For classic car collectors and enthusiasts, an invitation to showcase your car at the Bridge feels like a ticket to the Met Gala.
as he ambled past an extremely rare signal orange 1974 Ferrari Dino—the only Ferrari known to be painted in a color usually exclusive to Porsche. Elia, the owner of a Porsche 991 Speedster and a Ferrari 812 GTS, was in Bridgehampton this past Saturday attending the fifth iteration of the Bridge—an invitation-only car exhibition perched atop the original Bridgehampton Race Circuit, now a private golf club. The Bridge is not a traditional car show, “it’s a garden party,” saidone of three founders.
Joe Barra adjusts his panama hat before posing with his 1972 Corvette Stingray, which he calls a “Cormaro”—a cross between a Corvette and Camaro. Barra has highly modified the car to his taste over 39 years of ownership, including repainting the exterior four times and adding gold plating to the engine block.The “45” number badge of a Jaguar D-Type, built in 2020 but designed in 1956.
The license plate of locally discovered bright orange 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge, a classic American muscle car.A guest wearing a green sun hat is seen near the Bridge clubhouse. The initiation fee to join the private club is rumored to be over $1 million.Photograph by Landon Nordeman. An extremely rare original 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing with Rudge wheels sits behind the rear wing of a 1973 Porsche 911 RS owned by the artist Daniel Arsham.