Plenty of 911-based cars were entered in the ConcoursThe Hillsborough (California) Concours d’ Elegance, on 21 July 2019, has been held for 63 years. It started in 1956 and is reportedly the longest running consecutive (in years) Concours in existence. It is held in Hillsborough California, a well-to-do suburb south of San Francisco. It’s well supported by local companies and organisations, in fact it is put on to support local charities, so it is well received by the community.
Judging starts in the 356 sectionThis year it has turned into a three-day event. The Friday night was a cocktail reception at the Candy Store in Burlingame California which is a car storage club for exotic cars. Bruce Canepa of Santa Cruz, who owns and runs a restoration business was the featured speaker. This was followed on Saturday by a Tour D’ Elegance road rally with lunch at a local private home. Sunday was the actual Concours event, held at the Crystal Springs Golf club in Hillsborough California, a beautiful venue in the hills near Interstate Highway 280 South of the San Francisco Airport. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm.
Gulf 917K presented by Bruce Canepa – this car won Daytona in 1971, note the Daytona extra window in the roof to enable better vision on the bankingIn 2019, the featured car was Porsche to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the company, which accounts for why there were more Porsche cars than normal. But that is not to say there was not a good cross section of other cars ranging from old antiques, motorcycles, Ferraris, American Muscle cars of the ‘60s and ‘70s, and a wide range of eclectic vehicles from all walks of life.
The ex-Georg Loos Porsche 917/10-017 – presented by Bruce Canepa, this car was beautifully prepared, it was just like newThis display even included a Lamborghini Tractor. As the story goes, Ferruccio Lamborghini (an Italian tractor manufacturer) started the Lamborghini Automobile company in 1963, when Ferrari would not build him a car to his specification. From then on, he built his own cars. The company today is of course part of the VW group of auto companies.
There was even a Lamborghini tractor (in Gulf colours!) – cars came later for LamborghiniBruce Canepa brought several really nice (and historically significant) Porsche race cars from his shops in Santa Cruz (Scotts Valley) to help give the event some additional Porsche flavour. In fact, one of his 917s graced the program cover. The following is a brief photo tour of some of the vehicles that were on tap there:
An original IROC RSR driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, presented here by Van Zannis
The Vern Schuppan Porsche 962
Porsche 918 presented by Bruce Canepa
Georg Loos team decal on the 917/10
A new 911 GT3 RS in the supercar display
Porsche 935 009 0029 – this is Bruce Canepa’s car which he has owned since he bought it at the factory in 1979! It ran in some IMSA races back in period, and he does vintage events with it today
Interior of 935 009 0029 – very clean and tidy, as is everything that Bruce Canepa presentsWritten by: Martin Raffauf
Images by: Martin Raffauf
Really nice and historically significant Porsche race cars were introduced. Thanks for the article!
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Glad you liked it. It was a good show.
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Good to see a write up on this show. It was have been cool to hear something about how the R Gruppe was invited to display at the show. Simply because this show is very old and soaked in history and is a Concours d’ elegance and the R Gruppe is an oxymoron to that. I thought it was very cool and showed adaptability to other thing besides the “typical” Concours on a fairway.
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