#Pebble Beach Concours

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McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition Concept, 2012. A track-focused concept finished in historic McLaren Orange and satin black with an optimised aerodynamic package that was presented at the Pebble Beach Concours.

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Rare Real Life Post but I saw some beautiful cars at pebble beach in California and this unrestored 1933 Chrysler Imperial was probably my favorite. I love the Imperial line and the early 30s models are probably my favorite, let alone one with all the original parts. More carposting to come lol

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Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster is “Best of Show” at Pebble Beach

Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster – a supercharged luxury vehicle of the highest exclusivity Built in 1937 with this rare coachwork for the King of Afghanistan Elaborate restoration in close cooperation with Mercedes-Benz Heritage Continue reading Untitled

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Aston Martin Vanquish

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Mercedes-Benz CLA

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A wild triptych painted by Syd Mead for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2000, a very fancy car show held at the famous country club near Monterey, California. Imagine the stuffy crowd taking a closer look at Syd's funky futurism.

On view in Syd Mead: Future Pastime through 5/21 in New York.

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Affiches du Concours d'élégance de Pebble Beach pour 2007, d'après Barry Rowe. - source Bonhams.

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1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

1954 Plymouth Belmont Concept Roadster

This one-off concept car was designed by Chrysler Corporation, under the direction of Virgil Exner, for the 1954 Chicago Auto Show and New York Autorama Shows. The body was built by Briggs Manufacturing Company on the Plymouth 114-inch wheelbase chassis. This was the first Plymouth to carry a body constructed of fiberglass and the first Plymouth fitted with a V-8 engine.

This 1954 Plymouth Belmont 2-door roadster concept car is powered by a Dodge Poly-Head V-8 241-cubic inch engine delivering 150 horsepower and paired with a Hy-drive transmission. 

After the 1954 auto show circuit, the Belmont made its film debut in the 1954 motion picture Bundle of Joy, starring Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. In 1957 it was used in Blake Edward's film, Mister Cory starring Tony Curtis.

Later in life, the Belmont received a restoration by Mike Fennel Restorations. After the work was completed, it was shown at several prestigious concours in the United States and has won many awards over the years. In recent years it has been shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, Blackhawk Collection, Imperial Palace Auto Collection, and Ele Chesney Collection.

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Honda HP-X, 1984, by Pininfarina. The concept car that inspired the Honda NS-X has been restored 40 years on from its presentation at the Turin Motor Show. Honda will exhibit the rebuilt HP-X at the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance later in August. Though the concept was a static prototype Honda envisioned the concept with a mid-mounted naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre 24-valve V6 from Honda’s Formula 2 program 

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J2 Gold Panel Minncon 2023

Quick psa/reminder that this con took place while the actor’s union, SAG-AFTRA, is on strike. This means the boys cannot talk about any past, present, or future projects. But for the sake of clarity, I will be mentioning projects the boys are referring to by name.

Before the panel starts Jared notices a fan with an I heart Jensen sign, and says he does too.

Jared shows off a bit of his and Jensen's unspoken lingo, he does the sign for a brief pause. They got it from their director, Jensen says they had a lot of different hand signals for communication, and they also had names for certain types of shots. Jared mentions they had a friend in Van who's a larger individual and was always smoking pot so if they start the scene with a high and wide shot they'd call it the Murph. When the camera is on the dolly track and does a creep in if it's a little creep they'd call it a Mickey Rooney then Jensen says there are other ones they won't mention because they're very inappropriate.

Jared reminds fans that actors are currently on strike and thanks the fans for their understanding if there are any questions that they cannot answer. Jensen says that Jared can talk about his gardening skills and Jared says he loves him some zucchini and that he harvested some the previous week...I'm not gonna say it, but you know what I'm thinking 😉

Do they follow the Texas country music scene?

Jared always goes back to when in High School or Middle School Robert Earl King. Or Pat Green.

Jensen mentions Jerry Jeff Walker. He also says Texas certainly has its own country core, it's not like traditional Nashville country. x

The next fan had already asked Jared this question and now they want to know Jensen's answer: what kind of car would he have if money was no problem?

He doesn't have a holy grail and the reason he doesn't is because if he did he'd spend all his time figuring out how to get it; he'll watch car auction shows, used to watch them with Clif, and every one of them he'll want. He did see one car once, he and Jared had the opportunity to go to Concours d'Elegance which is the best, greatest car show there is in Pebble Beach. They close off the 18-hole golf course and line up the cars all along the fairways. It's right there on the coast and they were walking past the pre-world war cars and he saw an Austin Martin that took his breath away. He was like "this is outrageous you probably can't even get your hands on this" but if he ever had the opportunity to own something like that- he took more pictures of that car than any other car. x

The next fan doesn't have a question, they just wanted the boys to wish her a happy birthday and also show the tattoo she has of Jensen's face on the inside of her thigh, which took her 6hrs to get done. Jared jokes Jensen can't last six hours 🤣

What's the backstory behind the bracelets Jensen sometimes wears?

