The second Atlanta Concours d’Elegance took place in Georgia last weekend, September 30-October 1, with nearly 180 quality vehicles crowding the lawns of Chateau Elan under the watchful eye of the judges. Top honors were split among European and American cars, with Best of Show American going to the 1930 Packard 745 SP Phaeton of Charles and Rhonda Cofer, and Best of Show European taken by the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K, owned, restored and maintained by Evergreen Historic Automobiles (above, photo courtesy of the Atlanta Concours).
This year’s concours welcomed veteran broadcaster Bob Varsha as a special guest of its Decades Club, and featured a gathering of Lozier automobiles as well as cars with Fabulous Fins of the Fifties. The award winners are listed below, and for more information please visit www.atlantaconcours.org
Best of Show European – 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K – Evergreen Historic Automobiles
Best of Show American – 1930 Packard 745 SP Phaeton – Cofer Collection
Karen L. Kris “Spirit of the Atlanta Concours Trophy – 1956 Arnott Sports Special 1100
Class Winners for the 2017 Atlanta Concours d’Elegance
Brass Era Class One – 1910 Oakland 24 Runabout – Ronald and Leeann Laird
Brass Era Class Two – 1905 Locomobile Model R – Evergreen Historic Automobiles
American Production to 1941 – 1939 Cadillac Coupe – David Kantes
American Production 1941 to 1967 – 1941 Cadillac 60 Special – Paul Phillips
Special Packard Class to 1945 – 1930 Packard 745 SP Phaeton – Cofer Collection
American Survivor to 1960 – 1955 Chevrolet Sedan – Millard Choate
American Survivor 1960-’67 – 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint – Terry Tallant
European Survivor to 1972 – 1947 Delahaye 135 – Ron Green
American Performance to 1967 – 1968 Shelby 500 KR – Mike Rodgers
Corvette C1 1953-’62 – 1954 Corvette Convertible – Mark and Chris Wiley
Corvette C2 1963-’67 – 1963 Corvette Z06 Coupe – Kent Hussey
British Sports Cars pre-1960 – 1954 Jaguar XK120 – Ron Shotland
British Sports Cars 1960-’67 – 1965 Aston Martin DB5 – Carl and Laurie Clark
British Sports Cars MG to 1967 – 1960 MGA – Tom Bishop
British Sports Cars Austin-Healey – 1956 Austin-Healey 100M – Peter and Pat Davis
European Sports Cars to 1972 – 1957 Dual Ghia – David Salzman
Porsche Sports cars thru 356 – 1965 Porsche 356 Cabriolet – Tim Lingerfelt
Porsche Sports Cars Air-cooled – 1966 Porsche 911 – Chris Carlsen
Fabulous Fins of the ’50s and ’60s
General Motors Fab Fins – 1955 Chevrolet Corvette – Carolyn Sikes
General Motors Fab Fins Cadillac – 1959 Cadillac Series 2 – John Kennard
Ford Fab Fins – 1963 Ford Thunderbird M Code – Slug Hefner
Chrysler and other Fins – 1958 DeSoto Firedome – Brad Jones
Panoz Automobiles – 2006 Panoz Esperante GT – Kathy Mackerioius
