2009 LA Concours d'Elegance kicks off West Coast show season
2009 L.A. Concours d'Elegance – Click above for high-res image gallery
Now that it's almost officially summer, that means one thing: car shows. While those on the East Coast were treated to two days of fine automobiles at the Greenwich Concours this past weekend (photos from which are forthcoming), those of us on the West Coast headed over to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the fourth annual LA Concours d'Elegance.
As in past years, there was something for every type of car nut, with classes ranging from Horseless Carriages to Supercars and everything in between. A muscle car fan? There were plenty to enjoy including a black-on-black AAR Cuda, and a genuine Superbird. Like Italian sports cars? There were several Ferrari classes plus a Lamborghini class with two beautiful Miuras and a pristine '89 Countach 25th Anniversary. Are classic British roadsters your thing? Morgans, Austin Healeys, MGs, Jaguars, and Triumphs all graced the lawn. And of course there were European Classics like this 1938 Delahaye Type 135 MS and 1939 Bugatti type 57C, plus a class dedicated to the 300SL Gullwing, Shelby Cobras, Aston Martins, Hot Rods, and more.
Gallery: 2009 LA Concours d'Elegance
Photos copyright ©2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Soccer Mom 1:13PM (6/08/2009)
Wow, that is great!
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cdwrx 3:39PM (6/08/2009)
Man that Black-on-black AAR 'Cuda is awesome. I didn't know they offered it in black. That 25th Anniversary Countach is an abomination to the otherwise proud history of that car.
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Hike15 4:48PM (6/08/2009)
Yeah, those bumpers!!!!! ahh
Fooman 3:58PM (6/08/2009)
I fell in love with the blue 300sl roadster with the Hardtop. I had never seen one with a hardtop and the Blue and Euro lights, it was way more impressive then the gaggle of gullwings and other roadsters around it.
The 71? Buick 400 was impressive also, and the new Alfa 8c was dman sexy.
no pics of those though...
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Rapid Roo 7:27PM (6/08/2009)
Is there a list of car shows in Southern California? I would have loved to go to this if I had known about it.
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66coronet 4:23AM (6/09/2009)
Everett Wa, Mariner High school Seattle chapter Mopars unlimited car show 6/7/2009 had 3 daytonas (White black stripe, fire blue black stripe, and NASCAR 06 made street legal with tail lights and turn signals but no head lights or reflective sides. Those were pop rivited over.) and one Hemi 4sp superbird fire blue, one charger 500, and one lime green cuda AAR.
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