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09-21-2015, 12:03 PM
The 23rd Palos Verdes Concours was held Sunday at a new venue, Los Verdes Golf Course, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. It was a great show on a spectacular day—temperatures in the 80s—with ocean views from virtually the entire venue. They had a selective collection of approximately 200 cars—the featured marques were Cadillac, Ferrari, and cars with Darrin coachwork.
They also had a special class for postwar Lincolns (yes, they know the Mark II isn’t really a Lincoln) that featured two Mark IIs (1209 and 2315). The Mark IIs had a good day—we won Best in Class and Mike Porto’s car won “Best Design in Show.” That’s the second time that the Mark II has won “Best Design” at PV; pretty impressive given that the show inevitably features cars by a notable designer; this year it was Dutch Darrin. The winner is selected by the head of the automobile design program at the Art Center College of Design, the country’s most-respected automobile design school—in other words, it’s yet another acknowledgement of the timeless beauty of the Mark II by someone who is extraordinarily qualified to make that judgment.
They also had a special class for postwar Lincolns (yes, they know the Mark II isn’t really a Lincoln) that featured two Mark IIs (1209 and 2315). The Mark IIs had a good day—we won Best in Class and Mike Porto’s car won “Best Design in Show.” That’s the second time that the Mark II has won “Best Design” at PV; pretty impressive given that the show inevitably features cars by a notable designer; this year it was Dutch Darrin. The winner is selected by the head of the automobile design program at the Art Center College of Design, the country’s most-respected automobile design school—in other words, it’s yet another acknowledgement of the timeless beauty of the Mark II by someone who is extraordinarily qualified to make that judgment.