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The 4th Chantilly Arts & Elegance ... Best of Show Concours d'Elegance ... Renault Trezor & Balmain


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Best of Show winning 250 TR

Best of Show winning 250 TR

 

Chantilly, 10 September, 2017

Just 40km north of Paris, the small town Chantilly in autumn, 09-10 of September 2017.

And autumn it showed: Saturday with an ever changing mixture of sun , dark clouds and rain made the ways of the castles garden a muddy affair while the cars did arrive in the afternoon.

Leading to a maybe once in a lifetime opportunity to see an original Bugatti Atlantic sprayed with mud. Luckily Sunday kept dry though showing sometimes threatening clouds.



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While Sunday morning the Atlantic appropriate presented herself cleaned most of the race Ferrari kept the dirt they collected the day before. This giving them a nice kind of “off-the-track”  appearance.

Ferrari: With nearly one third of the exhibited cars being of the Italian marque it nearly forces to make a comparison with the 70th anniversary celebration at Maranello same weekend. And organizer Peter Auto does not have to hide in shame. Establishing a connection to „Le Mans Classic“ , one of its other events, they showed 27 cars with Le Mans history divided in 5 classes. So they covered history from 1958 winner 0728TR to a 2008 Ferrari 430 GT2. Only the very early cars you might bewail missing.

Most impressive being a row of seven 365 GTB/4 Daytona Gr. IV racers and the view of 250 GT Sperimentale (2643GT), Ferrari „Breadvan“ (1819GT), a 250 GTO/62 (4293GT) and the very last 250 GTO/64 (5575GT) side by side. 

But wait, there was so much more to see than just Ferraris: Another 57 cars of all era where presented in 11 classes. From chain driven racers early last century to history of electric driven cars.

From special bodied Alfa Romeo (pre- and postwar) to the works of French coachbuilder Pourtout.

From “Ecceterini” open and close to........ 

The Bugatti 57S: One of the big crowd puller of the day. With a stunning Atalante by Gangloff (# 57532), a very original works Atalante (#57542) and a very beautiful Cabriolet by Vanvooren (#  57571), the class finally was completed by one of the mystical Bugatti 57S Atlantic (# 57374). The latter entered by Merle & Peter Mullin from United States.

Concept Cars: Beside all these classic cars Chantilly also hosts (and judges) new Concept cars.  Coming from Citroen, Renault, McLaren, DS Automobiles and Aston Martin, each one got his own small pavilion where it was guided by a model wearing dresses of famed French couturiers. 

In the end judges had a tough job. Too tough as it seems as both prices Best-of-Show (Classic and Concept) where divided. For the concepts winners are Renault Trezor and Citroen Cxperience.

Classic Cars where divided between Merle and Peter Mullin’s  Bugatti 57S Atlantic (pre-war) and Sir Michael Kadoorie´s 1958 Le Mans winning Ferrari 250 Testarossa.

Chantilly establishes itself as one of the top concours events in Europe, showing for the fourth year in a row a high class selection spanning a wide field of taste and preference.

Text & Images … Wolfgang Singhof

   

 

Best of Show Concours d'Elegance

Renault Trezor & Balmain
Citroën CXPERIENCE & Yang Li

 

Best of Show Concours d'Etat

Pre-war: Bugatti 57 S Atlantic (1936)
Post-war: Ferrari TR 58 (1958)


A great French coachbuilder: Pourtout

1st: Delage D8-120 S Coach Sport (1939)
Special award: Remi Danvignes CD4 Roadster (1938)


The great musician’s cars

1st: Porsche 911 3.0L  RS (ex Herbert von Karajan)(1974)
Special award: Iso Grifo A3C (ex  Johnny Hallyday)(1965)


The Woodies

1st: Peugeot 202 ‘‘boulangère’’ (1949)

A century of electric motor cars

1st: Detroit Electric Model D Brougham(1910)


The sports and racing chain drive cars

1st: Gladiator Grand Prix (1904)
Special award: Panhard  Grand Prix (1908)


Pre-war Alfa Romeo with special bodyworks

1st: Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Grand Sport Spider Zagato MM (1929)
Special award: Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 MM Torpedo/Cabriolet Brandone (1933)


Post-war Alfa Romeo with special bodyworks

1st: Alfa Romeo 3000 CM "Superflow IV" Pinin Farina (1960)
Special award: Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Zagato (1955)


The Ecceterini barchettas

1st: Siata 500 Record (1946)
Special award: Osca Maserati S-498 (1959)


The Ecceterini berlinettas

1st: Aguzzoli Condor (1964)
Special award: Osca MT4 LM (1952)


Small & Big

1st: Bugatti Type 52 Baby (1926) &  Bugatti Type 35 (1926)


Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the GT and derivatives

1st: Ferrari 512 BBLM (1980) (châssis # 32129)
Special award: Ferrari F40 (1992) (châssis # 74045)


Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the prototypes, open cars

1st: Ferrari TR58 (1958)(châssis # 0728)
Special award: Ferrari Dino 166 SP (1965) (châssis # 0834)


Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the prototypes, closed cars

1st: Ferrari 250 LM (1964) (châssis # 5891)
Special award: Ferrari 512 S (1970) (châssis # 1016)


Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the 365 GTB/4 Daytona Gr. 4

1st: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Gr IV (1972)
Special award: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Gr IV (1972) (châssis # 15681)
2nd: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Gr IV (1970) (châssis # 15373)


Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: the 250

1st: Ferrari 250 GTO "62" (1962) (châssis # 4293GT)
Special award: Ferrari 250 GT Sperimentale (1961) (châssis # 2643GT)
2nd: Ferrari 250 GTO "64" (1964) (châssis # 5575GT)


The Bugatti 57 S

1st: Bugatti 57 S Atlantic (1936)
Special award: Bugatti 57 SC Atalante (1937)
2nd: Bugatti 57 S Gangloff Coupé (1937)