The most amazing fact about the Live Oak Concours d’elegance is most of the cars are owned by Baton Rouge residents.
Yes, those exotic racers, those European jewels standing along City Park’s golf course green — most of them can be found in somebody’s garage somewhere in the Baton Rouge area.
“And people don’t know it,” Jeff Cobb said. “We’re having some cars brought in from other parts of the world, but people don’t realize that most of the cars we have are right here in Baton Rouge.”
And Cobb will make them aware beginning Friday, April 13, when the third Live Oak Concours is staged on the City Park Golf Course. He didn’t know the exact number of cars to the shown earlier in the week — he was still accepting submissions.
But he did make a prediction of at least 100.
That’s 100 exotic and classic cars that aren’t found at the usual car show fare.
“We’ll have a Talbot Lago GP racer,” Cobb said. “How many times do you get to see a car like that in Baton Rouge?”
Cars in past shows have included a 1928 Fraschini Tipo 8A, a 1930 Austin Seven Chummy and a daily driver 71 Lamborghini Espada. Vintage motorcycles also will be in the roundup.
Cobb is the owner of Jeff Cobb Auto Works. He began coordinating this show in 2009 to raise money for cancer charities in Baton Rouge. The show returned in 2010 and was on hiatus in 2011.
Cobb is bringing back the show this year, along with a lineup of guests and activities.
Scheduled to appear are Tom Tjaarda of Turin, Italy, who will make his third visit to the show. He is the designer of the De Tomaso Pantera, Fiat 124 Spider, Ferrari 330, GT 2+2, Ferrari 365 GT California Spider, Shelby Series 2 1963 Corvette Rondine and the Serenissima for Count Volpi, along with 74 other car designs.
Also appearing will be vintage racer Anatoly Arutunoff, who will share stories, books and adventures that span more than 50 years of Italian and American car racing and creating.
And Live Oak Concours posters by New Orleans artist Lory Lockwood will be on sale. Lockwood specializes in automobile and motorcycle fine art prints in the photorealism style. The style is detailed, focusing on chrome reflections, soft colors and abstract patterns.
A portion of the poster sales will benefit cancer charities.
As for events, the Concours will kick off on Friday, April 13, with dinner and drinks for Tjaarda and Aruntunoff in the Baton Rouge Gallery.
Activities continue with a Country Side Cruise on Saturday, April 14. Participants will meet at 6:30 a.m. at the golf course, and the event begins at 8:30 a.m. Only show participants are eligible to drive in the Country Side Cruise.
Finally, at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 15, cars will sit along the green for visitors to see.
Tjaarda and veteran LeMans racer Jacques Grelley will be on site, and automotive art, books, ceramics, posters and jewelry will be available for purchase.
Food by Don Bergeron to be served at 11 a.m., and a Brazilian Bossa Nova band will perform from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Also, an electric helicopter will hover 400-plus feet overhead taking photos of the day’s events.
“This show was created by my love of cars, great friends, helping cancer victims and the need of giving my hometown a grand show that it so deserves,” Cobb said in a statement on his website, http://www.liveoakconcours.org. “We will most definitely have a fine show and enjoy our times while having fun ... We will have a superb automotive day with varied events so funds may be raised for cancer patient support and needed research. So time has come for us to help stop this dreaded reality.”
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