Re: Concourse d' elegance at Royal Palace Het Loo in the Netherlands
Posted by Hans On 2012/6/26 7:31:45
The Concourse last saturday and sunday was great. Except for the weather, which was terrible on sunday. The Clipper participated in the class of 'Masterpieces survived' and really had some serious and historically interesting competition. One of them was a Fiat Tipo 5 from 1913 in unrestored condition. Found in the vicinity of St. Petersburg in Russia. Former owner of this car was Pjotr Wrangel, a commander of the White Russian Army during the Russian Civil War(1917 - 1922). Present owner Jan Bruin from the Netherlands suspects it was a present from King Alexander I of Yuogoslavia. Both gentlemen studied at the military academy of in St. Petersburg.
Another unrestored car in my class was a Regal 25hp Underslung from 1912. I did not know the marque, but found out that it was a car manufacturer in Detroit.
To cut a long story short, the Clipper did not win its class, but I did not expect it would. On the other hand the visitors loved the car and it raised a lot of interest and will appear on national Dutch television. One of the concourse visitors told me that "there is a lot beautiful cars on the palace grounds, but this Clipper stole my heart!"
What can you want more?
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Another unrestored car in my class was a Regal 25hp Underslung from 1912. I did not know the marque, but found out that it was a car manufacturer in Detroit.
To cut a long story short, the Clipper did not win its class, but I did not expect it would. On the other hand the visitors loved the car and it raised a lot of interest and will appear on national Dutch television. One of the concourse visitors told me that "there is a lot beautiful cars on the palace grounds, but this Clipper stole my heart!"
What can you want more?
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