2023 Pebble Beach Trip- 21 days of car overload.

[Paul Dobbin]

On 8/10/2023 at 4:49 PM, edinmass said:

      The building was as awesome as the cars, almost!

[1935Packard]

I posted Delahaye photos in the Delahaye forum, but figured I could post them here too. 
 

 

[1935Packard]

[1935Packard]

[1935Packard]

[1935Packard]

[1935Packard]

4 hours ago, Grimy said:

@1935Packard, your photography is superb!  I haven't seen color saturation like that since Kodachrome--what equipment are you using?  I'm sure you had to wait 10 minutes to get each of the shots.  Many thanks for your outstanding coverage!

Thanks, @Grimy.  Just an iPhone, one of the recent ones.  

[edinmass]

More stuff to come, as we are heading to another concours…….and wait till you see what I accomplished with my Chevy rental car………..huge upgrade!

[ericmac]

10 hours ago, 1935Packard said:

35Packard, is the maroon car in the photo yours? I like this one and the 734 Speedster Phaeton!

 

[Gunsmoke]

The Delahaye cars remind me of Faberge Eggs, so exquisite sculpted and finished, but that French Blue Delahaye Roadster/Racer is awesome, don't know if they had much racing success, but it sure looks ready to rumble!

[cxgvd]

I'm sure it is an oversight and no one has mentioned that RM Restorations in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada have two, back to back, Best of Show winners  at Pebble Beach now.  They won last year with a Duesenberg and now with a Mercedes, I think RM has won BoS ten times since their first in 2001.  Congratulations to them.

 

Regards, Gary

[1935Packard]

2 hours ago, ericmac said:

35Packard, is the maroon car in the photo yours? 

 

 

No, that one is a '37, not a '35.   And in orders of magnitude better cosmetic condition than mine....

[edinmass]

.So spending the last 12 days driving a 2023 Chevy Malibu, and finding it somewhat lacking in power; I thought we would install a V 10 Ferrari F1 engine in it. wouldn’t have thought we could’ve got it in in less than 20 minutes. Who would have thought of a mid engine V-10 Malibu.  What do you think?
 

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by edinmass (see edit history)

[wayne sheldon]

Now, THAT is funny!

Rental cars get abused in so many ways. But using one to transport an engine on the back seat has got to be unusual? Although that engine looks more clean than I do, and probably weighs less than do half the people reading this.

[pkhammer]

Heaven forbid if you were to be in a collision of any sort, but if you were, you might wish your, um, passenger in the backseat was buckled in. 🙄

[Leif in Calif]

On 8/10/2023 at 1:47 PM, Bill Boudway said:

Photo from my first Pebble Beach rodeo. 1973. $5.00 admission.

Photo of Phil And Almas Packard Model 30

$5 Admission! We've come a long way Baby!

[ericmac]

2 hours ago, edinmass said:

.So spending the last 12 days driving a 2023 Chevy Malibu, and finding it somewhat lacking in power; I thought we would install a V 10 Ferrari F1 engine in it. wouldn’t have thought we could’ve got it in in less than 20 minutes. Who would have thought of a mid engine V-10 Malibu.  What do you think?
 

 

Where's the shoehorn?

[K8096]

The owner of this Packard obviously didn’t get the memo that Trippe lights are verboten at Pebble.  

Edited August 22, 2023 by K8096 (see edit history)

[1935Packard]

3 hours ago, K8096 said:

The owner of this Packard obviously didn’t get the memo that Trippe lights are verboten at Pebble.  

 

 

And white walls! 

 

But notice which cars won class awards.

[Grimy]

5 hours ago, Leif in Calif said:

$5 Admission! We've come a long way Baby!

Same in 1974, and I still have the program....

[edinmass]

Ok. Don’t tell anyone but sometimes I don’t do car stuff. Huntington library, Museum, and botanical garden. It’s one of the most civilized places in the world. And they don’t even have cars! It’s the only place in California where that hasn’t been ruined by the crazies. 

