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Concorso Italiano, 2024

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1956 Fiat 1100 TV Vignale from the collection of Marco Gastaldi

Story and photos by Brandes Elitch

Concorso Italiano was held on August 17th, 2024, the day before Pebble Beach. It is now a decades-old tradition and a mainstay of the Monterey Car Week. But this is how it began.

In 1984 my friend Joe Duray saw an ad in the San Francisco Chronicle for a 1962 Maserati 3500 GT coupe, located in a lockup in Vallejo. Joe was the only person to respond to the ad, and he got the car, which he has since fully restored. Around that time a gentleman named Francis Mandarano set up a business in Seattle called Maserati Information Exchange.

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Pebble Beach Maserati 2024

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Rear shot of the 3500 GT Bertone

Story and photos by Brandes Elitch 

This year, at the Pebble Beach Concours d ‘Elegance held on August 18, Maserati was a featured class. Just imagine for a moment that you have somehow found yourself on the Selection Committee, and you are tasked with choosing which Maseratis will be accepted and on the field on show day. Historically, the ratio of applicants to cars actually accepted is somewhere around 10:1. You can get better odds at Vegas.

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Here’s Why I Bought a Bristol

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A Citroen and a Bristol?

Story by Brandes Elitch

I have learned over time, mostly the hard way, that when an extraordinary thing happens in life, you must seize the moment because you won’t get a second chance. You could not call this a rational or logical decision and possibly not a good financial decision; it was clearly an emotional decision, but there was nothing to be done but to pack up the car with the Motoring Dog. I told him, “Stan, let’s do this,” and he wagged his tail. [Read more…] about Here’s Why I Bought a Bristol

Pebble Beach 2021 Photo Gallery

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This Alfa took second place in the Pre War preservation class.

Photos by Brandes Elitch

A selection of photos from Pebble Beach this year. Thanks to Kandace Hawkinson, Pebble Beach Marketing & Media Relations, for helping identify many of the owners.

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