Zagato to craft a new body for the car Zagato made only one more minor modification to the front end in 1955, which is the current body on the car Number 000005 is the only Otto Vu Zagato Spider ever produced, making this car a one-off car

John & Sonia Breslow, Scottsdale, Arizona

Of the approximately 61 Fiat Otto Vu-based Siatas produced from 1952 to 1954, this Stabilimenti Farina Coupe (serial number SC052) is one of the most dramatic of the rare and beautiful 208S Siatas Constructed for the Turin Auto Show and the Mille Miglia, this car combines a documented 1950s racing history and stunning ultralight coachwork by Farina . One of the distinguishing features of SC052 is the slight upswing at the door windows at the A-pillar . It is the only Farina/Balbo Siata made with this detail . It was also one of the lowest coupes ever built and has an aggressive grille incorporating driving lights and retractable headlights . In the early 1960s, CS052 was exported to the United States and acquired by Tony Bosh . He in turn sold it to renowned Siata collector and expert Jarl de Boer, who kept it in his collection for twenty years . John and Sonia Breslow have owned it since 2010 .

S-03 1952 Siata 208CS Bertone 2+2 Coupe David & Susan Buchanan, Menlo Park, California

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This is the very first car of just 15 Fiat 8V Ghia Supersonics that were built . The Supersonic design was penned by Giovanni Savonuzzi for an Alfa Romeo 1900 that raced in the 1953 Mille Miglia, and its beautiful styling has been captivating people ever since This highly original example has only been driven a little more than 17,000 miles from new Sold new to Paul Fargo, it was purchased by Paul Lazarus in 1953 and remained in his stewardship for more than 55 years, until 2011, when it passed to Benny Caiola before being acquired by its present owner in 2013 It was shown in period and featured in several publications . It is in a remarkable state of preservation, a fact that was recognized when it was honored as the winner of our Postwar Preservation Class at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

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Designed by Michelotti and built by Bertone in 1953, the Siata 208S, with its stunning clean design provided many styling cues seen in later cars . This 208S (serial number BS501) is the first prototype of the 208S series cars from Siata and was exhibited at the 1953 New York Car Show . It has some unique features that distinguish it from production cars, such as the hood, grill work and bumperettes . The most noteworthy feature on this prototype by far is that it has only one door—one on the driver’s side and none on the passenger side After it

S-05 1953 Siata 208S Bertone Spider Robert Owens, Haverford, Pennsylvania

S mm chassis built by Siata for the 208 models . This example, a one-off order for Stanley Arnolt, was put on display at the Paris Auto Salon in October of 1952 and then at the New York International Motor Sports Show in April 1953 . Arnolt later sold the car to Stuart Sherman in Illinois, then it was acquired in 1955 by Roy Thoressen in Minnesota, who stored the car for more than 30 years until 1989 In 1993, it was acquired, still in original condition, by Walter Eisenstark, of Yorktown Heights A restoration began around the turn of the millennium to very high standards It passed through two more owners until it was acquired by its current owner in 2019 .

S-04 1953 Fiat 8V Ghia Supersonic Paul Gould, Pawling, New York

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This Siata was specially built by the factory for Ernie McAfee to race and promote Siata cars

109 completed its show car duties, BS501 was raced extensively and finished with a class second just behind Sterling Moss in one race . The current owner has performed a restoration on the 8V, and has owned it since 2006

S-07 1953 Siata 208S Motto Spider Scott & Jamie Cielewich, Winter Park, Florida

Although built in 1953, this car sat unsold on the lot of the Beverly Hills Siata importer for several years . It was eventually acquired by a Southern California fireman, who wasted no time swapping the delicate Fiat V8 for a stronger and less expensive engine soon after taking delivery to run a Chevrolet “small block .” It changed hands again in the 1960s and was then acquired by Rick McBride in 1979

. He managed to track down a correct replacement engine, which he had fitted in the late 1980s/early 1990s

. McAfee was so impressed with the car he became an importer for Siata in the United States This car was also used as a test car for the editors of Road & Track magazine, who were impressed, writing, “The Italian firm of Siata is a small specialist who make some of the most interesting cars in the world .” McAfee fully tuned the car and participated in the famous Carrera Panamericana with it The car was used in 14 different races on the West Coast between 1953 and 1956, including the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race in 1954 . It is presented here in its original lightweight Carrera preparation and has many unique features This historic car can be seen on the cover of the Siata 8V book and is considered by its author to be one of the most important Siatas extant

