Concorso Italiano 2016 Photos and Report

Bill "Doc" Stewart entered two Panteras in this year's show.
The first being this yellow L model.

The second was this black Pre-L

Doc Stewart's black Pre-L was voted First Place in the "Pilotato Class"

Great pictures ,looking forward to seeing more.

Some real dedicated owners Right there! Fantastic Cars, thanks for posting the pictures along with the follow up information.

Great photo's and commentary. Thank you for sharing.

thank you for sharing George.

Serge

It's nice to see pictures of both car and owner. Thank you for posting George.

George, the Bill "Doc" Stewart "black" car isn't black at all. I would call it root beer. I have seen it at many shows and most recently a the Fabulous Fords Forever show. I was parked next to him and his son. Couple of nice guys by the way.

Thanks George, and here's 145 more..........

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Jeff Budelli's Pantera

Jeff's Pantera was voted First Place in the "Modificato Class"
This is a VERY competitive class! The competition is steep.

Gary Spratling's Pantera.
Gary is the original owner of his Pantera. He drove it as his daily driver for many years before he made the decision to turn it into a rolling work of art as a show quality modified Pantera.

Gary's Pantera was voted Second Place in the "Modificato Class".

This is Sheldon Friedman's Pantera.
Sheldon is a genuinely friendly guy, and his Pantera is a gorgeous and highly detailed custom.
He gets special mention for helping with the photographs this year. That's Sheldon with his back to us.

Hey Sheldon ... yo Sheldon ... ahem ... Sheldon ... Sheldon turn around ... Sheldon ... SHELDON!

He always ignores me

The main reason Tom Tjaarda made the trip from Italy to be at the Concorso this year was to help them celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fiat 124 Spider, a gorgeous "entry level" Italian sports car he designed during his tenure at Pininfarina.

Fiat 124 Spider, 1966 through 1980.
I believe a Fiat 124 was the car Dustin Hoffman drove in the movie "The Graduate".
Its a gorgeous little sports car.

As a surprise for Tom Tjaarda, Tom McDowell (the Concorso's president) had Bruce Wanta drive his Pantera across the stage at the back of the line of Fiat 124's. Mr. Wanta's Pantera was formerly owned by Tom Tjaarda. I thought that was a nice touch on the part of Tom McDowell.

By the way ... Tom Tjaarda arrived at the Concorso in the morning chauffeured by Markus Smith, as a passenger in Mr. Smith's blue Pantera.

Great Pics, you are a seriously good photographer!