[edinmass]

There are multiple sections here that are huge and hard to describe. The Australian gardens, the Chinese gardens, the Japanese gardens, central, and South American gardens. The list is endless. The place is absolutely huge then you have the art museum. You have the library. It’s truly one of the great treasures of the western hemisphere.

[edinmass]

Mr. Miyagi say wax on in wax off Danielson. So there is some car culture here. Bonsai! 
 

 

[edinmass]

There is no exhaust noises in the Zen garden.

 

 

[Grimy]

Ommmmmmmmmmmm......

[edinmass]

Ahhhhha, noom, rah……

 

 

[Grimy]

Just sit still for five minutes @edinmass and contemplate your navel.  We'll make an Honorary Californian out of you yet!

[edinmass]

I’m going through the very historic library at the Huntington. I found a book Grimy used back in the day. Rumor has it he bought it new. It was on the shelf next to the Gutenberg Bible in the original copy of Chaucers Canterbury tales. George’s book printed in the 1440’s. Back when he was just a kid.
 

[edinmass]

More from the library, and the art galleries …….. and thus ends our random section of culture. Everyone who makes it to Southern California should see this place and plan for an entire day at the minimum. It is truly wonderful.

[edinmass]

of course, we were just one day early before the corpse flower blooms. A once in a century event, it’s only occurred 11 times in the history of our country. They expect thousands of people to be here tomorrow to see it and smell it. Smart comments with held to prevent moderators from taking down this post.
 

 

[Grimy]

19 minutes ago, edinmass said:

I’m going through the very historic library at the Huntington. I found a book Grimy used back in the day. Rumor has it he bought it new. It was on the shelf next to the Gutenberg Bible in the original copy of Chaucers Canterbury tales. George’s book printed in the 1440’s. Back when he was just a kid.
 

I knew you'd get back at me for suggesting you might be able to achieve the exalted status of Honorary Californian! 🙂 🙂

[edinmass]

Now back to our previously scheduled car week overload……… from a collection wishes to remain shy.

[edinmass]

There should be 500 cars at the show this weekend and we will try to post photos of them. 

[JBP]

The Song Dynasty Buddhist text is on display right now - well worth experiencing, Ed. 
 

Printed in the late 1080's and unfolds to over 30 feet in length (think of it as an early "service manual" for the soul).

[edinmass]

We saw it this morning……..very neat. Huntington is the best the Western Hemisphere has to offer……

[1937hd45]

Great to see this J again and know it hasn't changed a bit since it drove onto the Veterans Park show field at the Ridgefield Meet back in the 1990's. Pebble Beach was GREAT this year saw a lot of great cars. Bob 

Edited August 23, 2023 by 1937hd45 (see edit history)

[alsancle]

If you just knew Ed from this forum you might mistake him for an idiot savant.  He actually has an intellect and broader set of interests than cars.  Walking through the National Art Gallery with him was amazing.   

[K8096]

1 hour ago, 1937hd45 said:

Great to see this J again and know it hasn't changed a bit since it drove onto the Veterans Park show field at the Ridgefield Meet back in the 1990's. Pebble Beach was GREAT this year saw a lot of great cars. Bob 

The hood was repainted recently.   The paint was flaking off before with lots of bare aluminum showing.  

[Grimy]

1 hour ago, alsancle said:

If you just knew Ed from this forum you might mistake him for an idiot savant.  He actually has an intellect and broader set of interests than cars.  Walking through the National Art Gallery with him was amazing.   

I guess....  But whenever I see Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" (Ed showed us a photo), I think of Ed.....

 

PAS had the Huntington as one of the attractions at our 2014 Winter Meet--and also the Nixon Library which had a very honest account of his last days in office.

[Tph479]

4 hours ago, edinmass said:

Now back to our previously scheduled car week overload……… from a collection wishes to remain shy.

Is the top picture a Packard 900? If so this guy has a great taste in cars!