Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance ®, 2017
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Concours d'Elegance, Car Show, 2016-08-20, Pebble Beach Lodge, Pebble Beach, California, US
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A Cars
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C-D Cars
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G-L Cars
M-O Cars
P-R Cars
S-V Cars
Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance 2017
Concours d'Elegance 2017 Prologue
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2017
BEST OF SHOW 2017
1929 MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer
Best of Show Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2017
“This MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer is a combination of speed, style and power,” said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. “Somehow these three elements—along with those fantastic torpedo running boards—become the very definition of elegance.”
The car, a sporting tourer, was first delivered to a Captain Miller on behalf of Earl Howe, who founded the British Racing Drivers’ Club.
“We’ve had the car for several years,” said McCaw, of Bellevue, Washington. “The question was whether or not to restore it. I always hate to restore something that doesn’t need it. But we finally found enough pictures that we knew the car needed to be restored.”
The car retains its original Marchal lighting equipment and chromeplated wheels; these are complemented by lowcut doors and unusual torpedostyle running boards containing tools and other ancillary equipment. The rich blue color was a dress inspired by a dress made of peacock feathers in the 1850s.
2017 WINNERS
Best of Show
1929 MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer
Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
Best of Show Nominees
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria
William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
1957 Ferrari 315 S Scaglietti Spyder
John & Gwen McCaw
Elegance Awards
• Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria
William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
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J.B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car
1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé
The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong
Jules Heumann
• Most Elegant Open Car
1929 MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer
Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
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Strother MacMinn Most Elegant Sports Car
1955 Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina Cabriolet Speciale
The Golomb Family Trust
Special Awards
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Alec Ulmann Trophy--
1931 HispanoSuiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe
Mark & Sonia Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand
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Ansel Adams Award--
1906 PopeToledo Type XII Touring
The Nethercutt Collection – Helen & Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, California
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ArtCenter College of Design Award--
1933 Auburn 12165 Speedster
Lou & Kathy Ficco, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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Briggs Cunningham Trophy--
1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer
Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co. KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
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Chairman’s Trophy--
1904 Holsman Model 3 Runabout
Marta Holsman and Henrietta Holsman, Carpinteria, California
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Charles A. Chayne Trophy--
1909 De DionBouton BV Type de Course
John S. Adamick, Westlake Village, California
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Classic Car Club of America Trophy--
1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan
Michelle & Martin Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California
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Dean Batchelor Trophy--
1967 GyroX Alex Tremulis Prototype
Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
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Elegance in Motion Trophy--
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria
William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
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Enzo Ferrari Trophy--
1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta
Anne Brockinton Lee / Robert M. Lee Automobile Collection, Reno, Nevada
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FIVA Postwar Trophy--
1953 Bentley RType Continental H.J. Mulliner Sports Saloon
Derek Hood, Maldon, England
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FIVA Prewar Trophy--
1916 Locomobile Model 38 Collapsible Cabriolet
Mike Guffey, Hartford City, Indiana
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The French Cup--
1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet
Wayne Grafton, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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Gran Turismo Trophy--
1929 MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer
Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
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Lincoln Trophy--
1933 Lincoln KB260 Brunn Convertible Victoria
Bill & Barbara Parfet, Hickory Corners, Michigan
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Lorin Tryon Trophy;
Robert T. Devlin
Lucius Beebe Trophy--
1929 RollsRoyce Phantom I Brewster Ascot Tourer
Jay & Christina Moore, Lahaina, Hawaii
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MercedesBenz Star of Excellence Award--
1929 MercedesBenz SS Castagna Cabriolet
The Keller Collection at The Pyramids, Petaluma, California
