THE BIG PICTURE
Idyllic light bathes the Pacific-fronted fairway at the 1957 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which nearly didn’t happen due to a wave of antipathy after the death of Ernie McAfee at the Del Monte Forest circuit the year before. Early events featured new cars as well as ‘antiques’, with overall winners dominated by Jaguars. Here Ralph Boster’s Morris Minor, complete with whitewalls, competes with a Vauxhall Victor in the under-$2500 class. Best in Show was a 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III (see Books, p37).…