A Grand Concours in Scarsdale Village
- Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:33
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The annual Scarsdale Concours d’Elegance took place Sunday October 16 in Scarsdale Village. On display were more than 125 cars, from antiques to the latest models, including this classic Jaguar XKE from the late 60s or early 70s that features a 12 cylinder engine that reaches 180mph.
Another standout entry was a vintage 1969 Good Humor truck a Ford F-250, owned by cheery Good Humor girl Kathryn Kraut. Kraut jokingly spoke about how she picked the ice cream truck over getting her PhD and has been happy with her decision ever since. The truck is an in-service Good Humor ice cream truck, originally number 73 of 101 Good Humor trucks circulating in Detroit. Except for a fresh coat of paint, everything on the truck is original, even the porcelain “Good Humor” sign. Kathryn now drives the truck on the east side of Norwalk.
Another car owner, Evan Deiman, completely rebuilt a 1930 Ford Model A into a car that looked just like new. On a whim, he
purchased an old junked Model A that had been sitting in a barn for years. In about 9 months he had it in perfect condition. He even found an American flag with 48 stars for the front of the car like the flag that flew when the car was first made.
Mayor Miriam Levitt Flisser was in town enjoying the show on the sunny afternoon. When asked about her favorite part of the car show, she said she particularly liked that it was outdoors and brings the whole town out to the village. She also says she really likes the vintage cars.
Awards were given out in thirty categories. The Scarsdale car show is a “French ruled” show, where cars are judged on overall aesthetics.
The two co-founders of the car show are Evan Cygler and Denis O’Leary III, both graduates of Scarsdale High School. They founded the car show eight years ago when they were sophomores at the high school. They said they began by making calls to local owners to see if people would come and show their cars. Now people come from all over the country to show their cars in Scarsdale Village. O’Leary said, “A lot of people helped us to dream big.” Eight years later, there is a seven-member board who runs the show and a slew of judges and car owners who come every year.
For more information visit www.scarsdaleconcours.org .
Article by Sunny Feinstein and Photos by Lindsay LeBoyer
