The Mosier restoration of a 1937 Talbot Lago Figoni et Falaschi coupe owned by William T. Connor II. Best in Show, Pebble Beach 1997.
By Eric Davison
What would any normal car crazy kid in car crazy California do if what was arguably one of the most famous race car drivers in the world was restoring a car in his driveway and it was just a few blocks away?
Start hanging around, that’s what!
And, pretty soon with his high school auto mechanics class and his Ford factory technician training as his entre, Bob Mosier was helping Phil Hill restore a 1912 Packard at Hill’s place at 20th and Georgina in Santa Monica. The year was 1970.