The amazing Windsor Castle Concours

[Speedman]

I've been to a huge number of classic and super car shows in my time. From small pub car park meets to massive motorshows. But today I ticked another type of show off my bucket list. A Concours. Its a super posh show in stunning surroundings with some uber rare and expensive cars being judged. Set in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle as part of the Jubilee celebrations. We left Lily behind and decided to make a day of it, parking up in Windsor and grabbing lunch we walked onto the Long Walk, the path that runs up to the George IV gate into the castle. To the left lay the Concours and the bit we'd paid for, to the left was the huge display lining both sides of the Walk from the Ferrari, Jaguar & Aston Martin OCs and a local car club. We headed down to the start and began snapping. I'll keep this bit to a minimum as it was mainly modern supercars













complete with retro mobile!


Following the Ferrari OC display it was the Aston Martin OCs turn to wow.











;D

[Speedman]

With the timed slots we'd booked still an hour or two away we decided to chance it and got waved in early, result! It was scorching so we settled down in the shade next to of the Queens Jaguars and had an ice cream before carrying on. First up was the Mclaren stand, the Woking company had brought along the MP4-1 F1 car, and three MP4 12C. A GT3, and coupe and Spider versions of the road car. The Spider having its European debut today, my backside is one of the first outside the factory to settle into the seats!.







Bentley was next to them, with a couple of Le Mans cars separated by about 80yrs.





The last part of the Long Walk was set aside for the Best of British display, cars from the last 60 years.









;D

[Speedman]

Only this chap lay between us millions of pounds worth of the rarest cars.



As we walked in I was a little bit speechless and a little bit, kid in a sweet shop!



It would fill up pages of the forum to show all 60 cars, so I'm sticking to my favourites. beginning with the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta



The 1938 Delahaye V12 Type 145



The 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta



One of Kims favourites was this striking 1953 Fiat 8V Ghia Supersonic

[Speedman]

The brutal 1953 Maserati A6GCS Pinin Farina Berlinetta



The 1956 Ferrari 250GT Zagato Berlinetta



This was probably my favourite car of the show, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupé It was huge, like really huge with some many fascinating touches. I want circular doors on my next car!







Another massive car was this 1935 Avions Voisin C-25 Berline Aérodyne with its full length sunroof that slide back.



If the vast Phantom was taken this 1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre ‘Embiricos’ Pourtout Coupé would be a very close second.





Tucked in the middle were a couple of Ferraris

[Speedman]

This Mk3 GT40 was restored by Bozwell from this here forum. It was a stunner and looked so much nicer in this colour than the rce scheme it sported before.



Very yellow Miura SV



The 1959 Maserati Tipo 60 ‘Birdcage’was part of a 50s sportscar corner along with a 1954 Austin-Healey ‘Works’ 100S and a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM Scaglietti Spider 0626








The centre cross of the quadrangle contained a handful of Royal cars including a pair of Rolls Royce, Prince Charles DB6 and the Duke of Edinburghs Alvis.







And that was it, we had wandered round for hours and with the temperature now hitting almost 30°C we decided to head off home back down the Long Walk. It was without doubt the most amazing car show I have ever been to. There are loads of photos here

[GT4ME]

Fabulous photos, looked like a great day. Thanks for posting.

[MonzaPhil]

Great pics, thanks for sharing! It'd be the Miura for me.......

[d7uge]

Wow! Awesome thread , thanks for sharing pics. Looked like a fantastic day.

[luckygti]

Looks amazing, and there are some truly awesome cars there. Stunning place to have a show as well. Thanks for sharing your as always great pics

[iane]

Great pics. Didn't know this was on. Love that Muira.

[Speedman]

Its on again tomorrow. You can buy tickets there if there are any left. The Long Walk part with the OC line ups is free to get in to though

[Graham]

Wow! Awesome

[Seth]

Kim has good taste - not sure I'd have been able to move far away from the 8V Supersonic... Specially no with the A6GCS next to it!

[Speedman]

Cheers for the comments guys. I know have to add Pebble Beach Concours to my bucket list of shows to do one day ;D

[dbizzle]

I went to this yesterday. It was spectacular. ;D
Photos here.

[luckyseven]

Sept 8, 2012 20:51:59 GMT Speedman said:

It would fill up pages of the forum to show all 60 cars, so I'm sticking to my favourites.

Look, never mind that nonsense! Fill the damn forum up, moar pics, moar pics ;D

Spectacular set of cars there, thanks for sharing

[Speedman]

Ok, have a few more from inside the Castle Quad. Looking like a four wheeled zebra, the 1918 Straker-Squire X/2 Prototype


In BRG the 1914 Sunbeam Tourist Trophy


Almost unnoticed on the far side of the quad were this pair. A 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé ‘Gullwing’ and a 1957 BMW 507




Another vast motor was this 1932 Bentley 8 Litre Tourer.

;D

[Speedman]

This 1931 Daimler Double-Six 50 Sport Corsica Drophead Coupé ws just all bonnet.


Looking more at home on the nearby River Thames the 1924 Vauxhall 30-98 Type OE Boattail Wensum Tourer had the most amazing dashboard!






Prettier that its longer brother the GTO, this 1961 Ferrari SWB Berlinetta was a sight to behold