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The Motif Collective Art of Steel Hilton Head - 2016 Edition

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The Motif Collective

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Welcome!

Welcome to The Art Of Steel Hilton Head 2016 Edition!

This is my 6th issue of The Motif Collective and the third covering the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance.

When Hurricane Matthew hit the region so hard and close to the start date this year I was both thankful and delighted to see the event was still going to take place.

To date this issue has been focused on the Concours, but I have to mention that the week actually kicks off with the Savannah Speed Classic right across the water from River Street in Savannah. The races and opening in the City Square are definitely a must see for any car lover. Beautiful weather, scenery and very small crowds create an intimate up close and personal motoring event experience, surely a memory to be cherished for a lifetime. If you have not been, you must put this on your calendar for next year!

the cars on the field, but even more so during the weeks that follow working on the images and really digesting the backgrounds on these prized vehicles.

From a 1935 MG PB Airline Coupe, only one of 14 built and six remaining, to a 1961 Lotus Elite Type 14 that won the 1961 Monte Carlo Rally and was purchased by the current owner’s father in 1963, the whole experience is always off the scale.

If you are not familiar with my work I am an Independent Fine Art Photographer, hand process each of my images from multiple exposures, put in an average of 300 hours a year just processing and adding fresh posts and online material for up to 10 months after a given event and put out this magazine for free using my own time and money. I love cars, bikes and photography even more, and in my mind there is only one way to properly display these magnificent machines, with quality and elegance.

If you are interested in following my works please subscribe to our newsletter online at: www.AdamsViews.net/info/subscribe I do sell prints of these images online and also welcome any comments or feedback, stop by to visit or drop us a line anytime via our Website at: www.AdamsViews.net

JOHN E ADAMS Editor-in-Chief

This year’s Concours was again a fantastic gathering of amazing machines combined with perfect weather and the always beautiful backgrounds of the Port Royal Plantation. I am always overwhelmed visiting

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1926 Pontiac 6640 1916 was the first year for Pontiac which were built by the Oakland Motor Car Corp of GM and was a companion car to the Oakland Automobile.

This is Body #18190 and Engine #18406 of the 72742 vehicles Pontiac sold in 1926 and remains 1 of fewer than 50 surviving today. This is a very early production Pontiac and features the 1926 newly designed LHead Type, 6-cylinder engine producing 36HP @2400 RPM. This vehicle won an AACA Grand National Award in 2010 at New Bern, NC and received the AACA’s prestigious George M Holley Award for excellence the same year. This rare Pontiac also won the Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI) Senior Award in 2010 and the POCI Concours d’Elegance Award in 2013.

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1972 Lotus Elan SE Type 45

This vehicle has a fiberglass body and bumpers and could be built in either a fixed head or drop head coupe and earlier cars were considered roadsters. Harry Mundy designed the dual overhead cam cylinder head on an English Ford block.

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1956 Porsche Speedster

Originally owned and raced by john Shakespeare who was an early imported car dealer, acquiring Imported Motor Cars which carried new Porches and was reportedly raced with a Carrera engine at Lon Beach, Del Mar and at Palm Springs, Redlands Airport.

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1953 Maserati A6GCS The Maserati A6 was a series of grand tourers, racing sports cars and single seaters made by Maserati of Italy between 1947 and 1956. They were named for Alfieri Maserati, one of the Maserati brothers and for their straight-six engine.

To compete in the World Sportscar Championship, the A6GCS/53 (1953-55) was developed. 52 were made and an additional four Berlinettas and one spider were designed by Aldo Brovarone at Pinifarina.

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1923 Flint 5 Passenger Special Touring WC Durant acquired the assets of the bankrupt Willys Corp including a prototype design which Walter Chrysler also wanted. The prototype when developed by engineers Breer-Skelton-Zeder represented the finest auto technology of the time and the trio ultimately introduced the 1924 Chrysler. Durant improved on the design to resemble a downsized Locomobile to compete with Buick and named it Flint after his hometown.

