Autogeek visits Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance!

[Nick McKees37]

Last week Bob McKee and his wife Darlene took a trip to California to attend the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

This was Bob's first time attending the show and he said it was a car guy's dream come true. He saw every kind of rare vehicle imaginable, and it turned out to be a record setting year for the show bringing in over $440 million dollars.

Pacific Coast Highway

It's a tradition every year to take the Pacific Coast Highway from Monterey to Big Sur, and to stop at Laguna Seca Raceway along the way. Then it's off to Carmel.

Mountains along the way...

Carmel

While everyone stopped for lunch in Carmel, Bob and his wife Darlene managed to grab a couple photos of some of the cars.

Quail

Quail was the big event on Friday. This is the show that featured a fundraiser. Jackie Stewart was also there!

 

[Nick McKees37]

Concours d'LeMons, Concorso Italiano and RM Auctions

Saturday was another exciting day with the Concours d'LeMons, Concorso Italiano, and RM Auctions.

Wayne Carini from Chasing Classic Cars bought and sold a few cars at the event...

Bob and Darlene with Wayne Carini...

Mike Stoops from Meguiars was there working hard...

Jay Leno was there...

Maybe Bob will take the entire Autogeek crew next year?

Thanks for the awesome photos Bob (and Darlene!)

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Nice write-up Nick! :xyxthumbs:

Just to note... we had a Studebaker just like this only with glossy black paint for one of our Thursday night projects here at Autogeek.

It's been probably 3 years since we detailed the Studebaker Starlight Coupe here at Autogeek and I see this car all the time and the owner Mike has done a great job of keeping the finish up.


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[custmsprty]

Super Cool!!

Thanks for the pics Bob!

 

[Michael Stoops]

I had the good fortune to have lunch with Darlene and Bob in our Hospitality Suite at Pebble Beach. Always a good time, especially in that setting!!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Holy cow, Jackie Stewart!! Who here is old enough to remember him on the Aurora commercials saying "it's a BIT like motorcar racing"...I can't find a YouTube of that anywhere.

Great pics from Max/Bob.

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very cool!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[BillE]

Holy cow, Jackie Stewart!! Who here is old enough to remember him on the Aurora commercials saying "it's a BIT like motorcar racing"...I can't find a YouTube of that anywhere.

Great pics from Max/Bob.

Over on MOL, Mike Stoops even has a shot of Sterling Moss!

Bill

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

If you look over Bob's shoulder that's none other than George Barris, probably the most famous car customizer of all time....

The most iconic car of all time that he built is the Batmobile.

Pretty cool!


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Here's some more cool cars that were on display....


This is a Cosworth Twin Cam Vega....

VW Microbus...

An old Woody survivor!

1963 Rambler American Convertible!

AMC Gremlin!

I'm not sure what this is but I think from the lack of a front grill for air intake and the air grills on the back fender is some version of a Corvair with an air cooled engine?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

More cars from the Concour d' Lemons.....


I think this is a 1968 AMC Ambassador SST Sedan....

This is th back of the Studebaker Starlight Coupe....

Now this is a rare car, it's a running Yugo!

Someone want to take a guess what the make and model of the car below is?

Because this car has a third headlight in the middle of the grill area, my guess is this is a Tucker of some form....

Rambler Station Wagon - While most people think these are a tick on the ugly side if you changed the oil and kept them tuned up they would run forever with their simple drivetrain design.

Ice chest that drives?

Wayne Carini interviewing the man with the yellow shorts, must be a Lemon thing?

Now were talking.... this is probably about a 1949 to 1951 Hudson and it looks like it has 4 carburetors sitting on top of a blower!

Now were talking big money cars.... I'll guess Dusenberg's?

They sure don't build them like they use to...

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Someone want to take a guess what the make and model of the car below is?

My brain is workin' on it...that looks like a Mercury crest on the front...

EDIT: I'm pretty sure that's a 70's Comet.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

My brain is workin' on it...that looks like a Mercury crest on the front...

EDIT: I'm pretty sure that's a 70's Comet.

That was my guess, the Comet was the twin to the Maverick and my sister had a Maverick.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Here's some more cars that were on display at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance....


This is a Cord, my guess is a 1937 or 1938. This is also the car you will see on all the Pinnacle labels.

Early 1950's Mercedes-Benz....

1939 Talbot Lago

1937 Bugatti

Vintage 1916 Austin Martin racer car...

Simple and complicated at the same time....

Looks to be a Ferrari of some sort... Where's Wayne when you need him? :dunno:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Continued.....


Check out this really old Audi - Almost looks like a Morris Minor crossed with a Mini Cooper....

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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Continued....



This super car just screams testosterone!

This is a Bentlely....

Looks like Darlene was able to get behind the wheel to get the driver's point of view....

Supercars!

The iconic Bugatti Veyron.... these look good in any color....

I'm going to guess this is a Hennessey Benom GT from the reverse fresh air intakes in the hood...

1964 Porsche...

Besides the really cool suicide doors on the Rolls-Royce, take a look at the lawn! It's so perfect it looks like it could astroturf!

Yeah I'll take two of these, one for me and one for the wifey....

Meanwhile back on the farm....

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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

This looks like a new offering from Saleen....

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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Continued....


This is Ferrari Row.... lots of Ferrari's and lots of moola....

Here's a few shots just showing the grounds where the car show is held... with the ocean for a backdrop it's very beautiful. I've been to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance one time when I prepped a car for Chip Foose and two cars for Terry Cook and hung out at the Meguiar's hospitality booth while I was there. It's the only way to fly...

And one parting shot of our photographer for this event and also the President and CEO of PBMG with his lovely wife Darleen....

Good show!

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[Nick McKees37]

Here's a video Bob made with his iPhone. Excellent footage! :dblthumb2:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXnp6tCt1w&hd=1]17th Concours d’Elegence Vintage Car Parade and Display [/video]

 

[Setec Astronomy]

That looks like a Mercedes provided for one of those movies that takes place in the future, eh?