Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2016 P-R Cars

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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2016 P-R Cars Photos and Stories.

Concours d'Elegance, Car Show, 2016-08-21, Pebble Beach Lodge, Pebble Beach, California, US

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Packard 1508 Twelve Convertible Sedan 1937
This 1508 Twelve Convertible Sedan was Packard’s flagship in 1937. It has Packard’s famous V12 engine, initially called the Twin Six but renamed the Twelve in 1933. Body styles included twelve standard production models and ten individual custom Dietrich designs. This sedan by Dietrich is built on the longest available wheelbase and finished in Packard Centennial Blue with white pinstriping. The car was delivered new to the Philadelphia dealership in August 1937 and the original owner was Dr. Lawrence R. Davis. It was restored between 2005 and 2010 and has since been driven less than 200 miles. It won Best in Class at both the 2015 CCCA Annual Convention and the Chesapeake Grand Classic.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Packard 1508 Twelve Convertible Sedan 1937

Packard 1605 Super Eight Bohman & Schwartz Convertible Sedan 1937
This Model 1605 Convertible Sedan was the most expensive automobile in the Packard line. Bodied by Bohman & Schwartz, it is the only Packard convertible sedan with a removable hard top. In 1932, after Murphy Company closed, employees Christian Bohman and Maurice Schwartz set up their own coachworks, and they quickly gained a reputation for more avant-garde styling, often bodying Duesenbergs, Cords and Cadillacs as well as Packards. This car was delivered new to California then was sold to an owner in Mexico, where it stayed for a decade. The car returned to the United States in the late 1950s. It was purchased by its current owner 12 years ago and has just been through a ground-up restoration.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Packard 1605 Super Eight Bohman & Schwartz Convertible Sedan 1937

Packard 1607 Twelve Convertible Coupe 1938
The 1938 Packard Model 1607 Twelve Convertible Coupe represents the perfect marriage of timeless elegance and technological innovation. The Twelve was offered in two models: the 1607 on a 134-inch wheelbase and the 1608 on a 139-inch wheelbase. For the Twelve’s penultimate year of production, Packard modernized the styling, adding pontoon-style wings and a split-V windscreen. This new enclosed coachwork was combined with hydraulic brakes, independent front suspension and Packard’s iconic 473-cubic-inch L-Head V12 engine producing 175 bhp. The Twelve convertible coupe proved to be an elegant, spirited, and refined automobile for the lucky few who could afford the $4,370 price tag to obtain one during the Great Depression. By 1938, production of the Twelve had dwindled to just 556 cars.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Packard 1607 Twelve Convertible Coupe 1938

Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster 1931
Between 1924 and 1930, Packard was the top-selling luxury brand in America, but its success was built on exports. Packards sold almost twice as many cars abroad as any other luxury car manufacturer in 1930. At the height of its success, Packard introduced its seventh series. This was right at the beginning the Great Depression, and the upper classes could still just about afford these beautiful creations. But as fortunes changed, luxury car sales began to decline. Total production for the Packard Model 745 was very low, with just 1,789 built in a variety of body styles. Packard offered two different Deluxe Eight roadsters in 1930, but less than 150 were sold. The early history of this car is not known, but it was found on a farm in Middleburgh, New York, in 1949 and has since been well documented. It has just been restored.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster 1931

Panhard et Levassor Type B1 Race Car 1901
After competing in a 1900 motor race in Newport, Rhode Island, in which the first Vanderbilt Cup was awarded, this 12 hp 4-cylinder Panhard et Levassor Type B1 was given to works racing drivers David Wolfe Bishop and Fernand Charron to compete in the New York to Buffalo endurance race in September 1901. René Panhard was the first to manufacture a motor car with an engine mounted in front and rear-wheel drive—a revolutionary design at the time. The Panhard was victorious in every stage of the 1901 endurance contest and was declared the overall winner. The car was then equipped for road use. Its exciting race history was not unearthed until very recently. This car features many original racing components not seen on other surviving Panhards and is the earliest known Panhard racing car from this influential period.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Panhard et Levassor Type B1 Race Car 1901

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912
The original Peugeot Bébé, the Type 69 Prototype, was presented at the Paris Auto Salon in 1904 where it stole the show. Weighing just 770 pounds and with a length of just 110 inches, it could go around 25 mph. About 400 cars were sold the following year, accounting for 80 percent of Peugeot’s production. The Type BP1 Bébé was originally designed by Ettore Bugatti for the German firm Wanderer, but it was also built under license by Peugeot for the French market from 1913 to 1916. It was wider than the Type 69, accommodating two passengers, but it still weighed under 770 pounds and, fitted with Peugeot’s tiny 10 hp engine, it could go 37 mph. This early Type BP1 was exported to the United States where it was fitted with a custom body by Columbia Lamp Works of New York City, which not only offered over 1,000 different lamps that “stayed lit,” but employed New York’s oldest established sheet metal workers.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Peugeot BP1 Bebe Columbia Lamp Works Roadster 1912

