Pebble Beach...Wednesday...Pics n stuff

This morning Yorgatron & myself set off to Pebble Beach, armed with a gate p*** & an e-mail saying "Come pick up your Media Credentials"

We arrived at the "Media Registration Tent" and the little rent a cop at the barrier asks..... "Can I help you?"

I reply "Just picking up my stuff"

Maybe we looked like we shouldn't have been there....

So, we got our p***es & sat in the Media Center for a while...on the leather furniture...drinking a water or 2.

We set off round to the Media parking area & set up camp....

We were right next to the Polo Grounds where all the transporters unload the rare & expensive cars....

 

Then we wandered down to The Blackhawk Museum Sales tent.....








































More to follow.....I'm tired!

 

My '***istant' for the day...In the HAMB shirt....

 

looks good. lots of very nice cl***ics.

 

THANKS! This is as close to being there as most of us will ever get, please keep giving us a daily update. You've got good taste in automobiles, and you know how to use a camera .

 

Glad you like em, I made it there yesterday & will be there again on Sunday....at VERY early AM

 

Thanks for sharing.

I'm guessing there aren't a lot of smokey burnouts or donuts on the lawn?

 

You guessed right!!

 

I bet it was a jolly good time had by all.......

 

It almost looks like he's eating lunch there. Dont forget to wipe off the can rings before you leave.

 

OK....more editing completed....and a few more random shots to show...

There were some rather Hi-Tech soapbox cars on display, they race them Friday in Carmel









Maserati Motorcycle...

 

Question......

What do you do when you 1 of a kind Lamborghini 3500Zgt Coupe gets a dent in the rear fender during transport?



You break out the upside down screwdriver with masking tape on the end, a hammer & pray it works....

 

'32 Lincoln was stunning...





Some of the 10 Voisin's from outside the USA being seen for the 1st time...

 

And finally....

1927 Voisin Convertible...the ONLY one in the world...There's a sister car, but it's a Coupe. The roof on this car retracts down toward the trunk, fully restored over several years by a French restorer, and making its debut here...

 

Great pics Dave, got me really looking forward to sunday. Just seeing that screwdriver NEAR that Lamborghini makes me cringe like a son of a *****

 

I know what you mean Chris, it took a BRAVE man to do it, but he seemed ok with it....seems every time they show it, theres some stone chips going on as the owner likes to drive it

Look forward to seeing you Sunday...get there EARLY!!

 

What make is this car?

 

Thanks for the photos, you just saved me $140.00 plus airfare.
Looking forward to seeing more.

Yorg looks like Levis Cl***ic's long lost twin brohter.

 

1935 Auburn Speedster - me thinks?

Rich

 

Thanks Rich!
Scott

 

It'd look better in dp-90 with red steelies and wide whites...

Seriously, thanks for posting pics of the high-end stuff. Many of those cars' lines are stunning-- providing good ideas for those of us with grease under our nails...

 

Where's Leno?

Thanks for the pics!!

 

He's only there sat & Sunday for the actual show, Wednesday was only 'arrival day' for some of the cars, the picture I posted were mostly taken in the tranporter parking area as the were being off loaded....

Sunday will be the day for the REALLY amazing stuff....Including a one-off Ferrari that was MIA for almost 50 years...

 

WOW!WOW!WOW! Thanks for the pics....you saved me a HELL of a lot more than a measly $140!

I think I may have heard of this Ferrari...(maybe it was one here?)...is this the one that Ferrari are going to make a new engine for? Had been bodied with a Devon or something like that..???

 

These are the press relase's concerning the 2 'Stars of the show"

Ferrari collector Bob Lee will show his one-of-a-kind 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano Convertible at the Aug. 20 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to celebrate his 50th anniversary of purchasing the vehicle. Lee, who lives in Reno, Nev, has been the only owner of the Boano Convertible.

In 1955, Lee, a New Yorker at the time, was going on his first African safari. However, he decided to first stop in Rome for a week, where visited Enzo Ferrari’s office in Modena and managed to meet the “Commendatore.” Ferrari said that if Lee actually ever wanted to buy a Ferrari, he should purchase it directly from the factory in Italy, not in New York.

“I’d be afraid to buy one,” Lee told Ferrari. “I don’t think it would run in the New York City jungle. Ferrari replied, “If you buy a car from Ferrari, I guarantee it will run in New York City.”

