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DCS_1918. Southern Carmine Bee-eater! Handheld shot!
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1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K Wins Best in Show at Greenwich Concours
By Jeff Peek / Hagerty.com
Michael and Joannie Rich were looking for just the right car, and in the end, the right car found them. It proved to be a match made in concours heaven. The Pennsylvania couple’s one-off 1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K was chosen Best in Show at Sunday’s 25th Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, which returned to Roger Sherman Baldwin Park after a two-year hiatus.
“It came to us sort of by chance,” Michael says. “I was approached by somebody in the car world who said they had a neat car that I might be interested in. What really interested me was its Fleetwood body. Obviously, there are many coach builders, but it was from a place that’s only a half-hour down the road from us … a place I’d visited. I mean, the factory is still there. There’s a just a tremendous amount of history out of the Fleetwood factory. That’s what really attracted me to it—plus it’s the only one in existence.”
The car’s original owner, William Sloan of Rochester, New York, saw legendary Hollywood actor Rudolph Valentino’s Fleetwood-bodied Isotta Fraschini Roadster at the 1926 New York Auto Salon and fell in love with it. Except he wanted it on a Mercedes-Benz chassis. The car had been repainted in the decades that followed—Michael described it as “a pretty car with an ugly paint job”—and the Riches wanted to restore it back to how it looked when it rolled out of the Fleetwood factory. They entrusted the job to Steve Babinsky and Automotive Restorations in Lebabon, New Jersey.
“It was fun doing the restoration because we could visit it from time to time. I remember when it was down to a frame,” Joannie says. “We discussed the colors, and when we finally found the original color, we looked at each and said, ‘It’s interesting … not one I would pick.’ We sort of toyed back and forth about what we were going to do, and we decided if we were going to do it, we’d do it as it was.”
That proved to be a great decision. The Greenwich Concours d’Elegance is only its fourth public showing.
“The car world has a belief system, and the belief system is that certain cars are just super important, deserving of celebration and recognition,” says McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty, which owns the event. “The Mercedes-Benz Model K selected as best in show represents that greatness—one that the judges recognized following significant deliberation.”
The short-wheelbase (130 inches) Model K is powered by a 6.2-liter, switchable supercharged (kompressor) six-cylinder engine. From the right side of the bonnet/hood emerged three metal exhaust pipes merging at the lower edge to a single exhaust. This detail later became a hallmark of Mercedes-Benz supercharged cars.
“It’s a special car,” Joannie says. “I get so much enjoyment out of watching people’s reaction to it. They have so many questions. It’s been a lot of fun.”
Michael thanked his father “for getting me into this mess.”
“It’s a hobby,” Joannie jokingly corrected him.
“A mess, a hobby, organized chaos … I just wish he was here to see this.”
Something tells us he would be smiling.
Construit un effet miroir (16x16 min.)
Build a miror effect (16x16 min.)
Symétrie des couleurs
Color symmetry
The July 28, 2013 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan. It was a great show and thankfully, rainy weather that was forecast really didn't materialize.
A well deserved winner of the European car Best in Show award.
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Cette photo prise à Berlin en 2012, a été publiée dans le dernier numéro du magasine Phototech, dans les 50 finalistes du concours « Couleurs ».
Il me fait plaisir de vous informer que ma photo a été sélectionnée lors du concours BVSM 2018 .
– Bassin Versant Saint-Maurice (BVSM) tenait, le 1er novembre dernier, son premier souper bénéfice au profit du Trou à Barbotte, un complexe de milieux humides à haute valeur écologique situé aux abords de la rivière Saint-Maurice, dans la municipalité de Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac. Plus d’une centaine de personnes ayant à cœur la conservation de ce site exceptionnel étaient présentes à cette soirée tenue au Musée POP de Trois-Rivières. Les fonds amassés, soit un montant total de 3 000 $, serviront à mettre en œuvre des actions concrètes afin de protéger, de conserver et de mettre en valeur ce milieu humide essentiel au maintien de la biodiversité de la rivière Saint-Maurice.
