Sarasota Café Racer Frank Ricciardelli takes Best Of Show with his one-off Graber-bodied ’38 Jaguar SS at prestigious Hilton Head Concours.
Frank and Milli Ricciardelli, from Monmouth Beach, NJ and Sarasota, FL, had a lot to celebrate at the 11th Annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance. They were the Concour’s “Honored Collectors” and their one-off Graber-bodied Jaguar SS coupe took Best Of Show honors! Milli and Frank are regulars on the high-profile Concours circuit and have been supporters of the hobby for many years.
Bodied by coachbuilder Hermann Graber, Wichtrach, Switzerland in May 1938, the #30182X-chassisied SS coupe has a 120-inch wheelbase with solid front and live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and four-wheel mechanical brakes. Power comes from a 125-horsepower 3.5-liter OHV Six with dual SU carbs mated to a Moss four-speed gearbox. RM Restoration restored the SS in 1994 for previous owners Kathy and Jerry Neil at a cost in excess of $250,000.
After the body-off restoration the SS was shown at the 1994 Meadow Brook Concours, winning the Designer’s Choice Award. It was a JCNA (Jaguar Club of North America) National Class winner in 1995 and competed in seven JCNA shows (1995-’99), scoring 99.96 to 100 points. The coupe won a special award at Pebble Beach and won at Eyes On the Classics and Masterpiece of Style and Speed events. Ricciardelli’s Graber-bodied SS is one of the most elegant Jaguars ever built.
Hilton Head Concours photos.
For more information about the Hilton Head Concours and Best Of Show Jag, please visit http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/11/06/graber-bodied-ss-jaguar-wins-best-of-show-at-hilton-head/?refer=news
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