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Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy--
1936 RollsRoyce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Robet, France
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The Phil Hill Cup--
1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer
Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina
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The Revs Program at Stanford Award--
1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer
Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Tony Hulman Trophy--
1915 Packard 238 Six Runabout
Allen Strong, Urbana, Illinois
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The Vitesse ~ Elegance Trophy--
1956 Maserati 300S Fantuzzi Race Car
Henri Chambon, Vence, France
Class Winners
Class A: Antique
1st: 1913 RollsRoyce Silver Ghost Barker Torpedo, Charles E. Nearburg, Dallas,
Texas
2nd: 1906 PopeToledo Type XII Touring, The Nethercutt Collection – Helen & Jack
Nethercutt, Sylmar, California
3rd: 1910 Thomas Flyer Model K 670 Flyabout,
Jim Grundy, Solebury, Pennsylvania
Class C1: American Classic Open
1st: 1932 Studebaker President Series 91 Convertible Sedan, George & Valerie Vassos,
Westfield, Massachusetts
2nd: 1933 Lincoln KB260 Brunn Convertible Victoria, Bill & Barbara Parfet, Hickory
Corners, Michigan
3rd: 1928 StearnsKnight H 890 Phillips Cabriolet, Brent Merrill, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Class C2: American Classic Closed
1st: 1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan, Michelle & Martin
Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California
2nd: 1933 Chrysler CL Imperial Custom LeBaron Sedan, Larry & Susan Nannini, Daly
City, California
3rd: 1930 Cord L29 Brougham, Shawn Coady, Loda, Illinois
Class D: Packard
1st: 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria, William E. (Chip)
Connor, Reno, Nevada
2nd: 1932 Packard 904 Deluxe Eight Dietrich Sport Phaeton, Samuel Lehrman, Palm
Beach, Florida
3rd: 1939 Packard 1703 Super8 Darrin Convertible Victoria, Leon Flagg and Curtis
Lamon, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
Class G: Duesenberg
1st: 1935 Duesenberg SJ Bohman & Schwartz Town Car, Lee & Penny Anderson,
Naples, Florida
2nd: 1935 Duesenberg JN Rollston Berline, Rob & Jeannie Hilarides, Visalia,
California
3rd: 1931 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Coupe, Linda & Paul Gould, Pawling,
New York
Class H: RollsRoyce Prewar
1st: 1936 RollsRoyce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine, Mr. & Mrs. Henry
Robet, France
2nd: 1929 RollsRoyce Phantom I Brewster Ascot Tourer, Jay & Christina Moore,
Lahaina, Hawaii
3rd: 1937 RollsRoyce Phantom III Inskip Convertible Roadster, Stephen Brauer, St.
Louis, Missouri
Class I: MercedesBenz Prewar
1st: 1929 MercedesBenz S Barker Tourer, Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
2nd: 1929 MercedesBenz SS Castagna Cabriolet, The Keller Collection at The
Pyramids, Petaluma, California
3rd: 1934 MercedesBenz 380K Cabriolet A, Yi Hong Chen, Beijing, China
Class J1: European Classic Early
1st: 1931 HispanoSuiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe, Mark & Sonia
Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand
2nd: 1931 Bentley Speed Six Vanden Plas Open Four Seater Sports, Ivor Dunbar,
London, England
3rd: 1930 Delage D8C Chapron Cabriolet, Ray & Bonnie Kinney, Dallas, Texas
Class J2: European Classic Mid
1st: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé, The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong
Kong
2nd: 1934 Delage D8 S Fernandez et Darrin Cabriolet, John Rich Jr., Frackville,
Pennsylvania
3rd: 1934 SS Cars SS1 Fixed Head Coupé, Carl & Marcia Baxter, Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania
Class J3: European Classic Late
1st: 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrbeck Cabriolet, Jim Patterson / The Patterson
Collection, Louisville, Kentucky
2nd: 1938 Lagonda V12 Rapide Drophead Coupé, Ron Rezek, Ashland, Oregon
3rd: 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Graber Mille Miglia Cabriolet, Dr. Matthias Metz,
Rosengarten, Germany
Class J4: European Classic Sport
1st: 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre SC Vanden Plas Le Mans Sports, Private Collection
2nd: 1935 Lagonda M45 Rapide Tourer, Richard D. Lisman, Southampton, New York
3rd: 1930 OM Tipo 665 SS MM Works Race Car, Michael Haentjes, Hamburg,
Germany
Class K1: Isotta Fraschini
1st: 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Fleetwood Roadster, Joseph & Margie Cassini III,
West Orange, New Jersey
2nd: 1928 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS LeBaron Cabriolet, Peter T. Boyle, Covington,
Ohio
3rd: 1931 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B Viggo Jensen Cabriolet, The Keller Collection at
The Pyramids, Petaluma, California
The Pyramids, Petaluma, California
Class K2: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork
Open
1st: 1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Cabriolet, Karol Pavlu, Bratislava,
Slovakia
2nd: 1932 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Commodore, Blake & Lauren Atwell,
Buda, Texas
3rd: 1928 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Commodore, The Stephens Family, San
Francisco, California
Class K3: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Closed
1st: 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Limousine, Morton Bullock, Ruxton,
Maryland
2nd:: 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Imperial Cabriolet, Paul & Joyce Toberty,
Newport Coast, California
3rd: 1928 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Imperial Landaulet, The Nethercutt
Collection – Helen & Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, California
Class L1: Prewar Preservation
1st: 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer, Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co.
KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
2nd:: 1916 Locomobile Model 38 Collapsible Cabriolet, Mike Guffey, Hartford City,
Indiana
3rd: 1930 Bentley Speed Six Gurney Nutting Sports Saloon, Gregor Fisken, London,
England
Class L2: Postwar Preservation
1st: 1963 MercedesBenz 300 SL Roadster, Lukas Hüni, Zurich, Switzerland
2nd:: 1954 Jaguar XK120 Open Two Seater, Kim McCullough, Pompton Plains, New
Jersey
3rd: 1960 Abarth 1000 Record Pininfarina Prototype, Simone Bertolero, Moncalieri,
Italy
Class M1: Ferrari Grand Touring
1st: 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Cabriolet, Peter S. Kalikow, New York
2nd:: 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta, Bob Cohen, Beverly Hills,
California
3rd: 1968 Ferrari 275 GTS/4 Scaglietti NART Spyder, Chris & Ann Cox, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
Class M2: Ferrari Competition
1st: 1958 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti Spyder, Andreas Mohringer, Salzburg, Austria
2nd:: 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Touring Barchetta, Thomas Peck, Irvine, California
3rd: 1967 Ferrari 412 P Competizione, Harry Yeaggy, Cincinnati, Ohio
Class M3: Ferrari Major Race Winners
1st: 1957 Ferrari 315 S Scaglietti Spyder, John & Gwen McCaw
2nd:: 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Berlinetta, Jack & Kingsley Croul, Corona del
Mar, California
3rd: 1975 Ferrari 312 T F1 Race Car, Richard Griot, Tacoma, Washington
Class M4: Ferrari Oneoff Speciales
1st: 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe, Lee & Joan Herrington (for
the Herrington Corp. Collection), Bow, New Hampshire
2nd:: 1955 Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina Cabriolet Speciale, The Golomb Family Trust
3rd: 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano Cabriolet, Anne Brockinton Lee / Robert M. Lee
Automobile Collection, Reno, Nevada
Class O1: Postwar Open
1st: 1952 Porsche 356 Reutter Cabriolet, Robert Ingram / The Ingram Collection,
Durham, North Carolina
2nd:: 1965 AC Cobra 427 Roadster, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Swanson, Boston,
Massachusetts
3rd: 1951 Cisitalia 202 SC Vignale Cabriolet, Leo & Lisa Schigiel, Miami Beach,
Florida
Class O2: Postwar Closed
1st: 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Boano Coupé Speciale, Tony Shooshani, Long
Beach, California
2nd:: 1954 Jaguar XK120 SE Pinin Farina Coupé, Classic Motor Cars Ltd., Bridgnorth,
England
3rd: 1953 Siata 208CS Coupé, Tim & Janet Walker
Class O3: Postwar Racing
1st: 1952 Siata 208CS Corsa Bertone Spider, Raffi Najjarian, Brisbane, California
2nd:: 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Zagato Coupé, Jack & Kingsley Croul, Corona del
Mar, California
3rd: 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Zagato Coupé, David & Jody Smith, Medina,
Washington
Class O4: Postwar Grand Touring
1st: 1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet, Wayne Grafton, Richmond,
British Columbia, Canada
2nd:: 1948 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa Boneschi Cabriolet, Collezione
Lopresto, Milan, Italy
3rd: 1957 MercedesBenz 300 SC Coupe, Vin & Erica Di Bona, Los Angeles,
California
Class R: American Dream Cars of the 1960s
1st: 1965 Pontiac Vivant Herb Adams Roadster, Mark & Newie Brinker, Houston,
Texas
2nd:: 1966 Bosley Mark II Interstate Coupe, Stephen & Kim Bruno, Boca Raton,
Florida
3rd: 1969 Farago CF 428 Carrozzeria Coggiola Coupe, Frank Campanale, Orchard
Lake, Michigan
Class V: Open Wheel Race Cars
1st: 1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer, Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North
Carolina
2nd:: 1908 Mors Grand Prix Race Car, Collier Collection at The Revs Institute, Naples,
Florida
3rd: 1909 Isotta Fraschini FENC Tipo A Factory Touring, Harold Peters and Juanita Doerksen
Source; Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Media
American Dream Cars of the 1960s at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
The Automobile has long been used as a basis for expressing designers artistic skills. In this 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, several examples from the 1960s.
