Here’s what the Lawn and the Lodge look like at 5:30 AM, August 19, 2013 ! It’s dark, and it’s early!
The very moment before the first car arrives on the field. The orange Hats are the Hagerty “Dawn Patrol” hats – they sponsor coffee, doughnuts and hats for the early birds.
Here’s the first car across, an Alfa Romeo . I leave it to you to decide if the photo in the dark techique is photographic impressionism, or just lousy focusing!
There’s a little better view
Here is the larger swan car, in the special “Maharaja Class” – which had some spectacular cars of the Indian Maharaja’s on display. Note the eyes that light up, and the red-eyed dragon head horns just to the side of the license plate!
Here’s a better look at the dragons, the glowing eyed swan, and the feather texture on this car.
The baby swan car!
1954 Chrysler New Yorker Ghia Coupe – one of the early results of the Ghia – Chrysler collaboration.
1934 Packard V-12 Coupe-Roadster
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Sedan, once owned by Al Jolson. Rendered in photographic impressionism!
1927 Packard 343 Eight Murphy Roadster – one of the very earliest disappearing top designs.
1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Figoni Coupe
1938 Delage D6-70 LeTourneur et Marchand Cabriolet.
1913 Turcat-Mery MJ Bolougne Torpedo. Note the windshield profile on this car!
1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster
1965 Shelby Cobra 427 Prototype Competition Roadster
The spiritual predecessor to the Cobra, a 1952 Allard J2 Roadster
Here’s another Maharaja car, a 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Barker sports torpedo tourer. Note the hunting guns mounted on the runningboard!
This 1913 Mercer Model 35J Raceabout was the Class winner in the Mercer Class
1937 Bugatti Type 57C VanVooren Cabriolet
The Coolest ’47 Cadillac 62 ever – in the Saoutchik class.
1903 Packard, which won first in class.
1948 Norman Timbs Emil Diedt Roadster – entered in the “American Sport Custom” class
worth a second look, wouldn’t you say?
the “Dragonsnake” Cobra in Cobra Feature year.
1958 Pegaso Z-103 Touring Berlinetta
1939 Paul Planette Coachcraft Mercury Roadster
1940 Seward Allen Coachcraft Roadster
1901 De Dion-Bouton Motorette Vis-a-Vis. The Vis-a-Vis part means that if you have more passengers, they would sit on that cushion above the front wheels, and they would face the driver.
1932 Packard Deluxe 8 Sport Phaeton.
1934 Packard Super 8 1104 Phaeton
The Tire King of Long Beach makes his entrance in a 1912 Mercer 35C Raceabout.
1921 Mercer Series 5 Raceabout
1928 Packard 443 Roadster in preservation class
1931 Packard 845 Deluxe 8 Dietrich Sport Sedan, first in class winner
1941 Packard 180 Darrin
1948 Packard 8 by Vignale, the Italian coachbuilder
1911 Fiat Tipo 6 Holbrook 4 passenger Demi-Tonneau
The Maharaja Duesenberg – 1935 Duesenberg J Gurney Nutting Speedster
1947 Frank Kurtis – Paul Omohundro Comet Roadster
1930 Duesenberg “J” Murphy Convertible Sedan.
1932 Lincoln KB Dietrich Coupe
1957 Dual Ghia Convertible Coupe.
The Pebble Beach Poster Car, a 1936 Hispano Suiza J-12 by Saoutchik.
1928 Mercedes Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo, the Best of Show winner – although we didn’t know that yet when this photo was taken!
Here’s the 1935 Duesenberg SJ by Gurney Nutting – If I could put any of the cars on the field in my driveway, it would be this one. pretty darn spectacular.
This is a 1930 Delage convertible Victoria by Figoni, in the Maharaja Class. It had lots of great features like cycle fenders, individual running boards, and dual rearmounted spares.
The 1948 Lloyd Templeton Mercury Saturn “Bob Hope” Roadster. Wow, there’s a long name. the “Bob Hope” part of it came because the famous entertainer really liked the car and wanted to buy it, but the owner wouldn’t sell it to him!
1952 Maverick Sportster in the American sport custom class.
In honor of Carrol Shelby’s passing – the Shelby Cobra Class.
Our hobby’s most famous spokesman, Jay Leno, looks at a 1911 Franklin D Race car.
Here’s a view of the Maharaja Class, Rolls Royce. The car in the foreground is owned by the current Maharaja of Rajkot – who searched out his family’s car, and bought it back! It had left India before the sale of classic cars out of the country was made illegal.
This Beautiful 1941 Packard Sport Brougham by LeBaron was entered in the preservation class. It’s original and in beautiful condition.
1931 Duesenberg Derham Tourster – winner of first in class, and a best in show contender. How is best in show picked? it’s not a secret – every Class team leader gets a vote, and every honorary judge gets a vote. They pick from the first place class winners.
the 1935 Hoffman X-8 Sedan. That’s what I love about this show, they can actually find cars that I have never heard of. When you have been going to car shows since the age of one, that’s a difficult thing to do!
Ahh. The Goddess of Speed. My Favorite hood ornament. Or the doughnut pusher if you ain’t got no class! You stay classy, Pebble Beach!
This Poodle would pose on command. While wearing a little dog hat! I have to give my wife Michelle credit on all these field photos, she got some really interesting photos while I was in the judging meeting – and, frankly, she focused the camera better and got shots that I wouldn’t have noticed – like this one!
Wow! A Polished Aluminum 1929 Graham Paige Model 837 leBaron Sport Phaeton. Again, where have you ever seen one of these?
1931 Chrysler CG Imperial Waterhouse Convertible Victoria
1929 DuPont Model G Merrimac Speedster. Note the woodlite headlights.
A very unusual hood ornament on the DuPont, Flying birds.
1919 McFarlan type 125 Touring, with era-appropriate costume wearer in front!
1904 Oldsmobile Model N “French Front” touring runabout.
The “Gullwing” 1931 Marmon Sixteen leBaron Club Sedan. In this photo, the open hoods look like Gullwings. Ok, I guess if I have to explain the joke, it just wasn’t funny!
Here’s a better view of the Marmon, on it’s way to winning a class trophy.
Another great hood ornament, the Lalique “Chrysis”
In the Saoutchik class, the Hispano Suiza Dubonet “Xenia”. Astonishing!
Here is the staging lane for the awards presentation.
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