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Accelerating into The Amelia Concours d’Elegance

Accelerating into The Amelia Concours d’Elegance

Accelerating into The Amelia Concours d’Elegance

While I’ve been attending the Amelia Island Concours as a spectator for some time, the last two years have been unique as I have been able to show cars with the Maine Classic Car Museum where my friend Andy Reid is the collection manager.

My small role has been to make sure the cars have been running and driving on and off the show field and aid in any disasters that sometimes lurk around the corner. All went as planned, and no disasters!

In 2002 we showed a 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C Touring that took second in class. This year I was honored to look after a lovely 1949 Ferrari 166 INTER Cabriolet. The was the 16th Ferrari built and a beautiful car. This placed us into a super competitive and well-turned-out class, all winners in my book. Read Andy’s story here in the ClassicCars.com Journal.

In addition to enjoying the energy and ambiance of the weekend, I was able to catch up and visit with some of our local VSC members who also made the pilgrimage this year, Hugh Ruthven, Stephen Murphy and Tedd Zamjahn.

The auction action was brisk if not record breaking, and the weather behaved with beautiful Florida sunshine for the duration. We’re already planning next year. Meanwhile, enjoy some of my pix from this year – and thanks to Andy for the pic at the top.


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This year, Andy was asked to represent a car for judging and we moved into The Ritz as part of the deal. It was a nice perk for the weekend, and basically I was the “Back Up Plan” should anything go awry mechanically. I met some great people and had a wonderful weekend as always.

Here’s Andy’s story published in the Classic Cars Journal:


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