{"id":493812,"date":"2014-05-01T00:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T00:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12035"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T20:21:51","slug":"packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Classic Concours (2014) \u2013 Packard Claims Best in Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_521422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521422\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/n8-201405-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-521422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/n8-201405-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Craig R. 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Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 1933 Packard 1005 Convertible Coupe owned by Aaron and Valerie Weiss of San Marino, California, took the Best in Show Award at the 7th Annual Desert Classic Concours d\u2019Elegance, held February 23 at the Desert Princess Country Club in Palm Springs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other notable class winners included: a 1922 Duesenberg Model A Dual Cowl Pheaton owned by Ronald and Sandra Hansen of Fillmore, California, that was named the People\u2019s Choice; a 1959 Alfa Romeo Zagato owned by Roger Groves of Monarch Beach, California, that was named Most Significant Closed Car, as well as taking 1st Place in the Small European Sports\/Post War Class; as well as the 1967 NSU Spider owned by Michael and Barbara Malamut of Thousand Oaks, California, that was named Most Unusual Vehicle.\u201cThis year&#8217;s Desert Classic Concours d\u2019Elegance was the best ever. 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Other notable class winners included: a 1922 Duesenberg Model A Dual Cowl Pheaton owned by Ronald and Sandra Hansen of Fillmore, California, that was named the People\u2019s Choice; a 1959 Alfa Romeo Zagato owned by Roger Groves of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":521420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,1978],"tags":[432,16912,17568,1985,20744],"class_list":["post-493812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-packard","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-event-desert-classic-concours","tag-packard","tag-packard-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Desert Classic Concours (2014) \u2013 Packard Claims Best in Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Packard Claims Best in Show at Desert Classic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Desert Classic Concours (2014) \u2013 Packard Claims Best in Show\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Packard Claims Best in Show at Desert Classic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-01T00:12:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-18T20:21:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/n8-201405-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"468\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Desert Classic Concours (2014) \u2013 Packard Claims Best in Show\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-01T00:12:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-18T20:21:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/packard-claims-best-in-show-at-desert-classic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/n8-201405-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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