donderdag 31 oktober 2013

Spa Six Hours 2013 - Part 11 - Maserati 200SI

Big Maserati-combo @ 2013 Spa Six Hours: Maserati 200SI & Cooper Maserati T51




Spa Six Hours 2013 - Part 10 - Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2

Time for another spectacular race-car: Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 @ 2013 Spa Six Hours.




vrijdag 18 oktober 2013

Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 24 - Bugatti Type 57 C Special Coupé

A very special Bugatti, one of my favorite cars @ the concours and winner of the 'most original car'-award: 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Special Coupé. It was used for over 20 years at the factory in Molsheim, and was hidden for Ze Germans in WWII. The car was eventually sold in 1959 and has never been restored. In 2009, it was sold at an Gooding-auction for 1.250.000$ (video here). But... in 2013 the car was sold again at the Bonhams auction in Paris for merely 690.000 euro. (Link)
(Gooding Company claims this was Ettore Bugatti's personal car, but Bugatti only used the chassisnr. of his old 57 Torpédo on the Special Coupé to avoid taxes.)  


Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 23 - Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff

Best interior-award: 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff

Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 22 - Bentley Continental R-Type Fastback Sports Saloon

Most Iconic car-award: the white 1952 Bentley Continental R-Type Fastback Sports Saloon by H.J. Mulliner & Co. The grey Bentley is a Continental S1.



Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 21 - McLaren P1

McLaren P1 @ Topmarques and @ the concours. (916hp, but I still prefer the old F1...)






Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 20 - Lagonda V12 Drophead coupé Works Demonstrator

Class B: Most elegant Pre-war class winner: '38 Lagonda V12 Drophead Coupé Works Demonstrator


woensdag 16 oktober 2013

Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 19 - Packard 734 Speedster

'Class A: Pre-War open car class' award: 1930 Packard 734 Speedster



Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 18 - Bugatti Type 57C Atlante

'Most sensitive restoration award': 1937 Bugatti Type 57C Atlante @ Concours d'élégance


Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 17 - Ferrari 512M 'Ecurie Francorchamps'

Ex-'Ecurie Francorchamps' Ferrari 512M (Chassisnr. 1030) @ Concours d'élégance / Zoute GP 2013
This Ferrari won the '70's racing legends' award.






Zoute GrandPrix 2013 - Day 3 - Concours d'élégance - Part 16 - Maserati Boomerang

Another spectacular one-off at the concours d'élégance: 1972 Maserati Boomerang!
In 1971, this Giorgetto Giugiaro/Italdesign Maserati was displayed at the Turin Motor Show as an non-functional model. In 1972, a 4.7l. V8-engine was fitted and the Boomerang was shown at the Paris, London and Barcelona motor shows. It re-appeared in 1990 at the Bagatelle Concours in Paris, where Giorgetto Giugiaro was a judge and proudly signed the rear panel. This car was a recent award winner at Villa d'Este. Here the Boomerang won two awards: 'Most creative design' & 'Best of show'!