Motor Press Guild historic vehicle display

A 1915 Dodge Brothers Touring car, right and a 1937 Delahaye, left, at the historic vehicle display.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Hot rod builder George Barris poses for photographers with a BatMobile cake.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air at the historic vehicle display.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

A 1953 Dodge Storm Z-250 by Bertone at the historic vehicle display.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Dylan Price of Professional Detailers dusts “Hell’s Chariot,” a 1949 Mercury with a 1950 grille that was used in the movie “Grease.”  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

The Motor Press Guild historic vehicle display at the Los Angeles Auto Show.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

The grille of a 1964 Chevrolet C 10 pickup.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Chalmers Niemeyer of Porsche has an early morning coffee as he looks at a 1919 La Bestioni.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Zach Freeman, 11, cranes his neck to look at the gull-wing doors on the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Leah, a Chihuahua, casts a nervous eye around as owner Anne Proffit pauses to see a 1953 Cadillac Series 62 coupe originally owned by Rita Hayworth.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)