The Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2011 was staged Tuesday, August 16th on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. This was our first time attending this Concours and it was over the top in every way. It was extremely well organized and featured first class judges. We brought three customer cars for the Concours
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The 2011 Dana Point Concours was wet affair, but we prevailed against the challenging weather conditions to take first place in full concours and also won the coveted peoples choice award with a 1952 356 Cabriolet (Fashion Grey/Blue). It was also the debut show for the 1960 Porsche 356B Super 90, which happens to be
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The Ault Park Concours is a fantastic event that takes place in Cincinnati Ohio every year. Road Scholars concours prepped two cars for the event, a 959 and Carrera Abarth GTL. The 959 won 1st in class and the Carrera Abarth GTL earned the Howard Rapp trophy (Best Porsche). The competition was impressive and diverse.
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Road Scholars surprised attendees to the 2011 LA Toy and Lit meet by having two of our special inventory Porsche’s roped off in the front of the LA Hilton. Parked on Oriental rugs, the 1959 Carrera GS and 1973 911 RS provided some eye candy for the event. Kevin and I had a lot of
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We recently attended the Indoor Concours event at the Porsche Of The Village in Cincinnati, OH. It was a terrific event with incredible food and entertainment. It felt more like a Monterey VIP weekend party than an indoor concours event. The dealership had over 700 customers show up to celebrate the cars and to escape
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In September 1959 the workers at the Porsche factory returned from holiday anticipating the start up for the T5 356B. Their first two cars were 1600 Normals but the third was special; it was the first Super 90. Whisked away for testing, # 108921 was then sent to Porsche’s prime Southern California market to one of their biggest dealers, Vasek Pollak.
The East Coast Holiday was the last show for our planned Concours season and we couldn’t have had a better time. As always, the holiday is a low key peoples choice concours and a chance to really enjoy like minded 356 people. Credit goes to Bruce Schwartz and Roberta Heller for hosting an incredible event
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This year was the fourth time we have attended the Kirkland Concours in Kirkland Washington. What a great event! The featured marque this year was r5eally just “Carol Shelby” and all the cars that carried his imprimatur. There were also many other incredible vintage cars, boats, and motorcycles. The display of GT40s, Cobras, and Shelby
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After sweeping the Porsche Club of America’s 55th annual Porsche Parade held in St. Charles, Illinois earlier this month, co-owners Cam Ingram & Kevin Watts sat down with New York Times contributor Rob Sass. Sass spoke to Cam & Kevin, along with Porsche Club of America’s executive director, Vu Nguyen, and Porsche Cars of North
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The 24th annual 356 Club’s Dana Point Conours was another success story for the Road Scholars team. With our 1958 356A Speedster and 1952 Cabriolet coming in second and third overall in the Restoration Group. 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster: Full Restoration Class 299.2 out of 300 (2nd place) 1952 Porsche 356 Cabriolet: Full Restoration Class
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