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Autoblog attends the 26th Annual Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance
by Frank Filipponio on Sep 30th 2008 at 11:58AM 
Click above for huge high-res gallery from the concours
To celebrate its 26th year as Orange County's most prestigious classic car show, this year's Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance moved from its recent home in Irvine to the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point. Still not Newport Beach, but much closer to the ocean at least. Benefiting the Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center at Hoag Hospital and the Assessment and Treatment Services Center, the event featured Cadillac as its honored marque to commemorate GM's 100th birthday this year. Besides the gorgeous 1931 Cadillac Sport Phaeton V16 Fleetwood poster car, there were at least a dozen other notable Caddys, as well as about 150 other beautiful classic and collector cars, of which you can see most of them in our high-res gallery below.
Although a notch below the premier events like Pebble Beach, some of the most beautiful and significant vehicles around show up for this concours. Representatives from The Petersen, The Nethercutt Collection, the William Lyon Estate, the Mercedes Classic Center, the Simon Collection, the Caballeriza Collection, and the Marconi Museum were on display, alongside some superb machinery from local collectors like David Sydorick and Peter Mullin. Altogether there were about 150 cars in 14 classes. Ferraris, Porsches, Jaguars, Aston Martins, Packards, Lincolns, Cadillacs, Delahayes, Mercedes, Rolls-Royces, Duesenbergs, Woodies, race cars and even a horseless carriage or two were visible through the fog around the links.
Personal favorites included the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Sport Coupe, 1939 Delahaye 165 Cabriolet, 1908 Niclausse D971B, 1961 Abarth 1000 GT Bialbero Berlinetta, 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic Berlinetta, 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV Jota, 2006 Saleen S7R, 1959 Ferrari 410 Super America Series III, 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competizione, 1933 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Shooting Brake Woody, 1933 Duesenberg J Speedster and the blue Ferrari 550 Barchetta in the parking lot. Another great show for a wonderful cause.
All photos copyright ©2008 Frank Filipponio/Weblogs, Inc.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3seriesisking 12:12PM (9/30/2008)
I've said it before.....you guys are so lucky.
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brandon 12:22PM (9/30/2008)
Anyone know if there is a calendar somewhere that lists when all of the concours (at least near CA) will be? I keep missing out on seeing these things in person :(
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Frank Filipponio 12:41PM (9/30/2008)
Here are a few good ones, starting with Dave Lindsay's SoCal calendar.
http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html
http://www.eagleone.com/pages/events.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/automobiles/event_calendar.html
bob 12:45PM (9/30/2008)
Excellent gallery, as always. But what, pray tell, is in photo 10?
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Frank Filipponio 12:52PM (9/30/2008)
All of the photos are titled with the car info if you download them. That is the back of an 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider with a 1904 De Dion Bouton AD Tourer and 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Open Tourer in the background.
BoxerFanatic 2:04PM (9/30/2008)
Fantastic.
The dark blue 575 Ferrari convertible is a GORGEOUS color (on a gorgeous car).
I even like the 599 with the BBS wheels, and I am not the largest fan of the 599. And the photo of two berlinetta boxers, two dinos, and a 308 GTS... lustful.
And lots of other fun stuff. The 53 Fiat is gorgeous, also. All sorts of good stuff.
If I only had money...
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bob 2:32PM (9/30/2008)
Thanks, Frank
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means98 3:40PM (9/30/2008)
I see the porsche badge, but what model is image number 45?
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BoxerFanatic 4:24PM (9/30/2008)
A very rare, very cool car.
1964 Porsche 904 coupe. Some were labeled GTS or Carrera, IIRC.
Mostly used as race-cars, but most were road legal. But not a main-production car like the 356 line or 911/912 line.
The 904 descended from the 550/718RSK type cars, and like them this car is mid-engined, not rear engined like the 356/911.
I believe there may have been a 6-cylinder version called 904-6, or just 906. I think most were 4-cylinders like 356, 912, and 550/718RSK all were.
A more well versed Porsche historian might correct me if my details are off... it has been a while since I read up on these cars.
The racy progenitor to the Cayman. :D
Frank Filipponio 4:23PM (9/30/2008)
All of the photos are titled with the car info, and there is a placard in many photos as well with that info. That silver beauty is a Porsche 904.
Drewds99 8:00PM (9/30/2008)
Is that Steve Saleen in the last picture?
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