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Jon Shirley’s 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C2300MM Touring Takes Best in Show at Crescent Beach
This year’s Crescent Beach Concours, held August 31 at Blackie Spit Park in Surrey, BC, saw 100 cars compete for recognition as the best in their respective classes just a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean. This year’s Most Elegant Pre-War award winner was Frank Daly’s 1937 Packard V12 Convertible Sedan, while the Most Elegant…
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1955 Chrysler C-300
Virgil Exner styling 331-ci Hemi V8 300 hp at 4,400 rpm Dual Carter AFB carburetors PowerFlite automatic transmission Platinum White exterior Beige leather interior 12-volt electrics
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1927 Dick Williams Ford Roadster
Built by Dick Williams in 1952 1953 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award winner SCTA Bonneville timed speed of 123 mph Featured in Hop Up magazine, June ’53 Entered in the inaugural Historic Hot Rod Class at Pebble Beach in 1997
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1973 Chevrolet Camaro Baldwin Motion Phase III
Documented Phase III Motion Camaro Original owner was Joel Rosen’s mechanic, who built the car at Motion Believed to be the last Baldwin Motion Camaro built Signed by Joel Rosen 454-ci V8 engine Automatic transmission Motion-installed roll bar Mickey Thompson S/S Indy Profile tires
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1969 Shelby GT350
One of 152 Hertz GT350s produced for 1969 Well-preserved example in Black Jade Documented by a Deluxe Marti Auto Works Report Formerly of the Sam Pack Collection An excellent example of Shelby power
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1996 Chevrolet Corvette coupe
300-hp, 5.7-liter multi-port fuel-injected V8 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive Z51 Performance Handling Package Power steering Power anti-lock disc brakes Torch Red exterior Light gray interior Removable tinted roof panel Power leather sport bucket seats 55,337 miles showing
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1910 Stanley Model 60 Runabout
Held for over 70 years in the Buess Family Collection of Brass and Steam cars A particularly original example Optional 25-inch wheels Gas-fired headlights 2-seat runabout body
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1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet Takes Best of Show at Cobble Beach
Over 100 classic cars were on display at the Cobble Beach Golf Link Resort on September 14 and 15 for the 7th Annual Cobble Beach Concours Weekend. Top honors of the event went to Robert S. Jepson, Jr’s 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet. The car was originally built for Max Gumpel — a Swedish Olympian swimmer…
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Three Best Buys From Monterey
Usually, getting a good buy at one of the Monterey Car Week auctions is just as likely as having no traffic on California 68 between Monterey and Salinas on Friday morning. Yet it does happen. The following three cars — at three different venues — represent good buys for the money spent. Unlike my usual…
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I Missed Monterey Car Week
For the first time in 31 years, I missed Monterey Car Week. On the weekend before the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, I can usually be found leading a ragamuffin “Catch Me If You Can” group of sports-car fanatics on a road trip down the Pacific Coast from Portland, OR, to Carmel. It’s SCM’s annual Caravan…