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S-06 1953 Siata 208S Motto Competition Spider Dirk Libeert, Sint Goriks-Oudenhove, Belgium

. In 1993 it was sold and the new owner removed the 8V engine and fitted it with a Ford small-block V8 . In 1998, the Ford-powered Siata was acquired by its next owner, who spent the following years tracking down another Fiat V8 engine and brought it back to its original specifications The current owner had the car restored once more to its high standard

Out of the 114 8Vs produced from 1952 to 1954, just 20 were Zagato berlinettas This 8V (chassis 00058) was the second pre-production Zagato 8V made, delivered as a rolling chassis to the Zagato works on July 31, 1953 After it was fitted with a body, it was campaigned from July 1954 to October 1954 by Elio Zagato himself He recorded many class victories in Italian races . The highlight of its career was when it competed in the sixth running of the Coppa InterEuropa two-hour race in September, where Zagato took the overall victory in 1954 with a new distance and lap record . It was sold in February of 1955 to Paolo Colombo, who continued to race the coupe very successfully The car also was run in the 1955 Milla Miglia . In recent years it was meticulously restored .

S-08 1953 Siata 208CS Balbo Coupe

Larry & Jane Solomon, Palo Alto, California

The Cultivated Collector, New Canaan, Connecticut

It was soon after sold to George Arents Jr ., who began his racing career in the Siata in 1955 and would go on to be one of the founders of the North American Racing Team (NART) In 1956 the delicate Fiat V8 was replaced by a Ferrari four-cylinder engine and the car was raced in this guise with considerable success Arents and a subsequent owner from North Carolina competed in approximately 50 races Following its contemporary racing career, the lovely Balbo Coupe was left to disintegrate Many years later, Italian sports car specialist John de Boer acquired the car He tracked down the original gearbox and engine but never got around to restoring the car The next owner bought the car from de Boer in 2006 and had it beautifully restored

S-09 1954 Fiat 8V Zagato Coupe

The fifth of nine Siata 208 chassis bodied with a Coupe body by Balbo, this car (chassis CS069) is believed to have been displayed at both the Geneva and Turin Auto Shows in 1953 .

This car is one of only 18 Siata coupes powered by the 1996cc Fiat 8V engine capable of producing 110 horsepower . And it is one of only 11 bodied by Balbo (the OTTO VU

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The current owner has owned it since 2013

S-10 1954 Siata 200CS Balbo Coupe* Walter, Rosanne, David & Andrew Eisenstark, Bluffton, South Carolina

. Its first owner, Lumir Vesely, an entrepreneur from Milan, raced the car extensively in 1955 and 1956, including the Mille VU

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111 first of the series was completed in early 1952 in time to compete in the Mille Miglia) . It was imported to the United States, arriving in New York in 1954, and photographer Robert Grier was its first owner . Two more followed while the car continued to be raced in SCCA events until it found its way to a used car lot in Queens, where the current owner’s father, Dr Julius Eisenstark, purchased it in 1959, and it has remained in his family . During his ownership the car was mechanically rebuilt and some creature comforts added, including a period-correct GT interior replacing the bare race car starkness It was completely restored recently to its original livery . It has now been with the same family for over 60 years S-11 1954 Siata 208CS Balbo Berlinetta* Raffi Najjarian, San Francisco, California Siata commissioned Stabilimenti Farina to build eighteen race-inspired Berlinettas, but only seven were completed before the company ceased operations . Carrozzeria Balbo created the last eleven examples of this stunning design with some minor changes

. A Swiss gentleman racer, Rene Voser, ordered this 8V Balbo Berlinetta (CS074) new . Voser ran the car in road racing events until he replaced it with a Ferrari Mondial, selling it to another Swiss enthusiast who drove the car extensively, accumulating nearly all of the 18,000 km on the odometer . The fourth owner of CS074 was the famous Swiss wine and food critic Michel Dovaz . Dovaz also became famous later for his collection of some sixty rare cars that he stored in a barn south of Paris for over thirty years that would become known as “The Sleeping Beauties ” This car was purchased from the collection in 1989 and remained untouched until it was acquired by Belgian Otto Vu collector Dirk Libeert who immediately commissioned a thirteen-year restoration project The current owner acquired it in 2015 S-12 1955 Fiat 8V Zagato Coupe Mr. & Mrs. Marc Behaegel, Carmel, California This Fiat 8V is the third of 24 bodied by Zagato . The rolling chassis was delivered in September of 1953 to the coachbuilder, where it was fitted with a sleek lightweight aluminum body with some extra race features

