{"id":497847,"date":"2018-10-08T13:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=66138"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T20:22:31","slug":"packard-isotta-win-best-of-show-at-atlanta-concours-delegance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/packard-isotta-win-best-of-show-at-atlanta-concours-delegance\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Concours d’Elegance (2019) – Packard & Isotta Win Best of Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fall is usually a decent time for a concours, often pleasant and dry, but the times and weather are changing. This year it was much warmer than average, humid, and with a chance of rain. Thankfully, with the exception of a few sprinkles on Sunday, the rain held off.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Concours d\u2019Elegance is a two-day event. On Saturday, they have Classics and Coffee. Pretty much anyone with an interesting car can enter and put their car on the field for the day. There are no classes and no judging on Saturday. Sunday is the big event, and cars are accepted through an application process \u2013 or your car is invited because it is known by the organizing committee. Cars are placed in classes and are judged by people who know the cars in each class.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4xezE8_4Og<\/p>\n

Saturday, as might be expected, included a number of cars you often see at local shows, but few of the 100 or so cars were uninteresting. Those more interesting cars included a 1966 Studebaker Wagonaire. The Wagonaire is a Lark wagon with a sliding roof above the rear half of the car. Unlike a sunroof, this sliding roof not only provided fresh air, it allowed for the car owner to transport tall things, like a refrigerator. Try that with your SUV! And how about a Hudson pickup? One of the coolest pickups EVER.<\/p>\n

There was also a contest of sorts. While there was no judging, there was a panel who viewed the cars in order to select \u201cThe Magnificent Seven.\u201d Those were seven cars who would be entered in Sunday\u2019s concours. Several of the cars selected were fairly extensively modified, like the 1966 Mustang convertible with the 427 cid engine topped with four two-barrel downdraft carburetors. Two Mercedes were also selected \u2013 an SL and a sedan. Both of these cars were tan with brown roofs. Apparently the two owners did not know each other, nor did they know that the other was attending Classics and Coffee. The full list of the Magnificent Seven is:<\/p>\n