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Essen Technoklassika Porn
Here's some pics from the largest classic car show—currently on is Essen. Enjoy.
         
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And a few more...
 
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...and a couple more:
        
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Love that Bentley blower... that car is a tank.
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Wow, spectacular. They need to have a show like that near Houston. We have some pretty cool stuff at our Keels and WHeels, but I don't know that it's that cool.
Thanks for the pics, got any more?
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Beautiful pics of craftsmanship and elegance defined.
what brought you to Essen? Just in for the show?
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Forgive my ignorance, but what's with the tree-car?
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I love those Atlantique (SP?) coupes. Perfection in an automobile.
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Nice pics. Thanks much for taking and sharing.
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A gag. It was found like this. You're supposed to guess what it was. Correct guess wins a prize.
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If you a referring to the black car—that is something very special. This is the "Peterson Engineering" stand, and this little company out of the UK will build you this one-off Bentley streamliner (the original—there is only one—is in California) from scratch. Every nut and bolt, flawlessly machined etc. They'll also build you a big blower Bentley from scratch for about half a million bucks. Or the red racing Bentley behind it. Brand new. Completely street-able. All original specs. These things are absolute works of art.
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More pre-war Bentley porn:
      
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The $86K TR3.
One of the most perfectly restored cars I have ever seen. Battleship grey with tobacco leather interior. All mechanics optimized for performance. Subtle. Timeless. So perfect I actually thought this was a good buy.    
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I'd be happy behind the wheel of any of these:
        
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Very nice. What did you take these pictures with? I like the colors.
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1972 Porsche 911T 2.4
