I wanted to put up the rest of these photos because man, I love these cars. The first car, from ItalDesign, is one of the best jobs I’ve ever done in combining multiple polarized frames into one photo (Below the shoulder line, the side window, and the hood/windshield are all different photos).
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I initially shot this Audi because I was going to make a joke about how the Cybertruck was already made (and made better) in 1973, but it’s really grown on me as I edited the photos and looked at it more
A couple pairs of gull wings are next, with the Aerovette and BMW Turbo Coupe Concept. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time or patience to shoot every wedge, but thankfully I got a couple as the gates opened and people started coming between my camera and the cars more often.
These last couple concepts were some of the more wild ones - a 1955 Ghia Gilda powered by a jet engine and the 1970 Ferrari 512S Modulo Concept (which I love opened up but I really wish I had captured in it’s closed aerodynamic figure).
This pair of CLK GTR - a 1997 in race trim and 1999 “Strassenversion” - built for ‘road use’ to abide by homologation laws in the FIA GT Championship. I want to say the one in full livery is one of the actual cars piloted by Bernd Schneider and Mark Webber, but I’m not positive. Knowing it’s Pebble, I would lean towards a yes, though.
The Ferrari F40 GTE won the “1990s BPR & FIA GT Race Cars” category later in the day.
I spotted the Bugatti Chiron casually parked in a small lot while walking towards the Ferrari event and then on to the shuttle home for the day - when a $3,000,000+ car isn’t even in the show, you know it’s a different echelon of event.
Finally, I have this beautiful 296 GT3. I wasn’t intending on walking through the Ferrari event outside the Concours proper, but when the sun slightly broke through the clouds and there was nobody between me and the car, I’d have felt it a disservice not to take a good photo. Thankfully I did, as this is one of my favorite photos of the weekend - and my computer wallpaper.
And that’s it! If you’d like to send me money to buy a ticket to next year’s event feel free, until then I’ll keep my fingers crossed and camera ready to bring back some frames in 2025.
In case you missed them, feel free to check out my other posts from this year including Dawn Patrol, the Honda HP-X Concept, and the Lancia HF Zero.