My Car Quest

March 19, 2024

Ferrari Cruise In at the Petersen Museum

by Wallace Wyss - The Petersen Automotive Museum located mid-Wilshire, is a draw even without 90 or so Ferraris but the annual Ferrari Club of America gathering made it more exciting. The Ferraris were free to see and the delicious bagels … [Read more...]

Is The Car Collecting Culture Becoming More Like The Art Collecting Business?

by Mike Gulett - From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine - this article was originally published in October 2014 and the cartoon was originally published in January 2015. The collector car market auction business has grown very fast in … [Read more...]

Event Report: Los Angeles Auto Show 2023

Text and photos by Richard Bartholomew - For over 100 years the LA auto scene has had a gem of a show in the LA Auto Show. Looking at the diagram that they have on the wall at the Los Angeles Convention Center of the shows from the 1920s you can … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving in America

by Mike Gulett - I have a lot to be thankful for and I hope you all are safe and getting along well in these difficult times. Today is the thirteenth anniversary of My Car Quest and this is the 2,423rd post that is still live here. There have … [Read more...]

A Car Club in Uniform

by Wallace Wyss - Logistics by Curtis Bien - I have been to many a car show, in many lands. But one I saw in Riverside at Flabob Airport recently--a Veteran's Day event--I enjoyed because cars were only a part of it as were military … [Read more...]

The Best of France and Italy – November 2023

A short report... by Wallace Wyss and Curtis Bien - Barefoot In the Park - well, not really barefoot but it is in a park. Instead there were bare naked Italian and French cars. A bookshop in the San Fernando Valley, Autobooks, sells … [Read more...]