Hemmings Daily: Boattail 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer takes Best of Show at Pebble Beach

Bruce McCaw's 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer. Photos by Kimball Studios, courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. And then there were three: Staged on the lawn at Pebble Beach, awaiting the announcement of Best of Show, a 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer owned by Bruce McCaw sat lined up with a 1957 Ferrari 315 S Scaglietti Spyder, owned by Bruce's brother, John, and his wife, Gwen, and a 1932 Packard Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria, owned by William E. "Chip" Connor. Only one could be Best of S [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Monday, August 21, 2017 [Boattail 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer takes Best of Show at 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]( [Boattail 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer takes Best of Show at 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Bruce McCaw's 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer. Photos by Kimball Studios, courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. 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