Sport Classics At the Concours

 

The Sport Classic class is one of my personal favorites. It always has a wonderful selection of fantastic machines. One such car is this 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster.  Only 4144 Speedsters were made between 1954 and 1959, 552 in this model year. The car is driven by a 1488 cc, 78 horse power flat boxer four cylinder engine mounted in the rear.

A different body style for the 1958 Porsche 356A was this Sunroof Coupe. It has a sliding sunroof. Only three per cent of 356As had this feature. It also came with a slightly larger engine, a 1582 cc flat boxer four.

Here is a first generation, or C1, 1957 Chevrolet Corvette. With a 283 cubic inch V-8 engine pushing the fiberglass body for 270 horse power, this was a quick car for its time. This car has won numerous awards from the National Corvette Restorer's Society including a National 1st Prize.

This 1957 Ford Thunderbird is very much like the one my adoptive mother once owned. Unfortunately the car was gone before she came into my life. Dubbed a Personal Luxury Car, the T-Bird wasn't technically designed to be in head to head competition with the Vette but many saw it that way. With a 312 cubic in, 245 horse power V-8 engine this car's top speed was a tick over 120 miles per hour.

 This 1960 Chevy Corvette has been in the same family since 1975. This car has also won multiple awards from the National Corvette Restorer's Society.

 

In 1957 Road & Track magazine called the Byers SR-100 the "world's most beautiful sports car." This is a 1959 and is number 17 of the total 24 ever made. The car has a 289 cubic inch V-8 worth 210 horse power.

 

This wraps up my coverage of this year's Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance. If you haven't been following you might want to scroll back through the previous posts to see some pretty amazing automobiles. Feel free to let me know what you think by either leaving a comment (no ads, please) or by dropping me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com.