This 1932 Ford Hot Rod was built by Ted Wingate of Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1951 and ’52, and used for transportation and drag racing on weekends The original Ford V-8 was replaced with a bigger Buick V-8 in 1957 . Wingate took the roadster with him when he moved to California in 1960, and it was featured in Hot Rod magazine in 1964 . Les Jarvis purchased the Roadster in 1973, painted it black and had his friend Larry Woods add flames to it . Inspired, Woods, who worked as a toy designer for Mattel, used the car as a model for a “Hot Wheels” toy

V-02 1932 Ford Pacific Gunsight Special Roadster Kim McCullough, Pompton Plains, New Jersey Kim McCullough is on hand with the ex-Roy MacKinneyLeo Juri “Pacific Gunsight Special,” a road-going, lakesracing ’32 with a long pedigree MacKinney dreamed up and built this highboy, and then ran it at drag races in Salinas and Redwood City, California, from the late 1940s up to 1951 . He sold it to Leo Juri in 1952 and, with sponsorship from Juri’s employer, it earned its nickname Al Reynal and Al Reynal Jr . purchased the car from Juri, restored it with his help, and it was featured in Rod & Custom magazine in 1963 . It also earned a Blue Ribbon Award at the 1967 Oakland Roadster Show and the Stoker McGurk Award at the 1968 Western Nationals . Jim Palmer next owned it, for 45 years, restoring it in 1998 and winning 1932 FORD HISTORIC HOT RODS

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112 The 71st Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Miglia twice . It was later purchased by Robert Turner of San Diego, who continued to race the car . He retired the 8V in the early 1960s and let it sit in his garden for 35 years . The car was sold to a Dutch collector before being acquired by its current owner in 2011 Restoration was completed in 2012 and it since has participated in five Mille Miglias and various other races and events in Europe and has been exhibited at the Mille Miglia Museum .

V-01 1932 Ford Ted Wingate Roadster Rich & Karen Atwell, Fredericksburg, Texas

. The Roadster was also a Street Rodder cover car in 1974 .

Dick Hirschberg bought it in 1955, installed a Chevy V-8 and repainted it yellow Later, Dick Scritchfield traded his Cadillac-powered ’48 Lincoln Continental for the roadster, installed a 350-cid Chevy with a Weiand tunnel ram, twin Holley 4-bbls and a T-10 gearbox, backed by a Halibrand quick-change

When Ken Gross couldn’t find a “pedigreed” historic Deuce, over thirty years ago, he did the next best thing, scouring swap meets for cool parts, locating an old hot rod with an original ’32 frame and body, and then

Featured on the October 1948 cover of Hot Rod Magazine in a memorable photo by Bob Petersen, Bob McGee’s classic roadster set the tone for countrywide copies At first glance, this bright red car seems straightforward, but it’s loaded with clever features like ’40 Studebaker hidden hinges, a full-length decklid by California Metal Shaping, a three-piece hood and aluminum dash built by Whitey Clayton and reminiscent of Ford-Miller Indy race cars, a V-ed front spreader bar, headlight stands fabricated from the original light bar, and circular Pontiac taillights

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. This red rocket set the pattern for a legion of cars to come The engine was a ’34 Ford 21-stud V-8, with solid copper Federal-Mogul heads, a Burns dual manifold, Spalding ignition, and a Pierre Bertrand cam, good for a respectable 112 21 mph at Harper Dry Lake McGee drove his roadster almost every day until 1954 .

