My Car Quest

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Archives for May 2016

Today Is US Memorial Day

by Mike - Memorial Day in the United States is a day set aside for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. Many Americans during this three day weekend will go to local celebrations or family cook … [Read more...]

Our Newly Acquired Lamborghini Espada

by Mike - Recently we sold two cars - the Porsche 911 and the Iso Grifo. While I am almost always sad to see a car leave I am always happy to welcome a new one. This is a 1971 Lamborghini Espada series 2 model chassis No. 8155. It was … [Read more...]

A Passion That Makes No Sense

by Wallace Wyss - Now sometimes you fall in love with a car and have to admit, on sobering up, that carrying a torch for that particular car makes no sense. This car is not fast. Four cylinders. British. That’s trouble enough already. … [Read more...]

Is The Collector Car Of Your Dreams Out Of Reach Now?

by Mike - Collector car prices have increased significantly over the past few years and maybe the object of your desire is out of reach now - unless you were lucky enough to acquire it before the price increases. Unfortunately many of us did … [Read more...]

The Trouble With Tributes

by Wallace Wyss - Oh, it’s certainly undeniably glorious when somebody rolls out a tribute car; or continuation car or whatever they want to call it. We get to see an example of our favorite car all dolled up, squeaky clean, ready … [Read more...]

An Open Letter to Joan Baez

from Wallace Wyss - Say Joanie (excuse me for being familiar, we talked once on the phone maybe 30 years ago when you were doing a radio talk show appearance, I had a question about Jane Fonda…). Now, I’m a car writer and have a need to … [Read more...]