Amelia Island Concours 2014 – Class Winners and Photos
1958 Scarab Mk II Sports Racer (photo: Al Wolford)
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance returned to the fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Vehicles from around the world participated in this year’s Concours, allowing the record crowd of 29,000 to witness the diverse collection of automotive excellence.
The 19th annual Amelia Concours saw more than 330 cars and motorcycles displayed on the show field, with many coming from the world’s most prominent corporate, public and private collections.As with other top events, the process of selecting cars for the Amelia Concours means that acceptance places an automobile among the finest of its kind. Then the judging process occurs, singling out Best in Class based on originality, authenticity, and appropriate and exceptional preservation or restoration. The exercise ends when the judges choose “Best of Show” from the winners of the respective classes.
Amelia Island was the first Concours to establish two Best in Show awards: Concours d’Elegance and Concours de Sport, which recognize the top traditional vehicle and top sports and racing vehicle, respectively. The 2014 Amelia Island Concours Best of Show Concours d’Elegance was won by the 1937 Horch 853 Voll and Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, owned by Robert M. Lee of Sparks, Nevada. The winner is one of only two Horchs ever to have been bodied by coachbuilder Voll and Ruhrbeck, which created custom coachwork for Bugatti, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz and Cord among others. The 1958 Scarab Mark II Sports Racer owned by Miles C. Collier won Best of Show Concours de Sport. The winner is one of three front-engined Scarab sports racers built by Troutman and Barnes for Lance Reventlow to contest the road courses of America against the European marques.
Amelia Island Concours de Sport 2014 – Best in Class Winners
Best in Show Concours de Sport, 1958 Scarab Mark II Sports Racer, Miles C. Collier – Naples, FL100th Anniversary of Maserati Racing, 1955 Maserati 250F, Linda and Bill Pope – Paradise Valley, AZ100th Anniversary of Maserati Street, 1955 Maserati A6G/54, Lawrence Auriana Collection – Greenwich, CT50th Anniversary of McLaren, 1972 McLaren M20, Don and Joasia Devine – Inverness, ILBMW 3.0 and 3.5 CSL, 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL Group 4, BMW, NA Classic Collection – Woodcliff Lake, NJCars of Jochen Mass, 1985 Porsche 962C, Bruce Canepa – Scotts Valley, CA
Cars of Zagato Design, 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, The Herrington Collection – Bow, NHCorvettes Rare Solid Axle, 1962 Chevrolet Corvette Sebring Racer, Irwin Kroiz – Ambler, PAFerrari Racing, 1953 Ferrari 340 MM Competition, Michael and Katharina Leventhal – Los Angeles, CAFerrari Production 1950 to 1964, 1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica, Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee – Sparks, NVFerrari Production 1965 to 1972, 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Alloy, Gary and Sandy Schaevitz – Bedford Corners, NY
Amelia Island Concours de Sport 2014 – Best in Class Winners Continued
Mercedes-Benz 1947 to 1972, 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, Lynn and Michael Harling – Dallas, TXMotorcycles, 1905 Erie, Paul Ousey – Huntington, NYOffenhauser Power, 1972 Eagle Offy, Craig and Susan McCaw – Santa Barbara, CAPorsche 904 to 962, 1964 Porsche 904 GTS, Joe Buzzetta Motor Sports – St. James, NYRace Cars Pre-War, 1925 Duesenberg Eight Speedway Car, Terence Adderley – Bloomfield Hills, MI
Race Cars Post War to 1964, 1957 Porsche 550A-RS, Alegra Collection – Tampa, FLRace Cars 1965 to 1975, 1965 Shelby GT350 (SFM5R002), John Atzbach – Redmond, WASports and GT Car Pre-War, 1936 MG PB, Reed and Jan Tarwater – Greenfield, INSports and GT Cars 1950 to 1954, 1953 Lancia Aurelia PF200-C, William H. Borrusch – Hudson, FLSports and GT Cars 1955 to 1962, 1955 Siata 208S Spider, Jim and Nancy Utaski – Skillman, NJSports and GT Cars 1963 to 1974, 1968 Lamborghini Islero, Andy Manganero – Xenia, OH
Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2014 – Best in Class Winners
Best in Show Concours d’Elegance, 1937 Horch 853 Voll and Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee – Sparks, NVAmerican Classic Pre-1930, 1929 Willys Knight 66B Plaidside Roadster, Richard and Shirley Hamilton – Wauseon, OHAmerican Classic 1931 to 1935, 1935 Pierce-Arrow 1245 Convertible Coupe, Sam Lehrman – Palm Beach, FLAmerican Classic 1936 to 1948, 1937 Cord 812 S/C Phaeton, Ron and Betsy Thomas – Zanesville, OH
