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Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring FestivalSaturday, August 15. 2009 |
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Believed to be the first time such an exhibit is to be included at a Concours event, the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival introduces a special display sourced by Harvey Geiger, a member of the Automotive Advisory Board, for the 2009 event. ‘Life on the Road,’ an interactive display, will exhibit over 30 vehicles in the Motoring Midway show field Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1. The display will depict a century of camping and living along the highway in RV’s, trailers, motor homes and off-road vehicles.
Auto camping was all the rage in the early years of the 20th Century. By the 1920’s millions of Americans had experienced traveling as “tin can tourists” and “auto hobos.” By the 30’s folding trailers had evolved into stand up “shoe box” camping units and few are more unique than those built under license from the Aerocar Corporation. Aviation pioneer Glen Curtis built his first “motor bungalow” in 1919 and later invented the “fifth wheel” coupling hitch. In 1927 he established his Curtis Aerocar Company which utilized airplane structural engineering concepts. “We are thrilled to have such a unique exhibit as a part of our eighth annual event. Harvey has done a tremendous job sourcing such authentic and exciting vehicles to make this a thorough and dynamic depiction of ‘life on the road,’” said Carolyn Vanagel, the Festival’s Executive Director. Multiple trailers from the post War period will be on exhibit along with several contemporary and antique motor homes including a 1927 Auto Kamp Trailer which unfolds into a tent-like structure and is complete with a display of vintage camping gear including cooking devices, folding furniture and a portable gramophone for camp site entertainment, a 1936 Curtis Aero trailer being pulled by the fifth wheel attached to a ultra streamlined custom 1938 International truck, a vintage 1962 Airstream with its 1955 GMC tow vehicle, the amphibious TerraWind coach and a 1929 Studebaker RV. The exhibit will also include off-road “safari” and military vehicles.
Gate ticket prices are $15 for Friday and Saturday’s vintage track event, the Savannah/Hilton Head Historics, $25 for a Two-Day Track Pass, $25 for Saturday’s Car Club Jamboree, $30 for Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance, $50 for a Two-Day Festival Pass (good for both locations on Saturday as well as Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance) and $60 for a Three-Day Festival Pass (good for all events, both locations). Discounted tickets will be available online at www.hhiconcours.com and will go on sale summer of 2009. Children under 12 get in free, students are $5 per day (with a Student I.D.) and military and their families receive a 50% discount at the gate (with an Active Duty I.D.).
For more information, call (843) 785-SHOW (7469) or visit the official Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival website at www.hhiconcours.com. About the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival has earned the distinction of being one of the nation’s signature automobile events. The eighth annual Festival will take place at both The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa on Hutchinson Island, Savannah, GA and at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island, SC from Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 1, 2009. The multi-day event will feature historic automobile racing managed by Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd., a Car Club Jamboree with 10-15 local and regional car clubs displaying their best representatives, technology displays, motorcycle exhibits, educational displays, ride & drive events from automotive sponsors, a special exhibit of “Life on the Road” showcasing how Americans slept on the road before motels and hotels and, the pinnacle of the Festival, the Concours d’Elegance with 150 cars and motorcycles competing for Best of Show. Motoring Festival Partners include BMW Group/Hilton Head BMW, Porsche of North America/Porsche of Hilton Head, Jaguar Motor Cars, NA/Jaguar Hilton Head, Mercedes-Benz/AMG, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Hargray, the Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, the Savannah Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Adventure Radio, Celebration Events & Classic Party Rentals. For more information, call (843) 785-SHOW (7469) or visit www.hhiconcours.com Defined tags for this entry: classic cars, Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance
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