Pod Rods: Everything you wanted to know about the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
The 20th annual Amelia had legendary cars and racing heroes, plus millions sold at auctions
This weekend's Pod Rods is the annual mega-recap of the region's most elaborate and elegant car event - last weekend's Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and all of the activities surrounding it.
We have an expanded video that takes you around the 20th annual concours field before and during; an inside look at the huge auctions - RM Sotheby's at the concours; Gooding & Company at the Omni; the new Bonhams auction at the Fernandina Beach Golf Course; and Hollywood Wheels' auctions at the Omni. We'll follow the concours classic car road tour on March 13. We'll check out the unveiling of a new Lamborghini; and we will watch how one collector brought his Lancia rally cars to the show.
Plus, we have an expanded story on the concours, some news notes on some volunteer awards and an auction for charity, and the winners list.
It's all, and we mean ALL, in Pod Rods:
Here's the news notes:
-- The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance received coverage all over the place, especially in the Times-Union and Jacksonville.com. But despite all the hoopla over Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear website had a lot of coverage of events as well as a great photo of Sir Stirling Moss and the 26 cars he raced, all lined up behind him. Bill Warner got on a ladder to shoot it on the day before the Sunday Concours, and it's just one of the news notes on Top Gear's web page two day's later - see the screen grab here.
While the concours is over, three days of elegant automobiles at multiple events, plus auction action and lots of classics rolling down Nassau County Roads were part of it. Here's more on what happened:
-- The concours kicked off with its annual Passport Transport Eight Flags Road Tour on Friday morning, concours honoree Sir Stirling Moss riding shotgun in British publisher Simon Taylor's HWM Chevrolet Stovebolt Special. It started out as an Alta-engined Formula 2 car driven by Moss in 1950, then was modified with a small block Chevrolet V-8 in 1955. Taylor, who just wrote a biography of Moss, said Moss was game enough to go with him in the rain.
"I know everything that car has done, starting of course with Moss," he said. "... He was happy at 85 to sit in the extremely small passenger seat in this car with no windscreen. He ended up in the Lincoln Continental, but that was because it started to pour with rain. He's a real trooper. He sat there holding his hat."
About 35 concours registered cars ran, including Steve Duba's 1957 Continental Mark II. The tour started in the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island driveway, then ended with a public display on Centre Street in downtown Fernandina Beach. Check out our exclusive Road Tour video.
-- Multiple awards were presented at Mercedes-Benz's concours' formal dinner on Saturday night in front of 750 guests. Mercedes' "What Drives You" volunteer award went to concours historian George Phillips and his wife Vicki, co-chair of the Will-Call committee. The Lee Iacocca Award went to Arturo and Deborah Keller. The Spirit of the Hobby Award went to Don Williams.
-- The concours has raised more than $2.5 million for charities since its 1996 beginning, going to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Spina Bifida of Jacksonville and other agencies. Some of that is raised by the auction of each year's poster art as well as paintings and other automotive goodies. This year, the auction of those items during the Saturday night dinner raised a total of $126,000 after very spirited bidding. That included $15,000 apiece for two scale models of Moss' 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 that took him to his first Formula 1 victor, done by Amalgam Fine Car Models. Moss autographed both. Hector Bergandi's painting of Moss, which was the event poster, was sold for $32,000 with autograph, while Bill Patterson's painting of Moss in his Mille Miglia Mercedes sold for $14,000. A unique tour of Ford, Chrysler's and General Motor's design studios went for $50,000.
-- This year's concours had a display called Hot Rods, East Meets West, pitting cars customized by those on both coasts. Two cars in that display appeared on United States Postal Service Hot Rod commemorative stamps issued on June 6. And in honor of the Amelia concours, the postal service issued a special stamped commemorative envelope on Sunday with the stamps - a red Bob McGee roadster owned by collector Bruce Meyer, and a flamed black Deuce high-boy built by Vern Tardel and now owned by Mark Graham. Those stamped and cancelled envelopes sold out quickly.
-- During the huge Saturday "Cars & Coffee at the Concours" show on the concours' fairways, BMW of North America honored the 40th anniversary of its 1975 victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring with a special design on its Z4 GTLM race car. And the red, white and blue paint job also honored the car that won in '75 - the 1975 IMSA 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" To add to the honor, as current driver Bill Auberlein drove the race car onto the field, he was joined by 1975 driver Brian Redman in the No. 25 "Batmobile."
"I makes me feel like it was 40 years ago because it was a great year, 1975 and 1976, with the CSL, and the Sebring race in '75 was the second race for the new BMW Motorsport North America and it was a great win," Redman said. "At the end the battery was going down the alternator was going down and I was running without lights except past the pits with about 20 minutes to go."
"It's so much history ... and you are next to guys that made these colors what they are; they made the history we are just trying to live up to," Auberlein added. "Going to Sebring on the 40th anniversary with the same livery and the same numbers he won with, there are some big shoes we have to fill."
Redman was joined on the weekend by 1975 team drivers Sam Posey and Hans Stuck, plus BMW Motorsport Manager Jochen Neerpasch and current BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. The new car races this weekend at Sebring.
-- The third annual Festivals of Speed classic and exotic car show at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation's Oak Marsh Golf Course saw about 140 classics and current exotic cars on display. But the ones that gathered the most attention from the crowds that visited the Saturday show were a 2015 Pagani Huyara supercar with its 730-hp Mercedes-AMG V-12 on display, surrounded by a carbon fiber skin with hand-made luggage in special side bins. Price tag - $1.5 million, with a near-231-mph top speed. Nearby, dual 1,004-hp Koenigsegg CCXR models were on display, along with a classic Jeep dragster, multiple Ferraris, Lamborghinis and McLarens, and some historic classics.
-- The Times-Union/Jacksonville.com team was all over the concours, its events and auctions that occurred all weekend. So go to Jacksonville.com to see multiple photo galleries as well as Dan Scanlan's video walk around of the Sunday concours, plus his looks at the road tour, all four auctions, Lamborghini Aventador SV unveil and the unique way The Campion Collection's four Lancia rally cars got to the concours - ferry and Florida A1A.
