Over-Over-The-Top-All-Car-Weekend: Part 1

This take-no-prisoners, car was setting just outside the wine-but-no-drive Iconic tent.


The Tramontana from Spain.
I now have a chance to report on the fantastic Monterey California ‘Over-Over-The-Top-All-Car-Weekend’ that happens every August. As previously noted, we had received several invitations and confirmations to cover many of the automotive unveilings, shows and races that were more than filling up the 4 days we were there.

Things almost came off as planned. Over all, with one major exception, the weekend was a success. In the past, Thursday has been the day to photograph and document the grand automobiles, which are placed around the green that was the Blackhawk Exposition Sale at Pebble Beach. The event was not available this year, due to the economy, I presume. Although this was a disappointment, there were many other things to do to fill in the afternoon. We chose to shoot the cars of the Pebble Beach Tour d’elgance while they were in Carmel.

This allowed us to be close to our afternoon appointment with ICONIC Motors. My understanding and I have since reviewed the missives from Iconic Motors, and can not see where I may have misread, was that we were invited to do a ride/drive in their newly released Iconic AC Roadster. Mind you, the new Porsche Panamera 4 door sedan was just up the road being test-driven. I had chosen the very “Hot Flashy Open Roadster” over the more conservative sedan.

So can I say that I was not ecstatic when we arrived at the Iconic Motors tent, expecting an adrenalin rush but receiving a glass of wine and tour of an exposed chassis intended to show-off the high-tech engineering of their look-alike AC Cobra Roadster. Wine is fine but not a replacement for Roadsters or Porsches. Come back tomorrow they said. However the bigger disappointment was still yet to come.

ICONIC Motors at www.AllCarCentral.com


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