Pierce-Arrow 1602 Country Club Roadster 1936
The all-new 1936 Pierce-Arrows were billed as the “world’s safest car” due to the welded and riveted frame. They featured many improvements over previous models and set new standards for how a car should look and drive. The V12 engine was available in three different wheelbases, but fewer than 80 of this particular model were built out of a total production of 843 cars in 1936. This country club roadster, one of three built that year, is the last open-topped V12 ever built by the company according to the Pierce-Arrow Society factory records. Sold new in the Washington DC area, it was found fitted with a fire truck engine and modern transmission in a field in northern Virginia in the late 1950s. After an exhaustive search, its current owner discovered the original engine and mechanicals. The restored car is now making its first-ever concours appearance.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Pierce-Arrow 1602 Country Club Roadster 1936

Pierce-Arrow 48 Coupe 1915
The Pierce-Arrow 48 was the longest-running model in the Pierce range, having been built from 1909 to the mid-1920s. In its first year, it gained a reputation as Pierce-Arrow’s finest and most balanced model and, with its 524-cubic-inch 6-cylinder engine, was offered in 14 body styles. This closed coupe has seating for just three people— two in the main compartment and a third on a jump seat, which was located on the left passenger side as all Pierce-Arrows built before 1921 were right-hand drive. This car had just two prior owners before it was acquired by Patrick Craig in 1984, who restored it in 1992. It won its class at Pebble Beach in 2000.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Pierce-Arrow 48 Coupe 1915

Porsche 356 SL Coupe sn-063 1949-51
This Porsche 356 (chassis 063) is one of four cars prepared for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1951. Sadly, three of these crashed in testing, so this is the only car that started. The Porsche finished 20th overall but 1st in the 1100 cc class, recording Porsche’s first win in an international race and the start of a long-running association with international endurance racing. Following Le Mans, the factory entered the coupe in the Liège-Rome-Liège race and the Montlhéry Speed Trials. It was then exported to Max Hoffman in New York City and sold to John von Neumann, who campaigned the car in West Coast SCCA events, including the 1952 races at Pebble Beach. Chuck Forge later raced the car from 1982 until 2009. The coupe has now been restored to its 1951 Le Mans specification.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Porsche 356 SL Coupe sn-063 1949-51

Porsche 356 SL Coupe sn-063 1949-51

Rex Mays Gilmore Special 1934
Built by Myron Stevens in 1934 for Art Sparks and Paul Weirick, this car first won the famous Mines Field Race at Los Angeles Airport that December. In the 1935 and 1936 Indianapolis 500, Rex Mays piloted the car as the Gilmore Special, starting both races on pole position. The special has what is essentially the last engine built by Harry Miller, one of four similar engines that formed the basis for the first Offenhauser engine in 1937. This car raced at Indianapolis every year from 1934 to 48. In 1973 the car was discovered in Tennessee by Bob Tarwacki and its current owner acquired it in 1999. It has been restored to its most important configuration—from 1935 when it won the Pacific Coast AAA Championship. The original engine is no longer operable and the car now has a new block cast from the original and built with mostly original components, but the body and frame are original.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rex Mays Gilmore Special 1934

Rolls-Royce Phantom I Hibbard & Darrin Town Car sn-S112PR 1931
Between 1926 and 1929 the Springfield Rolls-Royce factory produced as many as twelve Phantom I chassis per week, and Phantom Is were still being sold alongside the new Phantom II as late as 1932. In all, about 1,240 Phantom Is were built at the Springfield factory before it closed at the end of 1931. This Phantom I has a body that is actually older than the chassis. According to research conducted by previous owner Douglas Watson with the assistance of Thomas Hibbard himself, this body was originally built in 1928 by Hibbard & Darrin in Paris for a different chassis. It came to the United States three years later and was modified with a fixed convertible roof and fitted to this Phantom (chassis S112PR) for its first owner Reed A. Albee of New York. After several owners, it was restored over a ten-year period beginning in 1973, and it has now been further refreshed by its current owner.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Phantom I Hibbard & Darrin Town Car sn-S112PR 1931

Rolls-Royce Phantom II Chapron 3 Position Drophead Coupe sn-16SK 1934
The first owner of this unique Phantom II Continental (chassis 16SK) was Robert William Hudson of the Hudson Dry Soap Company. Born in 1856 in West Bromwich, Great Britain, he purchased the car when he was 78 years old while living in Monaco and drove it until his death in 1937. This Phantom II was originally supplied with a more formal Kellner décapotable body, but Hudson had it rebodied by Henri Chapron in 1936, and the car remained in France for the next 50 years. In 1986 it was sold to Thomas Solley of the United States, and in 1990 he sold it to John Hodson of Alpine Eagle Restorations in England, who spent seven years restoring the car to its former glory. It was then sold to Gert Kaiser in Germany in 1997 and acquired by the current owners in 2003.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Phantom II Chapron 3 Position Drophead Coupe sn-16SK 1934 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937
The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was very different from previous Phantoms; it featured the company’s first 12-cylinder engine, which was more compact than the previous straight-6, and the firewall was moved forward, allowing coachbuilders to create more spacious passenger compartments. As a result, the Phantom III was one of the most luxurious cars in the world, and about 130 of the 727 PIIIs built were delivered to the world’s nobility. This example (chassis 3CP178), with rare Sedanca de Ville coachwork by Barker, was ordered by Mr. George Engle, an oil executive in London. It includes special features like Marchal headlights and Lucas “King of the Road” air horns. After several owners, the car moved to America. It was restored and won First in Class at the 1990 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and after the passage of 26 years, it returns to Pebble Beach with the same owners today.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Barker Sedanca de Ville sn-3CP178 1937