One such car, The Reactor, was by Gene Winfield of Modesto, California and it will have a place on the lawns for viewing on Sunday in a special class for one-off American Dream Cars of the 1960s.
Winfield initially imagined and built The Reactor for Joe Kizis' 1965 annual Autorama car show in Hartford, Connecticut. After its time spent touring back east, Winfield brought the Reactor back to California, where he entered it in the Grand National Roadster Show. Against tough competition, the Reactor won the coveted Tournament of Fame Award. Winfield soon realized even bigger dreams for his car. So, he packed up the Reactor and took it to Hollywood, where it captured the attention of leading filmmakers.
"I put the car in an open trailer and I towed it straight to Hollywood," said Winfield. "I didn’t know anybody," Winfield recalled, "but I found 20th Century Fox Studios and I went up to the gate and conned them into letting me in to show my car to their transportation department. From there, the transportation coordinator gave me the names and addresses of all these other studios, and for two days, I took the car around and handed out my business card. Two weeks later, Bewitched called me and said that they wanted The Reactor on their set."
The Reactor By Gene Winfield
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It was also featured in an episode of Star Trek as the "Jupiter 8" and a Mission: Impossible episode called "The Freeze," but it is perhaps best known for its appearance in the third and final season of the Batman television series, where it was the getaway car for Catwoman, played by actress Eartha Kitt.
The car was created around a Citroën DS chassis and its unique hydro-pneumatic suspension so that it could move up and down, a feature that was far ahead of its time. "The inspiration I had for the car was to make something different, something wild," Winfield said. He installed a 180-hp turbocharged engine from a Chevrolet Corvair Corsa, and paired it with the Citroën DS’s drivetrain. The Reactor was born as a two-seater, mid-engine car, with its most recognizable feature being its very low profile. Cleverly, Winfield used the Corvair flat-6 engine as a stylistic tool, because he wanted the Reactor to be as low and close to the ground as possible.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Media.
OTHER American Dream Cars of the 1960s
Photos: Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Media.
1960 DiDia 150 built for Bobby Darin
1963 Mantaray by Dean Jeffries
1965 Bugatti T101C Roadster by Virgil Exner-Carrozzeria Ghia
1965 Pontiac Vivant Roadster by Herb Adams
1966 Bosley Mark II Interstate Coupe
1969 Farago CF 428 Coupe by Paul Farago
From an unlikely partnership between lawyer Cesare Isotta and car enthusiasts Vincenzo, Antonio and Oreste Fraschini, came Italy’s most opulent automobile brand: Isotta Fraschini Cesare and brothers Vincenzo, Antonio and Oreste formed Isotta Fraschini in 1899 in Milan, Italy. At the forefront of technological innovation, the company pioneered the use of 4-wheel brakes. Its golden years were characterized by the famed Tipo 8, which featured the world’s first production straight 8 engine and offered coachbuilders a long and strong chassis to showcase their creations.
The all-encompassing elegance of Isotta Fraschini helped to extend the brand beyond the borders of Italy. Prince Luigi Grimaldi of Monte Carlo and the Empress of Ethiopia are just a couple of the many royal owners. Famous celebrity owners in the United States included newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and “It Girl” Clara Bow.
Corrado Lopresto, who considers himself an “Isotta romantic,” recalls making childhood memories playing in the back of his uncle’s Isotta Fraschini. So began his lifelong relationship with the marque. His own Garage Corrado southwest of Milan, Italy, is now home to the marque’s complete factory archives and several Isotta Fraschini cars imperative to the marque’s history.
“I like the charm and grandeur that has always accompanied every Isotta Fraschini car,” Lopresto said. “Each one is so unique.”
Isotta Fraschini 1902 Prototype sn-1
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The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will feature Corrado Lopresto's 1901 Isotta bare chassis in one of the Isotta Fraschini classes.
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Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa Touring Coupe 1947
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Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa Boneschi Cabriolet 1948
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1948 Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosas in the Postwar Grand Touring class, along with a wide variety of Tipo 8As in the Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Open and Closed Classes.
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