My Car Quest

October 9, 2024

Archives for April 2017

Tom Goes For A Ride In A Mangusta

by Mike - Dick Ruzzin's new book, Bella Mangusta, The Italian Art and Design of the De Tomaso Mangusta is available now at this link - click here. The book is designed to appeal to automobile enthusiasts of all kinds as well as … [Read more...]

Porsche 356 North Meets South Gathering

by Wallace Wyss - Every two years the folks that own Porsche 356 in Northern California meet up with those who own 356 Porsches but live down South. They always choose as a meeting place some hotel around the middle, in this case Paso … [Read more...]

Ferraris On Colorado Boulevard – Pasadena, California

by Wallace Wyss - Ya gotta admit this is one of the most fun car shows because it’s free (The Pasadena Concorso Ferrari) and has at least one hundred Ferraris. Most of the time, to see exotic cars lined up you have to pay a hefty fee, … [Read more...]

The Mercer Cobra By Virgil Exner

When a great Detroit designer dared to redesign the Cobra...the result was the Mercer Cobra by Wallace Wyss - Just about everything about old Cobras is solid gold, value wise. Which makes you kinda wonder about this car that … [Read more...]

Automobile Luddites – The Second Part

by Mike - In Automobile Luddites The First Part I wrote about the difficult transition from horse powered carriages and wagons to gasoline powered cars and trucks and why some people resisted this inevitable change. The automobile evolved … [Read more...]

Open Letter To Tesla CEO, Elon Musk

by Wallace Wyss - Hey Elon Musk, I welcome the news that you will be unveiling your electric tractor-trailer truck this September. But I wanted to call your attention to some serious work that’s been done in truck aerodynamics, work that I … [Read more...]