{"id":496954,"date":"2017-09-13T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=50856"},"modified":"2023-12-08T03:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:02:09","slug":"hilton-head-honored-collectors-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/hilton-head-honored-collectors-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilton Head Island Concours (2017) &#8211; Honored Collectors Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhiconcours.com\/\">Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance<\/a> features leading automotive collectors from around the world by selecting two as the event\u2019s Pinnacle and Honored Collectors. This year those honorees are, respectively, Ken Gross and Robert (\u201cBob\u201d) Jepson Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Their unparalleled collections will be featured both Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, 2017, at the Port Royal Golf Club on Hilton Head Island. \u2028\u2028\u201cWe are thrilled to be featuring both men this year and are excited that attendees will get to see these unmatched automobiles,\u201d said Carolyn Vanagel, president of the Motoring Festival. \u201cKen and Bob are among the most respected in the collector hobby, and will certainly add major eye candy to this year\u2019s event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s event, Gross has pulled together a display of four automobiles from across the country that represent the exhibits he has become known for sourcing for museums from coast to coast.\u00a0The four are a 1937 Delahaye Type 135 Special Roadster from the Collier Collection at Revs Institute in Naples, Florida, a 1937 Bugatti 57S Atalante owned by William Connor from Reno, Nevada, a 1959 Cadillac Cyclone from GM\u2019s Heritage Collection in Sterling Heights, Michigan and a 1955 Chrysler (Ghia) Streamline X named Gilda from the Buzz Calkins Collection in Centennial, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Jepson, in contrast, will bring four cars from his own Savannah, Georgia-based collection. They are a 1925 Locomobile Model 48-9 Four-Door Convertible by Derham, a 1926 McFarlan Model 145 TV-6 Seven-Passenger Tourer\u2028, a 1927 Isotta Fraschini 8-AS Dual Cowl Phaeton by LeBaron\u2028 and a 1929 Cord L-29 Cabriolet (above, photo courtesy of Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance).<\/p>\n<p>These and many more exquisite automobiles will be on display at the 2017 Motoring Festival, and tickets are now on sale at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhimotoringfestival.com\/Tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.HHIMotoringFestival.com\/Tickets<\/a>. For further information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhimotoringfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.HHIMotoringFestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance features leading automotive collectors from around the world by selecting two as the event\u2019s Pinnacle and Honored Collectors. This year those honorees are, respectively, Ken Gross and Robert (\u201cBob\u201d) Jepson Jr. Their unparalleled collections will be featured both Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, 2017, at the Port Royal Golf Club on Hilton Head Island. \u2028\u2028\u201cWe are thrilled to be featuring both men this year and are excited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":569575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565],"tags":[432,16912,16936,13375,16958],"class_list":["post-496954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-festivals-shows","tag-hilton-head-concours","tag-event-hilton-head-island-motoring-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hilton Head Island Concours (2017) - Honored Collectors Named<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/hilton-head-honored-collectors-named\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hilton Head Island Concours (2017) - Honored Collectors Named\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance features leading automotive collectors from around the world by selecting two as the event\u2019s Pinnacle and Honored Collectors. 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