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Gurney Nutting 3 Position Drophead sn-3AZ158 1936
The Rolls-Royce Phantom III, introduced in 1936, had a brand new aluminum-alloy 7.32-liter, V12 engine to compete with the V16 Cadillac and V12 Hispano-Suiza. A total of 727 Phantom IIIs were built between 1936 and 1939, and many have survived, including this handsome example (chassis 3AZ158) with a 3 position drophead body by Gurney Nutting. Gurney Nutting was the coachbuilder of choice for much of British high society; customers included the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, which helped the firm gain a Royal Warrant in the early 1930s. Upon its completion, this PIII was sold by Rolls-Royce London dealer H. R. Owen to Harry Primrose, the 6th Earl of Rosebery, who kept the car until 1953. The car then made its way to Australia, the United States and Germany. Its current owner acquired it in 2012 and commissioned a full restoration by P & A Wood. This is the first time the car has been seen in the United States in 20 years.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Gurney Nutting 3 Position Drophead sn-3AZ158 1936

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vesters & Neirinck 1937 PB 2016

Rolls- Royce Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle Portholme Torpedo sn-17RB 1914
One of the most severe tests for motorcars before World War I was the Austrian Alpine Trials. The steep grades of the mountain passes took their toll on both cars and drivers. After failing the Trial in 1912, Rolls-Royce immediately made changes to their Silver Ghosts and another team was entered for 1913. This Alpine Eagle (chassis 17RB) with coachwork by the Portholme Coach Works of Huntingdon, England, was sold by its first owner, James Radley, to a Captain Milburn in England. It is a sister car to the one in which Radley won the 1913 Austrian Alpine Trial. Captain Milburn kept it until the late 1940s, and during World War II it was fitted with a truck body by Park Ward and used by Rolls-Royce. The original Portholme coachwork was kept safe and was refitted in 1947. The car has recently been re-restored to its original 1914 configuration.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls- Royce Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle Portholme Torpedo sn-17RB 1914

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brewster Convertible Sedan sn-76ZG 1923
This late P-series Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (chassis 76ZG) was built for a Mr. Bibby of London and was originally fitted with Enclosed Cabriolet Barker coachwork, which was later changed for this commodious convertible sedan coachwork by Brewster after the car arrived in the Unites States. This particular example is believed to be the only such body in existence. The car was acquired from the Blackhawk Collection by its current owner in 2014, and it has since been completed restored.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brewster Convertible Sedan sn-76ZG 1923

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brewster Convertible Sedan sn-76ZG 1923

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brunn & Company Phaeton sn-39AG 1921
This Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp (chassis 39AG), known as “Phoebe,” was the 28th Silver Ghost to be constructed at the Rolls-Royce works in Springfield, Massachusetts. The bare chassis was delivered to Brunn & Company of Buffalo, New York, to be fitted with this sleek 5-passenger Phaeton body as ordered by its first owner, J. C. McKinney, a Pennsylvania oil baron. The car retains its original engine, 12-volt electrics and 4-speed transmission as well as its original body, although the car was returned to the Springfield works in 1926 for a few updates, including a conversion to left-hand drive, new tubular bumpers, revised wheels and grille, and faired-in toolboxes on each running board. Phoebe is frequently used by her owners on both long and short trips—and even to the local farmers’ market.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brunn & Company Phaeton sn-39AG 1921

Rolls- Royce Silver Ghost Salamanca Permanent sn-273KF 1924
This magnificent Silver Ghost (chassis 273KF) was bought new by silent movie star Harold Lloyd in 1924 and remained with him at his Beverly Hills estate until his death 50 years later. Mr. Lloyd owned two Silver Ghosts but neither was driven very far; this one has less than 19,000 miles on the odometer. This Ghost is totally original with the exception of the leather in the driver’s compartment, which was replaced by Lloyd after it was damaged by water when his garage roof leaked. During Lloyd’s ownership the car was featured in the 1954 Oscar-winning film Sabrina, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. In 1975 it was acquired by a second owner who garaged it until 2014 when it was bought by its current owner.
Source: Pebble Beach Concours media release.

Rolls- Royce Silver Ghost Salamanca Permanent sn-273KF 1924