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Blackhawk Museum's '1954 Ferrari 375MM Ghia Coupe Speciale on Colorado Blvd

1956 Alfa 1900 SS Zagato enroute to the 2013 Greystone Concours

1929 Hispanso-Suiza H6C D'leteren "transformable" at the Enchanted Resort's box canyon in Sedona

Hisso Touring in mid-morning illumated Sedona box canyon.

1941 Ford Super Deluxe "Woody" on the esplanade at Huntingon Beach on an early Saturday morning

300 SL caught in workbay lift at Mercedes-Benz Classic Center USA facilities in Irvine, California

Dr. Mike Gibbs Roush-Prepped 427 Hillbank Cobra Roadster on the Coronado Isle esplanade

1947 Delahaye 135MS at the 2013 Desert Classic

'46 Ford "Woody" in traditional surf transport at the shores of Crystal Cove State Park,

The late John Fitch's legendary W194 spotted on Sound Stage 5 of the Warner Bros Studios late one Saturday afternoon...

1968 280SL "Pagoda" on a run through Trabuco Canyon, California

'54 Packard Caribbean in morning light

'49 Packard Super Eight Sedan at Daybreak, Packards, Int'l.

'51 Ford is illuminated by the dawn at Crystal Cove

300SL and 190SL roadsters on a sunny afternoon on the MCAS El Toro tarmac

Mercedes-Benz Classic Center's 300SL Gullwing at 7AM in San Juan Capistrano

Afternoon Illumination of 300SL "Gullwing" at-speed on the tarmac at MCAS El Toro

Classic GTO in Escondido's afternoon light

(updated reprise) Sir Stirling Moss' 2011Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance Livery on an August morning at MCAS El Toro

Highboy and Buick bask in Pomona morning sun...

Mullin's Type 46 at Lacy Park, San Marino, California

1950 Ford Woody Wagon in Del Mar, California

'38 Lincoln Zephyr

Modern-Day surf "woodie".

1962 Ferrari GTO #3729 at Pebble Beach

Tex Otto's magnificent '60 250GT SWB Berlinetta

300SL "Gullwing" at Mercedes-Benz Classic Center (USA) "workshop" area...

Rat Rod style pickup on Rodeo Drive

'54 Ferrari Mondial 500 TR at 2011 San Marino Motoring Classic

1953 Siata 208s in the pre-dawn light of the 2011 Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance

Tex Otto's celebrated '60 250GT SWB Berlinetta on Rodeo Drive

250 GTO TDF at Pebble

1955 300SL "Gullwing" in workshop area of Mercedes-Benz Classic Center USA

Bruce Meyer's famous 625TRC

1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial TR outside some retail shops on Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California

1962 Ferrari GTO #3909 at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

A Maranello on Artists Drive on a Death Valley Dawn

1937 Delahaye 135M of the Mullin Museum at 2012 Palos Verdes Concours

'55 300SL 'Gullwing' at daybreak in Capistrano

280SL "Pagoda" at daybreak in San Juan Capistrano

Caught an evening flight back home to arrive in the unexpected cold and rain and got up a few hours later to drive 100mi in same miserable conditions in dim hopes that someone else would be crazy enough to show up with their valuable car(s) for a rainy Concours...and then...this arrived. Decided to take the shot pre-wipedown as I feel that the mud-splattered side exhaust state of the Side-Oiler is the way Carroll would have preferred it...

