{"id":2692,"date":"2006-06-12T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2006\/06\/stella-by-stellite\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:02:04","slug":"stella-by-stellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2006\/06\/stella-by-stellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella by Stellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After gloomy, wet skies on Saturday<\/a>, the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance<\/a> was brightened<\/a> on Sunday by occasional sun and a bright little star<\/a>, the Stellite<\/a> car. Built by a subsidiary of Vickers for Wolseley, the Stellite was produced from 1913 to 1919. This 1914 Stellite, one of a handful to survive, was owned by Scott Isquick’s father in the 1940s. Scott, in searching for “a car like Dad’s,” found the exact car on a farm in England, bought and restored it. Complete with umbrella<\/a>, dickey seat<\/a> and 1,100 cc F-head four-cylinder engine<\/a>, the Stellite easily won its class. Although the Stellite was contemporary with Elwood Haynes’ discovery of the cobalt-chromium alloy of that name, there’s no apparent connection in use of the name.<\/p>\n

With drier skies, entrants set about polishing their cars, Dennis<\/a> and Ann Marie Nash<\/a> grooming their Mark VI Bentley<\/a>. Bugattis included Types Type 44<\/a> and 73C<\/a>, and Amilcar, the quintessential French sports car, contrasted a 1924 CGS3 Kellner-bodied boattail<\/a> with a Pegase roadster<\/a> eleven years newer. Black beauties included the superbly-proportioned Talbot-Lago T-150 coupe<\/a> and striking Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato<\/a>. Enigmatic among Maseratis was the 5000 GT<\/a>, its comely coupe body by Touring contrasting with an odd porcine snout. In coordinated dark crimson were the sultry Bentley R-Type Continental<\/a> and martial Mercedes 300 “Adenauer” convertible<\/a>. Much sportier was the Abarth 207A spider<\/a>, and from another planet the 1936 Austin “Low Loader”<\/a> London taxi. Rare fare at a concours was the Saab 93B<\/a> sedan, and perhaps contesting the Concours d’Marine<\/a> section for vintage yachts<\/a> was the outrageous Amphicar<\/a>, secured from rising tides by mushroom anchor<\/a>. Soulmate for the Amphicar was a Tupolev N007<\/a>, an air-powered boat for retrieving Russian cosmonauts.<\/p>\n

With a drier field, drive-by awards were possible, and videographers<\/a> captured chairman Bruce Wennerstrom presenting Malcolm and Natalie Pray<\/a> an award for their BMW 507<\/a> sports car. Sunday’s Concours Europa repeated Saturday’s black-on-black theme, awarding Best of Show<\/a> to the H6B Hispano-Suiza<\/a> owned by Frank and Milli Richiardelli.<\/p>\n

Greenwich Concours d’Elegance benefits disaster relief agency Americares<\/a>. The 13th Concours will take place on June 2nd and 3rd, 2007. Bruce and Genia have ordered perfect weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After gloomy, wet skies on Saturday, the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance was brightened on Sunday by occasional sun and a bright little star, the Stellite car. Built by a subsidiary of Vickers for Wolseley, the Stellite was produced from 1913 to 1919. This 1914 Stellite, one of a handful to survive, was owned by Scott Isquick’s….<\/span>
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