Photos: Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival at Pebble Beach
Gordon McCall’s Motorworks party kicks off Monterey’s motor week Wednesday night at Monterey Airport’s Jet Center. A 1937 Stinson Reliant SR-9F, one of two airworthy SR-9F planes remaining today, is viewed by some party attendees.
(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)The annual Monterey Car Week attracts the world’s wealthiest car collectors. But the most exclusive event of the week isn’t the invitation-only Quail or Concours d’Elegance, but Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival. Started as a backyard barbecue, the once-informal gathering of automobile, airplane and motorcycle enthusiasts — underwritten by Gulfstream, Bentley, Bell Helicopters and the like — is now the peninsula’s most coveted ticket.
An Audi PPI Razor GTR, with California doors from SSCustoms of Redwood City, Calif.
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Partygoers are wined and dined at Gordon McCall’s Motorworks party.
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Morro Bay oysters are among the delicacies at the Motorworks party.
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Simon Maxwell photographs a vintage biplane on display next to contemporary aircraft.
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Michael Casale, left, of Skippack, Penn., is interested in buying a 1914 Flying Merkel V-Twin motorcycle. Casale’s friend David Markel, right, is taking a photograph.
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The 1914 Flying Merkel V-Twin motorcycle.
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Honda chose the event for the world premiere of its first private aircraft, the highly anticipated HondaJet. “This is our demographic,” said American Honda Vice President John Mendel, standing at the nose of the new HondaJet.
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Bell Helicopters brought its new Bell 429, a $6-million, six-passenger luxury copter that typically includes a personalized interior that may add as much as $800,00 to the bottom line. Seated inside the Bell 429 are Owen Coulman, left, and Bobby Frey.
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Baume et Mercier came to Jet Center with a signature watch commemorating the 50th anniversary of designer Carroll Shelby’s 1965 motoring victories with the legendary Cobra Coupe. Michelle Peranteau is pictured with the watch.
(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)Gordon McCall’s Motorworks party kicks off Monterey’s motor week, Wednesday night at Monterey Airport’s Jet Center. 1937 Fiat Topolino, owned by Rob Deans. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Rob Deans is photographed with his recently restored 1937 Fiat Topolino, a family member for many years. Deans is from Locust Valley, Long Island, New York.
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Surrounded by lavish aircraft and automobiles, partygoers line up for access to a Douglas DC-3A that flew military service during World War II in Karachi, India, in 1942.
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Gordon McCall’s Motorworks party kicks off Monterey’s motor week Wednesday night at Monterey Airport’s Jet Center. A Gulfstream G450 Jet on display is boarded by partygoers.
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Surrounded by lavish aircraft and automobiles, partygoers admire a 1937 Stinson Reliant SR-9F.
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The front end of the entirely hand-built Moal classic.
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Gordon McCall at the Jet Center hangar at Monterey Airport.
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According to polling by the visitors bureau, the average attendee is male, over 50 and wealthy, with an annual income well into six figures.
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Gordon McCall credits his wife, Molly, and a hardworking staff of 140 with making the annual event a success.
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Ken and Cheryl Bohrman of Pebble Beach dance around the Moal classic, from Moal coach builders in Oakland.
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