Archives for April 2020
The First Elvis Presley 507 (1957 BMW 507)
Make Life Size Model Cars of Clay and Get Paid For It
by Wallace Wyss - When Harley Earl, the first designer hired by General Motors, was a little boy in Pasadena, CA he played in the (almost) dry clay riverbed, whipping up car designs. When he and his father made a name for themselves restyling … [Read more...]
Fiction: Rosso Corsa
by Wallace Wyss - Yeah they were astonauts. Whoopee-do. Nowadays, after 2025 anyhow, after what 1500 people minimum had been to Mars and back, being an astronaut was no big deal. It was Harry decided, like being a long range trucker. … [Read more...]
The Death of a Champion – Sir Stirling Moss, Age 90
by Wallace Wyss - It's possible to be the world's greatest driver for a time yet never have won the Formula One world title. That's the story of Sir Stirling Moss who died Sunday April 12, 2020 at his London home after a long illness. “It was … [Read more...]
Great Car Magazine Advertisements
by Wallace Wyss - I don't know if in the era that follows the Great Plague, if car ads will work on us the same way they once did. But as a former copywriter of car ads (for marques as diverse as Chevrolet, Ford, Olds and Lancia) I think I'm … [Read more...]
A Holy Grail of Porsche Specials: Found, Yes, in a Barn
by Wallace Wyss - When you start tracing the history of Porsche’s mid-engined cars, you come across, of course, the 550 and the RSK. And the very first Porsche ever made was mid-engined, though they decided to go rear engine for production. So … [Read more...]
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