The 2016 Arizona Concours D’Elegance was held on Sunday, January, 24th at the Arizona Biltmore, a resort hotel in Phoenix designed by Albert Chase McArthur with assistance from Frank Lloyd Wright, it first opened in 1929. The Best of Show winner was the 1935 Duesenberg Special Mormon Meteor owned by Harry Yeaggy of Cincinnati, Ohio. The Duesenberg Special was built by the…
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The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance kicked off the festivities that are a part of the Concours d’Elegance, Thursday morning under a sunny sky. This year the 90-mile run explored the Carmel Valley and the Monterey Peninsula before heading south on the spectacular Coast Highway down to Big Sur and return. The car transporter lot next to…
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At the tenth annual Danville, California Concours d’Elegance held recently on September 21, 2014, members of the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club attended with half a dozen 810 and 812 Cords. Grouped together on Hartz Avenue in Old Town Danville the Cords almost put on a show of their own. In addition to the classic front wheel drive…
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By Steve Natale: On Sunday, September 14, 2014, the past came alive at History Park in San Jose, California at a meet hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Model T Club and History San Jose for pre-World War II vehicles. The streets were filled with cars from the first part of the 20th century, parked in front of buildings from…
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The Tatra, designed by engineer Hans Ledwinka was first introduced in 1923 as the Type 11. In 1934, Tatra introduced the new T77 also designed by Ledwinka that featured coachwork developed by aerodynamic pioneer Paul Jaray with a Cd (co-efficient of drag) of only .21. The advanced central backbone chassis was powered by a rear mounted…
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A 1942 Chrysler Barrel Back Town and County Estate Wagon. By Steve Natale: Chrysler is famous for their wood-paneled Town and County models, with the well-known nameplate appearing on many different vehicles for decades. Most collectors are familiar with the wood-bodied Town and County sedan and convertible produced from 1946 to 1948, but many have never…
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1907 White Model G In total contrast to the twenty-two Ferrari Testarosta’s exhibited at Pebble Beach and the Ferrari Best of Show win there this year, there was a special class just for early steam cars. The well-known Stanley and White steam cars were both on display along with a couple of steamers rarely seen today…
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