#amelia island concours

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In the right color, too.

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The April issue of Classic and Competition Car is now online. Report on the first round of the WEC from Qatar. Fantastic photos from the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in America. We also report from the British GT championship media launch at Donington Park. Plus Rover celebrates its 140 year association with Coventry. Plus reports on a couple of car meets. Free to read at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

#wec #cars #classic car #british car #motorsports #British GT #VSCC #WEC Qatar #free #magazine #Rover #Amelia Island #Concours #Concours d'Elegance

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Someone in my neighbourhood has a ratty old pickup truck. It’s honestly not that old – a Ford from the late nineteen-eighties – but it’s great. Old trucks have a fantastic combination of traits. On one hand, you have an old vehicle, with its rustic charm, temperamental behaviour, and hot gear oil smells of unknown origin. And on the other, you have a vehicle that doesn’t need to be babied. You can still drive it down to the local brick emporium and chuck some bricks in the back. Nobody is wiping it down with a diaper or taking it to the Amelia Island Concours.

It is also difficult in my neighbourhood to find another old-car deviant. Most of the folks who were forced to maintain and daily drive an old shitbox have been evicted or moved away on their own, ideally closer to a parts store. Naturally, I wanted to talk to this truck-owning person. Maybe they wanted to be friends, or they could help hold the flashlight while I tried to work, or they could use the authentic blue-collar-ness of their pickup truck to lure the cops away from whatever dirtbag shit I was up to in the middle of the night.

In order to try and find the home of this truck, I started driving around the neighbourhood. This is harder than you’d think, because low speeds make the transmission in my Volare freak out, and slow 90-degree turns will spill some of its seeping automatic transmission fluid right onto the exhaust. I can only take a few minutes of this at a time, before I have to merge onto the highway and drive fast enough for the wind to blow the fire out. As a result, I never saw the truck while I was driving, only when I was on my driveway or walking to get the mail.

My pickup-shaped phantom is still out there, somewhere. I may never encounter them the legitimate way, but I’ve got a plan: laying a trap. There’s one thing that old Ford truck owners can’t resist, and that’s a bottle of power-steering stop leak. I’ve placed it in the middle of the street, and it’s only a matter of time before the owner has to pull over and hop out. Wait, someone’s stopping. God damn it, that’s a new F150. Get away from there, you bourgeois asshole! You’re probably still under warranty!

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Unrestored 1934 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Offener Tourenwagen,

The name Offener Tourenwagen, or “open touring car,” in Mercedes-Benz parlance often brings to mind the vast and weighty 770 Ks of the late 1930s. On their sibling supercharged 500 K chassis, however, it referred to something entirely different: a very attractive two-door open model, with a rather low, subtly curving beltline, that recalled the powerful Sports 4 style of earlier K and S-type models. It was a very sporting automobile and one of the most masterful creations of the factory coachbuilders at Sindelfingen, who finished each body with the superb craftsmanship and quality materials for which they were renowned.

Chassis 105355, is one of only five surviving examples of this style on the 500 K chassis. According to its original Mercedes-Benz kommission sheet, a copy of which is on file, this car was originally delivered in late 1934 to Rudolf Hess of Berlin, one of the highest ranking members of the ruling National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Hess famously flew solo to Scotland in 1941 in a failed attempt to get the UK to exit the war. Instead, he was taken prisoner and convicted. To the victors, however, go the spoils: The 500 K was eventually commandeered at the end of WWII, and like so many of its brethren, wound up being used by American GI’s in Germany, then afterward came to the US.

As early as 1955, the car was in the ownership of V. Link Milsark of Vienna, West Virginia; a copy of a West Virginia title in his name, dated that year, is on file. Known to friends as “The Mayor of Rose Holler,” Mr. Milsark was an auto mechanic, aviator, model train collector, and a genuine character in every sense of the word. He is not known to have shown the 500 K in his decades of ownership but was nonetheless an enthusiastic owner, maintaining membership in and listing the car with the Classic Car Club of America for decades.

Mark Smith acquired the long-hidden Milsark 500 K in 2005 through what can only be described as one of his characteristic transactions, involving multiple cars and parties. He was undoubtedly pleased with the acquisition, which remained one of the great centerpieces of his collection ever after.

