Quail Lodge, 15th - 17th of August
Beside many static events during the Monterey classic week
there are a few driving events as well. One of these is the Quail
Rally, first initiated in 1997 by Sir Michael Kadoorie (proprietor of
the Quail Lodge Resort and host of the following Motorsport
Gathering) for some of his friends. As most of the serious
collectors are present during the week this is a good opportunity
to come together and to enjoy some of the cars displayed during
the following days at the various events. This year about 3 dozen
of Sir Kadoories friends came together to drive down the coast
and through the surrounding mountains of the back country, start
and finish is the Quail Lodge resort on the first days to end at the
McCall Jet Center Party on Wednesday. As most of the other
events the entrance fee is given to charity making it a drive for a
good cause.
We met the group on Tuesday morning at the resort were the
misty day was started with a good open-air breakfast. Among the
cars entered there were a few modern sports cars but mainly
classics from the 1930s to the 60s. The pre-war cars were
presented by a beautiful Bugatti T57 Cabriolet by Gangloff, a
Hispano Suiza VanVooren Cabriolet and a Riley Imp. No less
than 4 Mercedes 300 SL both as Roadster and Gullwing were
present plus a few Porsche 356 cabriolets.
6 classic Ferraris were entered, the oldest of them was driven by
Kadoorie himself, the 166 MM touring barchetta (0044M),
furthermore two Superamericas, both a 410 (0479SA) and a 400
Aerodinamico (4251SA) that could be seen the following Friday at
the Superamerica-display at the Motorsport Gathering . Brian
Redman drove a 250 GT Lusso Competizione that was once
entered at the Tour de France and today proudly wears a
Tricolore. Star of the rally was the 250 GTO (3505GT), one of 21
GTOs to be seen during this week at Pebble Beach and the races
at Laguna Seca. The pale green example was restored back to
the original looking interior recently and is in great overall
condition. Some of the other GTOs to be seen the following days
were restored to a perfect finish with lots of filler but this one
shows the imperfection of the light aluminium body of race cars
from this era.
After the breakfast the rally did a loop through the resort were the
diving shots were made before the cars left to the unknown as the
route is not open to the public to keep the rally as private as
possible.
Text&Images Peter Singhof www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
Entries by Make
AC Cobra 427 S/C
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Alfa Romeo TZ
Aston Martin DB Vantage Convertible
Aston Martin DB9 Volante
Bugatti T57 C Cabriolet Gangloff s/n 57708
Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta s/n 0044M
Ferrari 250 GTO s/n 3505GT
Ferrari 250 GT Lusso s/n 5367GT
Ferrari 365 GTS
Ferrari 410 Superamerica S1 Coupé PF s/n 0479SA
Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamico PF s/n 4251SA
Hispano Suiza J12 VanVooren Cabriolet
Jaguar XM 150 Roadster
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
Porsche 356 B Roadster
Porsche 356 C Cabriolet
Riley IMP
Siata 208S
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