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2021 Amelia Island Concours

Let the champagne fly! The top awards here at the 2021 Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance have been announced. The Best in Show Concours d’Elegance Trophy was awarded to a 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet displayed by Jill and Charles Mitchell of Stuart, Florida. A 1974 Shadow DN4 presented by James Bartel of Key West, Florida took home the Best in Show Concours de Sport Trophy.

2021 Amelia Island Concours Best of Show award winner ...
1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet ...
Owned by Jill and Charles Mitchell of Stuart, Florida
Received Cabriolet Le Dandy coachwork at the Henri Chapron Works in 1931.

This 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B was given Cabriolet Le Dandy coachwork at the Henri Chapron Works in 1931. Hispano-Suiza produced 2,350 H6 cars from 1919 to 1933. The H6 featured an aluminum, overhead camshaft 403 ci straight six cylinder engine.

2021 Amelia Island Concours de Sport Award winner
1974 Shadow DN4 race car ...
Presented by James Bartel of Key West, Florida
Championship winning Shadow racer winning four Can Am series races
Freshly restored and first time shown

The 1974 Shadow DN4-1A is the Championship winning Shadow racer from 1974. It was driven by Jackie Oliver and won four out of five races during the final shortened season of the original Can-Am. The short history of the Shadow racing team is shrouded in mystery. Here is a link to an article on the Shadow Racing Team and its founder, Don Nichols.

Some of the finest classic motorcars in existence were seen crossing the showfield here at the 2021 Amelia Island Concours D’ Elegance, May 20-23, 2021, at the Golf Club of Amelia Island. In its 26th year, the esteemed concours has become one of the top two car shows in the country where you will see rare vintage motorcars. (The other is the Pebble Beach Concours in California.) Each year it draws the top cars in the classic car hobby to compete in concours judging.

And there were more award winning cars on the showfield ...
1930 Ruxton
1948 Taskco
1932 Auburn Speedster
1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B
1959 Ford Skyliner Retractable
1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic
1953 Maverick
1953 Packard Caribbean
1954 Packard Convertible
1956 Lincoln Premiere Convertible
Ferrari in the 1960's Fashion Show
1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Swap Shop
1970 Dodge Charger R/T
1979 Porsche 935
1995 Ferrari F50
2001 Corvette C5R004 (owned by Lance Miller of Carlisle Events)
2009 Molopoly Speedster
1930's Cord in 1930's Fashion Show

Sunday afternoon, the 2021 Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance was held here at the Golf Club of Amelia Island. Incredible collector cars were on display all day. Cars-On-Line was here to publish the first photos of the Best of Show Concours D’Elegance and the Best of Show Concours de Sport, two of the most coveted awards in the world of classic automobiles. We also captured historic vehicles that you never see anywhere else. Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com, noted that you could go to ten of the top museums in the country and not see all of what was on display here today.

For instance, here is a look at the cars in the Hispano Suiza display alone. These cars were a themed display honoring the legacy of the Hispano-Suiza cars over the years.

The Hispano-Suizas were produced by a Spanish automobile company founded in 1904. The motorcars were assembled mostly in Paris, France from 1919 until 1933 at the Bois-Colombes factory. They were early in the adoption of all-aluminum engines, power assist drum brakes, and momentum driven brake servos.

“The Amelia” draws more than 300 rare vehicles from collections around the world to the Golf Club of Amelia Island, on the Ritz-Carlton complex, for a celebration of the automobile like no other. During the four-day event there will be car tours, black tie parties and seminars with noted experts in their fields.

Our Cars-On-Line Car Show team brought you photos and video from the Concours all weekend. On Saturday, the RM Sotheby’s Auction was open only to registered bidders. View the top five sales in the auction slider belore. On Thursday we watched the Bonhams Auction where some vintage iron crossed the auction block. View the slider below and see what these vintage motorcars were selling for:

1929 Deusenberg Model J sold for $5,200,000 at RM Sotheby Auction
1995 Ferrari F50 sold for $3,425,000
1968 Ferrari 275 sold for $2550,000
1971 Ferrari 365 Daytona sold for $2,225,000
1992 Ferrari F40 sold for $1,850,000
Bonhams Auction at the 2021 Amelia Island Concours
1934 Mercedes-Benz 540K sold for $4,900,000
1913 Mercer Type 35K sold for $2,425,000
1933 Duesenberg Model J $1,655,000
1934 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet sold for $1,325,000
1912 Stutz Bear Cat sold for $643,000
1908 Simplex 50hp sold for $610,000
1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged Boattail Speedster $456,000
2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition $387,000
1912 American Underslung Model 22 sold for $140,000
1921 Rolls-Royce 4050 HP Silver Ghost sold for $159,000
1958 Aston Martin DB MkIII sold for $145,600
1911 Locomobile Model 30 sold for $84,000
1957 Corvette sold for $56,000
1968 Corvette L71 sold for $100,000

Our photographer, Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com, did a video montage of images he captured so far during the Amelia Island experience. Click the video window to experience a taste of Amelia.

On Thursday, the Porsche Driving Experience included auto-cross racing with brand new Porsche cars, and an opportunity to cruise through Fernandina Beach to view an exclusive private collection. Reliable Carriers also hosted the Eight Flags Tour of Amelia Island. Complimentary test drives are available from various auto manufacturers.

Watch for our posts on Facebook and Twitter this weekend, and stay updated on all the action from the 2021 Amelia Island Concours.

Click here to review last year’s winners at the Amelia Island Concours.

2015 Amelia Island Concours

Rare Cars Win 2015 Amelia Island Concours …

AMELIA ISLAND, FL, March 15, 2015 — Two presitigious awards, among the top trophies in the collector car hobby, have been awarded here at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours. A 1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster with Woodlites, owned by Ed Schoenthaler of Oak Brook, Illinois, has been awarded the Best of Show Concours D’Elegance for the Amelia Island event. And a 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato Spider, owned by David Sydorick of Beverly Hills, California, has won the Best of Show Concours de Sport. These two cars were chosen out of a field of 315 cars from all over the world to be honored as this year’s Best of Show at the 2015 Amerila Island Concours.

1932 Alfa Romeo ) and the 1930 Cord L29 Roadster (in back) have won the top awards at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours — The 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagata Spider (in foreground) and the 1930 Cord L29 Brooks Stevens Speedster (in back) have won the top awards at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours

1930 Cord L29 Roadster — The 2015 Amelia Island Concours Best of Show award the Concours D’Elegance award went to this 1930 Cord L29 Brooks Steven Speedster. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

Brooks Stevens was a famous designer who hailed from the Milwaukee area in Wisconsin. Although he was one of the great designers of the 20th Century, his work in the automobile industry brought him the most fame. He worked for Studebaker and American Motors during his glory days. But he himself was an avid sports car racer and builder. Stevens was a young man when he bought this 1930 Cord L29 Cabriolet as a new car purchase. After his studies at Cornell University in New York, he decided to rebuild his L29 into a speedster much like the Auburns of that era. The car was entered in road races, hill climbs and rallies. In fact, Stevens loved this car so much that it was still in his collection at his death in 1995. Mr. Schoenthaler purchased the car from the Stevens estate, and put the car through a 2-year detailed restoration. The results are so stunning that it won the prestigious Best of Show Concours D’Elegance here at Amelia Island.

Here is a You Tube video about the 1930 Cord L29 Speedster done by Rides With Chuck as Chuck Derer interviewed Ed Schoenthaler on the car. Click video window to watch:

The 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato Spider (shown above) won the Amelia Island Concours de Sport award as the top two-seater sports car here at the Concours event. The Italian made sports car shows styling by the Zagato design house, and is powered by a 2.3 Liter straight 8 cylinder engine built by Vittorio Jano. The Amelia Island judges noted its outstanding racing history and its impeccable restoration as reasons for its selection as Concours de Sport. Present for the awards ceremony was its current owner, David Sydorick of Beverly Hills, California. In 2003 Sydorick bought the vehicle and had Wisconsin-based restorer Rick Bunkfield rebuild the engine.

A gathering of some of the most avid car collectors in the world has convened here at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours. It is one of the world’s most exclusive automotive Concours D’ Elegance. Photo journalists Bob and Donna Boberg are covering the event this weekend. You can follow their reports on their Twitter feed, as well as on their eClassicAutos.com website. They are enjoying the 80 degree weather and getting great photos of some of the world’s finest motorcars. The top cars selected here are among the most prestigious and collectible automobiles in the world.