Retaining its original, numbers-matching chassis and engine per factory records, as well as the original typenschild on the firewall, the car remains startlingly original, never restored, and “improved” only as necessary over the years. Mr. Smith kept it much as he acquired it, with sensitivity towards preserving the condition in which it had been left by its long-term prior owner. At some point the bottoms of the front seats were replaced and covers were fit over the seat backs; the balance of the interior, including the door cards and rear seat, is that fitted at Sindelfingen in 1934. A 1955–1956 West Virginia DMV inspection sticker is even still intact on the windshield.

Mr. Smith exhibited his 500 K in the Prewar Preservation class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® in 2006, and at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in 2019, where it received an Amelia Award in the exclusive 500 K/540 K class. Due to its high degree of originality and fascinating history, it ought to be a welcome entrant into many other concours, recognizing what its longtime owners saw in it: a very special automobile, made only more so by its passage through time.

Mathieu Heurtault, courtesy of Gooding & Company.

#art #design #sporcar #sportcars #vintagecars #vintage car #Mercedes Benz #1934 #unrestored #mercedes-benz 500K #gooding&compagny #luxurycars #luxurycar #luxurylifestyle #history #style

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We’re two days away from the Amelia Island Concours this Sunday! Be sure to come say hello for our class of 10 cars, Fiberglass Dreams. Pictured here are the unique cars that make up our class this year. See you on the show field! . . . . #undiscoveredclassics #forgottenfiberglass #fiberglasscar #fiberglass #handbuilt #sportscar #sportscars #americansportscar #restoration #restorationproject #restorationcars #carrestoration #classiccar #classiccars #cars #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #vintagecars #customcars #carcheology #theamelia #ameliaislandconcours (at The Amelia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVVwMLL1d3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Laura and Jack Boyd Smith Jr. Win the Automobile Collector of the Year Award at Boca Raton

ELKHART, IN — The JBS Collection, located in Elkhart, Indiana, is pleased to announce that owners Laura and Jack Boyd Smith Jr. are the winners of the 2023 Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Automobile Collector of the Year award. The award coincided with the 16th annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance classic car extravaganza, Feb. 24-26 in Boca Raton, Florida. The JBS Collection, given the honor of showing 15 cars at the Boca Concours, also took home the Chairman Award for its 1933 Dodge Brothers H44 Tow Truck. Laura and Jack Boyd Smith Jr. featured several of the automobiles that have helped put The JBS Collection on the map in the world of classic automobiles; among them the 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible – originally-owned by Amelia Earhart and recently inducted into the National Historic Vehicles Register. The JBS Collection also presented a 1903 Clement 12/16 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau and a 1933 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron – of which less than 20 remain in existence – at Boca Raton Every single one of our cars comes with a pretty great story,” said Jack Boyd Smith Jr., “and my wife Laura and I are happy to serve as their custodians. We’re glad to be able to show them to the world and we’re so honored to have won the Automobile Collector of the Year award and the Chairman Award at Boca Raton. Most people who are collecting have been doing it for 20 or 30 or 40 years, or more...I’m a little over 10 years in, you could say I’m still catching up. So, we have a lot more work to do.” More work to do for The JBS Collection means more work for LaVine Restorations, Inc., of Nappanee, Indiana, which has partnered with The JBS Collection on many of its most delicate restorations, including Earhart’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible. LaVine Restorations, a leader in the restoration space with over 40 years in the industry, was honored at Boca Raton with the 2023 Restoration Company of the Year award. “It’s really been a unique partnership with them and I was happy to see LaVine Restorations get the award and be honored for the world-class work they do,” said Jack Boyd Smith Jr. "Vivian and Eric (LaVine) and their whole team have been incredible to work with over the years. It gives me so much pride knowing that, together, we’ve done some really great work. These types of awards don’t happen by accident.” It has been a steady build of momentum for The JBS Collection. At the 2022 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, March 22 at Amelia Island, Florida, its Earhart 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible won the Class Award for American Classics 1933-1948 and The Hagerty Youth Award for American Classics. In May 2022, at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, the Cord took Honorable Mention in (Class A) The Golden Age of Excellence: The Art Deco Era of Motor Car Design and it earned a special award for Most Sensitive Restoration.  On March 8, 2023, The Hagerty Drivers Foundation – in its collaboration with the Library of Congress – added the 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible to the National Historic Vehicles Register. Read more like this... Read the full article

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Sorry CSC FAM in the delay of sharing this weeks CorvetteToday Podcast as I do every Monday but my Families Health has me totally consumed as of late.

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In March of this year, your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, attended the unveiling of the three Cunningham Corvettes at the Amelia Island Concours.

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Steve recaps his weekend at Amelia Island and all the events that took place during the show!

