Australia’s Motorclassica 2014, held the last weekend in October, was the most successful staged so far, with an all-time record crowd attending the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
Australia’s premier event for rare and exotic, historic, vintage, veteran, classic and collectable cars and motorcycles had more than 20,000 people taking in the more than 500 vehicles on display over the three-day event.
Amid a myriad of highlights, Motorclassica Ambassador Gina Campbell was a standout, attracting huge interest from show attendees as she regularly recalled the exploits of her famous World Speed Record-setting father, Donald Campbell.
A World Water Speed record holder in her own right, Gina was the focal point of a special Motorclassica tribute that marked 50 years since Donald Campbell set Land and Water Speed Records in Australia. Australia’s International Concours d’Elegance, a key annual feature of Motorclassica, handed out 18 prestigious Awards on Sunday afternoon, with the magnificent 1952 Aston Martin DB2 (below) of former Grand Prix boss Mal Hemmerling (South Australia) winning the coveted “Best in Show” trophy. Regarded by many as the best DB2 in the world, Hemmerling’s recently finished Aston Martin also was named “Restoration of the Year” for Marque Restorations of South Australia.
