The Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2018 was held Tuesday, August 21st on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
A field of more than 175 automobiles were on display at the 11th 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 2018 Carmel Concours, including the 1950 Porsche Continental, 1951 Porsche 356 Roadster bodied by Sauter and the Interscope Porsche. In addition to the Porsches, further notable and interesting entrants included 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus Sutton Spider, 1955 Osca MT4, 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 SS and the ‘Bardahl Special’ Lola T70 Spyder driven in Can-Am by Dan Gurney.
Best of Show at the 2018 Carmel Concours d’Elegance was awarded to the 1966 Lamborghini 400 GT owned by Robert Ross.
Similar to 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Sports Car Digest also documented the 2018 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 2018 – Photo Gallery (photos: Victor Varela)
1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider
1954 Ferrari 375 Plus Sutton Spider
Ferarri Testarossa, Dino GT
Dino GT
Whole lot of gauges to manage
Interscope Porsche 934
1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider
Polishing the Dino
1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider
Ferrari 512BB
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari 250 Lusso
1954 Ferrari 375 Plus Sutton Spider
1951 Porsche Sauter bodied 356 Roadster
1951 Porsche Sauter bodied 356 Roadster
Ferrari Testarossa
Shelby 427 Cobra
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
Porsche 356
The Jaguar XK120 needing a push
Checking out the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
Tucker 48
Getting directions
1975 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Ferrari 512BB
Bugatti Veyron
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
1950 Porsche Continental
Porsche 356
(L-R) Ferrari Dino, 1950 Porsche Continental
Ferrari Testarossa
Ferrari 512BB
Ferrari Dino
Ferrari 275 GTB
Ferrari 275 GTS
#63 1929 Chrysler 75 convertible
Ferrari 512BB
Hot Rod
1932 Ford V8 Sedan
Porsche 356
Dino GT
Austin S Cooper
Alfa Romeo 1900SS Zagato
1951 Porsche Sauter bodied 356 Roadster
Porsche 356
Happiness is the Abarth Fiat 750 Double Bubble by Zagato
Porsche 356 Cabriolet
The Testarossa and the Beerlinetta Boxer
Never too young to learn…
Best of Show Winner – Lamborghini 400 GT
Ferrari Dino GT
1968 Porsche 911S
Porsche 356
BRE Datsun 240Z
Ferrari 308 GTB
Dan Gurney’s 1966 CanAm Lola Ford T70
Dan Gurney’s 1966 CanAm Lola Ford T70
Ferrari 275 GTS
Ferraris in a row
1969 Shelby Trans Am Mustang
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
Scrutinizing youth
Ferrari 812 Superfast
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
Porsche 911
Ferrari 458 Italia Spider
Porsche 911 Turbo
Austin Healey
Jaguar XK120
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
Dino GT
Dino GT
Dinos
Tucker 48
1955 Osca MT4
Alain de Cadenet
Porsche Devin Spyder
Ford Galaxie 500
Triumph TR8
Talbot
Plymouth Barracuda
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
Porsches on Ocean Ave.
Porsche 356
Pontiac GTO Convertible
Mazda Cosmo
Toyota 2000GT
Toyota 2000GT
Austin Mini Cooper
Barry Meguiar and Bruce Meyer
2019 Ruf CTR
Old school speed
1941 Willys 2 Door Coupe Hot Rod
1958 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster
So many admirers
Ruf CTR 3
Porsche 356 Speedster
Alfa Romeo GT Junior Zagato
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