Pink Floyd drummer, Leno to help pick world's best classic car (see the finalists) Gorgeous vintage cars on display in Monterey

One of the following six award-winning vintage cars will receive the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award on Aug. 16 during Monterey Car Week in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. The first entry is:

1937 Talbot-Lago T150C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’: Goodwood Cartier Style et Luxe — This masterful coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi won prizes at every major concours in pre-war Europe and is famed for having both redefined automotive style and having won top-level races. The "Teardrop" became trend setting and motivated many other French manufacturers to consider a similar streamlined design. less One of the following six award-winning vintage cars will receive the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award on Aug. 16 during Monterey Car Week in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. The first entry is:

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An automotive heir, fashion tycoon, auto design executives, a former late-night talk show host, rock star and assorted high-class motoring authorities will choose the world's most exceptional classic car at a Monterey auto show later this month.

The Peninsula Classic Best of the Best Award, to be announced in Carmel-by-the-Sea on Aug. 16, will go to one of six finalists. Each has already won one of the six most prestigious international concours events of the year. They range from early production autos to Italian race cars of the 1960s.

Among the judges will be Ralph Lauren, Henry Ford III, automobile designer and Nissan VP Shiro Nakamura, Ferrari and Lancia designer Flavio Manzoni, Peter Brock of Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe and Corvette fame, GM executive designer Anne Asensio, car and motorcycle aficionado Jay Leno and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.

The winner will be shown at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, auto show in Carmel on Aug. 19. Besides the Peninsula Classic finalists, The Quail will feature numerous other rare and unique vintage cars, all in immaculate condition.

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The show is sold out, but the finalists, plus a sampling of some of the cars at The Quail, are featured in the above slideshow.

Tickets to the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction, also Aug. 19 in Carmel, are still available.