Classic Cars
The stylish 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe. S
ome of the world’s rarest, and undoubtedly most beautiful cars came to Smith’s Lawn in September to begin an historic
drive to Windsor Castle. These 60 cars, dating from 1895 to the 1980s, were taking part in the first Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance, an event created to celebrate HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Each car was a fabulous blend of style, speed and grace and they created an impressive spectacle as they lined up outside the Clubhouse before driving off to the quadrangle inside the keep of Windsor Castle, where they remained on show for the weekend. The last vehicle to leave Smith’s Lawn was a wonderful Rolls Royce, with HRH The Duke of Gloucester as a passenger. All the cars were granted special access to the castle, which provided a spectacular backdrop to an amazing collection of cars. As one American collector said: “This is the best automobile concours I have ever been to. It is amazing that in its first year, the
Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance is now the best in the world.” Joining these 60 vehicles at Windsor
Castle was an impressive display of royal motorcars including HM The Queen’s 1949 Rolls Royce Phantom IV, HRH Prince Philip’s 1961 Alvis TD21 and HRH Prince Charles’s 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Volante, plus two Ascot landaus. Although there was no judging for the 12 classes, all the entrants voted for the Best of the Show award. This went to the elegant 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta owned by Jon and Mary Shirley from the USA. They received the impressive Pullman Trophy, donated by Simon Khachadourian of the Pullman Gallery in London. Incredibly, despite the logistics of transporting vehicles of such quality across the globe, Mr and Mrs Shirley were not the only Americans with an impressive car at this concours. Half of the cars entered came from
abroad, with almost
20 coming from America alone.
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