The Porsche Club of New South Wales hosted the 2018 Concours d'Elegance / 70 Year Celebration of Porsche in the Don Lucas Reserve, Wanda Beach, Cronulla today.
On a magnificent Spring Sunday morning here in Cronulla I joined 300+ other Porsche owners as it gave me the perfect platform to display my 1977 2.7 Porsche Coupe.
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| On a beautiful Spring morning at Wanda Beach in Cronulla I displayed my yellow 1977 2.7 Porsche Coupe The residential high-rise buildings of Cronulla Beach in the backdrop. |
On a magnificent Spring Sunday morning here in Cronulla I joined 300+ other Porsche owners as it gave me the perfect platform to display my 1977 2.7 Porsche Coupe.
l purchased my Porsche way back in 1979 from the original owner Dr. Robert Cannon who purchased the vehicle on 23/03/77 from Hamilton's of South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria.
l have owned this beautiful Porsche for 39-years, so l decided for the 1st time in all those years to proudly participate / show my vehicle in recognition of celebrating 70-years of Porsche sports cars.
My vehicle is now 41-years-old, last year the paint work was starting to look very tired so l decided to give the vehicle a face lift, we completely stripped the paint back to bare metal & resprayed the vehicle to its original colour. The vehicle now looks better than when it rolled off the production line in Germany all those years ago.
In those 41-years the speedo reading shows only 174,000 klms. (4,243 klms or 2,636 miles per year). Definitely genuine mileage.
Don Lucas Reserve in Cronulla offers a lush parkland setting with a gorgeous backdrop (as you can witness in the photographs) located on one of Sydney's iconic beaches to show off your car.
Throughout the day there was a roving commentator interviewing participants & asking questions relating to their car & its history.
At one point he mentioned the similarity between this event & the Concours d'Elegance held at Pebble Beach,California. Never having been to that event at Pebble Beach in California l really can not comment. However it would want to be excellent to even come any where near the showpiece setting here in Cronulla.
This years event was held in conjunction with Porsche Cars Australia, at a guess l would say there were close to 300 Porsches dating back to the 1956 Porsche 356 to the latest Porsche GT3RS, plus very special & increasingly rare cars proudly on display in the Reserve.
The event was designed to accommodate all Porsche enthusiasts from the hard core Open Concours entry, Wash & Polish entry as well as the Porsche owner who simply wants to put his car on the grass and enjoy the day.
Not to mention all the Porsches that were parked in surrounding & nearby streets, l suppose that these Porsche owners did not want to pay the $40.00 Park up Display fee for guests with a Porsche.
All participating cars were given a special commemorative 70th Year celebration Grill Badge supplied by Porsche for the once in a lifetime opportunity,
Please enjoy the few photographs that l took at yesterdays event.
Cheers for now
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| After 39-years of owning my Porsche, this is the first time I have ever put it on display at a car show. Licence plate KW 911. |
l have owned this beautiful Porsche for 39-years, so l decided for the 1st time in all those years to proudly participate / show my vehicle in recognition of celebrating 70-years of Porsche sports cars.
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More Porsches on display in all their glory that were
entered in the Open Concours category.
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My vehicle is now 41-years-old, last year the paint work was starting to look very tired so l decided to give the vehicle a face lift, we completely stripped the paint back to bare metal & resprayed the vehicle to its original colour. The vehicle now looks better than when it rolled off the production line in Germany all those years ago.
In those 41-years the speedo reading shows only 174,000 klms. (4,243 klms or 2,636 miles per year). Definitely genuine mileage.
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| 2018 Concours D'Elegance Judges huddled together discussing the results of the various categories. |
Don Lucas Reserve in Cronulla offers a lush parkland setting with a gorgeous backdrop (as you can witness in the photographs) located on one of Sydney's iconic beaches to show off your car.
Throughout the day there was a roving commentator interviewing participants & asking questions relating to their car & its history.
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| A future Porsche owner enjoying the Porsche Diesel (Standard) tractor. |
At one point he mentioned the similarity between this event & the Concours d'Elegance held at Pebble Beach,California. Never having been to that event at Pebble Beach in California l really can not comment. However it would want to be excellent to even come any where near the showpiece setting here in Cronulla.
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| Mean looking Gun metal Grey Porsche 930 with HUGE picnic tray. |
This years event was held in conjunction with Porsche Cars Australia, at a guess l would say there were close to 300 Porsches dating back to the 1956 Porsche 356 to the latest Porsche GT3RS, plus very special & increasingly rare cars proudly on display in the Reserve.
The event was designed to accommodate all Porsche enthusiasts from the hard core Open Concours entry, Wash & Polish entry as well as the Porsche owner who simply wants to put his car on the grass and enjoy the day.
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| Latest Porsche GT3RS on display yesterday. |
Not to mention all the Porsches that were parked in surrounding & nearby streets, l suppose that these Porsche owners did not want to pay the $40.00 Park up Display fee for guests with a Porsche.
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| White Coupe, another fine example of the 1956 (356 Porsche) |
All participating cars were given a special commemorative 70th Year celebration Grill Badge supplied by Porsche for the once in a lifetime opportunity,
Please enjoy the few photographs that l took at yesterdays event.
Cheers for now
Warbo
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