Another case where a hybrid (European chassis and body with American power) was slow to appreciate. by Wallace Wyss - Founder Frank Reisner was a Hungarian born engineer who, although he had a good job in Canada, that had nothing to do with … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2019
Buick Y-Job Concept: A Re-Creation By Gary Wales At Benedict Castle Concours
April 7, 2019 By 3 Comments
Text by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - Nobody in the old car collecting field is as irrepressible as Gary Wales of Woodland Hills, California. Formerly known first as a Ferrari collector when still in … [Read more...]
The Bizzarrini Manta by ItalDesign – The Brochure
April 5, 2019 By 1 Comment
by Mike - We recently posted a history summary of the stunning Bizzarrini Manta by ItalDesign. The Bizzarrini Manta was the first car designed by the great car designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro, after he started his own design firm, ItalDesign in … [Read more...]
The Benedict Castle Concours, Riverside, CA – March 2019
April 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Text by Wallace Wyss - Photography by Richard Bartholomew - It pays for a concours to have a "hook," something unusual about it, and I hafta say that the Hook of the Benedict Castle Concours held each Spring in the Inland Empire is the … [Read more...]
Lost And Found: The Bizzarrini Manta
April 2, 2019 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Rule 1, when you are founding your own car design firm, is to make a dramatic-as-all-hell show car and I think the Bizzarrini Manta qualifies. This was Giorgetto Giugiaro's strategy when he started his own design firm, … [Read more...]
Ferrari Goes 100% Electric
April 1, 2019 By 9 Comments
by Richard Bartholomew - Spy photos have surfaced, i's have been dotted, T's have been crossed, eyes have been crossed and public relations people have been canned but the cat is finally out of the bag and the bag has been shredded. … [Read more...]
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