« Le Trou à Barbotte est un milieu exceptionnel qui nécessite que l'on en prenne soin afin d'assurer la survie d'un des rares milieux humides présents le long de la rivière Saint-Maurice. La rareté de ce type de milieu vient renforcer sa valeur et les efforts qui doivent être effectués pour assurer sa pérennité. Compte-tenu de l’importance des activités pratiquées sur le territoire, BVSM souhaite mettre en place certaines mesures d'intervention, telles que l’aménagement de structures d'interprétation afin de limiter la pression exercée sur la faune, la flore et les habitats tout en permettant aux visiteurs de continuer à bénéficier des attraits du
site. », déclare Stéphanie Chabrun, directrice générale de Bassin Versant Saint-Maurice.
Au cours de la soirée, BVSM a également dévoilé la photographie gagnante de la sixième édition de son Concours photo Vue d’en Eau. Un encadrement de la photographie ainsi que plusieurs prix d’une valeur totale de près de 600 $ ont été remis à son auteur, M. Michel Paquin de Montréal. Au cours de la prochaine année, la photographie, sélectionnée par un jury composé de l’équipe interne et du conseil d’administration de BVSM, sera la photo thème de l’organisme. « Cette image illustre parfaitement BVSM puisqu’elle représente l’eau, la faune, la flore et l’avenir ! », explique Jacques Levasseur, administrateur et secrétaire de BVSM.
The July 29, 2018 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan, a terrific show with a wonderful selection of cars.
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Concours Printemps 2021
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Il y a un an, notre concours printanier démarrait de la façon suivante : « Le printemps est arrivé, cette saison privilégiée par les ornithologues et les photographes se déroulera en partie sans nous ! »
Les dernières photos postées sur notre galerie montrent bien le dynamisme du site de Mazères et des membres de l’association, nous avons donc de la matière dans nos mémoires !
Pour ce challenge de printemps, nous vous proposons de concourir avec vos meilleures photos : choisissez 2 très belles photos prises de Mars à Juin depuis que vous fréquentez le Domaine des Oiseaux !
Comme nous sommes tous convaincus d’être des photographes, voire même des artistes de très grand talent et que nous savons tous que notre voisin(e) fait certainement de meilleures photos que nous, nous procéderons à un tirage au sort pour trouver le gagnant, qui sera filmé en direct sur notre groupe WhatsApp !
A concours exceptionnel, prix exceptionnel : l’heureux et chanceux vainqueur aura comme livre de chevet « All the Birds of the World » d’une valeur de 85€
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Ce merveilleux livre est en anglais, mais il n’est pas besoin d’être un angliciste confirmé pour se retrouver dans la classification scientifique respectée par l’éditeur et feuilleter ce livre qui est une découverte à chaque page...
Participez ici :
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Le concours Ramadan 1433
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The July 26, 2015 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan, a terrific show with a wonderful selection of cars.
Chrysler made only 100 of the CG Imperial Roadsters in 1931 which were open cars with zip-in side curtains. This one is body no. 99 of the 100 built and was originally purchased by a featherweight prizefighter from Hartford, Connecticut named 'Bat Battalino'.
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The July 28, 2013 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan. This stately Pierce-Arrow was actually one of the cars in the previous day's RM Motor City auction, but was still in the parking lot.
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Wonderful throaty Jaguar car from 1962, with an impressive 6989 cc engine keeping up the tradition of Jaguar heritage.
If you have to travel, then travel in style !!
However the car has a roll bar and diagonal, and may even have a full roll cage I am not sure, looks a bit like an E type with modifications.
Image info :- Nikon Z9 with Nikon Z 100-400mm lens @ f/5.6, shutter speed 1/800th second, ISO 800, focal length 145mm, processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic, colour popping the couple.
The August 11, 2018 Copshaholm Concours at the Copshaholm Estate in South Bend, Indiana. This was the first year for the event and a superb selection of cars was on display.
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Pour ceux qui ne l’ont pas vu passer … je participe un peu tardivement à ce concours et vous invite à VOTER en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous … Merci à tous ceux qui ont déjà participé et ceux qui le feront bientôt !
The July 30, 2017 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan, a terrific show with a wonderful selection of cars.
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The July 24, 2021 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan, a terrific show with a wonderful selection of cars.
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