Flint’s production started in June 1923 with a 65HP, 6-cylinder Continental engine with full pressure lubrication. By installing tubular framing mounted on the inner side of the standard frame the Flint’s very stiff frame also eliminated wood frame creaks.

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1914 Mercer 35-0 Runabout

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1913 Pierce Arrow 48B Runabout

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1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Service17

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1938 Steyr Roadster This roadster is one of three known to exist and the only one believed to be in the United States. It was built in Steyr, Austria and the body was built by Glausser in Dresden, Germany. The Steyr was a factory demonstrator shipped to Berlin in 1938. Power is supplied by a 2260cc overhead valve six-cylinder engine producing 80 hp.

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1912 REO Roadster

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1913 Buick M 31 5 Passenger Touring Car

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1935 MG PB Airline Coupe PB 0334 is one of 14 PB Airline Coupes built, one of six remaining and possibly the most famous. It was originally sold new by University Motors, London in 1935 to Prince Chula and Prince B. Bria, grandsons of king Mongkut of Siam, portrayed by Yul Brynner in the movie, Th King and I. The cousins later formed White Mouse Racing Stable and Bria won numerous international racing events and awards over the next three decades.

This chassis was sent to Car-bodies for fitment of the art deco body designed

by Allingham and upgrades included are walnut trim, Connolly leather and a sliding sunroof. The Airline body design is often described as the most beautiful MG ever made and PB 0334 won the First in Class Award at the 2016 Amelia Concours d’Elegance.

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1914 Cadillac 5 Passenger Touring

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1911 Ford Model T Torpedo Roadster

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1961 Lotus Elite Type 14 This was the first road car produced by Lotus and the racing Type 14 won its class at Le Mans 5 times in the 1960’s. This Elite has a Fiberglass Monocoque Body/chassis and won the 1961 Monte Carlo Rally and finished second in class. It was imported into the US in 1963 by the second owner who left it to the current owner, his daughter.

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1928 Lincoln Model L Dual Cowl Phaeton This Lincoln is completely original except for the new top and tires. It has the original paint and some of the original tool, side curtains and luggage.

The body of the car is aluminum and the fenders are steel. The most notable design feature is the dual cowl allowing the rear passengers to be protected.

The body was designed by Locke and Company of New York, NY. It features walnut cabinetry with Yale locks and abundant storage. The 60 degree V-8 engine has 384.5 cubic inches and produces 90 horsepower. It rides on a 136� wheelbase, has a three-speed transmission and 4 wheel brakes.

This Lincoln was originally purchased new by Fredrick H. Nash of the Bankers Trust Company in Paris.

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35 1914 Cadillac 5 Passenger Touring

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1938 Darracq/Talbot Lago T-150-C In 1936 the Paris salon introduced a wild Delahaye roadster with coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi and designed by Geo Hamm. Delahaye built 12 of these special roadsters and this car was the only Darracq/Talbot Lago built by Figoni in the Geo Hamm style.

This car was special ordered by The Count and Countess of Covilha in Portugal and was owned by the same family until 1975. The car was completely restored in 2005-2006 and has been shown at Pebble Beach and Amelia Island and has been on loan to various Art Museums for their Art Deco displays.

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1955 MG TF 1500

The last of the MG sports cars with wood framed bodies and the only year the MG T series came with a standard 1500 cc engine.

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1954 Hudson Hornet

This Hudson has 16k Original miles. This is a “Twin H� model with a 308 ci engine, dual carbs, radio, heater, outside mirrors, curb feelers, leather, automatic transmission and convertible top.

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1960 Porsche RS-60 The Targa Florio coursed through a Sicilian countryside whose landscape was medieval in some spots, ancient in others, and breathtakingly beautiful throughout. To survive ten laps of its mountains and punishing 44.64 mile circuit was an accomplishment and to win the Targa was truly remarkable.

