Hilton Head Concours d'Elegance - Nov 2010

We attended the 2010 Concours on Hilton Head Island on November 7, just after attending my cousin Bill's retirement ceremony. This is the ninth one held on HHI; we attended all of them! Each year they have an honored marque; this year it was Chevrolet. There were, however many other cars and classes including brass pre-1916, pre WW2 Chevrolets, classic coupes, American performance, sports cars, etc. Some of the more interesting included a 1954 Kaiser Fraser Darrin, a 1940 Bantam Hollywood micro car, a 1910 Stevens-Duryea X, and a 1963 Studebaker Avanti. Below, in no particular order, are some of the cars which caught my eye.
Below left is a 1963 Corvair rampside which provides a ramp to the bed of the pickup.



















Below is a 1957 BMW Isetta which along with the guy pictured was Lill's favorite. Below right is the '54 Darrin.




























Below at left we were part of a tour led by the "Chasing Classic Cars" host Wayne Carini, a great show on "speed" if you haven't watched it. At right is Lill looking into a '68 Corvair UltraVan;














Here at left is the winner of the preservation class, the 1910 Stevens-Duryea X. These are preserved rather than restored. At right is a rare 1972 BMW 2002 tii, another winner in the preservation class.


















Below left is one of my favorites, the '40 Bantam Hollywood, which unfortunately did not win in the micro car category. On the right is a real classis, '34 DeDoto airflow.