They've all been gifted to him by someone in his life, usually his wife or his daughter but he has friends that he has also traded with; there's always some sort of a back story to what he's wearing he doesn't usually go shopping and just buy stuff.

Then they get told a naughty joke: if a blackbird has black babies and a bluebird has blue babies what bird has no babies? A swallow. Both men have to walk away from the mic 🤣

Jared asks the next fan if they have any babies and even he's wondering why he says what comes into his head 😂

If they had to pick tattoos for each other what would they pick out?

Jensen points towards the fan that has his face tattoed on her inner tigh and says she already has it he would put his face on Jared's and Jared says "yeah I'd be more handsome." Gentlemen 👀

Jensen then says would put a bear growling on Jared's right hand. And Jared's like "why do they exist?" and Jensen just goes "to scare big things like you." Which I found a cute little exchange.

Jared would make Jensen get an enter at your own risk and an arrow pointing to somewhere that he's not gonna say but it would be in an old English cursive writing. Again 👀

Jared asks the fan what they would put on them and the fan replies that they would ask what they love and what describes them

Jensen comments that he and Jared had talked about getting something that represents SPN because when you're in it you're not thinking about how long the show is gonna go and so you know they talked about maybe getting the anti-possession tattoo or there was also talk about symbols of MOL but it's really come down that now that they're a few years removed from it and they're able to look back on it they're able to realize how big that part of their lives was for them and how forever it will be. That's not to say tattoos always have to be amazingly meaningful, some are just fun, but he feels they would because of how that show impacted their lives. x

If they were in Van and had a ping pong tournament with the cast and crew of SPN who would make it to the gold round and come out the victor?

They would. Jared says he thinks it happened a few times and they had to hide said ping pong table from them because they would sweat their makeup off.

Jensen says they would play that game so intensely as if they were running a marathon. They would be called back on set and be out of breath, show up panting- they had very intense games. I wanna make a dirty comment so badly involving the other things they were probably might have been doing on that ping pong table but I'm gonna keep it moving.

Jared says they represented Texas pretty damn well, and they're asked if they doubled up or destroyed the other. Both say it was pretty split, pretty even. It got to a point where they were just exposing each other's weaknesses like Jared would figure out Jensen's forehand was a little weaker that day so he'd send it straight into his forehand. x

Next is a fan wanting to know what they thought of her tattoo, and if they could give her artist a shoutout. They thought it was really awesome and the artist did a great job. x

If they go to a diner how likely is it that they would actually order a salad and a cheeseburger?

Jared says at a dinner he's kind of greasy spoon type of guy so like a burger or something. That's at a diner, but he probably orders salads more than burgers.

Jensen would probably go burger or burrito if they have it. And Jared says that's cause it's probably 2am, probably on the way home. He knows hubby so well 🥰

Jensen comments there's a dinner close to where he lives that they go to sometimes, and he's a creature of habit so they have this big massive burrito that he has no business eating all of but he does.

He mentions it has hot sauce so the fan asks if they like spicy food, they do, and Jensen says he likes jalapeños on his pizza all the time. They also mention Hot Ones and how they'd like to do it. x

J2 Gold Panel Minncon

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L'Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 : Une Victoire Tardive à Spa

L'histoire de l'Alfa Romeo 8C est intrinsèquement liée à celle de Vittorio Jano, son concepteur. Cet ingénieur d'origine hongroise, né en 1891, a marqué l'histoire de l'automobile par son génie. Après des débuts chez STAR puis chez FIAT, où il a collaboré avec Giulio Cesare Cappa, un autre nom important de l'ingénierie automobile, Jano rejoint Alfa Romeo en 1923. Son départ de FIAT fut une perte telle que l'entreprise turinoise abandonna rapidement la compétition.

La légende raconte qu'Enzo Ferrari, alors jeune directeur de l'équipe de course Alfa Romeo, aurait joué un rôle déterminant dans l'arrivée de Jano, allant jusqu'à courtiser son épouse. Quoi qu'il en soit, l'arrivée de Jano coïncide avec l'ambition d'Alfa Romeo de s'imposer comme constructeur de voitures de sport, soutenue par Benito Mussolini, alors Premier ministre italien, qui voyait dans le sport automobile un outil de promotion technologique et politique pour le pays.

