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Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #1
stagepony Jinno Louie Dunedin, FL, USA Sign in to contact 1960 MG MGA "Putty Tat" 2002 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner "Corporal Lane" 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser "Brick" 2018 Toyota RAV4 "Tooth Fairy"	Topic Creator (OP) Feb 11, 2016 08:51 PM Joined 11 years ago 1,227 Posts

Hi MG Friends,

I'm considering attending the Amelia Island Concourse this year but not sure as to what event what be most fulfilling.
Have any of you attended this event ever? What day or event would you recommend to a Commoner, MGA owner?
I'm thinking we would attend festivities only Saturday or Sunday. Any more than this and my galfriend will burn out.

Thanks!
Jinno

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #2
billjamesSTJames Bill James Southport, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1959 MG MGA 1500	Feb 11, 2016 10:20 PM Joined 13 years ago 475 Posts

The tickets are not cheap. But you will see cars that you will never see other then pebble beach. If you go on Saturday it's free. I have been invited to the Cars & Coffee event which is held on Saturday.You can also hit the auctions and see the cars before they go on the block. The event is a "Must See" for any Car Guy.

Bill

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #3
ron neal Coastal, SC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII 1968 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC GT & more	Feb 12, 2016 07:30 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 8,009 Posts

Agree that Saturday is the better day for the casual observer and much cheaper.
Ron

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #4
WheelmanG Paul G Talking Rock, GA, USA Sign in to contact 1926 Dodge Neon 1952 MG TD 1959 MG MGA 1959 MG MGA & more	Feb 12, 2016 09:56 AM Top Contributor Joined 8 years ago 1,195 Posts

Hi Bill:
A little confused - you say the tickets are not cheap but Saturday is free?

In reply to # 3192679 by billjamesSTJames The tickets are not cheap. But you will see cars that you will never see other then pebble beach. If you go on Saturday it's free. I have been invited to the Cars & Coffee event which is held on Saturday.You can also hit the auctions and see the cars before they go on the block. The event is a "Must See" for any Car Guy.

Bill

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #5
ron neal Coastal, SC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII 1968 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC GT & more	Feb 12, 2016 10:58 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 8,009 Posts

Paul
Saturdays cars and coffee is free and the cars are from local car clubs. Still by invitation and very nice examples but limited to 250 cars or something like that.
Sundays cars are not all the Saturday cars. Its the good stuff. I guess the cost of Sundays tickets keeps the riffraff out. grinning smiley

Ron

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #6
RedDuck Richard P. Jacksonville, FL, USA Sign in to contact 1963 Austin-Healey Sprite	Feb 12, 2016 11:27 AM Top Contributor Joined 10 years ago 605 Posts

Jinno,

I have been to the Concours for the last 4 years. The tickets are $95 each if ordered in advance. If you have never been to a Concours show it is worth the trip at least once.
The Saturday event is a free Cars & Coffee event as stated before and there are nice cars there.
You may want to consider going to the Eight Flags Road Tour on Friday.Many of the Concours cars drive around Amelia Island and end up downtown where they park the cars for LUNCH. Go about 11:00 AM and park downtown and walk around and view the cars when they arrive. FREE

https://www.ameliaconcours.org/

Enjoy!
Richard

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #7
mgageoff Geoff Howard Leesburg, VA, USA Sign in to contact 1958 MG MGA 1500 1961 Jaguar Mark 2	Feb 12, 2016 02:22 PM Joined 12 years ago 1,137 Posts

My wife and I went a few years back (unfortunately the year after they featured MGA so we missed that). We loved it. We did only the Gooding Auction and the main show on Sunday. When we go back we'll make sure to get there early enough to do the Gooding preview. It would have been nice to get up close and personal to the auction cars. There is no comparison between local car shows and this top rate show on the quality, rarity and variety of the cars. We rubbed shoulders with Wayne Carini, the cast of What's My Car Worth, and McKeel Hagerty. The people watching is fun too. The MG presence wasn't extensive but it was fun to see. Some very rare T series and older as I recall. No MGAs the year we were there but maybe because they had been featured the year before.

Geoff Howard
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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #8
stagepony Jinno Louie Dunedin, FL, USA Sign in to contact 1960 MG MGA "Putty Tat" 2002 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner "Corporal Lane" 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser "Brick" 2018 Toyota RAV4 "Tooth Fairy"	Topic Creator (OP) Feb 12, 2016 09:54 PM Joined 11 years ago 1,227 Posts

Thank you, MG Friends for your advice and sharing of your experiences at the Amelia Island Concourse.
I will try to go this year for first time and do as you all recommended!

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #9
joerberg Joe A Hoosick Falls, NY, USA Sign in to contact 1954 MG TF 1959 MG MGA 1600 1963 MG MGB 1965 MG MGB & more	Feb 13, 2016 08:05 PM Joined 11 years ago 1,166 Posts

Absolutely spend the money and go the day of the concourse. You'll see the best of the best. You'll just walk by Ferrari's to look at the really rare stuff. As far as keeping the riff raff out I don't think the price really scares anyone away. It will be packed. Go around the back of the hotel when the auction is going on to see and hear the cars as they're lining up to go up on the block. Definitely a bucket list event.

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #10
GILMGA Gil Dupre CHATTANOOGA, TN, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA 1974 MG MGB GT "TIGER"	Feb 14, 2016 12:16 PM Joined 17 years ago 8,794 Posts

A friend and club member is taking his Marco this year.

Gil

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #11
ron neal Coastal, SC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII 1968 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC GT & more	Feb 14, 2016 01:30 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 8,009 Posts

In reply to # 3193931 by joerberg Absolutely spend the money and go the day of the concourse. You'll see the best of the best. You'll just walk by Ferrari's to look at the really rare stuff. As far as keeping the riff raff out I don't think the price really scares anyone away. It will be packed. Go around the back of the hotel when the auction is going on to see and hear the cars as they're lining up to go up on the block. Definitely a bucket list event.

Joe has some very good points but I still think a $95 ticket will influence some local visitors and the last thing they need is more people on Sunday.
If you are there to experience the whole event then I agree the ticket price is peanuts. If you just want to sample the event then $95 may be a factor.
Either way its something to see.
Ron

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #12
PaulM9999 Paul Morrissette Clinton, NJ, USA Sign in to contact 1960 MG MGA 1600 1969 MG MGC GT	Feb 16, 2016 11:47 AM Joined 14 years ago 191 Posts

+1 on getting a ticket to the concours. There's always something for everyone, and there are usually some pre-war MG's on display allowing us A owners to get in touch with our roots. Ron and RedDuck are right - the Saturday morning cars and coffee event is more likely to have an MGA along with other more affordable and accessible cars for all, and you can't beat the price. The RM Auction has an MG F-Type for sale, and it is located in the Ritz just above the showfield. You need to be a bidder to get into the auction, but they usually have most of the cars on display outdoors the day before and during the auction. There are two MGA's at the Gooding & Company auction, a coupe and a Mark II.

It's a bucket list kind of weekend for a sports car fan. Hope you can make the trip.

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Re: Any MG Owners ever attend Ameilia Island Concours? #13
billjamesSTJames Bill James Southport, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1959 MG MGA 1500	Feb 22, 2016 01:56 PM Joined 13 years ago 475 Posts

Just got my invite to CARS & COFFEE AT THE CONCOURS

Please stop buy and say Hello!

Bill

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