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The 2013 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance has bragging
rights
July 23, 2013
11:41 PM MST
The 57th annual Hillsborough Concours D'elegance was held at the best type of location possible for a car show; in this case the Crystal
A Tucker at the 2013 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance!
Rob Eckaus, San Jose Cars Examiner
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Springs Golf Course. This little show has bragging rights that many other shows do not, in this case one of two brand new 2014 Corvette
C7s in the country!
A great little show, easily contained on the fairway with vendors off to the side, it could be considered perfect sized. Not overwhelming,
and excellent variety of both new and older cars. Gorgeous examples include a Ferrari F12, Jaguar F-type, McLaren 12C Spider, Porsche
959, Tesla Model S, a Tucker!, Rolls Royces, a Hemi Challenger and numerous other classics, vintage race cars, finned domestics, and
more. Each vehicle had a very nice placard in front of it describing it.
Superbly organized with many volunteers, traffic and parking were managed extremely well. There was plenty of shade and being held
on a golf course, it was cooler and more comfortable for walking around. Vendors were off to the sides and there was interesting survey
by Eugene Bowers of an upcoming clothing line called Fuel & Fire. One nice surprise after the show was the program was heavy with
color photographs.
Check out the website for all the highlights of the show including other great featured vehicles such as a 1935 Duesenberg SJ
Convertible Coupe, some great Aston Martins, fabulous 1957s, 50 years of the Porsche 911 and more. Be sure to click through the
slideshow to see a sampling of the great cars and don’t miss this it next year. http://www.hillsboroughconcours.org/index.php
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Robert Eckaus
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