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The Cunningham Corvettes were the hit of the entire weekend and you'll hear about the entire weekend on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.

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This is a really great Podcast so here you go #FAM 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼🎧

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/corvette-today/id1509138429?i=1000615659087

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The 20 Coolest Cars at the 2023 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Hundreds of incredibly expensive and beautiful automobiles gathered on the manicured grass of the Amelia Island golf course, and we tried our best to narrow it down to the top 20 works of art. . .

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Real 'Ferris Bueller' Ferrari sold for $18 million at Florida auction

And now you know why Cameron was in such trouble in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” An ultra-rare Ferrari like the replica that was famously kicked out of a window in the comedy classic has been auctioned for $18,040,000. The 1962 250 GT SWB California Spider was sold at the Gooding & Company event during Florida’s Amelia Island Concours collector car week celebration. As its name implies, the…

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Real 'Ferris Bueller' Ferrari sold for $18 million at Florida auction#Real #Ferris #Bueller #Ferrari #sold #million #Florida #auction

And now you know why Cameron was in such trouble in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” An ultra-rare Ferrari like the replica that was famously kicked out of a window in the comedy classic has been auctioned for $18,040,000. The 1962 250 GT SWB California Spider was sold at the Gooding & Company event during Florida’s Amelia Island Concours collector car week celebration. As its name implies, the…

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Not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 Enzo Ferraris in the same place. 🇮🇹

#thecargays #cars #car blog #autos #custom car #sports car #classic car #luxury car #supercar #hypercar #Enzo ferrari #Ferrari Enzo #ferrari #enzo #amelia island concours #Amelia island #the Amelia

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#1962 Chevrolet Corvette Styling Car #my photo #history #car show #automobile #classic car #vintage #amelia island concours d elegance #2012

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1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider

Enzo Ferrari sabía a quién vender coches para generar el mayor revuelo y controlar los precios necesarios para sostener sus esfuerzos en las carreras.

El 250 GT California Spider fue la encarnación de ese espíritu: un automóvil diseñado pensando en el mercado estadounidense y dirigido a la industria más glamorosa del mundo: Hollywood.

Número de chasis 3099 GT, el 250 GT que se muestra, salió de las instalaciones de Ferrari en febrero de 1962, con un acabado en el color Azzurro Metallizzato de pedido especial sobre tapicería de cuero Naturale Connolly Vaumol. El automóvil pasó de la sala de exhibición de Nueva York del importador Luigi Chinetti a California, donde se conducía diariamente antes de aterrizar en manos de Charles Betz y Fred Peters en 1972. El automóvil fue restaurado a un estándar Concours en 2004, recibió su certificación Ferrari Classishe en 2008, y ha estado dando vueltas en el circuito de espectáculos desde entonces.

El automóvil se subastará en las subastas de Amelia Island de Gooding & Co. en marzo de 2023.

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Marcella Gandini

Marcello Gandini was born on the 26th August 1938 and is an Italian car designer, known for his work with the automotive design house Gruppo Bertone, including his designs of the Lamborghini Miura, Countach, and the Lamborghini Diablo.

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Britain’s finest pre-war cars to wow at Concours of Elegance 2022

- Rarest, most significant pre-war British classics to star at Concours of Elegance from 2nd to 4th September 2022 - Held at Hampton Court Palace, the event will include a special 1920s Vauxhall, as well as the 4.5-litre Bentley it competed with in period - Show will also feature brace of exceptional Rolls-Royce ‘Silver Ghosts’, and ultra-rare Lagonda V12 Rapide - In total, nearly 1,000 vehicles will be on display across the weekend as further features are revealed in the coming weeks - The Concours of Elegance remains the UK’s top concours d’elegance and among the top three in the world - Tickets can be bought now from www.concoursofelegance.co.uk/tickets

The Concours of Elegance is delighted to reveal that this September’s automotive extravaganza will feature a selection of the very finest pre-war British motor cars.

