the 1957 fiat bartoletti that upstaged pebble beachPebble Beach is where seven-figure prewar coachwork goes to preen, and this year the field was stacked with the usual assortment of high-priced, high-gloss, high-falutin' cars of all sorts. However, the vehicle that actually stopped traffic on The Tour wasn't a car - it was a truck.the 1957 fiat bartoletti that upstaged pebble beachSpecifically, a 1957 Ferrari transporter built by Carrozzeria Bartoletti on a Fiat Tipo 642 R bus chassis, according to Autoweek. The hauler could carry two race cars on top and a third slung underneath, and Ferrari used it to shuttle the Scuderia's machinery around Europe from 1957 to 1965.After its racing days, Ferrari repurposed the transporter to deliver road cars to customers across the continent. Then the factory bought a newer truck, and this one's story took a nosedive. It ended up with a farmer who chopped the cab down and turned it into a flatbed for hauling hay. When something in the drivetrain let go, the farmer parked it in a field and used the engine as an irrigation pump.AdvertisementAdvertisementRediscovered in the 1990s, the transporter went back to Bartoletti for a refurbishment, and the coachbuilder reportedly pulled some of its former workers out of retirement to do the job. Symbolic Motorcars later showed it at Cavallino Classic in Florida, where collector Jon Shirley spotted it."I just fell in love with it, I bought it, bought it on the spot," Shirley told Autoweek.the 1957 fiat bartoletti that upstaged pebble beachThat is not an idle boast from a man with a checkbook. Shirley has won Best of Show at Pebble twice - with a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta in 2008 and a 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupé in 2014. He knows what belongs on the 18th fairway.The transporter's return came on The Tour, the trans-Monterey rally for Concours entrants. In a field of swoopy million-dollar grand tourers, race cars and Depression-era limousines built to ferry the rich, the Bartoletti stood out precisely because it was built to carry the rich people's toys, not the rich people.AdvertisementAdvertisementGetting it back on the road took real work. "When we got invited, we realized that this thing hadn't been out for a while, and so we went through it," Fred Russell, who works for the Shirley collection, told Autoweek. "We went through a complete mechanical overhaul, including doing the entire brake system, because we were really worried about the brakes. So we just redid the whole thing, everything, even the lines, new brake lines, everything."Driving it is not a one-pedal affair. There are two transmissions - one at the engine, one at the rear differential - and driver Vinay, who rebuilt the brakes for the run, had to shift each at the right moment with no synchromesh to smooth things over. The crew stopped once when the engine brake refused to release. A couple of hammer whacks, delivered with a hammer stored in a period-correct wooden box, sorted it.the 1957 fiat bartoletti that upstaged pebble beachOn top for the Concours sat a GTO and a Testarossa, loaned to the display by Shirley's friend Tom Price. Prewar French car expert Richard Adatto, Pebble's chief class judge, rode shotgun.The Bugattis and Delahayes will be back next year. So, presumably, will the truck that carried Ferrari's greatest hits and lived to haul another day.AdvertisementAdvertisement[Images: Concours d'Elegance Pebble Beach]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our newsletter.