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Concours – Boyne City Park The concours was held in a grassy park on the shore of Lake Charlevoix in the heart of Boyne City. There was a good turnout of Tigers and Alpines as well as some of the rarer Rootes vehicles, including two “proper” Alpines an Alpine GT and a very well preserved (more…)
After dinner Bob Sharkey presented awards to for the concours. Concours rules are available on the website and anyone is invited to participate. Links are provided to photos of the cars and the 2014 winners are: Rare Rootes: 1st Bob & Jean Webb 1969 Alpine GT 2nd Laurie Logan 1954 Alpine Most Desirable Rare Rootes: (more…)
After dinner Bob Sharkey presented awards to for the concours. Concours rules are available on the website and anyone is invited to participate. Links are provided to photos of the cars and the 2014 winners are: Stock Tiger: 1st Al Erickson 1965 MK 1 2nd Clyde McLaughlin 1966 MK 1A 3rd Randy Zimmerman 1967 (more…)
After dinner Bob Sharkey presented awards to for the concours. Concours rules are available on the website and anyone is invited to participate. Links are provided to photos of the cars and the 2014 winners are: Stock Alpine: 1st Gordon Foss 1967 Series V 2nd Wayne Pierzge 1964 Series IV GT 3rd Joe McConlogue 1967 (more…)
United XXV all Rootes Show and Concours d’Elegance Saturday, August 27 Antique Boat Museum Clayton, NY Clayton, NY is the quintessential river village on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, only twelve miles “up river” from Alexandria Bay. The Antique Boat Museum houses the largest collection of freshwater antique boats and engines in the (more…)
United X – 1986 by Mike Smith Folks, what can I say about the concours at United X, Indianapolis? Well, I would like to report that everything ran like a well-oiled machine; but I would be telling a falsehood. The pre-planning by Schonberger and crew were exact, precise, and well executed in the beginning; but (more…)