One year later at the 1956 New York Auto Show, Lee saw the 250 GT Boano Convertible at the Ferrari display, a car that had made its debut a few months earlier at the Geneva Auto Show. The legendary Luigi Chinetti, a Grand Prix driver and Ferrari’s dealer and representative in the United States, said the car was not for sale and was being returned to the factory after the New York show.

Lee sent a telegram to Enzo Ferrari reminding him of their visit the previous year.

“I offered $9,500,” says Lee. “That’s all I could afford.” A couple of days later, under orders from Enzo Ferrari, Chinetti called Lee and said, “Bring me a cashier’s check for $9,500 and the Boano Convertible is yours…even though it cost the factory more than $20,000 to build.”.

The other VERY special car's press release reads as follows....

In 1937, with the Germans dominating grand prix racing, the French government and the French Automobile Club offered one million francs (the equivalent of $959,264 U.S. dollars today) to any French-made car that could break the record set in 1934 by Alfa Romeo: an average speed of 146.508 km/hr over 200 km. It was a Delahaye Type 145 V-12 driven by René Dreyfus that ultimately set the new mark, averaging 146.654 km/hr. Delahaye’s triumph was celebrated throughout France, and was capped soon afterwards when Dreyfus, at the wheel of the same car, won the 1938 race at Pau, France, over the German Mercedes-Benz Type W 154 (one of the Silver Arrows) and then beat the Italian Maserati at the Cork track in Ireland. Until recently though, the famous car was thought to be lost forever.

During the research for their new book Delahaye Styling and Design, authors Richard S. Adatto and Diana E. Meredith became intrigued by this mystery. “For years, the Million Franc car had been written about extensively, but no one knew which ch***is it was or where it could be found,” says Adatto, a Delahaye expert and member of the Pebble Beach Selection Committee. “We traveled to France and during a visit to the French National Archives were able to confirm that the ch***is of the Million Franc car was number 48771.

With copies of the official do***ents in hand, the authors returned to the United States. “Clues were provided by René Dreyfus himself,” says Meredith. “He was very clear that every effort had been made to lighten each piece of the winning ch***is, resulting in unique physical characteristics.”

Four of the Type 145 V-12 ch***is had been built. Of those four possible candidates, only one Delahaye 145 fit the bill, but that car had been known for many years (wrongly as it turned out) by the number on its firewall plate, number 48775.

As this automobile was being restored for the forthcoming Pebble Beach Concours, Adatto was able to examine the dis***embled pieces, and he found the number 48771 engraved on the top surface of the left frame rail. The restored and authenticated car, now owned by Peter Mullin who lives in Los Angeles, Calif., will be unveiled on Aug. 20 on the field at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elégance.

Like so many of France’s automotive treasures, the Million Franc Prize–winning Delahaye was dis***embled and carefully stored to prevent its destruction during World War II. After the war, it was retrieved and raced again in 1946, but it could no longer compete. The car was later sold and shipped to the United States well after its history had been forgotten.

“They made four 145 ch***is, but only one performed exceptionally well,” says Adatto. “Peter’s car is the one with the magic ch***is.”

As for René Dreyfus, the Jewish racer who had humiliated the Germans, he was sent to the United States to represent France in the 1940 Indianapolis 500 race, where he finished tenth. Because of Germany’s treatment of the Jews, he was warned by the French authorities not to return to Europe. When the U.S. entered the war in 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Europe. After the war Dreyfus became a U.S. citizen and then a New York restaurateur, opening the world-famous Le Chanteclair. With racing trophies and automobilia of all kinds on the walls, the restaurant became the unofficial meeting spot in New York for the racing community.

 

thanks for the great photos. I have just come back from germany and have been looking at the old Auto Union racing stuff. as much as i love hotrods, theres something about these cars too.

 

I'm always amazed that any pre-war European cars survived at all. Thanks for the pics!! Post more!

 

I'm having a hard time with this one...DV-32? Nice coachwork on it whatever it is.

 

Stutz!

 

Voisin's are my fetish. The styles are so wonderfully wierd. i saw one once that had the entire floor made of cast and polished aluminium (you stepped in and down like late hudsons)

One day i will own one, dont quiet know what i will do with it, but i will own one.