Grey skies and constant drizzle greeted early risers for the Pebble Beach Tour on August 14, but it didn't deter most owners as the sensational group of Ferrari 250 Testa Rossas led the first batch along 17-Mile Drive.
Twelve of the famous '50s sports prototypes took part, including the time-warp '57 Le Mans 0704TR of Tom Hartley Jr, and Lord Bamfod's '0752' from the UK. Twenty will feature in an amazing group at the concours on Sunday.
The diverse group also included the featured Tatra Class with two rare T77s. None were more relived to be running than Czech Pavel Kasik (below), who went to amazing lengths to get his freshly restored 1936 Aerodynamic Limousine to Pebble Beach.
"We've worked around the clock to get it finished, and after shipping it to the East Coast we trucked it across the States. We only arrived yesterday," said Kasik.
Other highlights of the tour, which ran to Laguna Seca and down Highway 1 to Big Sur were a matching pair of Hispano-Suiza J12 Coupe de Ville with Fernandez et Darrin bodywork from the Robert Lee Collection.
