Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance

The KEELS & WHEELS CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE CLASSIC CAR AND BOAT SHOW WILL PROUDLY DISPLAY OVER 280 CLASSIC VEHICLES AT THE LAKEWOOD YACHT CLUB IN BEAUTIFUL SEABROOK, TX, on May 3rd and May 4th, 2025.This nationally acclaimed classic Concours d’Elegance is the single largest vintage car and wooden boat show in the country and attracts over 10,000 car and boat lovers from all over the world. This year’s show highlights several special features, including 60 Years of Mustang, 60 Years of Donzi, Restomods – The Ride Reimagined, and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Patrol Vessel, the Captain Murchison, an 80-foot hydrofoil-assisted aluminum catamaran. This year, the event celebrates its 28th anniversary and will host over 200 classic cars and 100 vintage boats that will compete for Concours awards and trophies. Additionally, the event will supply tons of fun with two days of LIVE Music & Entertainment, Southern Cooking, Car & Boat Themed Parties, and Exclusive VIP Parties. This Years Theme Is: “Racing Thru Time, Man’s Need For Speed” For 2025’s car show, we will be featuring Vintage and Contemporary Race Cars from Le Mans, Indy, and Formula 1, as well as Racing Boats of all types and eras. Additionally, we will be honoring 100 years of MG cars and 70 years of the Corvette branded cars. Also, the field will be filled with award winning American and European Pre-War and Post-War Classics Cars. (source: Keels and Wheels.com Website) The Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance will feature a FREE car show on Saturday and an official Concours d’Elegance on Sunday that includes competition and judging for multiple trophies and awards. There will be over 200 cars separated into 40 unique classes that range from old antique cars from 1900 to modern supercars from 2025. Below is a full list of famous vehicle makes, models, manufacturers, brands, and marques that will be featured at the car show. The event provides a one-of-a-kind lakefront display of classic vehicles from all over the world while celebrating an educational experience for the history and evolution of automobiles and boating. Beyond a good time, The Keels & Wheels event raises money for major charities. Over the years, Keels &Wheels has supported local charities such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Houston, The Leukemia Society, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Boys and Girls Harbor, and Today’s Harbor for Children Foundation. Over the past 26 years, the event has raised over $1.8 Million for local Charities. FEATURED CLASSIC CARS ON DISPLAY Car classes will be organized into about 40 unique classes including the following American and European Post & Pre War Cars Years 1920 – 1972, Antique Cars from 1900 – 1919, Chevrolet Vehicles of the 40s – 60s, and Pick Up Trucks everything before 1950. From over the pond, European classic cars on display will be from legendary European marques such as Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Ferrari, BMW, Maserati, Mercedes, MG, Jaguar, Morgan, Porsche, Triumph, and the Grand Daddy of them all, Rolls-Royce & Bentley. From the USA, some of the famous classic collectible cars on display will be from such famous iconic brands as Corvette, Mustang, Ford GT 40, Shelby, Packard, Cadillac LaSalle, Lincoln, and Thunderbird. Lastly, the specialty vehicle collection classics display will be Electric Cars, Supercars, Motorcycles, Hot Rods, Street Rods & Rat Rods FEATURED VINTAGE WOODEN BOATS ON DISPLAY The Vintage boat competition and the show will take place in the Lakewood Yacht Club Marina on both Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4 from 9 am to 5 pm. The boat show will be broken down into unique classes such as Cruiser, Runabout, Historic, Historic Sail, etc. Additionally, they will be separated into categories such as Historic, Antique, Classic, Contemporary, and Replica. Below are the classes and categories that will both be on display and judged for awards. Historic Boats that were built before 1919 Antique & Historic Boats manufactured from 1919 to 1942 Classic Boats that were built between 1943 and 1975 Late Classic Era Boats Boats were built between 1976 to 1990 Contemporary Wooden Boats built over the past 25 years. Custom Boats that have been modified in any way Classic Glass Boats with glass bottoms up to 1990 only Replica Boats are built to copy historic boats of any year.