Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, May 7 2017

Greystone Mansion Concours d'Elegance

The Greystone Mansion 8th annual Concours d’Elegance was held on Sunday, May 7th in Beverly Hills and was a day like no other! For those that don’t know about the Concours d,Elegance, it is a premier automotive show and collection of classic cars and motorcycles held on the mansions 18 acre grounds which helps in fund raising for the preservation of the Greystone Estate.

This years Event also celebrated the 100th anniversary of Lincoln Motors and the 70th of Ferrari of which many of their models were on display.

1929 Lincoln L LeBaron Dual Cowl Aero-Phaeton
1929 Lincoln L LeBaron Dual Cowl Aero-Phaeton
Ferrari
Ferrari

There was well over 135 privately owned classic cars and 20 rare and unique motorcycles from Heroes Motors LLC, PlusGreystone_Mansion_2017_4

1959 AMC Metropolitan
1959 AMC Metropolitan
1963 Chevrolet Corvette
1963 Chevrolet Corvette
1932 Chrysler Imperial CH
1932 Chrysler Imperial CH
1955 Morgan 4 Passenger Drophead Coupe
1955 Morgan 4 Passenger Drophead Coupe
1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1918 Indian Factory Racer
1918 Indian Factory Racer

If the classics didn’t satisfy your tastebuds then auto makers such as McLaren, Alfa Romeo, Tesla, Aston Martin, Karma, Bentley and Lexus brought out some of their newest models to ooh and ahh over.

2017 McLaren 720S
2017 McLaren 720S
KARMA and ASTON MARTIN dealers
KARMA and ASTON MARTIN dealers

The event grounds were beautiful with its stone walkways, numerous terraces, ponds and gardens, creating an atmosphere of elegance not to mention the food at the event was top notch from the choice of salads to the slow cooked BBQ beef brisket, BBQ St. Louis style baby back ribs, boneless chicken breast and let’s not forget the mac and cheese! The dessert table was dressed in lemon bars, chocolate fudge nut brownies and red velvet chocolate chip cookies.

After lunch was a great time to take a tour of the Mansion where inside we found vendor’s of fine Automobile Art from oil paintings to sculptures and lots of other Automotive memorabilia. We saw how the Doheny family lived, from their private bowling alley and billiard room to the hideaway bar that was used during the times of prohibition in the 1930’s and marvel at the mansions breathtaking views.

Greystone Mansion inside tour
Greystone Mansion inside tour

Groups such as Federation Internationale des Vehicules Anciens (FIA), the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) and the Friends of Greystone (FOG) created a truly wonderful and memorable event.

 

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