At the fifth Arizona Concours d’Elegance in Scottsdale this past winter, Budd and Laurie Florkiewicz showed a 1939 Delahaye and a 1949 Alfa Romeo from their 28-car collection (“Budd’s Garage”), which includes American classics, vintage European and off-road vehicles.
“Almost all were in decent condition when we acquired them, and some we started from scratch with a full restoration,” he adds. The couple’s garage curator and mechanic, Lyman Scherer, completed most of these, excepting paint and interiors, which the couple contracted with top-quality specialists.
”We have driven several of them in rallies, including the Copperstate 1000, Copperstate Overland, Going to the Sun Rally and private rallies with friends,” she says, noting that Budd usually drives the morning leg and she shifts over to the driver’s seat for the afternoon.
He’s from Chicago where he owned several companies; he moved to Phoenix in 1976. She’s from the San Francisco Bay area and has also lived in New York and Atlanta. They met at Pebble Beach, California,