Dès son arrivée, Jano se consacre à la conception d'un six cylindres en ligne à double arbre à cames en tête, donnant naissance au 6C. En 1924, il conçoit un moteur huit cylindres qui allait équiper les voitures de course et de sport d'Alfa Romeo pendant les quinze années suivantes. Ce huit cylindres en ligne présentait des caractéristiques techniques uniques, avec quatre blocs en acier plaqué de deux cylindres sur un carter commun. D'une cylindrée de 1987 cm³, il propulsa la P2 à la victoire lors du Championnat du Monde des Grands Prix de 1925.

L'appellation 8C apparaît pour la première fois lors des Mille Miglia de 1931, désignant une voiture équipée d'un moteur doté de deux blocs en alliage de quatre cylindres, intégrant également les culasses. D'une cylindrée de 2336 cm³, ce moteur fut baptisé 8C 2300. Ce format fut ensuite décliné en 2,6 litres avec double compresseur pour les monoplaces (Tipo B-P3) en 1932, puis en 2,9 litres (8C 2900) de 1936 à 1939.

Initialement prévue pour la course, la production de la 8C fut étendue aux gentlemen drivers et aux acheteurs fortunés. Le châssis, à longerons et traverses, était disponible en trois longueurs : "Lungo" (long), avec un empattement de 3100 mm pour les courses d'endurance ; "Corto" (court), avec un empattement de 2750 mm pour les courses sur route ; et "Monza" (2650 mm) pour les courses sur circuit. Les plus grands carrossiers s'emparèrent de ces châssis, proposant une grande variété de carrosseries.

L'exemplaire dont il est question ici, châssis numéro 2211067, est une 8C 2300 de la deuxième série, avec moteur d'origine et une carrosserie ouverte Touring sur un châssis "Lungo". Immatriculée pour la première fois à Milan au nom de la Società Alfa Romeo, elle fut l'une des quatre voitures engagées par l'équipe aux 24 Heures du Mans 1932, avec le numéro 12, pilotée par le duo français Pierre Louis-Dreyfus et Antoine Schumann.

Malgré un résultat décevant (abandon sur sortie de route), cette participation s'inscrit dans un contexte prestigieux, marqué par la victoire d'une autre 8C 2300 pilotée par Raymond Sommer et Luigi Chinetti. Après sa réparation, la voiture fut revendue puis rachetée par Alfa Romeo pour participer aux 24 Heures du Mans 1933. Cette fois, pilotée par Guy Moll et Guy Cloitre, elle abandonna suite à un problème de batterie.

C'est finalement aux 24 Heures de Spa, deux semaines plus tard, que cette 8C 2300, confiée à Louis Chiron et Luigi Chinetti, remporta la victoire tant convoitée, parcourant 2806,3 km à une vitesse moyenne de près de 117 km/h.

Après cette victoire, les traces de la voiture se font plus discrètes, jusqu'à sa réapparition au Royaume-Uni en 1934. Après plusieurs propriétaires et une restauration dans les années 1960, elle fut entièrement restaurée en 2005 par le spécialiste Jim Stokes. Elle participa ensuite à divers rallyes et expositions, notamment au Concours d'Élégance de Pebble Beach en 2008, où elle remporta le prix Phil Hill.

Récemment repeinte dans sa couleur bleue d'origine, cette 8C 2300 a été vendue aux États-Unis en 2020, puis a changé de propriétaire en 2022. Elle est aujourd'hui conduite et appréciée pour le son rauque de son moteur, témoignant du génie de sa conception, plus de 90 ans après sa fabrication.

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How to Transport Cars to a Car Show

The United States is home to some of the most prestigious car shows in the world, attracting car enthusiasts, collectors, and exhibitors from across the globe. Events like SEMA and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance showcase stunning vehicles, from custom builds to vintage classics.

If you're planning to display your car or simply want to attend as an exhibitor or enthusiast, arranging reliable auto transport is essential. The above link is an overview of the top U.S. car shows and tips for shipping your vehicle.

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1951 Cadillac Series 75 sedan, one of 1,090 examples built that year. The wood trim was crafted by Maurice Schwartz of Pasadena, one of the last custom houses of the classic era. A 1952 Cadillac grille was fitted because alterations were completed in that year.

Cowboy movie star Gene Autry purchased the car for use on his ranch, and eventually sold it in 1989. After a complete refurbishment, the Cadillac was shown at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance in 2008.

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Pebble Beach Concours de Elegance illustration commission for the collectable lunch box gifted to participants

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Cruising Through Dreams: Bucket List Classic Car Events Around the World

Fasten your seatbelts, my fellow motor enthusiasts! We’re about to embark on an exhilarating adventure through the globe’s most iconic classic car events. From the heart-pounding roar of engines on Europe’s legendary circuits to California’s sun-kissed streets, these must-attend events are guaranteed to fuel your passion for vintage motoring. Whether you’re a seasoned aficionado or just daydreaming about owning a classic car one day, these events offer a sneak peek into the very essence of automotive history. So, don your driving gloves and join us as we journey through the ultimate classic car experiences worldwide!

