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The Fountain Elms Invitational Carbone Automotive Group Award for Excellence 2007 Best of Show - Highest Points Scored 1927 Stearns-Knight Model G Cabriolet Patterson Barnes - Willoughby, Ohio The 11th annual Fountain Elms Invitational will be held on June 29, 2008. 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.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Award 2007 Most Elegant Vehicle 1939 Bentley MK V Convertible Coupe John Rich - Frackville, Pennsylvania 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 2007 Most Unique Vehicle 1926 Mack Model AC Dump Truck Matt Pfahl - Bethlehem, Connecticut 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. 2007 Chairman's Trophy 1914 Locomobile Model 38 Berline Bill Alley - Greensboro, Vermont 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 10 Waterford crystal trophies are presented the winners in various categories. The Carbone Automotive Group Award for Excellence - Best of Show trophy is a 10-inch Waterford crystal bowl set on a walnut base. Mohawk Motorcades Automobile Club Award 2007 Best Exterior 1934 Duesenberg Model J La Grande Dual Cowl Pheaton Clark Rittersbach - East Rochester, New York Fountain Elms Award 2007 Best Interior 1931 Duesenberg Model J Rollston Convertible Victoria Alan Rosenblum - New Hartford, New York City of Utica Award 2007 People's Choice 1933 Ford Woody Station Wagon Brian Donohoe - Oriskany, New York Oneida County Award 2007 Best Period Costume The Walter Miller Family - Syracuse, New York Walter, Jane & Minerva 2007 Fountain Elms Invitational Awards Ceremony 2007 FOUNTAIN ELMS INVITATIONAL WINNERS Carbone Automotive Group Award for Excellence Best of Show – Highest Points (10” Waterford Crystal Bowl) 1927 Stearns-Knight Model G Cabriolet Patterson Barnes - Willoughby, Ohio Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Award Most Elegant Vehicle (8” Waterford Crystal Bowl) 1939 Bentley MK V Convertible Coupe John Rich - Frackville, Pennsylvania David & Jane Sayre Bryant Award Most Unique Vehicle (8” Waterford Crystal Bowl) 1926 Mack Model AC Dump Truck Matt Pfahl - Bethlehem, Connecticut Chairman’s Trophy (8” Waterford Crystal Bowl) 1914 Locomobile Model 38 Berline Bill Alley - Greensboro, Vermont Mohawk Motorcades Automobile Club Award Best Exterior (8” Oneida Crystal Bowl) 1934 Duesenberg Model J La Grande Dual Cowl Pheaton Clark Rittersbach - East Rochester, New York Fountain Elms Award Best Interior (8” Oneida Crystal Bowl) 1931 Duesenberg Model J Rollston Convertible Victoria Alan Rosenblum - New Hartford, New York City of Utica Award People’s Choice (8” Oneida Crystal Bowl) 1933 Ford Woody Station Wagon Brian Donohoe - Oriskany, New York Oneida County Award Best Period Costume (8” Oneida Crystal Bowl) The Walter Miller Family - Syracuse, New York Walter, Jane & Minerva The Fountain Elms Invitational Information Sheet 2008   2007 Fountain Elms Invitational Participants 1937 Plymouth PT50 Pick Up Truck Nelson Thorpe - Bloomfield, New York 1934 Reo N2 Royal Victoria Coupe John F. "Jack" Perkis - Cicero, New York 1911 Penn Pirate Roadster Clifford Hay - Cobleskill, New York 1937 Studebaker J5 Coupe Express Jerry Kurtz - Dover, Pennsylvania 1937 Buick Roadmaster Series 80 Phaeton Al Carbone - North Bay, New York 1930 Packard 740 Dual Cowl Phaeton Sylvio Albert - Oswego, New York 1931 Buick 8-54 Roadster Frank Ralls - Hawley, Pennsylvania 1931 Ford Model A Peddler's Wagon Larry Loffredo - DeRuyter, New York 1929 Chrysler Model 75 Roadster Chris Chervanka - Thompson, Pennsylvania 1937 Chrysler Royal Convertible Sedan William Mackey Jr. - Northville, New York 1911 Ford Model T Torpedo Runabout Joe Kuck - Cortland, New York 1931 Franklin 153 Deluxe Sedan Terry Fitch - Boonville, New York 1937 Lincoln Convertible Sedan James & George Staley - DeRuyter, New York 1941 DeSoto S8C Club Coupe H. E. Satterfield - North Syracuse, New York 1923 Marmon Model 34 4-Passenger Speedster Walter Miller - Syracuse, New York 1937 Graham Series 120 Custom Supercharged Convertible Coupe Al Carbone - North Bay, New York