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[/caption] This past weekend saw the 7th anniual Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance. Two top prizes are given out for the Grand Prix d’Honneur (Best in Show), one for top domestic vehicle and one for foreign. Taking the honor for domestic was the final Duesenberg ever built, the 1940 SJ. It is also one of only 36 cars ever originally supercharged from the factory. Gary Bahre of Alton, New Hampshire is the 3rd owner and has kept the car down at 10,000 original miles. Winner for foreign category was the stunning one-off 1931 Bugatti Type…

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[/caption] Back in May, organizers of the Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance announced they’d be having a class just for barn finds in their ‘as found’ condition. After whittling through submissions, some of the vehicles to be on display tomorrow alongside million-dollar restorations will be – The above pictured 1965 Saab 96, found in Connecticut after 30 years. A 1963 Corvette split-window, also untouched for 3 decades and is amazingly the same car once owned by a college classmate of Bill Scheffler, co-found of the Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance. The only ’55 Abarth 208A Spyder every produced A 1928 Austin…

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[/caption] Collectors car are being prized more and more for originality and remaining unrestored. As collectors turn their focus away from restoring the rarest of metals to better-than-new condition, ‘Barn Finds’ are getting more and more publicity and going for higher and higher prices at auction. Recently we’ve seen the Aston Martin DB5 found in Pennsylvania along with a plethora of vehicles in Cuba – including a 300SL Gullwing with a number of significant spare parts. Fairfield County’s 2010 Concours d’Elegance takes place September 12 in Westport, CT and will have a special class to…