The Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2017 was held Tuesday, August 15th on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
A field of more than 175 automobiles were on display at the tenth edition of the Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue, vying for 14 major awards and Best of Show. This year’s event presented multi-marques from 1940 to 1973, in addition to Porsche and Ferrari from the beginning through 1989. Similar to previous years, Carmel-By-The-Sea’s Ocean Avenue was closed to traffic and sixteen blocks of downtown were filled with collector cars and related motorized items. As always, an interesting mix of automobiles were displayed in front of Carmel’s charming shops, galleries and restaurants.
A great selection of Porsche cars were on display at the 2017 Carmel Concours, including the Jägermeister 1976 Porsche 934; 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0; 1957 Porsche 356A Speedster; 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8; 1993 Porsche 964 Carrera RSR 3.8; 1968 Porsche 911 T/R; 1951 Porsche 356 Pre-A ‘Split Window’ Coupe and the 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder. In addition to the Porsches, further notable and interesting entrants included the 1985 Jaguar XJR-5 IMSA GTP; 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America; 1967 Ferrari 330 GTS; 1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mark ll FHC; 1966 Shelby AC Cobra 427 and the raucous race cars from the Monterey Reunion.
Best of Show at the 2017 Carmel Concours d’Elegance was awarded to the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti ‘Tour de France’. Chassis 0905GT is a single louver and covered headlight example that raced in the 1958 Targa Florio, among others.
Similar to 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, Sports Car Digest also documented the 2017 Carmel Concours d’Elegance, with photographer Victor Varela offering the following gallery from the endearing streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2017 – Photo Gallery (photos: Victor Varela)
1950 Morgan 4-4 Series 1 Standard Special Roadster
GTO Engineering’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB
Ferrari 250 GT SWB
1962 Ford “Equadoline” Econoline Truck
1955 Hudson Italia
Cars wait to be guided to their respective spot on Ocean Ave.
1963 FordGalaxie 500 2 Door Lightweight Factory Drag Car
Chad McQueen enjoying the cars that arrived early.
Preparing the Historic go-karts and midgets for display.
Porsche 911
Porsche 356A Speedster
Porsche 911
Event organizer, Douglas Freedman talks with a few of the event judges.
1955 Porsche356 Pre-A Speedster
1967 Mercedes-Benz250SL
1965 ChevroletCorvette Roadster
1953 Nash-HealeySports Roadster
1974 Porsche911 Carrera RS 3.0 Coupe
1962 Ford “Equadoline” Econoline Truck
1932 FordModel 18 Roadster
1932 FordModel 18 Roadster
Porsche 911T Coupe
Porsche 911 Coupe
Porsche 911 Coupe
Bentley Mk6 (recreation)
Porsche 911 Coupe
1957 Aston MartinDB2/4 Mark ll FHC
Porsche 550 Spyder (recreation)
Bentley Mk6 (recreation)
Bentley Mk6 (recreation)
Porsche 550 Spyder (recreation)
1937 FordRoadster Coachbuilt Custom ‘After Shock’
Porsche 356 Coupe
1953 Nash-HealeySports Roadster
Bentley
Bugatti
1964 ChevroletCorvette Roadster
Porsche 356s lined up on Ocean Ave.
1958 AC Aceca-Bristol Coupe
1950 Morgan4-4 Series 1 Standard Special Roadster
1967 Austin-Healey3000 Mk III BJ8 Sports Convertible
1959 MercuryCountry Cruiser Colony Park Station Wagon
1966 Shelby AC Cobra 427
Citroen
964 Porsche 911 RSR 3.8
1976 Porsche934 RSR
1956 Porsche356A Coupe (La Carrera Panamericana, 1st in class in debut run in 2013, 2nd in class 2014, 2nd in class 2015, Beginning in 2017 this car will commence a 2.5 year effort to become the first car of any kind to compete on all seven continents)
1962 FordFairlane 500 2 Door Sedan
1967 Porsche 911S # 54
1957 Porsche356A Speedster # 98
Porsche 356 Speedster
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR “Garrard”, #59
1960 DodgeDart Phoenix 2 Door Hardtop
Porsche 911 Carreras
Historic Midget racer
1964 FordFairlane 427 “Thunderbolt” (Factory Drag Car
1969 DodgeCharger Daytona
1961 Chrysler300G Coupe
1970 ChevroletChevelle SS 454
1951 Porsche356 Pre-A Split Window Coupe
1957 CyclopsSport 2 Door, 2013 Cyclops Police Model, 1960 Cyclops Model ll Coupe
1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’
1967 LanciaFulvia Rallye 1.3 HF Coupe
1967 LanciaFulvia Rallye 1.3 HF Coupe
1967 Autoveicoli S.p.A. Iso Grifo
1967 Ferrari 330 GTS
1967 Alfa RomeoGT 1300 Junior
1971 DeTomaso Pantera – Pre ‘L’
Porsche 356 Speedster
1958 Porsche 356A Speedster
1958 Porsche356A Speedster
1957 Porsche 356A Speedster # 98
1968 Porsche 911 T/R #68
(L-R) 1967 Porsche 911 Coupe # 21, 1968 Porsche 911S Coupe # 77
Peter Brock (center)
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder #34
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder #34
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder #34
1932 Ford Roadster (This Hot Rod is the ’29 Double Trouble twin engine with four supercharers built by Gordon Tronson rebodied as a ’32 Roadster)
1941 Willys 2 Door Coupe Hot Rod
1941 Willys 2 Door Coupe Hot Rod
Bugatti
Bugatti
Ferrari F12
(BRE) Datsun 510
Mikuni – (BRE) Datsun 510
Bentley
Ferrari LaFerrari
Jaguar XJ220
Jaguar XJ220
1962 Mercedes-Benz 190SL
1967 Toyota Sports 800
1953 Dannenhauer and Stauss Cabriolet
1948 Vauxhall-Zimmerli 18-6 Roadster
1974 Porsche 914 LE Targa “Creamsicle”
1956 Porsche356A Coupe (La Carrera Panamericana, 1st in class in debut run in 2013, 2nd iin class 2014, 2nd in class 2015, Beginning in 2017 this car will commence a 2.5 year effort to become the first car of any kind to compete on all seven continents)
1955 Hudson Italia
1980 BMWM1
1958 BMWIsetta 300
1972 BMW3.0 CS
1980 BMWM1
1980 BMWM1
1985Jaguar XJR-5 IMSA GTP # 44
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