S ometimes all the elements come together to make for a nearly ideal outcome. Such may have been the case when the Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance took place over the last weekend in September this fall. For the second year, Hemmings teamed with the Saratoga Auto Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, to put on the event, which was presented on the picturesque lawns of the Saratoga Spa State Park, adjacent to the museum. The setting for the main event, Sunday’s concours, is a sunken lawn surrounding a reflect- ing pool in the midst of the park’s his- toric spa buildings, an appropriate stage to display some of motoring’s finest moments. This particular weekend was flush with clear, sunny skies, warm climes and a splash of early fall color to high- light the still lush lawns. For Sunday’s concours, all participating vehicles are individually selected and invited by our BY TERRY McGEAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY HEMMINGS STAFF staff in the months leading up to the date, and this time out we were rewarded with an unusually high response rate that yielded a full field of nearly 160 cars. In addition to our regular groupings of vehicles, there were featured classes highlighting Jaguar E-type, Chrysler Street Hemi cars, 1966-1971, BMW cars and motorcycles, pre-1977, Corvettes of 1953-1973, Early Ford V-8s, 1932-1942, American Fiberglass Specials of the Fif- ties, and a special grouping of cars from the Class of 1958. After enjoying a road tour on Friday, an open cruise-in car show on Saturday and Saturday evening’s dinner, featur- ing keynote speaker Sam Posey, who was also presented with the Lee Iacocca Award, Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance was the icing on the cake. We’ve already begun planning for next year’s event, so watch hemmings.com for updates. In the meantime, here are our 2013 participants and their outstanding classic vehicles. PRESENTING SPONSOR ASSOCIATE SPONSOR SPONSOR PAVILION SPONSOR 1953 Victress S-1A Jack Bowser Hawthorn Woods, Illinois Winner: American Fiberglass Specials 1953 Guy Mabee Victress S-1A James and Lea Ann Robinson Connersville, Indiana 1954 Kaiser-Darrin Roadster Dan Tortora Charlton City, Massachusetts 1955 Almquist Speedster Clark Mitchell Peru, New York 1955 Woodill Wildfire Stan and Ann Fowler Fenton, Michigan 1964 LaDawri Daytona James Walker Hume, Virginia 1966 TDX Pat Amendolia Montrose, Pennsylvania 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Rick Oldhouser Glen Rock, Pennsylvania 1967 Chevrolet “Nickey” Camaro L-89 Dennis Swarczewski Tribes Hill, New York 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 Chuck Sirianni Niagara Falls, New York 2nd Place: American Fiberglass Specials 1958 Devin Sports Racer Phil Fleming Flemington, New Jersey Winner: Hemmings Muscle Machines 1966 Pontiac “Tin Indian” GTO Merle Green Jr. Pepperell, Massachusetts 52 HEMMINGS MOTOR NEWS • DECEMBER 2013 HEMMINGS MOTOR NEWS • DECEMBER 2013 53 American Fiberglass Specials of the ’50s American Muscle Cars HMN SHOW COVERAGE Hemmings Motor News 2013
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Sometimes all the elements come together to make for a nearly ideal outcome. Such may have been the
case when the Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance took place over the last weekend in September this fall. For the second year, Hemmings teamed with the Saratoga Auto Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, to put on the event, which was presented on the picturesque lawns of the Saratoga Spa State Park, adjacent to the museum. The setting for the main event, Sunday’s concours, is a sunken lawn surrounding a reflect-ing pool in the midst of the park’s his-toric spa buildings, an appropriate stage to display some of motoring’s finest moments.
This particular weekend was flush with clear, sunny skies, warm climes and a splash of early fall color to high-light the still lush lawns. For Sunday’s concours, all participating vehicles are individually selected and invited by our
By terry mcgean
PhotograPhy by hemmings staff
staff in the months leading up to the date, and this time out we were rewarded with an unusually high response rate that yielded a full field of nearly 160 cars. In addition to our regular groupings of vehicles, there were featured classes highlighting Jaguar E-type, Chrysler Street Hemi cars, 1966-1971, BMW cars and motorcycles, pre-1977, Corvettes of 1953-1973, Early Ford V-8s, 1932-1942, American Fiberglass Specials of the Fif-ties, and a special grouping of cars from the Class of 1958.
After enjoying a road tour on Friday, an open cruise-in car show on Saturday and Saturday evening’s dinner, featur-ing keynote speaker Sam Posey, who was also presented with the Lee Iacocca Award, Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance was the icing on the cake. We’ve already begun planning for next year’s event, so watch hemmings.com for updates. In the meantime, here are our 2013 participants and their outstanding classic vehicles.
2nd Place: Corvettes, 1963-’671967 Corvette 427/400hpRichard MorganteArmonk, New York
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1963 Corvette 327/250hpAnn Fagan
Briarcliff Manor, NY
We would like to thank Jack Gillette of Lake George, New York (shown above with his 1962 Corvette 327/360hp convertible), for also bringing the following cars from his collection:1953 Corvette 235/150hp1956 Corvette 265/225hp1957 Corvette 283/245hp1964 Corvette 327/375hp