Here's our weekly car events calendar:
Florida events:
? Third annual Crestwood Car and Truck Show - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Crestwood Nursing Home, 501 S. Palm Ave. in Palatka. Free for spectators and $10 per show vehicle.
? Car Show - Starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at Townies Pizzeria at 819 TJ Courson Road in Fernandina Beach. Free for spectators and display vehicles.
? Show 'N Shine - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Penney Farms retirement community at 2 North Pavilion Place, off Florida 16.
? 2015 Runabout In The Royal District - 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, on U.S. 17 in downtown Kingsland. Free for spectators and $25 per show vehicle day of show.
? Beach Boulevard Flea Market Car and Truck Show - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at 11041 Beach Blvd. Free for spectators and $20 per show vehicle.
? Saturday Night at the Jesup Drive-In - 2 p.m. on Saturday. Organized by the group that handles the monthly Historic Springfield Cruise-in, participants will cruise from the Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot at 550969 U.S. 1 in Hilliard, then head to the Jesup Drive-In at 3686 Savannah Highway. Participants will have a 3:30 p.m. meal at Hungry Hillbilly's Grill at 340 Northview Drive in Jesup, then see classic films at the drive-in. Information: facebook.com/events/878211012199591.
? Jaguar Car Club of North Florida Great Dixie British Car Rallye - 10 a.m. Saturday March 28 from the shopping center at 500 Kingsley Ave. in Orange Park. Registration is $30, open to British cars only. The rally will last about two hours with four checkpoints. Information -www.jccnf.org.
Cruise-ins:
? Informal cruise-in - 7 to 9 a.m. every Saturday at Krispy Kreme, 11117 San Jose Blvd. in Mandarin.
? Clay County Cruzers - 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Your Pie at 1545 County Road 220 on Fleming Island.
??Sunshine State Chevelles - 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Auction Direct at 6400 Blanding Blvd. in Jacksonville.
??Amelia Cruizers - 4 to 7 p.m. on the third and fifth Saturdays at Dicks Wings at 474313 Florida 200 in Fernandina Beach.
Georgia cruise-ins:
? Southeast Georgia Car and Truck Club cruise-ins - 6 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at Sonic, 395 Charlie Smith Senior Highway, St. Marys; and 6 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Millhouse Steakhouse, 1215 East King Ave. in Kingsland, next to Interstate 95.
? Bike Enthusiasts show - 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Cavagnaro's restaurant, 1810 South Georgia Parkway W. in Waycross.
? Zaxby's Car Show - 6 to 9 p.m. the third Saturday of every month at Zaxby's, 2316 Memorial Drive in Waycross.
Please send information on car shows, cruise-ins, and automotive and motorcycle events to dan.scanlan@jacksonville.com or Dan Scanlan, Florida Times-Union, 1 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32202.
Now here's an expanded look at all that happened at last Sunday's concours, by Dan Scanlan/dan.scanlan@jacksonville.com
Hundreds of classic cars and motorcycles filled the spaces between thousands of fans at Sunday's 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, some dating back a century or more while others looked like they had just pitted from some hot racing laps.
British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss was there with 26 of the cars that he raced in his 14-year (1948-1962) career in Formula 1, rallying and sports cars. The 1996 honoree, he returned in style, driving his No. 722 Mille Miglia-winning Mercedes-Benz 300SLR with concours founder/chairman Bill Warner in the navigator seat through the field. After his wife, Susie Moss, helped him out with a quip that "it's easier than getting out of the W-196," Moss said the 20th anniversary show, with 26 of his race cars, was "fantastic.".
"It's absolutely magic, the whole atmosphere," said Moss, 84. "It's a friendly meeting to come to and I look forward to another 20 years."
Simon Taylor, British collector, publisher and author of "Stirling Moss: My Racing Life," agreed. He said the Amelia attracts wonderful cars to a "laid-back, friendly atmosphere."
"This event has been the dream of one man. Bill [Warner] is the driving force behind it. I have never been to an event like this," Taylor said "... It is extraordinary what he has achieved. Pebble Beach is an event you ought to go to. Amelia Island is an event you want to go to"
Warner created the concours in 1996, the first event hosting 163 classic cars and about 2,000 visitors on two fairways on the Golf Club of Amelia Island. Now more than 325 classic cars and motorcycles were displayed, a daunting job for him, his staff of 7 and more than 500 volunteers.
"It is an intense weekend. I don't think anybody can understand how much pressure is on you when you are rolling the dice on the weather. That's the biggest thing," Warner said. "I don't worry about the cars or the themes. they come together with big support from Mercedes-Benz. Where else will you see three W-196s?"
Moss's 300SLR joined his W196 "Monoposto" Grand Prix car from the 1955 season and his 1955 W196 streamliner from the Indianapolis Motorway Museum. The collection of cars that Moss raced also includes the "7-day Jaguar XK120, " which he and a team of drivers drove for seven days and averaged more than 100 mph.
Giovanni Marcelli owns the first Maserati 200 SI. Built in 1956, it was driven by Moss and other great drivers of the period. Displayed in bare alloy, the Fantuzzi-designed body shows the careful hammer marks that formed each curve and the weld marks that assembled it.
"Looking at the car, you see the lines and see a true racer the way a racing car should be kept with the marvelous history of Moss, Farina, Taruffi, Behra; all driving the car and winning races," the Toronto man said. "It is a wonderful feeling and Sir Moss is a splendid gentleman who represents the motoring world extremely well."
Many British cars were among the Moss display, like a sleek magnesium-skinned 1958 Vanwall VW5 that won three Formula 1 races with him at the helm. It is now owned by The Revs Institute in Naples, Fl.
"This particular car helped Stirling capture the championship for Vanwall after the Italian Grand Prix in Monza," Revs Institute VP Scott George said. "It was designed by Frank Costin to have a really low frontal area and for as big as it looks, it is quite aerodynamic."
Another of his race cars started out as a 1950 HWM (Hersham and Wolton Motors) Formula 2 car driven by a 20-year-old Moss to his first Formula 1 victory in Italy. Then he was leading the Naples Grand Prix when a back-marker hit him and caused a crash, said Taylor, its current owner.
"Stirling hit a tree and knocked out his front teeth, his first bad accident," Taylor said. "When I bought the car 50-odd years later, I called him up and said 'Stirling, I just bought the car that you crashed.' He said 'Jolly good show, boy. Have a look under the seat and you will probably find my front teeth.'"
