This 1931 Daimler Double Six Corsica Coupe was stripped to its foundation and rebuilt before it won the Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance in 2006.

The Best of Show award at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance, which will be presented on Sunday in California, is the most coveted collector-car prize in the country, with almost 200 cars competing.

To win, though, owners don't just take the muscle car they owned as a teenager and give it a shine, according to The New York Times.

Winning is an art and can be quite expensive. Owners have to start with an extraordinary car that is very rare and beautiful, most often a pre-World War II model. Then it must be restored to an extraordinary level of authenticity that will take years of research and work and can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.