1. Goodwood Festival of Speed

West Sussex, England

Tucked away in the undulating landscapes of West Sussex, England, lies the Goodwood Festival of Speed — a paradise for car lovers. This annual spectacle presents a breathtaking collection of classic cars, from timeless racers to contemporary supercars, all vying for glory on the legendary Hillclimb course. Goodwood seamlessly weaves together nostalgia and exhilaration, promising an indelible experience for devotees across generations. Picture yourself delving into the rich legacy and sophistication of classic automobiles at events like this one. Pearl Lemon Classics crafts bespoke experiential tours that transport enthusiasts on immersive journeys through the magnificence of classic cars and iconic racing events throughout the UK and Europe. Embrace this opportunity to live your passion!

2. Monterey Car Week

Monterey, California, USA

Every August, the charming coastal town of Monterey, California, transforms into a grand stage for one of the world’s most esteemed classic car events. Monterey Car Week is not just an event; it’s a week-long celebration of automotive brilliance that captures hearts worldwide. From prestigious concours d’elegance to heart-pounding races at Laguna Seca and awe-inspiring auctions where vintage gems find new homes, every moment is steeped in excitement and elegance. Whether you’re marvelling at rare Ferraris on the Pebble Beach Golf Links or embarking on a nostalgic journey along 17-Mile Drive in your own classic car, Monterey Car Week is an absolute must for any car aficionado. With Pearl Lemon Classics, you can immerse yourself in this glamourous spectacle through tailor-made tour packages that promise more than just experiences — they create timeless memories filled with history, sophistication and thrill!

3. Le Mans Classic

Le Mans, France

For those whose hearts beat faster at the thought of endurance racing, there’s no event that compares to the Le Mans Classic. Held every two years on the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe in France, this event is a magnificent homage to motorsport’s golden age. It showcases a captivating collection of vintage race cars, each competing for honour on a track steeped in history and tales of triumph and tragedy. Whether you’re basking in the thunderous symphony of classic prototypes from the grandstands or soaking up the electric atmosphere in the bustling paddock, Le Mans Classic is an adventure that every racing enthusiast should experience. Picture yourself standing amidst history at Circuit de la Sarthe, where Pearl Lemon Classics offers exclusive insights and access to private collections — ensuring an immersive experience at events like Le Mans Classic that truly encapsulate vintage motoring’s timeless allure.

4. Woodward Dream Cruise

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Heralded as the globe’s grandest one-day car festival, the Woodward Dream Cruise is an unparalleled homage to American automotive heritage. Each August, a cavalcade of classic cars invades Detroit’s historic Woodward Avenue, morphing it into a dynamic exhibition of motoring milestones. From brawny muscle cars to sizzling hot rods, and from vintage trucks to bespoke cruisers — the Dream Cruise is a visual and auditory banquet. It offers live music, culinary delights and boundless chances for reminiscing with fellow aficionados. Immerse yourself in exhilarating events like the Woodward Dream Cruise with Pearl Lemon Classics — nurturing a community of passionate enthusiasts and crafting unforgettable experiences within the pulsating realm of retro motoring.

5. Classic Days Schloss Dyck

Jüchen, Germany

Imagine being enveloped by the serene beauty of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where Schloss Dyck stands majestically as the stage for one of Europe’s most esteemed classic car events. Classic Days Schloss Dyck is more than a weekend event; it’s a jubilant celebration of automotive history that captivates and thrills. From admiring the timeless elegance of pre-war classics to experiencing the heart-pounding excitement of vintage race cars in action, Schloss Dyck offers an all-encompassing journey into automotive heritage for enthusiasts across generations. Picture yourself at Classic Days Schloss Dyck, where Pearl Lemon Classics nurtures a passionate community and provides personalised attention, crafting indelible memories in the enchanting realm of vintage motoring.

As we draw the curtain on our thrilling journey through the world’s most coveted classic car events, it becomes resoundingly evident that the fervour for vintage motoring is a universal phenomenon. Whether you’re meticulously planning your next escapade or simply harbouring dreams of one day possessing a classic beauty, remember that an exhilarating world of vintage motoring stands ready to set your passion ablaze and fuel your aspirations. With organisations like Pearl Lemon Classics offering bespoke tours tailored to enthusiasts craving immersive experiences amidst majestic classic cars and iconic racing events, the opportunities are boundless. So come along! Let’s revel in the timeless legacy of classic cars and salute the vibrant community of enthusiasts who keep the flame of vintage motoring burning brightly!

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The Best in show winning Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance : French 1937 Peugeot Model 515SP Motorcycle With Bernadet Sidecar