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" 1908 Thomas Flyer  One of the largest-scale automotive competitions in history, the Great Race covered 22,000 miles from New York City to Paris, in 1908. George Schuster emerged victorious at the helm of this Thomas Flyer, on display at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours as part of the centennial celebration of this epic competition. The car is now in the National Automobile Museum Harrah Collection in Reno, Nev. 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Freestone &amp;amp;amp; Webb Sedanca  There are usually plenty of Rolls-Royces to ogle at Pebble Beach, but this custom 1937 model deserves special notice for its gaudy hide. Finished with a double skin of copper over steel, this Roller earned the nickname &amp;quot;Gaul&amp;#039;s Copper Kettle&amp;quot; after its owner, John Gaul. The car has been fully restored by its current owner, Don Williams of Danville, Calif. 1938 Talbot-Lago T150 C SS Figoni et Falaschi Coup\u00E9  Nicknamed la goutte d&amp;#039;eau (the drop of water) by the press, this aerodynamic coup\u00E9&amp;#039;s first owner was Bentley Motors chairman Woolf Barnato. The car&amp;#039;s 4-liter inline 6-cylinder engine has a hemispherical head and overhead valves, but one look at its gorgeous body reveals why it won plenty of Concours competitions in prewar France. Peter and Merle Mullin of Los Angeles are the current owners. 1948 Porsche 356 Roadster Prototype  At first glance, this small, aluminum-bodied roadster might not look unusual, but the Porsche 356 is actually the first real road car created by Ferdinand &amp;quot;Ferry&amp;quot; Porsche--it&amp;#039;s Porsche #1. This priceless piece of sports car history will be displayed in the new Porsche museum when it opens in Zuffenhausen, Germany, later this year. 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Giardinetta  We&amp;#039;re big fans of woodie wagons, and this 1952 model is no exception--even if it&amp;#039;s an Italian interpretation of an American classic. This is one of two surviving examples of the 47 station wagons that were based on the Lancia Aurelia. The car was found in a field in Sardinia and completely restored, and now sports vintage snow skis atop the roof. The owner is Oscar Davis of Elizabeth, N.J. 1955 Ghia Gilda  Chrysler hired Ghia to shake up its stodgy image in the early 1950s, and this wacky, wedge-shaped coup\u00E9, which first appeared at the 1955 Turin Motor Show, was special built by Ghia. Though it was originally assembled without an engine, a period-correct single-stage gas turbine powerplant has since been installed within its UFO-like body. Its owner is Scott Grundfor of Arroyo Grande, Calif. 1956 Buick Centurion  Part of the General Motors Motorama exhibition, this 1956 XP-301 Buick Centurion was installed with a 325-hp, 322-cu.-in. Buick V8 with four carburetors and a variable pitch Dyanflow automatic transmission. While GM still hasn&amp;#039;t worked out how to make totally transparent roof panels crashworthy for the mass market, this concept&amp;#039;s rear-view TV camera is now a staple in production cars. 1956 Firebird II Titanium  Believed to be the only car constructed of titanium, this Motorama concept houses a 200-hp gas turbine engine that uses a regenerative system to run 1000 F cooler. This car marked the first use of four-wheel disc brakes and also featured fully independent suspension and a guidance system intended to communicate with the &amp;quot;highway of the future&amp;quot; via a wire embedded into the road. Tank Car  Proving that the Pebble Beach Concours isn&amp;#039;t just for purebred pedigrees, Jay Leno&amp;#039;s Tank Car appeared in the small but proud Class S 20+ Liter Club. The Tank Car&amp;#039;s 28.4-liter air-cooled V12 Hemi engine was originally built by Chrysler to power the M47 Patton Tank, but after Gale Banks massaged it with twin turbochargers, the beast now produces 1600 hp and 1590 lb.-ft. of torque. Though hardcore aficionados might sniff at its improvised engineering, skeptics were silenced when the massive powerplant roared to life on the grass at Pebble Beach. 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Racer Special  Bill Mitchell set his sights on racing when he penned the Stingray Racer Special, which was based on the 1957 Corvette SS test mule intended to compete at Le Mans. Its Speed Racer-esque lines eventually trickled down into the design of the 1963 Corvette Stingray. 1959 Ol&amp;#039; Yeller Mark III Max Balchowsky Roadster  Perhaps one of the most storied underdogs in racing history, the 1959 Ol&amp;#039; Yeller Mark III Max Balchowsky Roadster was named for its piecemeal origins. But thanks to its tubular chassis, aluminum bodywork, and 414-cu.-in. Buick V8, Ol&amp;#039; Yeller whupped butt against competitors like Jaguar, Ferrari and Maserati. 1966 Bizzarrini Strada  It shouldn&amp;#039;t be surprising that this swoopy-edged sports car resembles certain Italian exotics at first glance; Giotto Bizzarrini, who previously worked for Enzo Ferrari and Ferruccio Lamborghini, designed this road-going 1966 model under his eponymous company, which eventually folded in 1972. His work in the field of automotive design continues to this day, and this entrant is owned by Storie Lynch of Pebble Beach, Calif. 1968 Ferrari 312P Cigala &amp;amp;amp; Berlinetti Turin Berlinetta  Ferrari&amp;#039;s 312P marked the company&amp;#039;s return to endurance racing, and this specimen--the only one outfitted with a Berlinetta body out of the box--finished fourth overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970, and sixth overall at the 12 hours of Sebring later the same year. Arnold Meier hauled this beauty from Meilen, Switzerland, to Pebble Beach. 1968 Lamborghini Bertone Roadster  This metallic blue roadster made its one and only appearance at the 1968 Brussels Auto Show, but it was later acquired by a metals consortium that stripped down the paint and had the body coated with 2000 pounds of zinc. When the car was later restored, the zinc was removed, and the vehicle was repainted its original blue hue. The owner is Adam Gordon of New York. 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Prototype Bertone Coup\u00E9  This radically styled rally car still looks cool 30 years after its heyday, revealing the famous race car&amp;#039;s roots. This concept first debuted at the 1971 Turin Motor Show, setting the stage for what would eventually become a crowd-pleasing favorite. The gold-wheeled, fluorescent orange Lancia is owned by Chris Hrabalek. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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