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Casual Concours Charity Car Show

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Jimmy Steinfeldt

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October 18, 2026

Sequined Roll — Jimmy Steinfeldt with sequined Rolls Royce

10-17-26

Mission Hills Country Club

Rancho Mirage

Story and photos by Jimmy Steinfeldt

The theme this year is ‘Swinging 60’s on Route 66”. Celebrating the 100^th anniversary of Route 66.

60’s era Country Squire

Tying in with Modernism Week this amazing show took place at the Mission Hills Country Club.

Casual Concours

The kick off event was at Porsche Palm Springs a Legacy Sponsor.

Porsche Targa

Great Autos of Southern California once again put together this amazing charity event with the beneficiaries including The LGBGTQ Community Center of the Desert and Safe Schools Desert Cities.

’55 T-Bird Convertible

Cars included in this year’s event cover the generations from the 1920s to the present.

Rick Payton with his gorgeous 1940 Buick Eight

Buick 8

Every car deserves a story and photo but with about 150 autos I could only cover a handful of the many amazing cars I enjoyed seeing.

Bob Merlis with his beautiful rare Simca

1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II

Rolls trunk. Anyone up for a game of polo?

Road-trippin

1966 Thunderbird

Proud owner of this lovely 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III

1963 Studebaker Avanti. A Mid Century classic.

“Honest Mr. Highway Patrolman we qualify for the car-pool lane. And don’t call me mannequin!”

Looking forward to next year’s 39^th annual Casual Concours.

For more info: https://greatautos.org/