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Summer flashback: Watch some incredible cars exit the Concours of America

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Most major concours have turned into multiday affairs which result in sensory overload by the time the actual event occurs. When it’s over, participants can’t wait to get out of the sun and loaded up and headed home.

For true aficionados that prefer to see, smell and listen to these artistic masterpieces under their own power, this is magic time.

Forget about getting up at 3 a.m. for viewing cars by flashlight in such famed rituals as Pebble Beach’s Dawn Patrol. Grab a seat, open your cooler and let the cars come to you in the light of day. Who doesn’t love a parade?

Don't leave the Concours of America early because the end provides the best views for car lovers. | William Hall photos
Don’t leave the Concours of America early because the end provides the best views for car lovers. | William Hall photos

The field exit of the 2018 Concours d’Elegance of America held July 27-29 at the Inn at St. Johns in Plymouth, Michigan narrowed the stream of show cars through one path – which any fly-fisherman will tell you is exactly where you want to position yourself for the best luck.

The concours is considered one of the country’s premier automotive events, and its proximity to Detroit always yields surprises from the manufacturer’s heritage collections.

Included in the footage above is a rare chance to see the incredible 1967 Gyro-X in motion, piloted by Jeff Lane from the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. The two-wheeled futuristic wonder uses revolutionary gyroscopic technology to remain upright.

The exit of the Concours of America is littered with some outstanding vehicles.
The exit of the Concours of America is littered with some outstanding vehicles.

So, with much of the nation’s roads bracing for snow and our classics put to bed for the winter, curl up with a warm blanket and let’s look back with fondness on what a grand summer it was.

William Hall
William Hall
William Hall is a writer, classic car broker and collector based in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He has spent the whole of his professional career in the automotive industry, starting as an auto-parts delivery driver at the age of 16 to working for some of the nation's premier restoration shops. He is a concours judge and a consultant to LeMay-America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington.

2 COMMENTS

  1. That was truly awesome, as I sit here in the middle of winter, it gives me hope for a great spring and summer and lots of car shows, Thanks Again!

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