The eight edition of Motorclassica, the Australian International Concours d’Elegance & Classic Motor Show was a great success with record attendance. The spring sunshine in Melbourne brought the crowds to the UNESCO heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building to celebrate 110 years of Lancia, 70 years of Ferrari, 50 years of AMG and, the end of an era, 100 years of coach building by local Australian marque Holden.
My favourite car of the event was the 1947 Lancia Aprilia Sypder Grand Sport Ghia, one of just three ever built. The judges also saw sense this year with the Concours d’Elegance Best in Show award going to the 1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London to Edinburgh Continental Tordpedo Tourer by Peel of Brisbane. Other cars to catch the eye were an incredible Lancia Flaminia Zagato Sport 3C, the 1970 Monteverdi 375L High Speed (just love that name!) and the 1914 Delage Type S Grand Prix 2-seater, the only one surviving. The Delage has just undergone the amazing process of having a perfect 3D digital print of its original engine block made to original 100% detail and arrived and departed under its own steam.
Next I am off to the Hong Kong Gold Coast Motor Festival and then it is the Targa Florio Australian Tribute in Victoria. Should be fun…
HIGH SPEED!
APRILIA
DELAGE
BEST IN SHOW
