Concorso D'Eleganza Villa D'Este
2011
Class A: Closed For Comfort
1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Brewster Special Town
Car, chassis # 218 AMS
Trofeo Rolls-Royce (To the Most
Elegant Rolls-Royce by the Jury)
Trofeo Jury (To the Best Preserved
Pre-War Car by the Jury)
This Phantom II is one of about 100 chassis with the
steering wheel on the left-side,
and was bodied by Brewster, an American coachbuilder,
with one of the most elegant (and most expensive) bodies of that time.
1935 Delage D8 105 S Autobineau Coupé
Mention of Honor
1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Pinin Farina Berlina
Quite unusual to see a Rolls-Royce, bodied by Pininfarina,
and correct, there were only two Phantom II with coachwork by this famous
coachbuilder,
who later created the Rolls-Royce
Camargue.
1935 Lincoln K Series V12 Le Baron Coupé
1937 Bugatti 57 Ventoux Coach, chassis # 57581
Trofeo Automobile Club di Como
(To the Car Driven from Farthest Away)
1938 Delage D8 120 S Pourtout Coupé
(This car was featured in an article, "Automobiles
Classique", June 2011, French, 6 pages, 7 pictures)
Entrant: Roland D'Ieteren (B)
1938 Talbot-Lago T23 Figoni & Falaschi Coupé
Royal
Class Winner
At the RM
auction, there was a similar teardrop-design, based on a Talbot-Lago
T150, which didn't have freestanding headlights.
