The St James’s Concours of Elegance continues on from the Windsor Castle Concours held in 2012. This year’s event will take place in the Historic St James’s Royal Palaces just off the World famous Avenue leading to Buckingham Palace. This Concours has been granted special permission by the Royal Family and in only its second year is considered one of the most prestigious classic car events in the World.
Last year the Loughran family exhibited their Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato at the Windsor Castle Concours. Now they have been invited to join this year’s event in their Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Drophead by Freestone & Webb from 1932.
This Phantom II Continental, chassis 47RY was extensively restored in 1990-91 and finished in an elegant scheme of medium and light grey. Of 1,680 Phantom II’s built, only 281 were the high-performance Continental versions. Of those, fewer still can claim the elegance of a Freestone & Webb drophead body. This car is surely among the nicest of those.
This year’s event will follow a similar format to last year’s Windsor event with 60 of the most special cars coming from around the world with a Preview Day on Thursday and open to the public on Friday/Saturday. Last year’s event raised in excess of £250,000 for charities.
Concours of Elegance 2013 - List of Invited Motor Cars (subject to change)
1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Drophead by Freestone, Webb (Loughran Family)
1907 Darracq 18HP Double-Phaeton
1907 Itala 120hp
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Vanden Plas Torpedo Grande Luxe
1922 Hispano-Suiza Boulogne
1923 Delage Type DH V12
1923 Newton Brooklands 200 Mile Race Car
1924 Aston Martin Side Valve Boat-Tail Tourer
1925 Bentley 3 litre ‘Team Car’
1928 Bugatti Type 35B
1928 Bugatti Type 40 Cabriolet Fiacre ‘Lidia’
1929 Mercedes-Benz Type SS (W06) Cabriolet
1929 OM 665 SSMM 2.3 litre
1930 Bugatti Type 43A
1930 Bentley Speed Six ‘Old Number 3’ Vanden Plas Tourer
1930 Bentley Speed-Six ‘Sportsman Coupé’ Gurney Nutting
1930 Cadillac V16 2 Passenger Roadster
1930 Stutz SV16 Monte Carlo by Weymann
1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Aprile Spider Corsa
1931 Bentley 8 litre Drop Head Coupé by Park Ward
1932 Bugatti Type 50T Coach Profilée
1933 Napier-Railton 24 Litre Special
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Touring Brianza
1934 Duesenberg Sedan Limousine
1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Erdmann & Rossi Streamline Roadster
1936 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre Streamlined Drophead Coupé H.J. Mulliner
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville Barker
1937 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Voll & Ruhrbeck
1937 Delahaye Type 135M Torpedo Cabriolet
1938 Jaguar SS Graber Coupé
1938 Lancia Astura 4e Série Cabriolet
1939 Bugatti 57C Roadster Voll & Ruhrbeck
1940 Aston Martin Type C Speed Model
1953 Fiat 8V Zagato
1953 Fiat 8V Vignale Coupé
1953 Siata 208 CS Berlinetta by Balbo
1953 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta by Oblin
1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti
1955 Bentley Continental Drop Head Coupé by Park Ward
1955 Jaguar D-Type
1955 Maserati A6G/54 2000 Spider Zagato
1955 Maserati 300s Chassis 3054
1956 Alfa Romeo 1900 Zagato
1956 Pegaso Z102 B 3.2 Touring Berlinetta
1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
1958/9 Maserati Tipo 420/M/58 Eldorado Special
1959 Aston Martin DBR1/4
1960 Ferrari 250 GTO 64 C
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder Scaglietti
1962 Alvis TD 21 Series 2 Graber Coupé
1964 Jaguar E-Type ‘Semi-lightweight’
1964 Ferrari 250 Le Mans Berlinetta Pininfarina
1966 Jaguar XJ13
1968 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder
1969 Porsche 917 Kurzheck 023
1994 Bugatti EB110 Super Sports
