My Car Quest

November 28, 2024

Archives for June 2019

Hot Rods Go Streamline Moderne

by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - Rick Dore is taking custom cars way beyond where they have ever gone before. Unusual among rod shops they custom design the car for the customer if need be. Dore’s fortunes changed … [Read more...]

Event Report: Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance in Beverly Hills – June 16, 2019

by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - I have to say that any tourist who lands in Beverly Hills for the first time, the father’s day car show is what you expect to see in Beverly Hills every day except it's multiplied by … [Read more...]

Apollo GTs For Sale – Six of Them!

by Mike Gulett - The Apollo GT was an American made sports car produced and sold by International Motor Cars from 1962 to 1964 in Oakland, California. The Apollo project was the dream of Milt Brown and Newt Davis, who wanted to build an American … [Read more...]

Dream Cars That Didn’t Make It: 2005 Chrysler Firepower

by Wallace Wyss - Who can we complain to when prototypes are not green lighted for production? And, can we complain a decade or so later? If the answer to the second question is “Yes” here is my complaint. Get it to the right people. Chrysler … [Read more...]

The Different Types of Oil Filters For Your Vehicle

The motor oil in your engine, and its additives, work to absorb and store inorganic and organic contaminants. The various organic contaminants may include oxidized oil, bugs, and bacteria. Inorganic impurities may include dust, wearing off of engine … [Read more...]

Design Analysis : A Custom Ferrari by an Ex-Ferrari Designer

The Kode 57 by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - Ferrari has it’s “special projects" department but I kinda think I’d go to Ken Okuyama, a handsome former professor at the Art Center College of Design, to order my … [Read more...]