One of the must-see events during Car Week on the Monterey peninsula is The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Held at its namesake, the Quail Lodge, the show attracts the best vintage metal and even a few new-car debuts like the Lamborghini Huracán LP620-2 Super Trofeo. More than 150 vintage cars were on display this year. Here are four that got our attention.
Purchased off the show floor at the 1956 New York auto show, this Ferrari is still with its original owner. The most striking part of this Boano-bodied Ferrari are its tailfins. The only convertible in a run of about 75 cars, the car cost $9500 in 1956. That’s roughly $83,000 in today’s cash, a serious bargain.
Not every car at the Quail is a multi-million-dollar rarity. Case in point: the 1977 Lancia Scorpion shown here. The absolute best one in the world, one like this unrestored example, can be had for less than $20,000. A mid-engine two-seater powered by a 1.8-liter four with Fiat roots, the Scorpion is known as the Montecarlo in Europe. But, Chevrolet’s Monte Carlo forced the name change to Scorpion for the U.S. market.
A turbine-powered four-wheel-drive race car that competed and nearly won the 1968 Indy 500, this 56 was raced by Graham Hill and qualified on the front row. Hill crashed during the race, but his teammate in an identical car was leading the field on lap 191 of 200 when the fuel pump failed. Subsequently, turbine engines were banned from the Indy 500.
The first of the Type 57S Bugattis built, this magnesium-bodied car was at the 1935 Paris auto show. The body is entirely riveted together without any welds and nickel-plated to protect against oxidation. It’s stunning, even for a Type 57. Jean Bugatti himself used it to set a nonsupercharged-car speed record of 129 mph in 1936. But that was 1936; the car now has a supercharged engine.
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Be sure to check out our photo gallery and see more pictures of awesome machines from the Quail Lodge Motorsports Gathering.
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