1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Spyder
Perfect Is As Perfect Does
August 2, 2002
Mounger inherited the job of chairman after the passing of Lorin Tryon, who teamed with Jules Heumann as cochairmen from 1972 through 1998, a period when the concours rose from a local charity car show to one of the world’s premier automotive events. Mounger is quick to credit the work of his predecessors and stresses his obligation to continue the event’s well-deserved reputation.; function voidFunc() { } voidFunc(); "1930 Cadillac V-16")
“The show has earned a great amount of respect internationally thanks to the work of the people before me,” he acknowledges. “We get 25 to 30 cars from outside the U.S. each year.”
When Mounger spoke with The Robb Report Collection in May, the invitations for the 2002 event had just been mailed, but he was already deeply involved in planning who would be on the invitation list as far out as 2005. (Click image to enlarge)
“We have our traditional classes, such as Antique (through 1915), Vintage (1916–1924), American Classics, European Classics, Duesenberg, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz, year after year. Then we [the advisory board] develop a list of feature classes to take advantage of upcoming special occasions like the celebration of an anniversary or historical event. Or sometimes there is an accidental occurrence when three or four unusual cars are in restoration and will be coming available, so we will create a class around them.”
The reintroduction of the Maybach brand by Mercedes-Benz this year is a good example. Mounger’s work with Mercedes and the Maybach owners club has resulted in the introduction of a special class for Maybach Zeppelins consisting of a half-dozen of the rare 12-cylinder custom-bodied models made during the 1930s.
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