Recapping the Concours at St Johns

The Concours d'Elegance of America is a yearly prestigious car show now being held at the Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan since 2011, after being held in prior years at the Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

It features historic, significant, rare, or even just plain old vintage cars that have long since departed from local used car lots. Besides the car show, it also features additional events leading up to it including vintage racing, concerts, and the RM Vintage Motor Car Auction were old used cars for sale fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The true center piece however is the Annual Concours d'Elegance car show on the final day. Awards are handed out to best in show and special class winners, several of which we were able to capture pictures of in our Concours at St. John's gallery. Below is a list of all the award winners, as well as everyone we had pictures for. Not bad but need to step it up next year don't you think?

1933 Chrysler Imperial Best in Show American American Classic Open 1928-34 1937 Delahaye 135M Roadster Spirit of Modernism   1899 Orient Autogo Trike Pioneer Pre-1900 Best in Show   1935 Auburn 851 Speedster Auburn Cord

1935 Duesenberg Convertible Best in Show European Gordon Buehrig Award 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Jet-Age Station Wagons   1963 Ferrari GT California Spyderr Most Significant Ferrari   1964 Logghe Dragster Slingshot Rails

1965 AC Cobra Best Driving Award   1967 Mercury Cougar Trans Am Over 2-liter   1968 Chevy Camaro Convertible American Muscle   1971 Ford Pinto Trans Am Under 2-liter

Best in Class Winners - Concours d'Elegance at St. John's

• Jazz Age
  1926 Wills Sainte Claire T-6 Roadster, Paul R. Pawlosky
• American Popular 1928-1942
  1935 Buick Series 40 Convertible, Leslie E. Lindberg
• Post War European
  1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 Cabriolet D, Thomas E. Hamilton
• American Classic Closed 1928-1942
  1929 Stutz Model M Coupe, The Mitchell Collection
• American Classic Open 1928-1934
  1933 Chrysler Imperial Dual Cowl Phaeton, Joseph and Margie Cassini, III
• Gaslight
  1911 Pierce-Arrow 48 Touring, Robert and Betty Reenders
• American Muscle
  Al Maynard Award 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Convertible, Dana & Patti Mecum
• Post War Sports
  1966 Bizzarrini 5300 Spyder S.I., Mark & Allison Sassak
• Slingshot Rails
  1964 AA/FD Logghe Dragster, Bob Gladstone
• Auburn Cord
  1935 Auburn 851 Speedster, Allen Strong
• Duesenberg
  1929 Duesenberg Beverly Sedan, Terence E. Adderley
• Pre-War European
  1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster, Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection
• Vintage Three Wheelers
  Restored 1921 Harley-Davidson FD, Larry & Fay Williams
• Vintage Three Wheelers
  Unrestored 1950 Harley-Davidson G Servi-Car, Lloyd N. Benson
• Pioneer Pre-1900
  1899 Orient Autogo Trike, Dennis Carlson
• Cord Cousins
  1940 Graham Hollywood Convertible, Deidre & Walt Bender
• Jet-Age Station Wagons
  1961 Chrysler New Yorker Station Wagon, John R. & Lynne K. Cote
• American Post-War 1946-1959
  1954 Packard Balboa-X 2-Door Hardtop, Ralph Marano
• American Post-War 1960-1970
  1960 Chrysler Imperial Convertible, Richard A. Schultz
• American Classic Open 1935-1942
  1941 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet, Jim Quinlan
• Micro Cars
  1955 Messerschmitt KR 200, Jim Garbo
• Jaguar Racing
  1955 Jaguar D-Type Open Racer, Jim Taylor
• Corvette Racing
  1960 Chevrolet Corvette Hardtop, Lance Miller
• Trans Am Under 2-liter
  1971 Ford Pinto 2.5 Challenge, John Edward Smith
• Trans Am Over 2-liter
  1967 Mercury Cougar Trans-Am Race Car, Larry H. Miller Group

Special Award Winners - Concours d'Elegance at St. John's

Best Driving Award: Car We Would Like to Drive Home 1965 AC Cobra 427 Competition Roadster, Robert Michael Gingold, M.D. Best Reflection 1937 Ford 78 Cabriolet, J. B. Saunders, III FIVA Award 1927 Minerva AFS Roadster, Robert M. Pass Best Paint 1969 Maserati Ghibli Coupe, Rick Imshaug Chairman's Award 1938 Horch 853 A Phaeton, Ed & Judy Schoenthaler Lee Iacocca Award 1967 Ford Shelby GT Convertible, Styles Collection Debut Award 1954 Packard Balboa-X 2-Door Hardtop, Ralph Marano Engineering Excellence 1933 Stutz DV-32 Monte Carlo, Richard Mitchell Most Original - The Way It Was 1957 Buick Super 4-Door Hardtop, Charles G. George Most Significant Mercedes-Benz 1928 Mercedes-Benz S Boat Tail Speedster, John W. Rich Best Use of Color 1908 Lozier 7-Passenger Touring, James A. Grundy, Jr. Most Photogenic Award 1947 Delahaye 135 MS Teardrop Coupe, The Burt Collection Most Significant Ferrari - The Gerald Roush Memorial Award 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, Joe Moch Spirit of the Hobby Award 1934 Packard 1107 Coupe, David & Linda Kane Otto Rosenbusch Memorial Award - Spirit of the Automobilist 1916 Pierce-Arrow 66-A Seven-Passenger Touring, John D. Groendyke People's Choice Award 1929 Willys-Knight 66B Roadster, Al Giddings Spirit of Detroit 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster/Hardtop, Bill Connell Spirit of Modernism (Best Art Deco Design) Award 1937 Delahaye 135M Roadster by Figoni et Falaschi, Malcolm Pray The Art That Moves Us Award 1966 Chevrolet Corvette L88, Kevin J. Mackay Timeless Beauty Award 1938 Jaguar SS Coupe, Frank Ricciardelli Gordon Buehrig Award - Auburn Cord Duesenberg 1935 Duesenberg SJN Convertible Coupe, Bill & Barbara Parfet Most Elegant Car 1937 Railton Saloon, Eldon & Esta Hostetler Designer's Choice Award - David R. Hollis Memorial 1938 Bugatti 57 C Aravis Drophead Coupe, Off Brothers Collection / Bill Johnston & Ron Elenbaas