Doug Weitman, 76, a Malibu, Calif.-based real estate investor, on his Bentley Special 3/8 Racer, as told to A.J. Baime. The photographs were shot at the West Coast Vintage Bentley Tour in 2017.

Obviously the world is facing a great crisis right now. So the vintage car hobby is not on peoples’ minds. But when we get through this, we hope to return to our hobby. Vintage cars represent the genius and ambitions of the people who worked so hard to build them, and they bring historic eras to life.

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