Photo Gallery: The most interesting cars & bikes of the 2011 Santa Fe Concorso

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The legend…  1966 Chaparral 2E Can-Am Race Car.  Owned by the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum/Jim Hall of Midland, Texas.   It is one of seven Chaparral cars built by Jim Hall for the Can-Am series.

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The legend…  1966 Chaparral 2E Can-Am Race Car.  Owned by the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum/Jim Hall of Midland, Texas.   It is one of seven Chaparral cars built by Jim Hall for the Can-Am series.

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1978 Lotus 79/1 “John Player Special” F1 Race Car, owned by Paul Rego, Regogo Racing LLC of Dallas Texas.  Mario Andretti tested for Lotus in this car, and it was used as his racing spare, the year he won the World Championship.

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1996 McLaren F1.  Owned by Ralph Lauren.  One of several in his collection.  Only 64 road cars were built.

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The only street view you’ll ever see….

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1951 Vincent Series C Rapide, owned by Jim Mosher of Performance Indian, Santa Fe, NM.  The Rapide was the world’s fastest standard motorcycle in its day.

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Old is new; the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, owned by Dick Rotto of Santa Fe, NM.

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1920 Indian Scout “Munro Special,”  owned by the Hensley Family Collection of Los Osos, CA.  This is the original, the bike that zoomed to the S.A. 1000 World’s Land Speed Record with a 184.586 two-way average, which still stands today, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August 1967.  

*Words and Photos by Dick Badler…one of the newest members of the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press. When not driving or writing about Porsches, Badler contributes to TFLcar.com.

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