The car ended up in Kirk Douglas' 1954 film, "The Racers," then American Tom Carstens rebuilt it in 1955 with a 5-liter Chevrolet V-8 and disc brakes. Called the Stovebolt Special, Taylor said he's kept it as it was with cycle fenders and a tiny cockpit.
Other famous British racers were back at the concours as guests and judges.
Brian Redman, who won three Formula 5000 championships, an IMSA Camel GT title and countless other races in his career, has been to every Amelia. He was also there to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his 1975 win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, his BMW 3.0 CSL on display.
"It's amazing. Literally every year it's gotten bigger and there's no question that this is the biggest ever," he said. "That [Sebring] was really only the second race for the new BMW Motorsport in 1975 and it was a fantastic win."
Peter Brock, who helped design the iconic 1963 Corvette, designed the six Cobra Daytona Coupe race cars and owned the BRE Datsun team in the 1970s, has also judged at Amelia all 20 years, this year doing the racing Corvettes.
"It is a world class show and people come from all over to participate and to spectate and you can see from the size of the crowd that it encompasses all interests," Brock said. "It is still the most interesting car guy show as compared to the formality of a place like Pebble Beach... This is still the most fun."
Best in Show/Concours de Sport was a long and lean 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Short Chassis Zagato Spider owned by David Sydorick of Beverly Hills. It had a powerful Vittorio Jano-designed supercharged straight eight engine, while the two-seater had not a single straight line in its sweeping fenders.
"This car is the only created like this where the front wing runs all the way back and theoretically never gets flat," Sydorick said. "It is the most unmolested 8C Zagato in the world. It was owned by its previous owner for 55 years."
Best in Show/Concours d'Elegance was the stunning black-over-white 1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster owned by Ed Schoenthaler of Oak Brook, IL. It also won the Ford/E.T. Gregorie Trophy for Enduring Styling Exercise. This was the legendary designer's first automotive project, with custom gauges, sleek fenders, no running boards, a subtle tail fin and elegant slim Woodlite headlights. Stevens kept it until his death in 1995, and Ed and Judy Schoenthaler bought and restored it.
"It is the only one ever built," he said. "... The windscreen, the entire dashboard, the fenders are skirted with no running boards. The fin is probably the first fin on a U.S. car. There were many other design changes. The only thing the same as on the original would be the doors."
Concours d'Elegance is French for "parade of elegance," and there were certainly some elegant shapes at the concours.
Best in Class in the BMW 327/328 class was Oscar Davis' 1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia, while a classic white 1937 328 owned by Dirk and Alexandra de Groen of Coral Gables was used during the Fashion Group International vintage fashion show. The second-oldest 328 in existence, it was fully restored in 2012.
"I had my car in Europe and when I heard about this event, I said I have to get it here," Dirk de Groen said. "It drives very nice. It is a whole different experience in a car like that.... It is very raw in driving but it handles very well."
One of the oldest cars there was The Nethercutt Collection's tiny 1901 Toledo Steam Carriage, built by the American Bicycle Co. and powered by a 6-hp steam engine. The collection also brought an imposing black 1913 Mercedes Model 37/95, with a 9.6-liter, 95-hp 4-cylinder engine and a 70-mph top speed. Collection staff member Dave Ritter said it was an expensive car at $8,000 back then.
"It was the fastest production car available in 1913. It's not supercharged. It looks like it. It has four outside exhaust pipes," Ritter said. "It has dual chain drive, which all the super powerful cars at the time had because they hadn't perfected shaft drive yet."
San Francisco's massive Academy of Art University collection brought its newest acquisition - an imposing 1931 Minerva AL Convertible Sedan. It has a 130-hp/6.6-liter inline eight and was built for New York socialite Henry Bagley with an American Rollston-design body. Past president Richard Stephens was so pleased to be able to show it at Amelia.
"I think it is damn good," Stephens said. "I was here years ago and it was lovely and I was happy to come to this. I think it is very prestigious."
The Amelia is known for having some fun classes, and this year's included Cars of the Cowboys, many of the rides owned by TV and movie cowboys had pistols and rifles as accessories, plus lots of horns, the ones on Leo (Pancho in "The Cisco Kid") Carillo's 1948 Chrysler Town and Country still attached to a bull's head.
Lee Munder wasn't even done with his restoration of cowboy star Buck Jones' 1930 Cadillac CV Roadster, but Warner said bring it anyway. It has a high rounded nose with massive grill, twin blade bumpers, wing-like running boards, triple fins on back and a full cowhide interior and may have been Harley Earl's first finned car, long before he headed GM's car design studio. It also periodically whinnied like a horse.
During this period, Hollywood stars were sort of outdoing each other with big beautiful Duesenbergs," Munder said. "Buck came to him and said 'I want a really cool car and I want it to be imposing.' He got him to build this on a Cadillac limousine chassis. He stuck the fins on, which sort of shocked everyone."
Nashville's Lane Motor Museum brought another oddity from Nashville - a recreation of famed architect Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion. Recreating the first of three built between 1933 and 1934, the three-wheeled teardrop-shaped 4-seater has a Ford Flathead V-8 in back, front-wheel-drive and rear-wheel-steer. Only one remains and it doesn't run. So museum president Jeff Lane, who has brought propeller-powered cars to the Amelia in the past, said they decided to build one. That took eight years, then they drove it 600 miles to the concours.
"We are into unique and different cars and we have a lot of streamlined cars," Lane said. "If we want one for the collection, the only choice is to build a replica. But we wanted to build one you could drive so people can see it go down the road and get rides."
Four Lancias - a 1969 Fulvia, 1975 Stratos, 1983 037 and 1988 Delta Integrale - from the Jacksonville-based Campion Collection were part of a World Rally Car display, owner John Campion talking with Indy 500 winner Danny Sullivan Sunday morning.
"So far I am just blown away. It is so impressive, and I live in Pebble Beach and we have all the shows out there," Sullivan said. "What I like about it is here everything is so focused and concentrated and almost built around the Ritz."
