2019 Kneeland Concours D’elegance Photo Coverage: The Amazing Cavalcade Of Automotive History Continues


2019 Kneeland Concours D’elegance Photo Coverage: The Amazing Cavalcade Of Automotive History Continues

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The photos are not properly ordered or grouped per their respective class at the Concours.  I wondered around trying get photos of cars people weren’t swarming at that moment.  That means I didn’t get several cars that were always covered up with admirers.  This gallery contains vehicles mostly of the late 40s through the 50s that didn’t go into other pools.

Most of you will recognize the majority of these rides and be able to guess the year and/or trim level with a decent degree of accuracy.  I knew a little about every one of these minus one.  That ’57 Chevy El Morocco is something I hadn’t previously seen or heard of.  I did a bit of research and was impressed by what I found.

Essentially a businessman (Ruben Allender) wanted to ‘build’ his own marque of automobile.  He had a string of Cadillacs and loved the styling and his goal was to build a lower-cost rendition of the Eldorado.  He planned to start building them in 1955, but things didn’t get rolling until 1956.  Very few were made in both 1956 and 1957.  While they did cost less than Cadillac they were quite a bit more than the Bel Air and 210 Chevy models they’re based on.  These cars were titled as an ‘El Morocco’ and equate to being a mass-produced mild custom with all modifications being only skin deep.  Due to the low production numbers and the quirkiness of the build these are actually prized by collectors these days.  I don’t know if GM sold them the vehicles at a special price or how that deal worked.  If anyone knows more please chime in.

More to come from the Keeneland Concours so check back in soon.


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4 thoughts on “2019 Kneeland Concours D’elegance Photo Coverage: The Amazing Cavalcade Of Automotive History Continues

  1. David Brown

    Thank you for sharing an outstanding group of photos. I notice that many of the cars you photographed were in the KCdE Car Club Paddock. That paddock is a special feature of Keeneland that gives anyone with a special car opportunity to park within feet of the concours competition cars. When you go to Keeneland you will see about 160 concours cars competing and about 1,000 cars there on the grounds that we can all enjoy seeing and appreciating.

    1. Doug Gregory

      I explain most of the generalities in other articles. I’m trying to not bog any of the galleries down with too much. I fail that goal in the 6th article.

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