Automotive Traveler Magazine: 2012 07 2012 Dana Point Concours Page 3

owned by Peter and Merle Mullin. The Aerodyne, which also took best in show at Pebble Beach last year, boasts curvatures befitting its design roots in aviation, courtesy of Avions Voisin's Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer of the French skies in the early 1900s.

Other notable entries included the exquisitely color-themed 1930 Ruxton sedan by the Nethercutt Collection (Page 6), a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 220S Cabriolet with contrasting red leather interior owned by Leonard and Gretchen Busse (Page 19), a two-toned 1954 Packard Caribbean owned by Robert Escalante (Page 16), and more.

In the motorcycles division, a 1943 BMW R75 with Sidecar Wehrmacht (Page 10) owned by Gerhard and Rosemarie Schnurer (Page 10) won best in its class, as did a sweet candy-pink 1967 Vespa 150 Sprint Scooter (this page) owned by Natalia Londi.

The Dana Point Concours d'Elegance is a not-for-profit organization benefiting the Art Center College of Design, the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Pet Project Foundation, the Carroll Shelby Foundation, and the South Orange School of the Arts. Next year's event is scheduled for 26 June 2013. For more information, visit the Dana Point Concours d'Elegance online.

For additional photographs from the 2012 Dana Point Concours d'Elegance, visit the Automotive Traveler/Fotki Gallery.