• Visitors look over entries for the 'Worst of Show' award at the Concours d’Lemon, part of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Seaside, California. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    Visitors look over entries for the 'Worst of Show' award at the Concours d’Lemon, part of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Seaside, California. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • Some of the entries for the 'Worst of Show' award at the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    Some of the entries for the 'Worst of Show' award at the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • One of the more humiliating cars ever built, a Studebaker, on display at the show. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    One of the more humiliating cars ever built, a Studebaker, on display at the show. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • Skeletons sit in the front seat of a 1976 Chevy Impala. Michael Fiala / AFP
    Skeletons sit in the front seat of a 1976 Chevy Impala. Michael Fiala / AFP
  • 'Wild Bill' fires up his hotdog cooker on the back of his 1959 Nash Metropolitan. Michael Fiala / AFP
    'Wild Bill' fires up his hotdog cooker on the back of his 1959 Nash Metropolitan. Michael Fiala / AFP
  • Entrant Ryan Hoyt escapes the sun with a drink in the trunk of his 1970 Mercedes Benz 280 SEL. Michael Fiala / AFP
    Entrant Ryan Hoyt escapes the sun with a drink in the trunk of his 1970 Mercedes Benz 280 SEL. Michael Fiala / AFP
  • 'Constable Hank Reginald' poses with his Polaris Gem Defender, which was converted from a golf car. Michael Fiala / AFP
    'Constable Hank Reginald' poses with his Polaris Gem Defender, which was converted from a golf car. Michael Fiala / AFP
  • People also dress up, albeit some in strange outfits, for the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    People also dress up, albeit some in strange outfits, for the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • A man takes a photograph of a 1953 Hudson, which was a 'Worst of Show' contestant. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    A man takes a photograph of a 1953 Hudson, which was a 'Worst of Show' contestant. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • Owners Renee Aguirre and Buzz Weldy sit inside their 1964 Ford Fairline, which won the 'Worst in Show' at Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    Owners Renee Aguirre and Buzz Weldy sit inside their 1964 Ford Fairline, which won the 'Worst in Show' at Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
  • A contestant's dog rests on the engine compartment of an entry in the 'Worst of Show' at the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters
    A contestant's dog rests on the engine compartment of an entry in the 'Worst of Show' at the Concours d’Lemon. Robert Galbraith / Reuters

Ugly is beautiful at Concours d’LeMon car show – in pictures


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The brightest stars of Concours d’LeMons auto show are neither Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Ferraris nor Maseratis but the hideous, dirty, dented and, in many cases obsolete, clunkers of the automotive world.