Rare '55 Porsche Continental "Rallye" version at 2012 Del Mar Concours

300SL "Gullwing" on a La Quinta morning

Tom Thornhill's 300SL "Gullwing" at dawn, La Quinta Resort grounds

The first of the "Gullwings"--at Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge Grounds, 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

One of the oldest remaining W194 300SLs...a 1952 "Pre-Gullwing" version seen at the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge Grounds at Pebble Beach

599 sitting in the early morning light prior to the start of the Del Mar Concours

Peter Mullin's '37 Delahaye M135 by Figoni & Falaschi at 2012 Palos Verdes Concours

1931 Bugatti Type 51, "porte ouvertes"

A brace of 1937 Delahaye M135s by Figoni & Falashi over the Pacific at Palos Verdes

1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo

1949 Delahaye 175 Saoutchik Coupé de Ville at 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

'31 Alfa 6C 1750 Gran Sport Aprile Syder at Pebble Beach, 2012

NASA exec, Don Nichols' wonderful '25 Hispano-Suiza Landaulette H6b at Mission La Purisima

W194 and 300SL in final preparatoins for Pebble Beach at Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, USA

Silver Arrows at Pebble Beach, 2009

"Silver Arrows" Mercedes at Pebble Beach, 2009

Silver Arrows at Pebble Beach, 2009

Bruce Meyer's Briggs Cunningham LeMans Vette

1956 Jaguar D-Type LeMans Competition car on the Concours grounds of the St. Regis

The very first production 1962 Cobra of Bruce Meyer Collection (on the Concours grounds of the St. Regis)

One of Bruce Meyer's legendary collection at the recent Concours at the Dana Point St. Regis Resort

Best of Class, Concours at St. Regis, Dana Point

Klaus Ludwid's winning Porsche, courtesy of Bruce Meyer, on the St. Regis Concours grounds

Dawn Arrival of the BOS Auburn of Aaron Weiss at Palos Verdes Concours

'33 Auburn 165 at Palos Verdes Concours

'66 427 at Dana Point Concours

Sir William Lyons having some fun in '56...

V10 R8 at the Rodeo Collection in the very, very early morning...

'38 Talbot Lago T150C SS Tear Drop Coupe

2012 Porsche 911s at Porsche Design, Rodeo Drive Collection

DB2/4 MkII. Used. Hard.

A pair of '37 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Speedsters at the 2012 San Marino Motor Classic

Bob Baker's magnificent 300SL "Gullwing" at the 2012 San Marino Motor Classic Concours

Roc Nash's '37Smoothster in Temecula, California

Pluperfect 3.0CSL at 2011San Marino Motor Classic

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300SL "Gullwing" Running-Chassis

...the way "'ol Shel" himself would have done it...

Robert Allen's impressive Merc found one Summer evening on the streets of Escondido

Studebaker in the early morning on Belmont Shore's 2nd Street

'34 6-71breathed Big Block

3-Window Deuce Coupe in early morning of Belmont Shore, California

'32 Highboy found on an early Summer evening on the streets of Escondido, California.

1965 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

Candid/unplanned shot of the new Virage at speed (updated)

A cadmium, flathead highboy on a Pomona evening...

Rare, Bugatti T57C in the early morning light of Greystone Mansion

Van Vooren Bodied Bugatti T57C (one-off)

A brace of Silver Ghosts (1919, 1920) in the Greystone Motorcourt

'31Cord L29 at Greystone Motorcourt

If the you hear sounds from above seemingly like that of a 427 Side-oiler it's Heaven welcoming Carroll Shelby. Carroll was more than just a rightfully legendary racing driver and car builder--he was the embodiment of the true, indominable American Spirit. He will be missed but his inspiration lives on!

Miura S climbing the hills of Beverly on an early Sunday morning in May...

Rare and exceptional '39 Alfa 6C at 2011 Greystone Concours

Extremely rare (1of 2) W30 150 Sports Roadsters by Mercedes-Benz

Blown 5-Window Deuce Meets Dawn in Valley Center, California

'62 Impala street rod at dusk in Laguna Beach, California

'50 Merc ragtop at dusk in Laguna Beach, CA

Mint Deuce (rear view) Meets Dawn Light at Mission San Luis Rey

Bob Seeger's lyrics, enacted with a fresh '33 Roadster

Sir Stirling Moss's Targa Florio Wining SLR at 2011 Pebble

458 Italia, exiting parking lot

50 Ford with "Teardrop" Trailer

'48 Chrysler Town & Country