Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance

Photographs by Gary Anderson

Celebrating its 20-year anniversary this year, the Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance in Oregon displayed more than 200 collectible classics of all marques and values on the tree-shaded lawns of Pacific University July 15. The Sunday show was preceded by a delightful Vineyard and Lake Tour on Saturday, itself in its 10th year, with most of the show cars participating, and an enjoyable dinner Saturday evening at Old Town Forest Grove. Mercedes-Benz was the featured marque this year, so members of the Portland and Seattle Sections, as well as visiting MBCA members from farther away, proudly brought their cars to the event, while the MBCA sections had their own corral on the field

Images:

The 1964 220Sb of Dan and Chris Beard is awarded first in class by chief judge Pete Lesler of MBCA and Keith Martin.

On Saturday, most of the contestants lined up for the wine and lakes tour (Ian Gleadle’s 190SL from Seattle in foreground).

The Beards’ 220Sb, bought by his parents in Germany in 1963, undergoes judging.

This understated 1960 220 ponton sedan is owned by Justin England of Portland.

An unparalleled lineup of 300SL Roadsters and Coupes.

Gorgeous 1971 3.5 Coupe of Mike Spicer.

One of the groups of cars at the Elk Cove Vineyard on Saturday’s tour.

Bruce McCaw’s LeMans-winning 1952 W194 300SL was the poster-child for this year’s Forest Grove Concours.