Bob Jarman wrote:
Steve Spencer wrote
Here are a few from the Concours de Elegance at Pebble Beach from earlier today. Great set - a world I cannot begin to imagine!
Bob
I am still very much an outsider at this event. I married into it. My wife's father was a judge at this event for over 30 years. He was an engineer and loved cars and tinkering and was exceptionally good at restoring old cars to their original and really even enhanced condition. It was his hobby when younger but became his advocation. I came to appreciate the rigor, research, and artistry that goes into restoring these vehicles and they are quite beautiful when presented. Some owners have very deep pockets and hire the work done--and restoring these vehicles can be an interesting and pretty well paying career. Other owners like my father-in-law, don't have much money but do the restorations over time and by making a huge number of things themselves. The place does seems otherworldly when you are there, but like many such things there is a lot of very interesting hard work behind the scenes.