The glamorous line-up - handpicked from the world’s leading car collections - will chart the progression of Britain’s innovative, resourceful marques during this fascinating era. The selection will star as part of a wider Concours display featuring 70 of the world’s rarest, most spectacular vehicles, assembled in the immaculate grounds of Hampton Court Palace from the 2nd to 4th September. The line-up of British machinery will include not one but two examples of the most famous Rolls-Royce of all, the remarkable Silver Ghost; an emblem of Edwardian engineering excellence, from a time when’s Britain led the automotive world. The ‘Ghost’, when launched to the world was a real engineering tour de force, renowned for its exceptional mechanical refinement and effortless power. From 1910 onwards the Ghost was equipped with a smooth, near silent – hence the ‘Ghost; name – 7.4-litre 50 hp straight-six, giving imperious performance and that left contemporary rivals firmly in its dust. The first Ghost that will be on show emerged from the factory on the 30th of August 1912; this grand, stately automobile will appear at Hampton Court Palace days after its 110th birthday. Chassis 2092 was a particularly lavish example, specified with a seven-passenger cabriolet body, its fittings in gleaming brass, rather than the usual nickel. It lived in the UK until the late 1940s, when it travelled by ship from Blackpool to Boston. It remained in the USA for some time, its enthusiast owners including Alex E. Ullman, founder of the famed Sebring 12 Hours race. It returned to the UK in 2001 when it was treated to a full restoration and fitted with an original Arthur Mulliner body - tracked down in Sweden. This wonderful Ghost has since competed with success at concours competitions including Pebble Beach and Amelia Island, whilst also touring extensively, covering 40,000 miles across the US and throughout Europe in recent years; a great car used as intended. The second Ghost that will grace Hampton Court later this year also left the factory in late 1912, fitted with a Tourer body by Arthur Mulliner of Northampton. It was a particularly special example – an exact duplicate of Chassis 1710, the famous Ghost that won the London to Edinburgh rally in 1911. The Ghost had such effortless power from the gargantuan 7-4-litre engine, that it was able to complete the entire 400-mile journey in top gear. The car that will be on show this September spent much of its early life north of the border, before also crossing the Atlantic in the mid 1950s. It was owned by a prominent member of the Rolls-Royce Owners Club, who replaced the Mulliner coachwork with a ‘Hooper Tourer’ body. It returned to the UK in 1989 and starred as part of marque experts P&A Wood’s Silver Ghost centenary celebrations. This September’s event will offer an excellent chance to examine this splendid brace of richly detailed Silver Ghosts up close – united 110 years after they rolled out of the factory – motor cars that rank among Britain’s greatest of all. The Concours of Elegance will also welcome the most revered Vauxhall of all this September, the 1925 30/98 Wensum Tourer. When new the high-performance, sporting car - known as the “King of Thoroughbreds” - was locked in fierce competition with the Bentley 4.5-litre. Launched back in 1913 as the 30/98 Velox, the model was upgraded in 1922 to become the ‘OE’, with a cutting-edge overhead valve engine. Performance was highly impressive, with over 100 mph possible. The car that will be on show at Hampton Court is the most special 30/98 variant, one of just 12 cars supplied with the ‘ultra-sporting’ Wensum body, the light weight of which gave them even more sprightly performance. With its dramatic V-shaped windshield, head-turning ‘boattail’ coachwork – inspiration for which was taken from contemporary speedboat design - the Wensum was among the most stylish cars of its day. Chassis OE259 is particularly striking with its gleaming chrome finish. It is believed to be one of just six surviving cars, and likely the most original of all, its interior largely unchanged since it left the Vauxhall factory nigh on 100 years ago. One of the last cars produced by the marque before its takeover by General Motors in 1926, the Vauxhall 30/98s retains a particular significance in British automotive history. These fine Edwardian motor cars are, particularly in ultra-rare Wensum Tourer form are highly coveted by collectors. Also lining up in the Palace grounds will be the 30/98’s aforementioned rival: the 4.5-litre W.O. Bentley. Bentley, founded in 1919, quickly developed a reputation for producing distinguished sporting cars, offering both 3-litre and 6 ½ litre machines to the moneyed elite. The 4 ½ litre was first introduced in 1927, effectively replacing the 3-litre car which had become outdated by the late ‘20s. The new model was more powerful than the 70 bhp 3-litre car, packing 110 bhp in ‘touring’ form, and 130 bhp in race trim. The 4 ½ litre – a powerful, sporting road car, was also highly effective as a competition machine, winning at the famous 24 hours of Le Mans on its debut in 1928. The example on show in under two months’ time will be a 1929 Vanden Plas Tourer model, formerly owned by Johnnie Green founder of the Bentley Drivers’ Club. Chassis DS3575 sat in storage for decades, before being sent for restoration at R.C. Moss in recent years. Great effort was made to ensure that it emerged from this process looking just as it did when it left the factory in 1929 - the restoration firm going so far as to track down and restore one of the original Rexine machines used for finishing the Bentley’s