{"id":369588,"date":"2011-11-22T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=37939"},"modified":"2024-01-11T03:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:16:29","slug":"art-center-car-classic-2011-report-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/art-center-car-classic-2011-report-and-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Center Car Classic (2011) &#8211; Recap &#038; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Report and photos by Martin Swig<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-788869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0759-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>The Art Center Car Classic was held October 23, 2011 at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design.<br \/>\nEach year, Art Center has a very special car show on their hillside campus overlooking Pasadena. The focus is on significant design, with special emphasis in 2011 on designs originating in Southern California<br \/>\nSeveral car manufacturer Southern California design studios brought prototype designs. Peter Brock was honored, and an impressive group of his creations were in attendance. Bruce Meyer brought his Doane-Spencer 1932 Ford. Bruce Meyers brought a Meyers&#8217; Manx dune buggy. Richard Mattei brought his 1942 Alfa Romeo 6c 2500 Touring and Tim Walker countered with his 6c 2500 Villa d\u2019Este also by Touring.<br \/>\nThe Petersen Museum brought a pristine 1951 Plymouth Suburban. It was placed near an MC-TC. Larry Crane brought a new Bentley Continental. Steward Reed, Art Center\u2019s head of transportation design, invited an original fastback early-\u201850s Continental to park alongside to give context.<br \/>\nThere is a place for any significant design, so they welcomed my Giugiaro-design 1992 Subaru SVX. Driving the 800-mile round trip between my Sausalito home and Pasadena reminded me how great a car that AWD 3.3 flat-six was, as I cruised down Highway 5 at 3,100 RPM \u2013 about 93 mph \u2013 protected by my Valentine One.<br \/>\nThe range of car design represented by this show make it a \u201cdon\u2019t miss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Martin Swig]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report and photos by Martin Swig The Art Center Car Classic was held October 23, 2011 at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design. Each year, Art Center has a very special car show on their hillside campus overlooking Pasadena. The focus is on significant design, with special emphasis in 2011 on designs originating in Southern California Several car manufacturer Southern California design studios brought prototype designs. 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