© Perry Stern, Automotive Content Experience
Annual Tour
Every year on the third Sunday in August, the 18th fairway in front of The Lodge at Pebble Beach is awash in a sea of shiny sheet metal during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a judged competition that hosts many rare and significant cars of the world. But on the Thursday prior to the prestigious concours, many of those same vehicles take to the streets surrounding Carmel By The Sea during the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance.
© Rod Hatfield
Former Glory
Last year the tour route had to be abbreviated due to wildfires south of Carmel near Highway 1. The 2017 Pebble Beach Tour returned to its previous route and former glory, which began by parading in front of The Lodge at Pebble Beach before winding through the hills east of Carmel, and then turning south on Highway 1 to Big Sur before returning to Carmel for lunch.
© Mike Meredith, Automotive Content Experience
Public Viewing
Upon arrival in Carmel, Tour d’Elegance vehicles line all four lanes of Ocean Avenue, providing a free public display that includes most of the cars that will adorn the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours on Sunday. Let’s look at the wealth of amazing machines that cruised the tour route this year.
1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Fleetwood Drophead Coupe
1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Boano Cabriolet
1955 Ferrari 375 America Pinin Farina Coupe Speciale
1966 Bosley Mark II Interstate Coupe
1932 Duesenberg J Judkins Victoria Coupe
1949 Healey Silverstone Sports Car
1937 Packard 120 Eight Darrin Convertible Victoria
1927 Mercedes-Benz 630K Thomas Harrington Drophead Coupe
1967 Ferrari 206 Dino Competizione Pininfarina Coupe
1924 Voisin C 4S Sport Tourisme
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Tubolare Zagato Coupe
1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Touring Villa d’Este Coupe
1956 Ferrari 250 GT Zagato Berlinetta Speciale
1955 Moretti 1200S Michelotti Spyder
1958 Dual Ghia Convertible
1969 Farago CF 428 Carrozzeria Coggiola Coupe
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta
1948 Lancia Aprilia Pininfarina Prototype Convertible
1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine
1953 Ferrari 166 MM Oblin Spyder
1967 Ferrari 206 Dino Competizione Pininfarina Coupe
1924 Voisin C 4S Sport Tourisme
1910 Pierce-Arrow 48-SS Miniature Tonneau
1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Cabriolet
1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrbeck Cabriolet
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta
1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Fleetwood Roadster
1909 De Dion-Bouton BV Type de Course
1967 Ferrari 412 P Competizione
1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Limousine
1949 Healey Silverstone Sports Car
1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Torpedo
1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Tourer
1959 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder
1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet
1928 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS LeBaron Cabriolet
1937 Packard 120 Eight Darrin Convertible Victoria
1933 Auburn 12-165 Speedster
1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental James Young Tourer
1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta
1954 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
1955 Ferrari 375 America Pinin Farina Coupe Speciale
1927 Mercedes-Benz 630K Thomas Harrington Drophead Coupe
1936 Bugatti Type 57 Binder Coupe
1936 Bugatti Type 57 Binder Coupe
