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The Italians Again
Seaside, California Hosts the Concorso Italiano Even at a time when many young people are more interested in having the latest electronic teat to latch onto than they are in getting a driver’s license, you might be surprised how many … Continue reading
Posted in Car Commentary, Concorso Italiano, Uncategorized
Tagged Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 4C, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo GTV, Apollo GT, Automobiles, Automobilia, Automotive Design, Automotive Engineering, Black Horse Golf Club, Car Collecting, Car Culture, Car Shows, Cars, Classic cars, Concours, De Tomaso, De Tomaso Mangusta, De Tomaso Pantera, Events, Ferrari, Ferrari 275 GTS, Fiat, Iso Grifo, Joe Walsh, Lamborghini, Lancia, Maserati, Monterey, Nash Healey, Pebble Beach Concours, Petersen Automotive Museum, photos, Pictures, Seaside CA, Sports-Racing Cars, Travel, Vintage Auto Racing
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Grand National Roadster Show 2017
A Different Kind of Hot Rod There is a Jay Leno Big Dog Garage segment about him, and the Petersen Museum is blessed to have his “Rusty One” in its Vault, but Gary Wales is always looking for another project. … Continue reading
The Petersen Automotive Museum – II
There is nothing permanent except change – Heraclitus Keep ’em Coming Back! When Board Co-Chairman Peter Mullen cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Petersen Automotive Museum back in December, 2014, one of his stated goals was to reverse the … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobiles, Automotive Design, Automotive Engineering, Bugatti, Bugatti Chiron, Bugatti EB110, Bugatti Royale, Bugatti Type 101, Bugatti Type 35C, Bugatti Type 41, Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic, Bugatti Type 57 Prince of Persia, Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux Coupe, Bugatti Type 64, Bugatti Veyron, Bugattu Type 75 Boat, Car Collecting, Car Culture, Car Shows, Cars, Classic cars, Etorre Bugatti, Mullin Museum, Pebble Beach Concours, Peter Mulin, Petersen Automotive Museum, photos, Pictures, Rembrsndt Bugatti
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Pebble Beach Favorites
Ground Hog Day for Auto Journalists Like Phil Conner (Bill Murray) at the beginning of Groundhog Day, in August when writers for all the mainstream car magazines gather to cover the events at Monterey, they must get a bit jaded. Every year they … Continue reading
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Tagged AJ Foyt, AMC, AMC AMX3, Aston Martin, Aston Martin DB4GTZ, Auburn, Automobiles, Automobilia, Automotive Design, Automotive Engineering, Best in Show, Bizzarrini, BMW 507, Bohman & Schwartz, Bruce McLaren, Bugatti, Bugatti 57S, Car Collecting, Car Culture, Car Shows, Carrozzeria Touring, Carrozzeria Zagato, Cars, Chapron, Classic cars, Concours, Dan Gurney, Delahaye, Dick Teague, Duesenberg, Enri Chapron, Events, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Ford GT40, Gianni Agnelli, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Giotto Bizzarrini, Gooding & Co, Italdesign, Lamborghini, Lamborhini Miura, Lancia, Le Mans, Mario Andretti, Mark Donahue, Maserati, Monterey, Murphy of Pasadena, Pebble Beach Concours, Petersen Automotive Museum, photos, Pictures, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sports-Racing Cars, Stitz, Travel, Vintage Auto Racing
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Italian Gems
2016 at Concorso Italiano It may be unwise to begin a story about beautiful cars with pictures of an ugly one. Nevertheless yes, there are ugly Italian cars. There. I said it. This one was at the Concorso Italiano three years ago and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alejandro DeTomaso, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo Duetto, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo GTV, Automobiles, Automobilia, Automotive Design, Automotive Engineering, Bertone, Car Collecting, Car Culture, Car Shows, Classic cars, Concours, DeTomaso, DeTomaso Mangusta, DeTomaso Pantera, Drogo Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, Enzo Ferrari, Events, Ferrari, Ferrari 250 Tour de France, Ferrari Dino 246GTS, Ferrari LaFerrari, Ferrari Testarossa, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Fiat, Fiat 124 Spider, Frua, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Giotto Bizzarrini, Gooding & Co, Iso Rivolta, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Miura, Maserati, Maserati 8CTF, Maserati Bora, Maserati Merak, Maserati Mexico, Pagani Huayra, photos, Pictures, Renzo Rivolta, Sports-Racing Cars, Tom Tjaarda, Touring Superleggera, XK-E
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Pebble Beach Concours 2017
Third Sunday in August Any car buff worth his or her Bonneville Salt has few items on a bucket list more important, and if done right more enjoyable, than at least one chance to attend the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. … Continue reading →