Campion and his friends drove the four Lancias to Amelia from his Southside museum, a journey you can see on Jacksonville.com. On Sunday, he called the sight "unbelievable" as he looked at his cars on a hill facing a row of rally cars, all bringing back memories of 1978 and his teenage days in Ireland watching rallying.
"I'm 15 and I'm in a forest; I hear a screaming car coming around a corner and it's a Lancia Stratos," Campion said. "Here we are 37 years later and I have four championship cars on the lawn at one of the best concours in the world. It's fantastic!"
Hot Rods: East meets West had 1940's and 1950's classic rods from either coast around a lake, with more recent Ken Ullman's Posies Aeroliner and Eric Zausner's Moal Coachworks Falcon in the center, parked atop a center platform.
Ullman's 2005 Aeroliner has a long 139-inch wheelbase, chopped convertible top and a streamlined European tail, with a 525-hp Roush427R V-8 under its long hood. Ullman said it's "a privilege" to be part of this rare hot rod display at any concours.
"We are getting accepted with open arms; everybody is giving me the accolades that the car deserves," he said. "All Ford have short hoods. So when I put this together, I liked everything about Fords except short hoods, so I decided to lengthen it."
The hot rods from the United States Postal Service's Hot Rod commemorative stamps will be part of the display: Bruce Meyer's red 1932 Bob McGee Ford Roadster and Mark Graham's black High Boy. Meyer's rod was the first highboy to grace the cover of "Hot Rod" magazine in 1948, and it won The Glasurit Award For The Most Historically Significant Hot Rod.
Meyer, a longtime collector, was amazed at the creative collection assembled by Warner.
"The idea of doing East meets West hot rods; in the 10 years of hot rodding, it's never been done before," Meyer said. "This car was the first hot rod on a U.S. postage stamp and that is what we are celebrating today. ... It is a very iconic hot rod with many, many first-time innovations like hidden door hinges."
Jacksonville collector Dan Davis brought Phil Remington's 1946 single-seat racer, the kind of car that birthed the hot rod movement. Built out of Ford Model A parts by the then 19-year-old Remington, it ran on Muroc and Harpers dry lake beds. Stolen in the late 1940s, it was never seen again until Webb Automotive Art built this replica that Davis now owns.
"The tail as it is now is the original configuration. ... He put a typical tail on it and the car was six mph faster," Davis said. "It was stolen out of his parents' garage when somebody convinced them that Phil had given them the OK to take his car and run it on the salt flats."
A long snaking line of cars from the Stutz (1911-1935) Motor Company were on the east side of the show field, from two of the company's land speed record cars to luxuriously powerful touring cars.
Stutz was the Cobra or Corvette of its day, Warner said. One of the oldest was Tallahassee's J.C. and Judy O'Steen's white 1914 Stutz that raced in that year's Indy 500. Both wore white leather helmets, goggles and racing suits.
"It's just an awesome car and we have had a lot of fun with it," J.C. O'Steen said. "I love it [the class]. I think Stutz is a great old American marque and it is all-American."
Next to it, a sleek recreation of Frank Lockhart's 1928 Stutz Blackhawk Streamliner that set a land speed record on Daytona Beach, then killed its driver in a latter record attempt when a tire blew on the sand. Greg Schneider is the caretaker for the Lattin Racing Museum silver bullet, with two Miller Indycar engines under its louvered bonnet.
"In a practice run, it probably did 225 mph," Schneider said. "... On a run approaching 190 mph he hit a sharp clamshell which cut the tire, caused him to lose control The car barrel rolled and flipped over and he was thrown out of the car and literally thrown right to his wife's feet."
Corky Coker, of the Coker classic tire company, had his highly original 1914 Stutz Bearcat. Wearing an iconic yellow paint with black stripes, its two bucket seats sitting high in the airstream behind a massive 390 cu. in. 60-hp straight-4 engine.
"It is a wonderful cars and we have really enjoyed it," Coker said. "It is just a fun car and an icon of its time. It was the sports car for its teen era. I have to have a fast car to shuffle around my sweetheart wife."
Nearby, Malcolm Appleton showed off a petite light blue 1932 MG F1 Magna, its short curved tail and white side stripe showing some Italian influence. No surprise - London's Frederick Stiles imported and raced Alfa Romeos at the time and designed this car, one of 30.
"Five of the original body/chassis exist," Appleton said. "This is the only one in North America."
The MG was next to a few real Alfas including Sydorick's.
The mid-engine Porsche 914 collection had some Brumos Racing versions plus Ferdinand Piech's personal 914-8 with a 300-hp 908 engine in it. Among classic 1950's Italian and German sports cars was Axel and L. Hanko Rosenblad's sleek blue 1958 AC Aceca coupe. This Yulee-based car's convertible version was the basis for the legendary AC Cobra, but the coupe was sleeker and had a Bristol engine.
"This is basically an original car and it has not been restored," Hanko Rosenblad said. "... The Bristol engine is highly desirable in the Aceca and AC."
Nearby, one of the legendary cars raced by brewery magnate Augie Pabst - a 1959 Bocar done in owner Harry Heuer's famous Meister Brauser Team's blue color with a small block Chevrolet under the hood. Doug Karon is one of its owners, showing it with an original-style helmet.
"This was the first car of the Meister Brau team and all the cars later, the Scarabs, were also painted like this," he said. "... It was very quick. His bragging point was 0- to 60-mph in 4 seconds and 200-mph, which nobody believed."
McKeel Hagerty's 1966 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 is an original car with 15,000 miles on it, complete with original interior and paint. It received an Amelia Award in the 1965-1974 Sports and GT Cars class.
"It is an absolute time capsule to 48 years of its life," Hagerty said.
Orphan Concept Cars of the 1950s and early 1960s is another class, representing "the future that never came" like the 1963 Pontiac X-400, DeSoto Adventurer II and Chevrolet Corvette Corvair, built in 1954 for GM's Motorama show.
With ribbed inlets on the hood and a jet fighter-inspired tapered tail, the ruby red Corvair is an exact replica of the long-gone original built by Brett Henderson for Michael Terry.
"Everything we made on here except the front fenders," the Indiana man said. "... People don't know what it is. They see where it says Corvair but they have never heard of it."
