Special Display at Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance to Honor Ford Performance
The Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance will be adding a special display chronicling the extensive history of Ford Performance, event organizers announced. Led by a 1967 Ford GT40 MkIV, the collection will be among 200 cars and motorcycles that will be showcased at Crystal Springs Golf Course in Burlingame on July 18.
Spanning more than a century of Ford’s history, the display “will offer Concours guests a first-hand look at the evolution and impact that the Ford brand has had, both on the racetrack and America’s roadways,” said Chairman Emeritus Rob Fisher. “We are deeply thankful to the owners of these magnificent cars for providing us with the opportunity to display them.”
Listed chronologically, the display will feature:
- 1915 Model T Speedster
- 1964 Shelby USRRC 289 Cobra
- 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra
- 1965 Shelby GT350
- 1965 Shelby GT350R
- 1967 Ford GT40 MkIV
- 1968 Shelby GT500 KR
- 1969 Ford Boss 429
- 2000 Mustang Cobra R
- 2005 Ford GT Serial #2
- 2014 Shelby GT500
- 2018 Ford GT
In addition to special displays of this year’s honored Ford and BMW marques, the Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance will feature more than 20 additional “Automobiles of Distinction” groupings. This will include American Pre- and Post-War, CCCA Approved Classics, American Sporting Cars through 1987, Vintage Motorcycles, two Ferrari classes, two imported sports car classes, Japanese cars, a preservation class, two Rolls-Royce and Bentley classes, Shelby GT350’s, imported passenger and touring cars, vintage race cars and arcane and rare cars.
