A big year at Pebble Beach – Almost every one of the existing front wheel drive Ruxtons made the field, and, a postwar car won best of show! The last time that happened was in 1968, when a ’64 Maserati Mistral won. But more on that later, let’s look at the photos.
As usual, there was a HUGE crowd in Carmel for the end of the Tour d’Elegance.
Ferrari on the march. There was a class for 250 Testa Rossa, and 20 cars were entered. An impressive display indeed.
A Phantom V from the Rolls Royce Phantom Postwar class.
A ’53 Pegaso Z102 Touring spyder. one of my favorites, it’s been seen at Monterey for years, and it’s a great looking car.
The 1909 Pierce-Arrow 36-UU 5 passenger touring. Made before Pierce-Arrow went to their trademark headlamp-in-fender
1962 Ghia L6.4 coupe
Looking at this SJ Duesenberg, you might think the bodywork is European – it’s not, it was a Rollston Body made for the original owner to take the Grand Tour of Europe!
Here’s a steamer – the 1902 White model B Stanhope steamer
A ’41 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon, often referred to as a Barrelback
A big Bentley from the Tour d’ Elegance
Ferrari.
1929 Bentley Speed Six Saoutchik drophead coupe.
1925 Bentley 3 Litre Speed model Taylor Tourer.
A Ruxton on the move ! Ruxtons were featured, and the turnout was nothing less than heroic – 16 Cars were listed in the program, of an estimated 19 cars known to exist . Jim Fasnacht has done some very interesting and original research, culminating in a new book on Ruxton called “The Ruxton Automobile”.
It’s steam not oil smoke!
1941 Mercedes-Benz 770K . A huge car with tremendous presence.
1958 BMW 503 Series II Cabriolet. Another example of Pebble Beach bringing out a car that we just don’t see at the cars & coffee – they bring us the most interesting cars to look at !
The crowd roared.
1939 Lagonda V-12 Rapide Drophead coupe. Note how the body colors are treated all the way into the fenderskirt!
Hispano-Suiza
Pay attention to this car, a 1954 Ferrari, because we’ll see it again on Sunday !
The Tatra class was super interesting. Remarkable cars from a remarkable designer.
Nice try buddy, but your rat-rod style bulletnose Studebaker coupe has been diverted away from the tour d’elegance! And with that we’ll close our photos of the T d’E, and move along !