Even sleeker was Paul Gould's 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II, with its jet exhaust-like taillights and low red shape. Designed by Ghia of Turin, it has a 271-cu.in. Hemi V-8 and a retractable rear window.
"It's all styling; gorgeous styling," Gould said. "You are coming back to the era of jet propulsion."
Another eclectic class was the Forgotten Fiberglass cars - sleek niche cars made from fiberglass with sleek European styling, like the 1954 Woodill Woodfire, 1964 LaDawri Daytona and Tim Suddard's Tornado Typhoon. Only 300 Typhoons were made, and this one was found in boxes and rebuilt by Suddard and his Classic Motorsports magazine crew with its British Ford 4-cylinder engine intact.
"It was very used bits," Suddard said. "This was a car anybody could buy. People didn't buy this because they liked it better than a Ferrari. people bought this because they couldn't afford a real sports car."
This year's motorcycle class had bikes with streamlined fairings that raced on Daytona Speedway's high banks, including three from California collector Gordon McCall. One of his favorites was the 1974 Yamaha TZ700A, which dominated the Formula 750 Class.
"The guys that rode these things were a whole other breed. Out of my respect for that and that generation, that draws me to them," McCall said. "There was an 11-year period of time that if you were not riding a TZ750, you were not going to win."
Crowds got an earful from some of the three classes of Ferraris, hearing the snarl of the 1964 Ferrari F-158 owned by the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and watching the Ferrari 375 4.5-liter Formula 1 Grand Prix car that Alberto Ascari ran at the Indy 500 snarl and spin its tires as it headed up for an award. Nearby, Jacksonville resident Rodolfo Junco de la Vega's just-restored bright yellow Ferrari 275 GTS. He found it in 1975, badly burned with a seized engine and missing parts.
"It is the first one ever produced; the prototype, serial no. 001," de la Vega said. "... It took me 10 years to get it exact."
There was also a separate class for the Chrysler Town and Country sedans, convertibles and station wagons, all recognizable by the glossy ash wood-grained sides that were part of the structure and not just glued on. Loren Huber's gleaming red 1947 sedan is 66,000-miles-old, and he posed with it in a vintage suit, wide-brimmed hat and diamond-encrusted walking stick.
"I am an eclectic car collector and I have about a dozen cars, and I have always felt this design is one of the most elegant," the Macungi, Pa. man said. "Of cars from the '40s, this is probably the most striking car."
On Friday and Saturday, the Festivals of Speed comes to the Omni Amelia Island Plantation at 6800 First Coast Highway, proceeds to benefit Communities In Schools of Nassau County. The 11-year-old group showcases exotic automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft, yachts and luxury products at festivals in Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg and Amelia Island. During its classic and exotic car show at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, about 220 cars were seen by an estimated 6,000 people at the at the Oak Marsh Golf Course and hotel, organizer Joe Sabbatini said.
He said the event has grown in three years.
"It's really developed and grown and will mature. The third year is the charm," Sabbatini said. "Our target is to always have the major new supercars because that is my niche. But we always have at least 40 percent vintage cars because we love them all."
The display included Maseratis, Ferraris, a chrome-wrapped Jaguar E-Type, multiple muscle cars, a 2015 Pagani Huyara and two Koenigsegg CCXRs as well as a row of vintage Volkswagen microbuses and a 1914 LaFrance Speed Car.
And here are the winners:
2015 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
? Ritz-Carlton Best in Show - Concours de Sport
1932 Alfa Romeo 8-c 2300 Zagato Spider
David Sydorick - Beverly Hills, CA
? Ritz-Carlton Best in Show - Concours d'Elegance
1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster
Ed and Judy Schoenthaler Collection - Oak Brook, IL
? Best in Class - American Classic (1932 - 1934)
1933 Packard 1005 Coupe
Laura and Jack B. Smith, Jr. - Elkhart, IN
Amelia Award - American Classic (1932 - 1934)
1934 Packard 1107 Coupe Roadster
David and Lorie Greenberg - Hewlett Harbor, NY
Amelia Award - American Classic (1932 - 1934)
1932 Packard 903 Deluxe 8
The Kurtz Brothers - Ridgefield, CT
? Best in Class - American Classic (1935 - 1941)
1937 Cord 812 SC Cabriolet
Wellington and Janet Morton - St. Johns, FL
Amelia Award - American Classic (1935 - 1941)
1937 Packard 1508
David and Linda Kane - Bernardsville, NJ
Amelia Award - American Classic (1935 - 1941)
1935 Packard V-12 Model 1207
Gallery 260 Limited - Toronto, ON, Canada
? Best in Class - American Classic (Pre 1932)
1930 Pierce-Arrow Waterhouse Convertible Victoria
Terence E. Adderley - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Amelia Award - American Classic (Pre 1932)
1930 Packard 745 Roadster
Bob and Gitte Thayer - Atlanta, GA
Amelia Award - American Classic (Pre 1932)
1929 Ruxton Sedan
Tampa Bay Automobile Museum - Pinellas Park, FL
? Best in Class - American Production
1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk
Joe and Betsy Parsons - Raleigh, NC
Amelia Award - American Production
1958 Cadillac Fleetwood
Jean and Donald Ghareeb - Birmingham, AL
? Best in Class - Bentley
1947 Bentley Mark VI Franay Drophead Coupe
Orin and Stephanie Smith - Vero Beach, FL
Amelia Award - Bentley
1950 Bentley Mark VI Hooper Coupe
