Or not... by Wallace Wyss - Deep into research for my upcoming re-issue of my presently out–of-print Porsche 356 Photo Album, I was temporarily knocked off my chair when I saw a picture of what purports to be a factory authorized near copy … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
The Three Pointed Scraper (1961 Porsche 356B)
March 21, 2017 By 8 Comments
OK, it was weird, it was ugly, but it’s one that got away from Porsche - the Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 2 - by Wallace Wyss This is a tale both of triumph and of tragedy, yet we, as car collectors, can all learn from it. First of … [Read more...]
Interesting Collector Cars For Less Than $50k USD-Datsun 240Z
March 20, 2017 By 4 Comments
by Mike - Previously we have featured several different classic cars as examples of cool collector cars that can be had for less than $50,000 USD. Today we are discussing the exciting Japan made Datsun 240Z. Datsun 240Z Before the … [Read more...]
The Path Not Taken: Ford’s 1967 Mid-Engined Mach 2
March 16, 2017 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - To create the Ford Mach 2 it was a natural--take the transaxle from a GT40, and a reliable tested-in-combat 289 and lay it in a Mustang floorpan but amidship, not up front. Engineer Ed Hull is credited with working it out on … [Read more...]
Styling Analysis: The Bentley Electric Convertible Concept
March 14, 2017 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - It is not surprising that Bentley, at the Geneva Salon of 2017, in the second incarnation of the EXP 10 Speed Six concept, would bring us a convertible version, but it is surprising that it is an electrically powered one. … [Read more...]
Porsche’s Grand Italian Experiment – 1960 and 1961 Porsche 356B Abarth GT/L
March 12, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Now Porsche, as I have found out while researching the re-birth of my book Porsche 356 Photo Album, always liked to do things their own way. They had, at the beginning, Erwin Komenda, an Austrian who could design aerodynamic … [Read more...]
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