The display car won the Targa in 1960 and Porsche's won seven more during that decade, the remaining three were taken by Ferrari. Neither engine nor transmission was significantly changed in the RS-60. In addition to racing, 718-041 served the factory as Porsche's guinea pig to test various transmissions and the 2.0 liter Type 587 engine.

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1952 Vincent Rapide Touring Model Series C

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1967 Morgan 4

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1938 Peugeot 402 Darl’mat The Darl’mat was the brainchild of Emile Darl’mat and a Peugeot dealer in France. It was intended to boost Peugeot’s image by offering a lightweight body, unique aerodynamic styling and a sporting engine. At the time, the Darl’mat roadster was unlike anything else on the road and was occasionally raced in period. The coachwork was designed by Georges Paulin and fabricated by Marcel Pourout.

After being restored in 2004 this car won its class at Pebble Beach.

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1911 Maxwell EA

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1923 Anderson 4 Door

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1913 Stevens Duryea C Six Stevens Duryea’s were built from 1909 to 1915. The Company was formed by Frank Duryea and the J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company in Chicopee Falls, MA. This was a touring car with aluminum fenders and body and the engine in the model is a 6cylinder, 490 c.i. rated at 44.6HP with a 131 inch wheel base. It features air start and is the first year for electric lights and horn. Stevens Duryea made about 100 cars per year and there about are only 10 of this model known and the selling price was $4,500.

In 1917 the owner, a California rancher, caught his sons using this vehicle to chase rabbits and put it in the barn until it was sold to a well driller in the 1940’s. It was restored in 1989 with 3,500 miles and won first in its class at Pebble Beach. and received the AACA’s prestigious George M Holley Award for excellence the same year. This rare Pontiac also won the Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI) Senior Award in 2010 and the POCI Concours d’Elegance Award in 2013.

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1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham

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1956 Austin Healy 100-4

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1912 National Speed Car Built in Indianapolis, Indiana and was raced in the 1913 Indy 500 for the National Race Team.

After a crash in the Inaugural race. It then spent the next decade racing in California.

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1938 BMW R61

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1931 Ford Model A Woodie Station Wagon

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1914 Stutz Bearcat The Stutz Bearcat was a well-known American sports car of the pre and post WW1 period.

Essentially the Bearcat was a shorter (120� wheelbase vs 130�) lighter version of the standard Stutz passenger cars chassis.

The colorful history and rakish image of the Stutz Bearcat made it one of the better known antique cars to later generations of Americans. It was often associated with the Roaring 20s and college students of that period.

This car came from the A.K. Miller collection, fully disassembled by Harvey Cater. It is equipped with a Wisconsin 360 ci, 60 hp engine with a split fire ignition system.

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1923 Marmon 34B 7 Passenger

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1910 Mitchell T Touring This 1910 Mitchell Touring Car has a 4-cylinder 35HP engine and was manufactured by the Mitchell Motor Car Company in Racine, Wisconsin.

The Mitchell Car Company produced high quality cars from 1901 to 1923.

This car has been on many brass car tours and was purchased in 2000 from the Stone Mountain, Georgia Museum.

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1950 Jaguar XK120 The Jaguar heritage certificate #38872 shows the car dispatched on 9-27-1950, making it one of the first steel bodied XK 120’s in the US. Restored to exact 1950 factory specifications. No wings vents, studless cam covers, “TEX” hose clamps and Tall carburetor pots. This car also has correct factory suede green exterior and interior colors with a French gray hood.

This car was built at the Foles Hill Jaguar factory that predates the Coventry factory.

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1954 BMW R67/2 The R67 series are the last plunger frame motorcycles BMW produced before introducing the Earls fork series in 1954.

This R67/2 is configured for Sport Touring and has a top speed very close to 90 mph. This engine was introduced in 1953 and became BMW’s standard design through 1969.

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