. Scritch lobbied for a Bonneville Street Roadster class, and when it was approved in 1971, he set a two-way average of 167 .212 mph with this car Scritch sold the roadster in 1989, and its new owner, Bruce Meyer, commissioned the So-Cal Speed Shop to restore the car to its earlier Bob McGee configuration V-04 1932 Ford Ken Gross Roadster* Ken Gross, Hamilton,Virginia

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113 a restoration award at the 50th Anniversary Grand National Roadster Show in 1999 . It also first appeared at the Pebble Beach Concours that year . McCullough purchased it in 2017 and promptly raced it on the beach at The Race of Gentlemen A complete restoration in the winter of 2021 returned the car to the original four-carburetor configuration used at Bonneville, complete with the original Edelbrock manifold

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V-05 1932 Ford Ray Brown Roadster* Petersen Automotive Museum / Leslie Mark Kendall, Los Angeles, California Ray Brown began building this roadster in his backyard in 1945 and ’46, at age 18 . A dual-purpose roadster, he used it as his daily transportation to work during the week and he raced it on weekends . The car was painted a 1946 Buick color, a distinctive Sherwood Green, and he installed a two-gallon tank in the trunk and a parallel fuel system so he could run his roadster on alcohol fuel when desired In races at the dry lakes in 1946 and ’47, he earned 11 timing tags He sold the car in 1948 and it was then stored for over four decades

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V commissioning Dave Simard, of East Coast Customs in Leominster, Massachusetts, to massage the vintage metal and assemble a period-perfect ’40s-era roadster . Mark Kirby, of Motor City Flathead, built the bored and stroked 304-cid, SCoT-blown flathead with Eddie Meyer heads and a Harman and Collins magneto

Steve Pierce fabricated a Carson-style padded top and a tuck-n-roll tan leather interior, and Kevin Olson and Phil Austin applied 24 handrubbed coats of black acrylic lacquer Desirable goodies include ultra-rare Kinmont disc brakes and a Culver City Halibrand quick-change This car won the coveted Bruce Meyer Preservation Award at the 50th Grand National Roadster Show in 1999 and was a Rodder’s Journal cover car . It’s a driver, with over 7,000 miles on the odometer .

. In 1991, the roadster was discovered in untouched original condition A restoration returned it to its original racing configuration . The car has won AACA Junior and Senior awards and was the recipient of the 1994 AACA Past Presidents Award .

Ross & Beth Myers, Boyertown, Pennsylvania Lee Titus opened a speed shop in Culver City, California, in 1955, and soon enough he decided to build this 1932 Ford Roadster for himself . An experienced and highly competitive dry lakes and Bonneville salt flats hot rod builder and racer, he had a clear idea of how to transform this roadster into a car worthy of the Hot Rod Magazine cover and feature article that would feature it in May 1959 . Retaining its fenders, finished in black lacquer with a red interior, and powered by a fuel-injected Corvette V-8, it was

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Jim & Chris Shelton, Las Vegas, Nevada

pebblebeachconcours.net 115 V1932 FORDHOTHISTORICRODS pure California and pure Lee Titus . Hot Rod photographer Andy Southard was the car’s next owner, during which time the car was the subject of a multipart feature in Rod Action magazine as Dick “Magoo” Megugorac removed the fenders and transformed it into a highboy Subsequent owners have included Jim Busby, Bruce Meyer, Bill Hammerstein and Andy Cohen The roadster was recently restored to its 1959 Hot Rod Magazine configuration .

V-07 1932 Ford Kirk F. White Roadster* Rob & Melani Walton, Scottsdale, Arizona

For years Gray Baskerville drove his ’32 roadster to work at Petersen Publishing . His perennial Deuce was built from cast-off parts by two friends, Paul Horning and Ernie Murashige

. Engines included a 6:71-blown six-carb Olds with a straight front axle for racing, then a Hilborn-injected, roller-cammed Chevy V-8 . It was really too heavy for racing, so Gray swapped the engine into a record-setting Altered roadster, and when his ’32 hit the streets again, it had an Okie Adams dropped axle, Lincoln brakes, a smallblock Chevy and a Powerglide trans . Gray freshened up his daily driver in 1975 with some new paint, plating and interior work . Art Chrisman ensured the mechanicals were “reet,” as Gray would say . This car always had a few primer spots, and in 1999, because of them, Gray was refused entry at the Grand National Roadster Show . It didn’t bother him a bit Jim and Chris Shelton, father and son, continue to drive this Deuce just as Gray did, primer spots and all

When noted Ferrari collector and dealer Kirk F White decided he wanted a classic Hot Rod in the early 2000s, he asked Pete Chapouris III of the SO-CAL Speed Shop to gather the best of all artisans to construct it . Doane Spencer, one of the finest fabricators in the land, agreed to build one last Ford small-block engine . Thom Taylor laid out the overall design . Ryan Reed and Tim Beard did the metal work and paint on what was a Brookville steel body . Gabe Lopez finished the interior, and the result was this stunning, traditional yet contemporary steel-bodied ’32 Roadster that marries historic charm with modern performance The car is now owned by Rob and Melani Walton .

