Coach Built Classics at Keeneland

This year's 11th Annual Keeneland Concours d'Elegance featured a small class of Coach Built Classics. There were some absolute rarities including this 1934 Duesenberg SJ Speeder. Speed is the word with this one off car as it set the 24 hour world speed record in 1937. Owned and driven by Utah governor Abe Jenkins the car averaged over 134 miles per hour including pit stops. Its 400 horse power Lycoming straight eight engine gave the car a top speed of 170 MPH.

Also on display was this gorgeous 1927 Pierce Arrow Model 80 DeLuxe Roadster. This car has been in the owner's family since it was purchased from a Reno museum in 1969. Since then it has never been on a trailer and has even been on several Glidden Tours.

This 1930 Stutz Lancefield Supercharged Coupe was originally purchased by the Woolworth Brothers. London, England coach builder Lancefield Coachworks bodied five Stutz automobiles. This is the only one that was supercharged and also the only one believed to survive.

The serial number on this 1934 Lincoln KB Cabriolet is "1." Bodied by the Brunn Body Company, it was built for one of the builders and owners of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In 1985 the owners got to meet the original chauffeur of the car, who at the time was 95 years old.

Coming from the Patterson Collection was this stunning 1947 Talbot Lago T-26 Cabriolet. It was bodied by Figoni et Falschi and was originally owned by Hollywood director George Sidney who made such classics as Annie Get Your Gun, Pal Joey and Show Boat.