A 1935 S.S. Ltd. SS1 takes top honors at 7th Annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
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BUZZ NOTE: If you want to gander at some real car eye candy, make sure that you click the link in the text below for the full list of award winners. It is a slide show and the images can be expanded by clicking on any one of them.
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A 1935 S.S. Ltd. SS1 takes top honors at 7th Annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
"Best of Show" winner 1935 S.S. Ltd. SS1, owned by Eduardo Zavala, of St. Petersburg, Florida
Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
Before Jaguar was Jaguar, it was S.S. Cars Ltd. Prior to resuming automobile production following World War II, the company name was changed to Jaguar Cars Ltd. early in 1945. The SS1 model was the first car designed by company founder Sir William Lyons and was built for its looks rather than performance. Originally owned by Argentinian tango performer Ada Falcon, it spent the first 80 years in Buenos Aires.
A full list of award winners, including those of the Hagerty Youth Judging, the Car Corral and the Jaguar Field of Honour, may be found at https://www.philadelphiaconcours.com/2024-winners .
A panel discussion covering the history of Jaguar was held on the stage during the Concours, which included historian Harry Hurst as the M.C., and former Jaguar of North America president Mike Dale, Jaguar collector/restorer Dean Cusano, and Group 44 Jaguar racing driver Chip Robinson. On video were Tony Dowe, former managing director of Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Group 44’s Bob Tullius, and author Neil Smith.
Next year’s 8th Annual Philadelphia Concours d'Elegance is scheduled for June 21-22, 2025.
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I sure love looking at those beautiful cars. It's a dream that will never come true for me to drive them, even ONE of them.
The first car in the slide show of winners is a late 1950s (could be a 1959) Jaguar Mark IX, the car my father and I test drove in 1959 and I loved but he didn't and he bought a 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville instead and broke my heart. The Caddy was so damn long you needed 2 parking spaces to park it.