For 2009, we have expanded Saturday September 12 with on-field activities to include a Car & Motorcycle Club Celebration with approximately 25 clubs invited to attend to show their vehicles.  We will also have three seminars on various aspects of restoration, preparation and valuation of rare and antique vehicles and one on automotive photography.  The Nutmeg Tour for Autism on Saturday has its noon-time stop at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT.  And, Saturday evening features our d'Elegance Reception and Preview of Sunday's show field.  Proceeds from the preview benefit the Autism Programs of AIND/Giant Steps and St. Vincent's Behavioral Health Serivces. 

 

This year our featured artist is Timothy White - a noted photographer and collector of rare vehicles.
 

Sunday's Concours will have three special exhibits - Cars of Bridgehampton Race Circuit, Packard Rare and Concept Vehicles and Winning Vehicles from The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance.  Our Featured Judging Classes are Porsche, Packard, Alfa Romeo and FIVA.

 

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 Among the most famous Alfa Romeos ever built are the "Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica" or "B.A.T." concept cars. Designed by legendary stylist Frano Scaglione for Nuccio Bertone in the 1950s, they explored aerodynamic solutions to sports car design in a way which fused a vision for the future and the latest thinking in science. The three cars built, B.A.T. 5, 7 and 9 were built on the Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint chassis and are considered by many to be among the most noteworthy concept cars of the decade. Now, at the 2009 Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance, their story continues.

As extraordinary as all the B.A.T. cars are, the tale of one, B.A.T. 9, has a particular fascination. A Michigan dentist, Dr. Gary Kaberle, purchased B.A.T. 9 as a teenager with popcorn-stand money and a loan from his grandmother. He sold it 23 years later to help fund medical treatment for his wife, Debbie, who passed away two years later. Soon after, Kaberle started exhaustive research of the B.A.T. cars. He visited the Scaglione family in Italy and began working with Stile Bertone design director, David Wilkie on B.A.T. 11, a project he calls "Dreams and Design for a Cure" that honors his wife and the B.A.T. heritage.

The full-sized model mockup of B.A.T. 11 will be one of the highlights of the Alfa Romeo display at the 2009 Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance. It is particularly exciting, as Fiat Auto has agreed to contribute the chassis and running gear of the new 8C Competizione to the final, working B.A.T. 11 which will come next.

If you wish to have your vehicle considered for the 2009 Concours, our entry application is available online on our web site.  You may either download a PDF and mail it in, or enter the vehicle information online.  The deadline for submitting your application is June 15, 2009.