24 Classic & Sports Car September 2019
A 1953Ferrari250GTEuropaby
Vignale stole the show at the fourth
Concours d’Elégance Suisse from
21-23 June, in the gardens of the
Château de Coppet near Geneva.It
scooped three of the 42 gongs: the
Jury President’s Choice Award, first
place in the Playboys and Gentle-
men category, and the event’s
highest honour, Best of Show.
Competition was fierce, with
more than 90 classics across 19
classes, but none could topple
Bentleycentenaryclasses.Inthe
categorypayingtributetoSwiss
coachbuilders,firstwenttoHeidi
Heinz’sGraber-bodied 1967 Rover
2000TCCoupé,aheadofLionel
Decrey’s 1927 BugattiT43Aroad-
sterwithGangloffcoachwork.
Provingthatit wasnotallabout
looks,a 1961Ferrari250GTBerli-
nettareceivedtheBestofSound
Award,whiletheJuliusBaerInno-
vationAwardwaspresentedto
a 1957CitroënID19Luxe.NEWS & EVENTS
AmericanKevinCogan’s250GT.
The 1935 Hispano-Suiza K6
CabrioletofSwisscoupleRichard
andArianeMagideswassecond.
Therewereseveralspecialmile-
stoneclasses.A 1938Delahaye 135
Cabriolet withcoachwork by
Tüscher topped themarque’s
125th-anniversarydivision,anda
1933 Type 54 GrandPrixand 1938
Type57CStelviotooktheprizes
tohonourBugatti’s110th,while
thereweretwoCitroënandtwoKevinCogan’s’53Ferrari250GTEuropawasthestarofJune’sSwissconcoursd’elegance
Award-winningBugattiType57CStelvioTüscher-bodied 135 wonDelahayeclassMARANELLO HOME RUN
A lone F50 flew the flag for classic
Prancing Horses on the 2019
Ferrari Cavalcade from Benevento
to Capri in June. The four-day run
took in the Campania hills, Amalfi
Coast and Naples, and drew some
100 cars and 200 enthusiasts.CLUB’S WALKER TRIBUTE
The Royal Automobile Club
has opened a ‘Murray Walker
Television Room’ in honour of the
universally popular 95-year-old
ex-Formula One commentator,
complete with his Indianapolis
brick, his Royal Television Society
Lifetime Achievement Award,
artwork and F1 car parts.NEW NORTH EAST SHOW
The first Northumberland Classic
Vehicle Gathering is coming to
Tynedale Park, Corbridge, on 18
August, featuring classic cars and
’bikes, club stands, an autojumble,
live demonstrations and more:
markwoodwardclassicevents.comFERRARIS’ ROYAL DATE
Two more racing Ferraris have
joined the Concours of Elegance
line-up for 6-8 September: the
Ethiopian GP-winning 500
Mondial and the ex-Phil Hill/
Maurice Trintignant 290MM
(above), which was reborn as
a 250 Testa Rossa in 1959.A record 474 Jaguars descended
on the National Motor Museum at
Beaulieu for Simply Jaguar on 14
July, making it the biggest yet.
The earliest models were two
SS saloons from 1936 and ’37,
while post-war XKs and D-type
replicas were also in attendance.
Mk2s were well represented in
their 60th-anniversary year, too.
Paul Baker won the People’s
Choice Award for the 1966 E-type
roadster he’s owned for two years.
“I’ve done loads to it,” he said. “It’s a
style icon and I always aspired to
have one.” Runners-up were Paul
Whitfield’s ’56 XK140 and Alastair
McIntyre’s 2016 F-type SVR.BEAULIEU’S
BIG BASH
BIG FOUR-OHFORBRISTOL
It was the 40th Bristol Classic CarShowon22-23Juneand,asalways,
a wide array of classic vehicles filledthegroundsofTheRoyalBath&
West Showground, near SheptonMalletinSomerset.
This is the longest-running classiccarshowofitskindintheUK,and
receiving the Best Car in Show accoladefor 2019 wasastunning 1953
Daimler Dauphin, while the VolvoEnthusiasts’Clubwasawardedfirst
place among the stand displays.Buttherewasplentymoreforshow
visitors to enjoy, such as the tradestallsandautojumble,alongwitha
Charterhouse auction in which abarn-find 1959 MesserschmittKR200
sold for an impressive £13,800.ThenewWallofDeathandfamily
entertainment area were addedattractionsfor2019.
“The best thing about the BristolClassicCarShowisthatitisatrue
celebration of all types of classics–fromthenostalgicMorrisMinor,right
the way through to the 1933 MonacoGrandPrixwinner,”saidDavidBond,
managing director of show sponsorFootmanJames.Coachbuilders shine at château
Messerschmitt (above) found a new
home at the busy Bath extravaganzaMORTONS MEDIA GROUPAMY SHORE