Geneva Concours, August 24, 2014

After taking a year off, we assembled a collection of 356s again for the Geneva Concours of 2014. As in 2011 and 2012, we put the cars on display in the parking lot behind the Kane County court house and posted placards along Third Street, the main drag of the Concours, to alert the crowd to our presence.  Despite a shorter-than-usual lead time, we were able to line up a display of 16 cars spanning 11 years of 356 production and including examples from 5 of our 7 historical groups:

Group 1:  Pre-A, 1950-55
  • Kevin Murray, Coupe
Group 2:  356A T1, 1956-57
  • Jay Yost, Cabriolet
  • Doug Feistamel, Coupe
  • Cliff Holle, Coupe
(Group 3:  356A T2, 1958-59, and Group 4:  356B T5, 1960-61:  no cars this time.)

Group 5:  356B T6, 1962-63
  • Bill Van Nortwick, Coupe
  • Tom McGinty, Coupe
  • Paul Masanek, Cabriolet
Group 6:  356C, 1964-65
  • Tim Curtis, Coupe
  • Gordy Smith, Coupe
  • Chris Davitt, Cabriolet
  • Gene Gully, Coupe
Group 7: the Speedster and its successors
  • Jeff Roseberry, Speedster
  • Curt Crowell, Speedster
  • George Peirce, Convertible D
  • Gerry Dunn, Roadster (T5)
  • Stephen Schmidt, Roadster (T6)

The display was set up by Jim Hinde with welcome assistance from Peter and Thomas Van Nortwick, Wally Wright, and the Club members who generously brought their cars.  Special thanks to Kevin Murray for lending us his Pre-A Coupe for the day.

photo by Wally Wright




photo by Wally Wright




photo by Wally Wright




photo by Wally Wright




photo by Jim Hinde




photo by Jim Hinde




photo by Jim Hinde




photo by Jim Hinde




photo by Jim Hinde


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