Fred and Donna Kriz - Monaco
? Best in Class - BMW 327/328
1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia
Oscar Davis - Elizabeth, NJ
Amelia Award - BMW 327/328
1937 BMW 328
Dirk and Alexandra de Groen - Coral Gables, FL
? Best in Class - Cars of Stirling Moss
1956 Maserati 300S
Lawrence Auriana - Greenwich, CT
Amelia Award - Cars of Stirling Moss
1957 Maserati 450S
Bruce R. McCaw - Bellevue, WA
Amelia Award - Cars of Stirling Moss
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
Craig and Susan McCaw - Santa Barbara, CA
? Best in Class - Cars of the Cowboys
1948 Chrysler Town and Country Convertible
Arturo and Deborah Keller - Petaluma, CA
Amelia Award - Cars of the Cowboys
1937 Cord SC 812 Phaeton
Bob and Pat White - Scottsdale, AZ
? Best in Class - Chrysler Town and Country
1947 Chrysler Town and Country Sedan
Loren Hulber - Macungie, PA
Amelia Award - Chrysler Town and Country
1941 Chrysler Town and Country
Peter Heydon - Ann Arbor, MI
? Best in Class - Corvette Racecars (1968 - 1972)
1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88
Shannon and Ted Skokos - Dallas, TX
Amelia Award - Corvette Racecars (1968 - 1972)
1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88
Irwin Kroiz - Ambler, PA
? Best in Class - Duesenberg
1930 Duesenberg J-246
Sam and Emily Mann - Englewood, NJ
Amelia Award - Duesenberg
1935 Duesenberg SJN-564
Bill and Barbara Parfet - Hickory Corners, MI
? Best in Class - European Custom Coachwork
1931 Minerva AL Convertible Sedan
Academy of Art University - San Francisco, CA
Amelia Award - European Custom Coachwork
1938 Mercedes-Benz 320 A Cabriolet
Rosner Motorsports - Fredericksburg, VA
Amelia Award - European Custom Coachwork
1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25
Tom and Mary Jo Heckman - Newtown Square, PA
? Best in Class - Ferrari Formula 1
1964 Ferrari F-158
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum - Birmingham, AL
Amelia Award - Ferrari Formula 1
1975 Ferrari 312T
Griot's Garage - Tacoma, WA
Amelia Award - Ferrari Formula 1
1952 Ferrari Formula One 375 Indianapolis
Lammot J. du Pont - McLean, VA
? Best in Class - Ferrari GT (Closed)
1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Prototipo Superfast II
The Herrington Collection - Bow, NH
Amelia Award - Ferrari GT (Closed)
1954 Ferrari 250 Europa GT
Jaime and CeCe Muldoon - Guadalajara, Mexico
Amelia Award - Ferrari GT (Closed)
1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
Joe Dash - Williamsville, NY
? Best in Class - Ferrari GT (Open)
1961 Ferrari 250 PF Cabriolet
The Marsico Collection - Englewood, CO
? Best in Class - Forgotten Fiberglass
1954 Woodill Wildfire Series II
Richard D. Foster and Jeanette D. Foster - Potterville, MI
Amelia Award - Forgotten Fiberglass
1964 LaDawri Daytona
James and Margaret Walker - Hume, VA
Amelia Award - Forgotten Fiberglass
1955 Woodill Wildfire
The Joan and Ted Griffin Family - Houston, TX
? Best in Class - Horseless Carriage (1895 - 1915)
1904 Oldsmobile 6-C
John and Elizabeth Garnett - Spotsylvania, VA
Amelia Award - Horseless Carriage (1895 - 1915)
1911 International Harvester J-30
Robert Farris - Canton, GA
? Best in Class - Horseless Carriage (40+ Horsepower)
1913 Mercedes 37/95
Helen and Jack Nethercutt - The Nethercutt Collection - Sylmar, CA
Amelia Award - Horseless Carriage (40+ Horsepower)
1908 Daimler TC48
Longfield Family - Burlington, ON, Canada
Amelia Award - Horseless Carriage (40+ Horsepower)
1912 Thomas Flyer Roadster
David Coker - Chattanooga, TN
? Best in Class - Hot Rods, East
1934 Ford 3 W Coupe
William and Ellen Couch - Washington, MI
Amelia Award - Hot Rods, East
1932 Ford Roadster (Fred Steele)
3 Dog Garage - Boyertown, PA
Amelia Award - Hot Rods, East
1932 Ford Hot Rod
Ron Stetter - Longwood, FL
? Best in Class - Hot Rods, West
1929 Ford Dick Flint Roadster
Donald Bernstein - Clarks Summit, PA
Amelia Award - Hot Rods, West
1932 Ford Ray Brown Roadster
Margie and Robert E. Petersen Collection - Los Angeles, CA
Amelia Award - Hot Rods, West
1932 Ford Roadster
The Galpin Motors Collection - North Hills, CA
Best in Class - Mercedes-Benz
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet
Craig Kappel Collection - Chatham, MA
Amelia Award - Mercedes-Benz
1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
Larry Page - Richmond, VA
Amelia Award - Mercedes-Benz
1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL
Christian and Connie Nast - Hartland, VT
? Best in Class - Motorcycles
1974 Ducati 750SS
Jim and Sharon Dillard - Richmond, VA
Amelia Award - Motorcycles
1952 Vincent Black Shadow "Special"
Somer Hooker Collection - Brentwood, TN
Amelia Award - Motorcycles
1954 Parilla Bialbero Speciale 250 Factory Racer
Jim and Sharon Dillard - Richmond, VA
? Best in Class - Orphan Concepts
1954 Mercury XM-800
The Richard H. Driehaus Collection - Chicago, IL
Amelia Award - Orphan Concepts
1963 Pontiac Grand Prix X-400
Bill Schoening and Al Eichelberger - Tucson, AZ
? Best in Class - Porsche 914 - 916
1971 Porsche 914/6 GT Werk
Jeff and Terri Zwart - Corona Del Mar, CA
Amelia Award - Porsche 914 - 916
1970 Porsche 914/6 GT
Paul Pflugfelder - Concord, MA
Amelia Award - Porsche 914 - 916
1970 Porsche 914/6 GT
The Revs Institute for Automotive Research - Naples, FL
? Best in Class - Race Cars (1960 - 1990)
1965 Ferrari Dino 166P/206P
Andreas Mohringer - Salzburg, Austria
Amelia Award - Race Cars (1960 - 1990)
1960 Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL
The Ingram Collection - Durham, NC
Amelia Award - Race Cars (1960 - 1990)
1990 Nissan NPT
Jim Jaeger - Indian Hill, OH
? Best in Class - Race Cars (Pre War - 1959)
