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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
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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
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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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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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Monterey Week 2015
Monterey – Good, Bad, and Ugly – I It’s common knowledge that Monterey in mid-August is the time and place to slake your thirst for viewing, hearing and touching beautiful, exotic, fast, expensive and rare automobiles. If you have not actually attended … Continue reading
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Human Scale Concours – Palos Verdes
Local Elegance Georges Paulin was a dentist, French resistance fighter, and part-time automotive aerodynamicist. He designed a coupe on a Bentley 4-1/4 liter chassis in 1938 which was built by coachbuilder Marcel Portout and for a reason that is not … Continue reading
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Monterey 2014 – 5 Days of Automotive Porn – Day 4
Saturday – Concorso Italiano Approached from the public parking area, starting at the tee of a long fairway flanked by tall old Monterey pines and spilling down the hill, a flood of red (with a scattering of other colors for … Continue reading
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Monterey in August – Sensory Overload for Car Freaks
Smorgasbord for Car Lovers Getting the Full Effect – Or Not Back when construction was roaring along in California (My day job was managing school construction.) I took the whole family to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, paying full freight, including … Continue reading
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Concorso Italiano 2018
Pretty Italian Cars We say this almost every year, but if you like Alfa Romeos, De Tomasos, Ferraris, Fiats, Isos, Lamborghinis, Lancias, Maseratis and the “etceterinis” of italian motorsport, you won’t find more of them in one place than at … Continue reading →