Tom Hamilton's Trip to the West Coast

The Fashion Island Show 

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Fashion Island Concours is one to the premiere  Mercedes shows in the country. 

 

Tom Hamilton and Clint Sadler with San Diego in the background.
Clint getting a good shot.
Doesn't Sally Sadler look good?  She commented that the ride was worth another dinner. Now all I have to do is get back to Chula Vista.
For a dinner, Sally gets a second picture.
Bruce Adams takes a spin to test drive the results of the new distributor.
Clint Sadler Begs a ride.
Clint's smile tells it all.
Steve Schley's 190SL, Luggage and all.
Dennis Keith's 1956 190SL with Bruce and Tom's 190SLR in the background.
Dennis' car was bought new in Germany as a gift for his mother and has been recently restored.
What an interesting view of our cars, with some other in the exhibition.
Bruce enjoyed the opportunity to reacquaint himself with west coast Mercedes friends.
Bill Kruses' 1961 190SL.
Bob Gunthrop's 1967 230 ambulance.  Bob found this unusual Mercedes in December 2000.
He cleaned it up, tuned it up and drove it 100 miles to the show.
Bill Gunthrop's 1966 200D Hearse. 
Bob has equipped the hearse with a coffin (with an arm hanging out) and a gorilla driver.  Go figure.
Bill Patton's 1967b Presidential Landaulet.  This car was owned by the president of the Ivory Coast before being restored in 1993.
This Rolls Royce won Pebble Beach Concours before becoming one of the many featured cars in the Nethercutt Collection.