Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Kokonilly’s Weekend de Luxe

Kokonilly sent us a fleet of photos from Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, so we decided to move them to their own thread.

Early steam car driving by:

Toyota supercar concept:

Mercedes concept car:
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Porsche 918 Spyder:

1929 Ruxton, complete with guy in all plaid (also: our straw hats):

A wonderfully blue Talbot Lago that my friend described as “what the Doctor would drive”:

A 1939 Maserati that won the Indy 500 twice in a row, the first car to do so:

A Mercedes that Hitler gifted to Finland to keep them out of WWII (yikes):

The “blackout light” of the Mercedes; all lights of the car would be shut off in case of an air raid except for this one, which would be turned on to illuminate the road:

The Best in Show 1954 Ferrari 375mm Scaglietti coupe ♥ :

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A gorgeously gray 1952 Cisitalia:

The only unrestored Testa Rossa left in the world, and our winner for the Most Historically Significant car:

“I hear birds squawking*. Does… does that guy have a parrot on his shoulder?”

* – Side note: I briefly completely forgot how to spell “squawk”

’87 Tatra:

Ferrari Dino prototype:

An idea of what the backdrop looked like:

Bugatti Veyrons (as close as I could get without an invite):

The “bubble car”:


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