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Pebble beach 2014 PHOTOS Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance WORDS Charles Fleming and David Undercoffler, LA Times A 1954 Ferrari 375 MM originally built for Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini was named best of show at the 64th Annual Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, concluding the Monterey-area gathering of the world’s most exotic and expensive automobiles. Jon Shirley of Medina, Wash., owner of the winning silver Ferrari, ac- 20 CarGuyMagazine.com cepted the award from host Jay Leno, himself a car collector and a longtime Concours participant. The car started life as a convertible, but was converted into a coupe in 1955 for the director, Shirley said. After buying it in 1995, Shirley spent nearly two years researching and restoring the car -- then he did it again after it “got beat up” in road rallies. “The styling is very, very special,” Shirley said. “I love to drive the car, and it’s a very powerful car and all original underneath.” The car had been in pieces for a quarter century before Shirley bought it. A former Microsoft president and board member, Shirley is an avid collector whose garage c ۝Z[