1931 Marmon Sixteen LeBaron Coupe
(all photos by JC)
1956 Jaguar XK140 DHC
1931 Pierce-Arrow 41 Convertible Sedan
1925 Lancia Lambda Casaro Roadster
1953 Bentley R-Type Sedanca deVille
1961 Bentley S2 H.L. Mulliner Convertible
1934 Packard 1104 Convertible Victoria
1914 Lancia Theta
1965 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Convertible
1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pininfarina Cabriolet
1917 Winton House Car
1940 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible
1914 Buick
1937 Delahaye 135 M Chapron Cabriolet
1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Pininfarina Coupe
1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Figoni Cabriolet
1913 Hudson
1931 Auburn 12-161A Speedster
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Pinin Farina Brougham
1941 Cadillac 62 Fisher Convertible Coupe
1927 Packard 343 Murphy Convertible Sedan
Duesenberg J
1920 Packard 3-35 Twin Six Runabout
1947 Chrysler Town & Country Sedan
1962 Maserati 3500 GT Touring Coupe
With a Marmon, an Auburn and a Duesenberg, Indiana (and Indianapolis) is well represented in this batch.
I am amazed by the number of Pierce Arrows in the series.
It is amazing to see the wild difference in style and attitude between the Cadillac and the Lincoln Zephyr in 1941. The Lincoln (almost identical to this ’40) was pure grace and subtlety while the Cadillac was brash and muscular. Both are beautiful, each in its own way.
What an incredible array of vehicles, both ‘common’ classics and never-seen-before rare! Thank you so much for sharing these with us.
I believe the Pierce-Arrow was Phil Hill’s car; in addition to being one of America’s only F1 champions, he was also a noted car restorer and appreciator of the big Classics.
This is what car shows look like when you have unlimited blank checks and a cultivated sense of design.
The Lancia fair jumps out of the screen, a fine-eyed ’20’s cartoonist’s vision come to life. It looks impractical and quite beautiful.
I had to google the Winton house car. It is equally wonderful, a politician’s pulpit pullman, without rails. Or, it seems, any drinkies on board, said politician being a Prohibionist.
The 1927 Packard 343 Murphy Convertible Sedan is an example of the convertible sedan design that found further application in a production form by Hudson. Walter Murphy Coachbuilders were also Hudson and Essex distributors for Southern California. Murphy bodied a number of Hudson Super Sixes which came to the attention of the Detroit management. The idea to have Biddle & Smart Body Co. their Amesbury, MA production coachbuilder to build a premium series of bodies to the Murphy designs. As happens when the design is released to another company, someone took it upon themselves to modify the design because they were sure the top was too low, added three inches to the top height. So, while the thin, chromed window frames and elegant details are still in place the top height is ungainly tall. Such are the pitfalls of design.
This was one of the coolest series of posts I’ve ever encountered. The number and breadth of the cars at Monterey remains pretty much incomprehensible to me but I now have a better shot than ever before.