American Powered European Coachwork, 1938 Buick 44 Drop Head Coupe, Chris and Jack Beebe – Osprey, FLAmerican Production, 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2, Dave Kinney and Stella Koch – Great Falls, VABeach Cars, 1948 Ford “Dunesmobile” Super Deluxe Convertible, The Hagerty Family Collection – Traverse City, MIBentley, 1936 Bentley 4-1/4 Litre Pillarless Coupe, Andrew W.J. Davidson – Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2014 – Best in Class Winners Continued
Bugatti, 1937 Bugatti Atalante Coupe, North Collection – St. Michaels, MDChrysler Concepts, 1952 Chrysler d’Elegance, Sam and Emily Mann – Englewood, NJDuesenberg, 1935 Duesenberg SJ509 Roadster, Harry Yeaggy – Cincinnati, OHEuropean Custom Coachwork, 1937 Horch 853 Voll and Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee – Sparks, NVHorseless Carriage 1895 to 1915, 1911 Maxwell EA, Robert C. Farris – Canton, GA
Horseless Carriage 40+ Horsepower, 1906 Columbia Mark XLVII, Bill and Barbara Parfet – Hickory Corners, MIMercedes-Benz 1927 to 1946, 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, Richard E. Workman – Windermere, FLRolls-Royce, 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith LWB, Guy A. Lewis – Pinecrest, FLRolls-Royce Silver Ghost, 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Playboy Roadster, Jon and Ellen Leimkuehler – Pittsburgh, PASpecial Display, 1934 Packard Runabout Speedster, Craig A. Kappel – Chatham, MAUnderslung, 1910 American Underslung Traveler, JWR Auto Museum – Michael and Joannie Rich – Frackville, PA
[Source: Amelia Island Concours; photos: Al Wolford]
Very nice coverage, but I think you forgot to mention the Motorcycle Class winner….
M
Check out page two…
Just a beautiful bunch of cars! Thanks for posting.
Were there any of Jack Andrew Griffith’s GRIFFITH 400’s? Jack should look at the 2013 Oldtimers Gran Prix to see his Griffith 400 beating Shelby AC Cobras, Corvettes, Mercedes 300SL’s, lightweight E-Jaguars, Lotus Elans (very fast ones and light), Porsche 904’s, Aston Martins, and regular E-Jaguars. One can see the race on U-tube and look for the light blue TVR Griffith 400 driven by Sean or Michael McInerney. One more lap and Griffiths car would have caught the Lightweight E-Jaguar (who won the race with a lot of blocking by other Jaguars and other slower cars. Note how the Jaguar driver looks at his rear view mirror to see how close the Griffith 400 is). My wife and I were at Amelia Island in 2012, and notice that few persons knew about the Griffith 400 and it capabilities. We also learned that Jack was on and is on the Board of Directors of the Amelia Island Concourse D’ Elegance. ………Jack thanks for making 59 individuals in the world own one of the only sportcars that could beat Shelbys AC Cobras.
It’s always great for fans of a car to puff out their chests about their cars, but I hadn’t previously heard any references to period races when the Griffith 400’s beat AC Cobras. Without specific information about such victories in the 60’s, it’s hard to give credibility to a car based on coming in second in a vintage race in 2013. That is surely not the measure of how good and reliable a race car was in the 60’s over the course of a championship season.
Having said that, I was sure impressed with the power to weight ratio of the Griffiths and saw one perform on the street in 1965. Nothing like it for pure fun.
Alex: Take a look at the 2011 Silverstone, Gentleman Drivers, race in the UK and you’ll see the McInerney Griffith 400 beat all the Shelby AC Cobras. The grey Cobra with the red stripe on its fenders was the winner of the SPA-Francorchamps and it does pass the Griffith during the race, however, the Griffith passes the super fast Cobra and wins the race. By the way, that Cobra is considered one of the fastest and well prepared Cobras in the continent.
Jack Griffith didn’t have the support of Holman and Moody which was one the the best sport car engineering firms in that era or of Ford, other than the engines. Remember Jack Griffith sold cars and if he sold cars he did sell a whole lot of them (195/200) Series 200’s!
Furthermore, he didn’t, that I know of, enter them in any races. So, basically, the car developed itself on our American Highways. By the time the heavy duty Series 400 came out the factory fire in Blackpool England, and the dock strike that lasted about six months made it impossible for production of the Griffith 200’s or the best of them all the Series 400. The Series 600 was a heavy, underpowered, difficult driving car. A book entitled the Griffith years has good information on the 600. The 400 was a racecar build for the streets.
My best,
CPJ
This was a great set of photo`s, brilliant shots, especialy the `37 Horch v&r 853. these days I am appeciating horch and talbot lago coupes – not forgetting Bugatti`s
Very nice gallery of photos. I think Mr. Kappel’s Packard is a 1935 or 1936 model, though,not a 1934. Still a lovely car.
One of the pictures you show is labeled a 1934 Packard Sport Roadster. I believe it is a 1937 Packard Convertible Sedan perhaps by Dietrich