Jetsetters jet in for the Jet Party to kick off Pebble Beach Week

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

Rick Dore custom creation

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2019

Hard to believe it’s been 28 years since the first McCall’s Motorworks Revival, but there it was, more than a quarter-century after Gordon and Molly McCall and some friends got together in their motorcycle shop to informally start the week’s festivities. Now it’s become a big deal, the Wednesday night before Pebble now signifying to many the more or less official opening of the big Pebble Beach week.

And what an opening it was: Jets and Jaguars jostled on the tarmac with vintage aircraft and cases of fabulous diamonds. Getting in wasn’t cheap — most people paid around $500 — but once inside, you could tour a Gulfstream 500, negotiate a deal on a McLaren and pick out a diamond tennis bracelet.  

Rather than drag out the full formal name, everybody just calls it, “The Jet Party,” because it’s held at the Monterey Jet Center at the Monterey Airport and because it features a splendid selection of real “executive” jets that you can probably buy right there, though I didn’t get close enough to verify that assumption. Some years (not this year) there are F-18s parked on the tarmac. This year, there were Gulfstreams, Bombardiers and Embraers, among others. There was also a Pilatus turboprop and a gyrocopter. The longest line was for the G500, proving that Gulfstream may still have the most cachet among potential buyers.

Among the cars present were a number of new Ford GTs (with designer Camilo Pardo there, too), several McLaren Sennas and one or two muscle cars. Some years you can see famous faces, race car drivers and car-loving famous people. Space is limited to about 3,000 attendees, and it sure liked like all 3,000 showed up. Not only was a good time (assumedly) had by all, The Jet Party is a fundraiser for the CHP 11-99 Foundation, a charity that provides financial help to the families of fallen Highway Patrol officers. So a portion of your $500 entry fee went to that good cause.

Now, on to the rest of the week!

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