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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.
Tour Saint-Nicolas, tour de la Chaîne et plus loin tour de la Lanterne (dont on ne voit sur la photo que le sommet).
My Autumn Tour started in a community called Guttenberg, Iowa about 45 minutes from where I live in Dubuque, IA. This area is filled with scenic bluffs along the Mississippi River. I took various shots at the different look out points and from the river front looking up. I hope you enjoy my fall tour as I have much to show. I'm very proud of our Autumn colors. Photo Images credited to Vickie L Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs(VLP&Designs). Images may appear on wearableart and/or home essentials @vlpdesigns.com
Tour Perspective is a 93 metres high skyscraper designed by Henry Pottier and Michel Proux and built in 1975. It is located in the 15éme arrondissement in Paris.
Dans les dernières semaines, j'ai fait un voyage magnifique qui m'a fait faire le tour du monde. En voici un petit aperçu!
in the last weeks, i have made a wonderful trip that gives me the opportunity to see a lot of places. Here's some examples.
Dress, panties and boots : S&P Astra. At WLRP.
Earring : [T24] Sword Earring. At Abnormality.
Pauldron : :VERIDANT: Chained Set - Pauldron. At Abnormality.
Sword : {EP} En Pointe - Blutschreier Sword. At Abnormality.
Hair : WINGS-EF1112. At Access.
Head : Lelutka - Avalon 4.0
Skin : [Glam Affair] Liv [Lelutka EvoX] Blush. At C88
Make up : Shiny Stuffs
Decor :
8f8 - Inner Winter - Hogweeds. At Anthem.
Tower : C&C Candle and Cauldron - Tour Oubliee - Winter.
Children from Indianola schools tour the State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Motorradtour in Österreich am Stilfser Joch
Bike Tour Austria Stilfser Joch
© Jutta M. Jenning/ www.mjpics.de
It was built between 1170 and 1547. The first cathedral was built here from 337 to 371. Burnt down in 561.
99/365
... D-tour on my way home this morning ... time well spent ...
on explore :) great !!!
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Europe, France, Languedoc-Roussillon, L'Hérault, Montpellier, Tour Le Triangle, Modernist Condo (slightly cut from T)
Shot while underway from the Place de la Comédie to the postmodern Antigone quarter. It has a height of 72 m and is the 2nd highest building of the region. A remarkable edifice thru its staircase-shaped architecture, and the jutting out balconies. It was designed by Pierre Tourre.
It’s a condo building with shops and offices in its base and was created at a time that the city of Montpellier was rapidly growing. With the large adjacent Polygone shopping mall and Ricardo Bofill’s postmodern Antigone quarter, it uses the former "le Polygone du genie” a former shooting range of the Joffre military barracks and the former Esplanade station and its viaduct. This station was the terminus of the Montpellier - Palavas railway here.
This is number 14 of the Montpellier album and 917 of the Minimalism/explicit Graphism one.
Pour Claude Lina
En 3D deux cordistes sur la façade
La tour HEKLA conçue par Jean Nouvel est en voie d'achèvement. La tour s'élève dans le quartier de la Rose de Cherbourg (La Défense) à Puteaux. C'est un prisme haut de 220 mètres qui comporte de multiples facettes. Les nombreux brise-soleil contribueront à la régulation thermique du bâtiment. Une promenade plantée est prévue au pied de la tour.
HDR processing with single RAW shot.
I downloaded the RAW file in Arpenture software, and I produced 3 jpeg files at -2 EV, 0 EV and +2 EV. With theses 3 jpeg files, i tonemapped with Photomatix.
A tour bus climbs the road to the Quiraing, Isle of Skye. You can clearly see the main trail running across the front of the escarpment. It's a bit of an adventure, up and down, in and out, and a bit challenging in places, especially for all those tourists in white trainers. The upper trail runs parallel but up in the mists and clouds, along the edge, but not having been there, I'm not convinced the views will be any better than half way up