{"id":14414,"date":"2014-08-20T13:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=14414"},"modified":"2014-08-20T13:35:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T18:35:33","slug":"kokonillys-weekend-de-luxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=14414","title":{"rendered":"Kokonilly&#8217;s Weekend de Luxe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kokonilly sent us a fleet of photos from Pebble Beach Concours d&#8217;Elegance, so we decided to move them to their own thread.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Early steam car driving by:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/DKHeLhb.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota supercar concept:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vo7iBYl.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes concept car:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/i.imgur.com\/iCZAdNP.jpg&#8221; width=&#8221;500&#8243;\/><\/p>\n<p>Porsche 918 Spyder:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/08c3lH6.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1929 Ruxton, complete with guy in all plaid (also: our straw hats):<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qyWzv0m.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A wonderfully blue Talbot Lago that my friend described as &#8220;what the Doctor would drive&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WbKwxIe.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A 1939 Maserati that won the Indy 500 twice in a row, the first car to do so:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sdqRi3K.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Mercedes that Hitler gifted to Finland to keep them out of WWII (yikes):<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/yZwVj0g.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;blackout light&#8221; of the Mercedes; all lights of the car would be shut off in case of an air raid except for this one, which would be turned on to illuminate the road:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SF7awt2.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Best in Show 1954 Ferrari 375mm Scaglietti coupe &hearts; :<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/IruXvQk.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&hearts; &hearts; &hearts; :<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kCGEvyS.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A gorgeously gray 1952 Cisitalia:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MVvpGBy.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The only unrestored Testa Rossa left in the world, and our winner for the Most Historically Significant car:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/5m1Oqrv.jpg\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hear birds squawking*. 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