1936 Bear Special Indy Champ Car
DL George Historic Motocar Collection - Cochranville, PA
Amelia Award - Race Cars (Pre War - 1959)
1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype
John and Betty Murphy - Smyrna, GA
Amelia Award - Race Cars (Pre War - 1959)
1959 Bocar XP-5
Fisher-Karon-Eide Partners - Minneapolis, MN
? Best in Class - Rolls-Royce
1948 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Convertible by Franay
Orin and Stephanie Smith - Vero Beach, FL
Amelia Award - Rolls-Royce
1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Convertible
Steve Wolf - Boca Raton, FL
? Best in Class - Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
OFF Brothers Collection - Bill Johnston and Ron Elenbaas - Richland, MI
Amelia Award - Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50 Springfield
Mark and Carolynne Corigliano - Peapack and Gladstone, NJ
? Best in Class - Speedsters
1930 Packard 734 Speedster Boattail Runabout
John D. Groendyke - Enid, OK
Amelia Award - Speedsters
1928 Auburn 8-88 Speedster
Richard F. and Helen A. Harding - Beavercreek, OH
? Best in Class - Sports and GT Cars (1946 - 1954)
1952 Cisitalia 202 SC Gran Sport
The Schigiel Collection - Leo and Lisa Schigiel - Miami Beach, FL
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1946 - 1954)
1951 Nash-Healey
Shawn and Leanne Till - Potomac, MD
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1946 - 1954)
1948 Stanguellini 1100 cc Sport Barchetta
Herb Wolfe - Englewood, NJ
? Best in Class - Sports and GT Cars (1955 - 1959)
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Zagato
Jim and Nancy Utaski - Skillman, NJ
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1955 - 1959)
1959 Porsche Carrera
Steven Harris - New York, NY
? Best in Class - Sports and GT Cars (1960 - 1964)
1960 Aston Martin DB4GTZ
The Helena Collection - Santa Fe, NM
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1960 - 1964)
1962 Morgan +4
Allen and Mary Jo Smith - Madison, OH
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1960 - 1964)
1960 Triumph Italia 2000 GT
Alan and Robin Anspaugh - Yardley, PA
? Best in Class - Sports and GT Cars (1965 - 1974)
1965 Shelby Cobra CSX3130
Billy Weaver - Greenville, SC
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1965 - 1974)
1965 Aston Martin DB5
Robert, Beth, Alex and Charlie Bernat - Highland Park, IL
Amelia Award - Sports and GT Cars (1965 - 1974)
1966 Jaguar E-Type Series 1
Hagerty Family Collection - Traverse City, MI
? Best in Class - Sports Cars (Pre-War - 1942)
1932 Alfa Romeo 8-c 2300 Zagato Spider
David Sydorick - Beverly Hills, CA
Amelia Award - Sports Cars (Pre-War - 1942)
1932 MG F1 Magna Stiles Special Threesome
Malcolm and Barbara Appleton - Waitsfield, VT
Amelia Award - Sports Cars (Pre-War - 1942)
1926 Sunbeam Three-Litre Super Sports
Robert and Jackie Lederer - South Barrington, IL
? Best in Class - Stutz (1929 - 1933)
1932 Stutz Super Bearcat
North Collection - St. Michaels, MD
Amelia Award - Stutz (1929 - 1933)
1930 Stutz MB/SC
Bill and Christine Snyder - Hudson, OH
Amelia Award - Stutz (1929 - 1933)
1933 Stutz Monte Carlo
Richard and Irina Mitchell - Montgomery, TX
? Best in Class - Stutz (Pre 1929)
1929 Stutz M-8 Convertible Victoria
Ralph and Adeline Marano - Westfield, NJ
Amelia Award - Stutz (Pre 1929)
1914 Stutz Race Car
J.C. and Judy O'Steen Collection - Tallahassee, FL
Amelia Award - Stutz (Pre 1929)
1923 Stutz Speedway Four
Brian and Trish White - Apex, NC
? Best in Class - World Rally Cars
1971 Porsche 911 S/T East African Safari
Don Ahearn - Kismet, NY
Amelia Award - World Rally Cars
1985 Porsche 959
Bernard and Joan Carl - Washington, DC
Corporate Awards
? The Amelia Island Award FOR THE MOST ELEGANT FORMAL SEDAN OR TOWN CAR
1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car
Howard and Rosalind Kroplick - East Hills, NY
? The Autoweek Award FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT RACE CAR
DRIVEN BY SIR STIRLING MOSS
1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 S 300 SLR (#722)
Mercedes-Benz Classic - Stuttgart, Germany
? The BMW Trophy FOR ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
1937 BMW 328s
Lothar Schuettler - Darnestown, MD
? The Bob Turnquist Trophy FOR THE MOST ELEGANT PACKARD
1934 Packard LeBaron V-12 Aero Coupe
Harry Yeaggy - Cincinnati, OH
? The Breitling Watch Award FOR THE CAR OF TIMELESS BEAUTY
1957 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Proto-Type
Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee - Reno, NV
? The Buddy Palumbo Award FOR THE CAR RESTORED BY AND DRIVEN TO THE SHOW BY ITS OWNER
1933 Dymaxion
Lane Motor Museum - Nashville, TN
? The Camille Jenatzy Award
FOR THE CAR WITH THE MOST AUDACIOUS EXTERIOR
1964 Pontiac Bonneville
Kid Rock Collection - Detroit, MI
? The Cantore/ Wit's End Trophy FOR THE ENTRANT EXPERIENCING JUST PLAIN BAD LUCK
1956 Porsche 550 A Le Mans Prototype
Amalia Palmaz Living Trust - Napa, CA
? The Chairman's Choice Trophy FOR THE CAR FOUND MOST APPEALING BY THE CHAIRMAN
1956 Ferrari 290MM
Pierrey Collection - London, England
? The Chrysler Trophy FOR THE MOST ELEGANT CHRYSLER
1960 Chrysler 300F
Don and Donna McCullen - Ocala, FL
? The Chubb Classic Car Insurance Trophy FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT STUTZ
1912 Stutz Bearcat Model A
Clem and Mary C. Lange - Huntingburg, IN
? The Claude Nolan Cadillac Award FOR THE MOST ELEGANT CADILLAC
1931 Cadillac V-16 452A
Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee - Reno, NV
? The David E. Davis Trophy FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING POST-WAR AMERICAN CAR