Here are some of the winners in other categories:

1954 DeSoto Adventurer II — Best of Show 1954 Desoto Adventurer II

Best of Show 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk

The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is an automotive charitable event held each year during the second weekend in March at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida and along the fairway of the Golf Club of Amelia Island. As a top collector car event it is considered as important as the Pebble Beach Concours, Meadowbrook Concours and the Louis Vuitton Classic in midtown Manhattan.

Click the video window below to watch a video by eClassicAutos.com from the 2015 Amelia Island Concours:

2015 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance from eclassicautos on Vimeo.

As the big 2015 Amelia Island week, or as they call it, “March Car Week,” kicked off here, there were several high level collector car auctions to hold everyone’s attention. We watched on Saturday as the RM/Sotheby’s Auction was conducted at the Summer Beach Golf Club of Amelia Island. This is the first auction sale conducted by RM Auctions after being merged with Sotheby’s. It was the mosts successful sale RM has ever had here at Amelia Island with $60.3 million in total sales. RM has been holding an auction at the Amelia Island event for 17 years. They told us that 17 vehicles were sold for seven figure amounts. Here are some of the results:

1960 Ferari 400 sold at the RM/Sotheby Auction at Amelia Island — A 1960 Ferari 400 sold for $5,8 million at the RM/Sotheby Auction at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours. This was the the top price paid in the Saturday auction with the proceeds donated to childrens education. It was also the highest price paid on any collector car at any of the three auctions here this weekend. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1967 Shelby 427 Cobra sold here at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours at the RM/Sotheby Auction. The hammer price was $1,925,000. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

Beautiful vintage motorcars as this 1930 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton crossed the block at the RM/Sotheby Auction here at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours. The hammer price was $1,050,000. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1995 Ferrari F512 M sells for $410,000 at RM/Sotheby Auction at Amelia Island. — The final Testarossa revision, the 1995 Ferrari 512 M, was very desirable among collectors here at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours. At the RM/Sotheby Auction here on Saturday this one was sold for $410,000. The 512 M was the last Ferrari to be produced with a mid-engine V12. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

On Saturday we visited the Gooding & Company Auction. For Gooding & Company the results were also spectacular. They told us their total sales for the auction were $26.9 million. According to their numbers, 76 vehicles out of 85 were sold compiling an 89 percent sell through rate. (Gooding & Company allows the consignor to set a reserve value for the sale.) Seven of the vehicles sold went for more than $1 million.

Here are some of the results:

1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 sold at Gooding & Co Auction on Amelia Island — The top sale at the Gooding & Co Auction at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours was a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 which sold for $3 million. A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet also sold at the Gooding sale for $1,900,000 before commission. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1934 Duesenberg received a high bid of $775,000 although it did not clear reserve at the Gooding & Co Auction at Amelia Island

1968 Shelby GT500 KR Convertible at the Gooding & Company Auction — 1968 Shelby GT500 KR Convertible sold at the Gooding & Company Auction at 2015 Amelia Island Concours weekend. Back in 2007 it would have sold for twice that price. That’s proof that we still have a ways to go to catch up to pre-recession values in the collector car market. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

Bonhams’ inaugural Motorcar Auction was held on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. This is the first year that a Bonhams Auction has been presented at the Amelia Island Concours. Here are the top sales at the auction:

The high sale at the Bonhams Auction on Thursday was a 1930 Cord L-29 Town Car which went for $1.6 million. Click here to see the Facebook post. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1992 Ferrari F-40 at Bonhams Auction — Less than 10K miles on the clock for this 1992 Ferrari F-40 which drew a high bid of $1,050,000 at Bonhams Amelia Island Auction. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1987 Lamborghini 5000 QV — 1987 Lamborghini 5000 Quattrevalve crosses the auction block at the Bonhams sale on Thursday. We have been especially interested in the Countach era Lamborghinis. We think they will be the next million-dollar cars. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

1983 Lamborghini Countach LP 500 S at Bonhams Auction at Amelia Island — Another Countach, a 1983 Lamborghini LP 500 S, crossed the auction block for sale for $380,000 at the Bonhams Auction on Amelia Island. (Photo by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com)

In our coverage of the 2015 Amelia Island Concours we will be bringing you more photos and auction action from the Ritz-Carlton of Amelia Island. There is a great video about the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance that explains the history of the event and how important it is to the collector car hobby on the East Coast.

Click the video window below to see the sights and sounds of Amelia Island Concours:

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