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The Fountain Elms Invitational Carbone Automotive Group Award for Excellence 2008 Best of Show- Highest Points Scored 1939 Horch 853a Cabriolet John Rich – Frackville, PA The 12th annual Fountain Elms Invitational will be held on July 5, 2009. This show is limited to award winning pre-war vehicles displayed by invitation only. While many of the vehicles at the Invitational are full Classics, there is always an interesting mix of brass, antique and commercial vehicles also invited.

Meyda Tiffany Award Most Elegant Vehicle 1929 Packard 640 Custom Sport Touring Albert Nippert - Schoharie, NY The Invitational is held on the landscaped grounds surrounding Fountain Elms, a restored Victorian house museum, located on the campus of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, NY. This Italianate mansion, together with its fountain, gazebo and Victorian gardens, provides an elegant setting for the display of antique vehicles David and Jane Sayre Bryant Award Most Unique Vehicle 1911 E-M-F Model 30 Racer Gordon Matson - Concord, NH The Invitational experience starts Saturday evening with the Mohawk Motorcades Automobile Club Pre-show dinner. Sunday morning Invitational participants begin their day with a champagne continental breakfast at which time they receive a gift basket of local products. Next, their vehicles are professionally photographed by the fountain in front of Fountain Elms. At noon participants are treated to a luncheon on the mansion’s enclosed and air-conditioned terrace. Chairman’s Trophy 1908 International Auto Buggy Terry Young – Central Square, NY The Fountain Elms Invitational awards ceremony is held at the gazebo beginning at 3:30 pm. At this time all participants are recognized and receive a bottle of “Fountain Elms” champagne and the completed photo plaque of their vehicle in front of the mansion. A total of 9 Waterford crystal trophies are presented to the winners in various categories. The Meyda Tiffany Trophy – Best of Show Award is a custom made, one of a kind trophy produced especially for the Fountain Elms Invitational by the Meyda Tiffany Company. Mohawk Motorcades Automobile Club Award Best Exterior 1938 Bentley Karl Zoller – Gwynedd Valley, PA Fountain Elms Award Best Interior 1930 Model A Ford Michael Fanelli – Chadwicks, NY City of Utica Award People’s Choice 1935 Packard Convertible Sedan Warren & Natalie Brown –Barneveld, NY Oneida County Award Best Period Costume Randall & Marge Hall – Valencia, PA Rachael Proctor Award Best Vehicle 1915 and Earlier 1909 Chase Model C Panel Top Chuck Bustard – Lansdale, PA 2008 Fountain Elms Invitational Awards Ceremony 2008 Fountain Elms Invitational Participants 1909 Buick Roadster Randall Hall – Valencia, PA 1921 Stanley 735E Roadster D. Scott Cruse - Milford, Ohio 1924 Moon 650 Roadster Gerd Herrmann – Honeoye Falls, NY 1927 Stutz Boat Tail Speedster Alan Rosenblum – New Hartford, NY 1929 Franklin Station Wagon Larry Loffredo – DeRuyter, NY 1930 Cadillac 353 Sport Coupe Armen Roubian – Rome, NY 1931 Packard Standard Eight Roadster George Staley - DeRuyter, NY 1938 Cadillac Fleetwood Club Coupe Douglas Seibert – Rochester, NY 1940 Cadillac 6219 Sedan Joseph Bishop – Ontario, NY 1942 Ford/American LaFrance Pumper Pat Thorpe – Bloomfield, NY