1963 vrolet Corvette ZO6
Andy and Nancy Cannizzo - Matawan, NJ
? The Daytona International Speedway Trophy FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DAYTONA 24-HOUR WINNER
1961 Ferrari 250 GT Speciale "Sperimentale"
Bruce R. McCaw - Bellevue, WA
? The Driving Enthusiasts Award - JEANKNOWSCARS.COM SALUTES THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DRIVES THEIR CAR REGULARLY
1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Michael and Cynthia Sierra - Tampa, FL
? The duPont Registry's People's Choice Award
1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III
Richard Gorman and Colleen Paige - North Miami, FL
? The First Coast News Award FOR THE CAR REPRESENTING THE MOST ADVANCED STYLING FOR ITS ERA
1954 DeSoto Adventurer II
Linda and Paul Gould - Pawling, NY
? The FIVA Award FOR THE MOST WELL PRESERVED VEHICLE
1926 Duesenberg Model A
Steve and Susan Babinsky - Lebanon, NJ
? The Ford Motor Company/E.T. Gregorie Trophy FOR ENDURING DESIGN EXCELLENCE
1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster
Ed and Judy Schoenthaler Collection - Oak Brook, IL
? The General Motors/Dave Holls Award FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING GENERAL MOTORS CAR
1939 Buick Redfern Saloon Tourer
Chris and Jack Beebe - Osprey, FL
? The Gil Nickel/Far Niente Award FOR THE BEST CAR IN WHICH TO TOUR THE NAPA VALLEY
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4S
Rare Wheels Collection - Windermere, FL
? The Glasurit Award THE GLASURIT AWARD FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT HOT ROD
1932 Ford Highboy Roadster
Bruce Meyer - Beverly Hills, CA
? The Grand Sport Trophy FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORVETTE
1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Coupe
Glen and Lucia Spielberg - Merrick, NY
? The Hagerty Children's Awards
-1963 Pontiac Bonneville
Joyce and DeWayne Deck - Denver, CO
-1968 Lamborghini Miura
Dr. Raphael Gabay - Philadelphia, PA
-1932 Packard 903 Deluxe 8
The Kurtz Brothers - Ridgefield, CT
? The Hans Mandt Trophy THE HANS MANDT TROPHY FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING PORSCHE RACE CAR
1968 Porsche 908 Short Tail Coupe
Michael Malone - Seattle, WA
? The Heacock Classic Insurance Award HEACOCK CLASSIC INSURANCE AWARD FOR THE MOST ELEGANT STUTZ
1930 Stutz SV16 Monte Carlo
Joseph and Margie Cassini, III - West Orange, NJ
? The Hemmings Trophy FOR THE MOST ELEGANT CLOSED CAR
1929 Stutz Model M by Lancefield
Richard and Irina Mitchell - Montgomery, TX
? The Historic Vehicle Association Award THIS CAR MATTERS AWARD FOR NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
Dennis P. Nicotra - Fairfield, CT
? The Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Tony Hulman Award FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT INDIANAPOLIS RACE CAR
1955 Kurtis-Kraft 500-D Belanger Roadster
Bob and Diane McConnell - Urbana, OH
? The Jaguar of North America Award FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT JAGUAR
1952 Jaguar XK120 SE Coupe
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Ltd. - Coventry, England
? The Judge John North Trophy FOR THE BEST NEW COACHWORK OR RE-CREATION
1954 Chevrolet Motorama Corvair
Michael Terry and Brett Hendersen - Greenwood, IN
? The Kelly Services Trophy FOR MOST ELEGANT SPORTS CAR
1958 Ferrari 250 GT
Peter Kalikow - New York, NY
? The Lamborghini Trophy FOR THE MOST TECHNICALLY ADVANCED LAMBORGHINI
1968 Lamborghini Miura
Dr. Raphael Gabay - Philadelphia, PA
? The Malcom Pray Trophy FOR THE MOST ELEGANT FRENCH COACHWORK
1938 Delahaye 135 MS Grand Sport
Jeffrey and Frances Fisher - Palm Beach, FL
? The Maserati Trophy FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT MASERATI
1956 Maserati 250F
Lawrence Auriana - Greenwich, CT
? The Meguiar's Award FOR THE CAR WITH THE MOST OUTSTANDING FINISH
1937 Bugatti 57 SC Atalante
James A. Patterson - The Patterson Collection - Louisville, KY
? The Mercedes-Benz Club of America FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT MERCEDES-BENZ
1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 S 300 SLR (#722)
Mercedes-Benz Classic - Stuttgart, Germany
? The Mercedes-Benz Star of Excellence FOR THE MOST ELEGANT MERCEDES-BENZ
1929 Mercedes-Benz S
Arturo and Deborah Keller - Petaluma, CA
? The Millard Newman Award FOR THE ROLLS-ROYCE BEST REPRESENTING THE SPIRIT OF MILLARD NEWMAN
1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost L & E Tourer
Veasey Cullen - Easton, MD
? The Phil Hill/Craftsman Award FOR THE RESTORER OF THE BEST NEW RESTORATION
Mike Kleeves, Automobile Metal Shaping Company - Kimball, MI
? The Porsche Trophy FOR THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORSCHE
1960 Porsche RS-60
? The Revs Institute for Automotive Research - Naples, FL
The RM Sotheby's Trophy FOR THE MOST ELEGANT OPEN CAR
1942 Packard 180 Darrin Victoria
Dan Hanlon - Naples, FL
? The Road & Track Trophy FOR THE CAR THE EDITORS OF ROAD & TRACK WOULD MOST LIKE TO DRIVE HOME
1983 Lancia #37
John and Suzanne Campion - Jacksonville, FL
? The Sandra Alford Fashion Trophy FOR THE BEST PRESENTATION OF FASHION AND THE AUTOMOBILE
1932 Ruxton Sedan
Scott R. Boses and Celesta Pappas-Boses - Clearwater, FL
? The Spirit of the Hobby Trophy
Don Williams - Danville, CA
? The Spirit of Sebring Award FOR THE CAR BEST REPRESENTING THE SPIRIT OF THE SEBRING 12-HOUR RACE
1954 OSCA Sports Racer
The Revs Institute for Automotive Research - Naples, FL
? The Wind in Your Face Award FOR THE MOST ELEGANT MOTORCYCLE
1996 Britten V1000
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum - Birmingham, AL