bodywork in period. This exceptional British motor car presents superbly, even retaining its original tool kit and owner’s handbook. Another fine example of British engineering, and one not to be missed. The fantastic array of pre-war British machinery will be capped off by a superb Lagonda V12 Rapide ‘Drop Head Coupe’, which was launched to the world in 1938 as conflict loomed over Europe. The Rapide V12 was introduced by Lagonda as a high-performance luxury grand-tourer, pitted against the dominant Alfa Romeo 2900, with the aim of setting new standards for the class. The ‘DHC’ - built on a shortened chassis - was a rakish de-facto two-seater, with only a small, removable rear bench behind the driver and passenger. Designed by Lagonda’s in-house designer, Frank Feely – who went on to work for Aston Martin - the Rapide DHC remains a strikingly beautiful car, offering an understated British take on the 1930s streamliner look. The elegant, reserved coachwork belied significant performance, with a fabulously smooth 180 bhp 4.5-litre V12 – designed by a certain W.O. Bentley – under the long bonnet; the Rapide V12 was as match for anything on the open roads of Europe. Such was the performance potential, that modified versions with lighter bodies competed at Le Mans, securing 3rd and 4th place in 1939. The Rapide V12 was also something of a technological tour de force, with independent front suspension and synchromesh for 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears. Unfortunately, production was short-lived; just 17 Rapide V12 DHCs were built before the disruption of war halted play in 1940. This particular car was completed in the September of 1939, just weeks after war broke out, and was soon exported to the United States, where it remained until 1989. On its return to the UK it was restored, and its V12 upgraded to effective Le Mans spec, with four carburettors and modified heads. September’s event will offer an opportunity to savour this stunning and exceptionally rare motor car from the very end of the pre-war era. These superb British motor cars and many more besides will be on show at this September’s glamourous event, assembled in the immaculate Palace grounds, with further star cars set to be announced in the coming weeks. Outside the main display of vehicles, the Concours of Elegance will assemble around 1,000 further cars in a series of special features and displays, as well as a live collector car auction by Gooding & Co. James Brooks-Ward, Concours of Elegance CEO, said: “we’re delighted to reveal the fabulous array of highly significant, pre-war British motor cars that will star at Hampton Court Palace in under two months’ time, adding to our already sensational line-up. The hand-picked selection will highlight the ingenuity, flair and irrepressible spirit that underpinned Britain’s automotive industry during the pre-war period. “The Concours of Elegance is renowned internationally for assembling the finest automobiles in existence, in the most spectacular of settings, and our tenth anniversary show will raise the bar once again; it really is going to be the ultimate automotive extravaganza.” Away from the automotive displays, Concours of Elegance will once again be an occasion of pure luxury, with champagne provided by Charles Heidsieck, picnics by Fortnum & Mason, and a collection of art, jewellery and fashion displays. Presenting Partner A. Lange & Söhne will once again showcase some of its most intricate timepieces. Tickets to the Concours of Elegance 2022 are available now from just £35 for half-day entry, with full three-course hospitality packages from £320. Tickets can be bought from concoursofelegance.co.uk/tickets General information: Iain Campbell, Thorough Events Ltd Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/concoursofelegance Twitter: www.twitter.com/ConcoursUK About the annual Concours of Elegance: Established in 2012, the inaugural Concours of Elegance was held within Windsor Castle to mark the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen’s reign. Organised by Thorough Events, the first Concours of Elegance set a new global benchmark for a classic car concours; winning prestigious awards in the process; unheard of for a ‘start-up’ event in its first year. The second Concours of Elegance was held in 2013 to equal fanfare at the historic Royal Palace of St James in London, with the widely acclaimed third Concours set in the stunning grounds of Hampton Court Palace in September 2014, before heading to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in 2015. Only cars of the highest calibre are invited to the Concours of Elegance, from all over the world, painstakingly selected by the Concours Steering Committee; a respected team of authoritative historic car experts. A key objective of the annual Concours of Elegance is to raise significant sums for charity. www.concoursofelegance.co.uk Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace is cared for by Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that also looks after the Tower of London, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. We help everyone explore the story of how monarchs and people have shaped society, in some of the greatest palaces ever built. We raise all our own funds and depend on the support of our visitors, members, donors, sponsors and volunteers. With the exception of Hillsborough Castle, these palaces are owned by The Queen on behalf of the nation, and we manage them for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Registered charity number 1068852. For more information, visit www.hrp.org.uk. Read the full article