by Mike - Below is a 5 minute video, really a slide show, of the highlights of My Car Quest for 2015. I hope you enjoy it and will continue to read My Car Quest in 2016. Happy New Year to you all! Watch it on full screen. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
The Cheetah Racecar Should Have Been A Big Success – So What Happened?
December 26, 2015 By 30 Comments
by Mike - Bill Thomas created the Cheetah to compete with the Shelby Cobra in 1963 and produced 16 or 17 examples between 1963 and 1965. Thomas had help from Chevrolet in the beginning because they wanted to beat the Ford powered Shelby Cobras at … [Read more...]
The Ferrari 250 LM – What A Race Car!
December 21, 2015 By 2 Comments
by Mike - This 1964 Ferrari 250 LM Scaglietti Berlinetta was at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in August 2013. This Ferrari model is always an attraction because of the unusual style and of course they were a racing success. The … [Read more...]
Car Of The Day – Alfa Romeo Montreal At Auction
December 21, 2015 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - Produced from 1970 to 1977 the beautiful little Alfa Romeo Montreal was not imported to North America even though the model is named after a city in Canada. The design was introduced in Montreal as a concept car and the name, Montreal, … [Read more...]
A Borrowed Design – The Atlas Swallow
December 20, 2015 By 7 Comments
by Geoffrey Hacker - To any gearhead, the names of both Bill Burke and Mickey Thompson are synonymous with speed. Yet they were both also noted innovators, and in the fall of 1952 they collaborated on one of the most beautiful fiberglass sports … [Read more...]
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