{"id":496771,"date":"2017-07-19T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=48512"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:33:36","slug":"three-pebble-classes-isotta-fraschini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/three-pebble-classes-isotta-fraschini\/","title":{"rendered":"Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance (2017) &#8211; Three Pebble Classes for Isotta Fraschini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wide range of opulent Isotta Fraschini automobiles, including the very first and very last cars to wear that badge, will be showcased at next month\u2019s Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance, set for August 20. The luxurious Italian cars will be accommodated with three separate concours classes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the featured cars will be the 1901 prototype, a bare chassis that was presented to Henry Ford during ultimately unsuccessful merger talks, and which resided in The Henry Ford museum for decades before being acquired by confessed Isotta romantic Corrado Lopresto in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Other featured examples of the marque will include the 1947 and 1948 Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosas in the Postwar Grand Touring class, along with various Tipo 8As in the Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Open and Closed Classes. A 1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Special Sports Tourer was honored as Best of Show at Pebble Beach in 1983 (above, photo courtesy of the Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance). For complete details, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pebblebeachconcours.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wide range of opulent Isotta Fraschini automobiles, including the very first and very last cars to wear that badge, will be showcased at next month\u2019s Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance, set for August 20. The luxurious Italian cars will be accommodated with three separate concours classes. One of the featured cars will be the 1901 prototype, a bare chassis that was presented to Henry Ford during ultimately unsuccessful merger talks, and which resided in The Henry Ford museum for decades [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":766010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,17532],"tags":[16912,16936,441,438,6353],"class_list":["post-496771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-isotta-fraschini","tag-events-concours","tag-festivals-shows","tag-monterey-car-week","tag-pebble-beach-concours","tag-isotta-fraschini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance (2017) - Three Pebble Classes for Isotta Fraschini<\/title>\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\/three-pebble-classes-isotta-fraschini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance (2017) - Three Pebble Classes for Isotta Fraschini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A wide range of opulent Isotta Fraschini automobiles, including the very first and very last cars to wear that badge, will be showcased at next month\u2019s Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance, set for August 20. 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