Our friends at Autoblog have given us outstanding photo coverage of the events at Pebble Beach this year, including the Tour, the Monterey Historics vintage races, and finally the highlight of the week, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Indeed, photographer Frank Filipponio must have arrived very early to get this lovely shot, uncluttered by spectators, of the Mormon Meteor, which was named "Best of Show." It is such an eye-catcher that one wonders how it could lose, assuming the car had undergone a perfectionist restoration, anything less being unacceptable at the Pebble. It's a car with a history, too. Actually a supercharged 1935 Duesenberg SJ Special with a custom body, it was raced, then used as a daily driver by Ab Jenkins, mayor of Salt Lake City and a race driver of note. That same year the Meteor set a 24-hour speed record of 135.58 miles per hour, very impressive for a car of its weight and size. It is now owned by Harry Yeaggy of Cincinnati, Ohio.

[photo: Frank Filipponio]. Posted by: Philip Powell    Source

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