1932 Ford Tom McMullen Roadster* Dana & Patti Mecum, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

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It took a clever mind to devise a single piece of equipment that’s been a hot rod mainstay since the late 1940s

1932 Ford Ian Cusey Roadster Robert Owens, Wellington, Texas

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. It was featured in Rod and Custom magazine in 1962 and it was on the cover of Speed and Tuning in 1963

This 1932 Hot Rod Roadster was built in the 1950s with a hot flathead and black paint . Future LA Roadster member Ian Cusey purchased the roadster from fellow classmate Don Streiff, then in 1961, he removed the flathead in favor of a 283 Chevrolet and painted the car Jade Green

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. It also shared an album cover with Tom McMullen’s flamed ’32 roadster in 1964 . Cusey kept the roadster in complete form until 1982, when it was disassembled on the pages of Street Rodder in an article written by McMullen

. With the help of a local heat-treating specialist, Ed Stewart, a

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. Robert Owens purchased the disassembled car in 2014 and brought it to Jamie Johnson’s Hot Rod Haven to be restored in 2020

Tom McMullen’s flamed roadster did it all, from the street to the drags, to the lakes and to Bonneville

John Mumford, Portola Valley, California

. The irrepressible McMullen wanted a traditional Deuce that would shake up the establishment . When this car appeared on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine in 1963, it blew people away Pat Ganahl later wrote, “There just weren’t any fenderless, wildlyflamed, mag-wheeled, GMC-supercharged early Ford roadsters like this on the street or anywhere else, really .” But these elements were not all for show Tom had installed a Moon aluminum fuel tank, with a pressure pump, between the front frame horns, to combat fuel starvation, and he attached a Diest chute on the rear because it was an SCTA requirement for dry lakes racing The magnesium wheels were lighter than steel ones

. And while the flames were reportedly an impulsive decision, they were done, as was the wild pinstriping, by “Big Daddy” Ed Roth

. Tom didn’t like to lose, so he was always improving this car When it was obvious he’d gone as far as he could, he sold his roadster in 1969, then built several even more powerful cars V-10

117 San Diego speed shop owner, learned to drop hammer and recurve stock beam axles to lower an early Ford’s front end for better looks and improved handling . Soon, any lowered hot rod was said to be Dago’ed . Ed’s nickname, “Axle,” stuck with him all his life In 1953, a dropped axle was $17 .50, and Ed sold hundreds . Stewart’s own highboy was a frequent lakes competitor He ran a threecarburetor flathead with Evans speed equipment

. In 1948, Ed turned an impressive 128 93 mph run at the lakes, a very respectable time, as Hot Rod Magazine noted, “for one of the few un-channeled ’32 roadsters running ” After Ed’s death, his son Bob inherited the roadster

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. A complete restoration was done in 1987, and Bob “Little Axle” Stewart drove his dad’s old car to many West Coast gatherings Besides the authentic SCTA timing tag on its dash, this roadster sported unique, oversized StewartWarner gauges that were the envy of all who saw them V-12 1932 Ford Randy Lauen Roadster Ed & Sherry Gilbertson, San Francisco, California Concours

Chief Judge Ed Gilbertson, long a Ferrari fan, is on our show field with his dream Deuce, a quintessential street rod with all-period speed equipment

. With his vision, an original 1932 Ford DeLuxe Roadster model 18, with genuine Henry Ford steel, has been converted to a 1932 Ford Hot Rod The car came from Iowa but lived in Wisconsin, and it was restored by Randy Lauen, a hot rod builder who resides in South Dakota Rick Schnell, a national flathead dragster record holder, rebuilt the 1953 Mercury V-8 flathead and 1939 Ford transmission with Lincoln Zephyr gears . The motor is a full house hopup with finned high compression heads and an Eddie Meyer high rise with twin Stromberg 97 carburetors

. The back end was rebuilt by Wayne Atkinson, who was with Hot Rod Works in Griggs, Idaho The car also features 1940 Ford juice brakes, a 4-inch dropped beam axle, a 3-inch windshield chop, a 9-inch Ford rear end, a 1939 Ford steering column and banjo steering wheel, and a 1932 Lincoln instrument panel It is black with a thin red pinstripe, folding black top, and tobacco brown tuck-androll leather interior