by Wallace Wyss - One of my favorite lines from an auto writer is when Ron Wakefield once wrote in Road & Track "I have seen the future and it's no longer such a long way off." I recently wrote about Ford planning to offer as an option … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2023
Two Completely Different Race Cars
April 26, 2023 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - In horse racing the saying goes "different horses for different courses". An analogous saying is even more true in the car racing world but I can't think of a clever, rhyming way to say it. Dragster This racecar is the … [Read more...]
Editorial: The Coming Death (and Re-Birth) of Varoom
April 23, 2023 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Back when I was a wet behind the ears copywriter on the Chevrolet account, in the Sixties, one headline I wrote was selected for an ad. Not sure if it was for a Camaro or Corvette but the key word was the one word headline … [Read more...]
A Unique Car Show Just For British Cars
April 22, 2023 By 1 Comment
Scheduled for Los Angeles April 23, 2023... by Wallace Wyss - Now mostly yours truly goes to concours d'elegance where the cars are grouped by make and only right and proper restored apply and judges go about, brows furrowed, fretting … [Read more...]
Why Have Wings On Street Cars?
April 18, 2023 By 7 Comments
by Mike Gulett - We all have different ideas about what we like and do not like in car styles. In a super car some of us like wings or spoilers on the back and some (like me) do not because they spoil the looks of the car. The wing on the back is … [Read more...]
The Original Dodge Charger – What A Fastback!
April 15, 2023 By 8 Comments
From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine - December 2014. by Mike Gulett - There are many cars that I wanted to own when I was younger and this is one of them. I have always liked the Dodge Charger fastback style, I had a slot car that looked … [Read more...]
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