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VINTAGE: Best Of Show At Amelia Island
Judges pick a Bugatti and a Ferrari as the winners from 300 show cars at the famed Florida concours d'elegance.
A 1962 Ferrari 330 LM/GTO was awarded Best of Show Concours de Sport at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. (Photo: Al Wolford)
Judges at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2012, held Sunday at The Golf Club of Amelia Island in Florida with about 300 beautiful show cars parked on the fairways, picked a Bugatti and a Ferrari in two Best of Show designations: Concours d’Elegance and Concours de Sport, respectively.
Best of Show Concours d’Elegance went to the 1938 Bugatti Type 57C from the Off Brothers Collection of Richland, Michigan. One of only three surviving Aravis Drophead Coupes bodied by Gangloff, this green Bugatti Type 57 arrived in the United States in 1961 and was fully restored in 2009.
Bugatti produced the Type 57 between 1934 and 1939, ceasing production of the world’s fastest stock production car shortly after the beginning of WWII.
Best of Show Concours de Sport was awarded to the 1962 Ferrari 330 LM / GTO of Jim Jaeger, one of the first four-liter GTOs built by the Ferrari factory. The GTO (serial number 3765GT) has been restored to its original livery as entered for the 1962 Le Mans 24 Hours race for Mike Parkes and Lorenzo Bandini.
Although the GTO retired at Le Mans after 56 laps due to overheating from an accident, it would have much success on the European hill-climb circuit in the years to follow.
“Every year I’m amazed at the extraordinary vehicles I see grace the field, and this year was no different,” said Dick Messer, former Director of The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “Both winners are perfect examples of style and sport and are very deserving of their awards. I congratulate the judges on their stunning choices.”
This story originally appeared at Sports Car Digest.
Best of Show Concours d’Elegance went to the 1938 Bugatti Type 57C from the Off Brothers Collection of Richland, Michigan. One of only three surviving Aravis Drophead Coupes bodied by Gangloff, this green Bugatti Type 57 arrived in the United States in 1961 and was fully restored in 2009.
Bugatti produced the Type 57 between 1934 and 1939, ceasing production of the world’s fastest stock production car shortly after the beginning of WWII.
Best of Show Concours de Sport was awarded to the 1962 Ferrari 330 LM / GTO of Jim Jaeger, one of the first four-liter GTOs built by the Ferrari factory. The GTO (serial number 3765GT) has been restored to its original livery as entered for the 1962 Le Mans 24 Hours race for Mike Parkes and Lorenzo Bandini.
Although the GTO retired at Le Mans after 56 laps due to overheating from an accident, it would have much success on the European hill-climb circuit in the years to follow.
“Every year I’m amazed at the extraordinary vehicles I see grace the field, and this year was no different,” said Dick Messer, former Director of The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “Both winners are perfect examples of style and sport and are very deserving of their awards. I congratulate the judges on their stunning choices.”
This story originally appeared at Sports Car Digest.
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