Hooniverse Goes To The Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance

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So yesterday was the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance and this olelongrooffan took my newish longerroof out onto I-95 and hot footed it up there to hook up with fellow Hoon The Mad Hungarian. We saw pretty much all that could be seen on the 17th and 18th fairways of the Ritz Carlton beachfront resort. Seriously, probably $200-300 million dollars worth of cars. Cadillac concepts from the 50s, rear engined Corvette, 15-20 Ford GT 40s, and Porsche racecars out the butt. And more. Many more.

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But the one that really surprised me the most was this one. All of the images I have seen of it across these here interwebs made me think I hated it. But in reality, in person that front fascia is not all that ugly. Even the King of Automotive Trivia, The Mad Hungarian, agreed with this olelongrooffan on that one.

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That’s it for now. It’s BikeWeek here in the World Center of Racing and I gots some trailers to schlep. Stay tuned more some more of the 240+ images I grabbed yesterday.

Oh! Did I mention Bentley longroof?

Images Copyright Hooniverse 2013/longrooffan

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44 responses to “Hooniverse Goes To The Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance”

  1. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    That lede image is downright fascinating.

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    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      I'd like to have a look at that family tree. =8^)
      And I must say, I am not just jealous about you guys being able to have a proper look at so many cool cars. Shorts and sandals ftw! I woke up to 17 degrees F this morning.

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    2. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      I finally see what you did there.

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  2. longrooffan Avatar
    longrooffan

    @Mad Hungarian…do you remember what it is?

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      You mean that red thing with the fins in the last shot? It looks to be a Spohn Palos.
      <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6812022179_673f1fc5ce.jpg&quot; width="450">

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      1. Vavon Avatar
        Vavon

        That Spawn Phalus has the most ridiculous fins ever!!!

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        1. mdharrell Avatar
          mdharrell

          Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?
          <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5224/5688875682_47d4b11e65.jpg&quot; width="400">

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          1. Vavon Avatar
            Vavon

            That looks much better, actually the whole car looks much better.

          2. Mad_Hungarian Avatar
            Mad_Hungarian

            Aha, THAT is what the Spohn's fins look like! For some reason yesterday I was thinking Imperial, but I knew that was a bit off.

    2. Mad_Hungarian Avatar
      Mad_Hungarian

      You mean the Fascination? That's the first, umm, thing. That and the Spohns and a few other oddities have a class of their own at Amelia called What Were They Thinking?

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      1. longrooffan Avatar
        longrooffan

        It is amazing. We attended the same show together and remember different things about it. I had seen that sign but totally forgot about it until you mentioned it here. Should have grabbed an image of it. Great Time Frank. Thanks for sharing it with me.

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  3. MVEilenstein Avatar
    MVEilenstein

    Are you posing with your new GoPro?

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    1. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      I wish. Still got my oleimagetaker.

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      1. MVEilenstein Avatar
        MVEilenstein

        Do we need to do a fundraiser?Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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        1. longrooffan Avatar
          longrooffan

          I think with some moves happening in my near future, I may be covered on the image taker. But hell, it never hurts to have a backup.

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          1. MVEilenstein Avatar
            MVEilenstein

            Onward and upward. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

  4. $kaycog Avatar
    $kaycog

    15-20 Ford GT40's? Be still, my heart!

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    1. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      Deep, slow breaths.

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      1. $kaycog Avatar
        $kaycog

        Okay, thanks!
        <img src="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hyperventilate-273x300_2185.jpg"width="500"/&gt;

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        1. MVEilenstein Avatar
          MVEilenstein

          [youtube -4Dfjrjczus&feature=player_embedded#t=0s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Dfjrjczus&feature=player_embedded#t=0s youtube]

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    2. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      You instantly came to mind when I saw them.

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      1. $kaycog Avatar
        $kaycog

        Thank you. That means a lot to me.

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        1. longrooffan Avatar
          longrooffan

          Stay tuned for Fastback Friday sweetie.

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        2. longrooffan Avatar
          longrooffan

          and how come you have 105p and I'm stalled at 95p? I'm such a slacker.

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          1. $kaycog Avatar
            $kaycog

            I look forward to Friday! I have 108P……….I blah, blah, blah more than you do, I guess.

  5. Vavon Avatar
    Vavon

    But isn't it this Jeep you were thinking of?
    <img src="http://www.fyidriving.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jeep-Cherokee-full.jpg"&gt;

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    1. stigshift Avatar
      stigshift

      MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!

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    2. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      I'm guessing the Jeep I saw at Amelia was not the new one. This one still sucks.

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    3. Preludacris Avatar
      Preludacris

      I'd click +1 because I was thinking it too, but sorry – I just can't condone posting that image in a public place.

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      1. Vavon Avatar
        Vavon

        I totally understand that! 😉

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    4. Mad_Hungarian Avatar
      Mad_Hungarian

      Yeah, that's different from the one at Amelia. That one is trying too hard to be a mid 70's Oldsmobile.

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  6. Zagato27 Avatar
    Zagato27

    Amelia, was there yesterday. Going through my photos. Thought the GT40 was more like 10, whatever they were way cool. Probably won't see a gathering of them in these numbers for a long time. Favorite car, McLaren F1. Son's got to sit in the new P1. Interesting review….eldest said that getting out of it was a bit of a pain. He's about 6'1". One of my favorites: BMW 3.0CSL Art Car http://www.flickr.com/photos/27194215@N00/8546902…

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    1. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      we had to be within 500 yards of each other the entire day. Nice images you captured.

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  7. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    What's the newish longerroof? Are we supposed to call it Waldo and pretend nothing changed (see Darrin Stevens on Bewitched, Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, or Lassie in the series and movies), or is this one Waldo, Jr.?

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    1. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      Stay tuned my fellow Hoon, stay tuned.

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      1. Maxichamp Avatar
        Maxichamp

        Yeah, I'm curious too. A 3 or 5 series BMW wagon?

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        1. OA5599 Avatar
          OA5599

          Were it indeed a wagon, he would have called it a longroof instead of a longerroof. The question is, what vehicle has a longer roof than a single-cab Comanche? The answer could be just about anything.

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          1. mr. mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
            mr. mzs zsm msz esq

            I'm hoping LRF's brother let him get an Amazon wagon. That or it got was warm enough for the CBS.

    2. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      That piqued my curiosity, too. Do tell.

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  8. dr zero Avatar
    dr zero

    Could someone please sate my curiosity and let me know who made the "Fascination" and all other details about it. It looks like a full size Gerry Anderson creation.

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    1. Devin Avatar
      Devin

      Here's what I know: It was made by a company called the "Highway Aircraft Corporation," the prototypes were powered by a propeller until that broke and they had to go with normal propulsion, and only five were made before the company went bust.

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      1. Mad_Hungarian Avatar
        Mad_Hungarian

        Apparently it got stranger than that. Paul Lewis, developer of the Fascination, hooked up with Edwin Gray, who claimed to be developing a miracle engine, or more accurately a miracle electric motor, that recharged its own batteries by pulling static electricity out of the air — or something like that; his explanations tended to devolve into gibberish as you might expect. Lewis created promotional material that said the Fascination would be produced with Renault engines until the Gray motor was ready: http://www.cheniere.org/misc/gray.htm

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  9. kingcrowing Avatar
    kingcrowing

    "Seriously, probably $200-300 million dollars worth of cars. Cadillac concepts from the 50s, rear engined Corvette, 15-20 Ford GT 40s, and Porsche racecars"
    Lets see some of these cars! They sound way cooler than a Jeep Grand Cherokee!

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    1. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      stay tuned, my fellow Hoon, stay tuned.

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