23rd Annual Huntington Beach Concours d'Elegance
Click image above for high-res gallery of classics and exotics from HB
Although most people don't realize it, Southern California does indeed have seasons. Sure the weather may be sunny and 70 all year-long, but there are most definitely seasons. We happen to be in the middle of concours season right now, with classic car shows popping up like, well, like poppies. The classic car fan is completely spoiled for choice out here, with shows occurring in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and in Huntington Beach just this past weekend. We already showed you some of the highlights from Los Angeles, and now we want to share a bit of HB too.
Now in its 23rd year, the Huntington Beach Concours d'Elegance is a much more casual event, with cars sprawled around Huntington's Central Park, in the shadow of the Central Library. It feels much more like a community festival than some of the other concours, but still has some top-notch machinery being judged for awards. Spread over two days, showgoers got to see muscle cars, woodies and hot rods on Saturday, while the motorbikes, European classics and exotics joined the featured Corvettes on Sunday. Celebrities on hand included Kar Kustomizer George Barris, Fireball Tim Lawrence and KABC car expert Dave Kunz. Not quite Pebble Beach, but a lot cheaper and just as fun for the spectators. Check out the gallery below to see everything from a Sport Pack Mini to a Lamborghini 400GT, a '50 Merc to a Fiat Abarth, and everything in between.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
captainwolly 9:14PM (6/04/2008)
omg! that's at the library i went to everyday in high school!!! they had a veyron last year
i love HB lots of racists and surfers
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Fooman 9:42PM (6/04/2008)
I had no idea, and I play frisbee golf at that location on a regular basis, it is the oldest disk golf course in the nation (the 1st and 2nd built have been removed) Explains why cars and coffee was a little empty this weekend.
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Duane 9:54PM (6/04/2008)
Great pictures! Cool seeing those three together.
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lamboforums 11:50AM (7/13/2008)
Nice coverage. Any coverage for Concours East Coast?
ray
lamboforums.com
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klitorisaurus 1:09AM (6/05/2008)
Where can I find out about these BEFORE they happen? I was disappointed that I missed out on the L.A. one and then this...
Anymore in the SoCal area I should be aware of or am I gonna have to wait until next year? San Diego maybe?
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Fooman 1:46AM (6/05/2008)
Always do Cars and Coffee every Saturday morning in Irvine, at the Mazda/Ford Premier Auto group parking lot.
Ian B. 10:42AM (6/05/2008)
Yep, I never find out about a show until two weeks after. Most organizers do a poor job of advertising and promoting their shows.
Rick 10:50AM (6/05/2008)
If you're into Italian and French cars, there's the Best of France and Italy Car Show on Nov. 2, 2008 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, CA. It's a relaxed pseudo-judged show showcasing all kinds of cars and motorcycles. The umbrella organization that runs it is called the 'Three Liter Club'. Keeping most displacements under 3 liters assures a blanket of exotics won't show and upstage the other cars. They tend to push the more obscure and one-off type cars, allot of coach built, some vintage racers, etc. A great history lesson.
Frank 1:40PM (6/05/2008)
http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html
for SoCal events
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/automobiles/event_calendar.html
for national events
If you ever see me at any of these events, make sure you say hi.