Pebble Beach 2019 – which Zagatos..?

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Once again all eyes are on the manicured lawns of Pebble Beach on the 18th of August. Where the crème de la crème of world’s most enchanting coachbuilders’ creations is ready to be judged by men in straw hats and bow ties.

Yes, there will be a class for Bugattis – even two - and, yes, there’s one for Duesenbergs as well. But Pebble Beach is also good for some real surprises. Three classes for PreWar ‘Bentley Centennial’ cars (‘Vintage 4 Cylinder’, ‘Vintage 6 Cylinder’ and ‘Derby’) will certainly see some unusual four-wheeler creations we won’t have seen before. Then there are Rolls-Royce Prewar cars, Mercedes-Benz Prewar cars and another favourite: Prewar Preservation.

The one we look forward to most, however, is Class P for Zagato Centennial cars. There are some big collections of Zagato bodied cars in the US, but we have no idea what to expect. PostWarClassics mostly? Before the War, the Milan based coachbuilder was concentrating on FIAT, Lancia and Alfa-Romeo mostly (6C 1750 GS Testa Fissa, anyone?). But there was also a unique Diatto Tipo 25 Spider of 1924, an Ansaldo Tipo 22 of 1930, an Itala Tipo 51 Torpedo of 1921, a Bugatti Type 43 Roadster of 1927 last seen in Hungary in the 1970s and even a Rolls Royce Phantom I of 1928. Anyone who ever saw one of these?

Words by Jeroen Booij. Pictures from the archive.

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