1957 Ford Thunderbird. Photo by Mark McCourt.
The Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance, presented by Gullwing Motor Cars and sponsored by Chubb Collector Car Insurance, has announced the featured marques for its ninth-annual extravaganza, to be held on September 25-27, 2015, in the picturesque Saratoga Spa State Park adjacent to the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York. As has become tradition, the selections will celebrate notable anniversaries and icons of American and European motoring, as well as an additional noteworthy automobile.
The first of six special classes highlights Ford’s Thunderbird in commemoration of the model’s 60th anniversary. Introduced as “A new kind of sports car” for 1955, the two-seat roadster was advertised thereafter as a “personal car,” while contemporary media touted its ability to complete against Chevrolet’s Corvette. After its 1958 redesign, the Thunderbird quickly came to symbolize the growing personal luxury-car market. The class will showcase multiple generations of the T-Bird through 1971.
1930 Packard Speedster Roadster. Photo by Matthew Litwin.
Hemmings will also observe the 50th anniversary of Chevrolet’s famed Mark IV “big-block” engines. Introduced during the 1965 model year, the new high-performance 396-cu.in. “Turbo-Jet” V-8 debuted in the Corvette, with availability in full-size models and the special Z16-option Chevelle also rolling out that year. The next year would see the vaunted 427-cu.in. version, and later, for 1970, the 454. Although the Mark IV was eventually installed outside the realm of passenger cars, it will forever be associated with muscular Chevelles, Camaros, Corvettes and Chevy’s full-size fleet that will be on display at the concours.
Other widely recognized icons of automotive history will be showcased as well, including the Mercedes-Benz 300SL “Gullwing” Coupes and the Roadsters that followed. Introduced in 1954, the German sports car was a marvel of engineering and graceful design that was proven on Europe’s toughest race tracks. The road-going editions were highly exclusive when new and endure as treasured collector cars today.
Likewise, Packard—introduced in 1899—was an early automotive symbol of social success, its achievement propelled by advanced engineering and luxurious appointments, further bolstered by the exquisite craftsmanship of custom coachbuilders throughout the Twenties and Thirties and its proliferation into multiple price brackets through the Fifties.
1953 Hudson Hornet Hollywood. Photo by Mark McCourt.
Hudson will also be honored. The Detroit-based manufacturer released its first cars in 1910 and quickly established itself as a swift and durable performer by winning a variety of speed and endurance contests in its first decade of production. Its competitive prowess was reinforced in the early Fifties with Twin-H power in the same “step-down” models that introduced the first modern form of unit-body construction.
Following the popular class of fire trucks from our 2014 event will be a class devoted to the police car. Since their acceptance by law enforcement as an effective means of serving and protecting our communities, police cruisers have been intertwined with automotive society. As time has marched on, many retired examples have become emblematic of their respective eras, and are steadily gaining interest as collector cars. We will be paying homage to factory-produced patrol cars from their inception through 1990.
1964 Dodge 880 Police Pursuit. Photo by Jeff Koch.
The featured marques will be joined by our traditional classes, headlined by Full Classics, as well as American open/closed models, American Muscle cars, European cars, Vintage Trucks and Preservation vehicles. If you would like to have your vehicle considered for this event, please send photos and a brief write-up about it to Hemmings Motor News Concours, Attn: Matthew Litwin, 222 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, 05201, or by email at concours@hemmings.com.
More information about the 9th Annual Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance will be forthcoming at http://ift.tt/1uTFspV. A portion of the proceeds benefits the non-profit educational programs at the Saratoga Automobile Museum. To learn more, visit SaratogaAutoMuseum.org.
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