Motorclassica 2018 – From Cadillacs to Googomobiles


 

Once again, the Historic Melbourne Exhibition buildings hosted another Motorclassica event. It is made up of a huge variety of classic cars from the turn of last century (early 1900’s) right up to modern super cars.

This year, Cadillac was one of the featured marques as well as a range of historic racing cars including some Brabhams.


© 2018, Heinz Schendzielorz

The event includes judging for the best condition of cars, as well as some unrestored cars presented as found and untouched.

The range also included from the very small micro cars including BMS Isetta, Messerschmidt, Goggomobile and some rare French small cars dating back to 1916, which shows how simple cars can be.

Cadillacs ranging from very early models up to the classic 1959 and 1960 models with their large wings and huge amounts of chrome.

There is also an event they call the Club Sandwich, where car clubs are invited to display their cars in the forecourt of the buildings. Among the invited clubs were, MG, Jaguar, Mercedes, Morris, BMW and others, who all had interesting cars on display.

There was even a Ford Capri convertible converted to electric, though its range was somewhat limited. But chatting to the owner, he uses it as his daily commute as he only has to travel 20 km’s each way from home to work and back.

In addition to the fantastic display inside and the club cars, one of the dealers in super cars surrounded the building with all manor of late model Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Maserati and other exotics.

Report & Photos: Heinz Schendzielorz

Results:2018 Australian International Concours d’Elegance

BEST IN SHOW
1932 Alfa Romeo 6C Spider
Owner: Lawrence Southward

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
1969 Holden Monaro GTS
Owner: Sam Santoro

CHIEF JUDGE’S SPIRIT OF MOTORCLASSICA AWARD
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale.
Owner: Allan Reid

RESTORATION OF THE YEAR
1969 Maserti Ghibli Spyder
Owner: Barry Edge, restored by Recreation Automotive

VINTAGE & VETERAN
1924 Cadillac V-63 Tourer
Owner: Scott Emmerson

PRE- WAR UK & EURO
1926 Delage D.I.S.S Boat Tail Tourer
Owner: Max Joffe

PRE-WAR USA
1929 Stutz Black Hawk L6
Owner: Trevor Hudson

POST WAR CLASSIC CLOSED
1958 BMW Isetta Micro Coupe
Owner: Tony Nassar

POST WAR CLASSIC OPEN
1959 Goggomobile Dart Convertible
Owner: Mark & Michelle Jansen

MODERN CLASSIC
1963 Jaguar Mk2
Owner: David Lamont

MODERN CLASSIC GT UK & EURO
1961 Jaguar E-Type
Owner: Gavin King

MODERN CLASSIC USA & AUST.
1969 Holden HK Monaro
Owner: Sam Santoro

MODERN CLASSIC SP & PERF UNDER 3 LITRE
1967 Porsche 911S
Owner: Bram Williams

MODERN CLASSIC SP & PERF OVER 3 LITRE
1969 Maserti Ghibli Spyder
Owner: Barry Edge

PRESERVATION CARS PRE 1950
1924 Minerva AB Tourer
Owner: Greg Mackie

PRESERVATION CARS POST 1950
1974 Ferrari Daytona Coupe
Owner: Greg La Manna

RACING CARS PRE-WAR
1937 Maserati 6CM
Owner: Tom Roberts

RACING CARS POST WAR
1957 Lotus 12
Owner: Mike Bennett

MOTORCYCLES PRE 1955
1954 BSA A7 SS Daytona
Owner: Thomas Weitacher

MOTORCYCLES POST 1955
1959 Triumph 650 Bonneville
Owner: Jon Munn

MOTORCYCLES PRESERVATION
1972 Triumph X-75 Hurricane
Owner: Jordan Roddy

ART DECO CARS
1937 Cord Custom Berlin Coupe
Owner: Terry Dowel

90 YRS OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
1963 Brabham BT7A
Owner: Peter Harburg

A TRIBUTE TO CADILLAC
1959 Cadillac Convertible
Owner: Sam Newman

LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN SUPERCAR
1963 Ford Galaxie R.Code Fastback
Owner: Barry Hodson

MICRO CARS THE PRACTICAL RUNABOUT
1957 BMW Isetta 300 Coupe
Owner: Alvin Chua