My Car Quest

January 10, 2025

Editorial: No Ford Reports from Our Correspondent

by Wallace Wyss - I recently wrote a note to a long time Ford PR man (I think I first met him in 1970 at a Pantera preview) and thanked him for inviting me to see the new 2024 Mustang in Pebble Beach but more recently wrote and asked my name be … [Read more...]

Peter Mullin Has Died

by Wallace Wyss - Peter Mullin (aged 82) has died at his home in one of the most scenic places in California-- Big Sur. He had been ill for over a year, absent from Pebble Beach, many other events and his own Museum. His wife gamely continued to … [Read more...]

Artistic Considerations Facing a Photographer Attempting to Capture the Zeitgeist of a Route 66 Theme Car Show…

by Wallace Wyss - I go to car shows for different reasons. Sometimes it's to shoot a rare car you hardly ever see because of its value--such as at the Casa Ferrari show in Pebble Beach where I hoped the 250GTO I saw was real (last I looked … [Read more...]

Lime Rock Concours – September 2023

by Bob Wachtel - On Sunday September 3 I attended the Lime Rock Concours event that I registered for over a month ago and was accepted to enter. I drove my silver 1999 Dodge Viper GTS coupe there, which is only about 30-40 minute away from my … [Read more...]

Why Didn’t the Sliding Doors of the Kaiser Darrin Catch On?

From the Wayback Machine all the way to December 2012. This is an interesting subject about a timeless, unique American car. Mike Gulett, Editor by Mike Gulett - Kaiser Motors was formed in 1945 as Kaiser-Frazer. They changed the … [Read more...]

Why Is This One Luxury Body Style Forbidden?

by Wallace Wyss - If there is one style that all automakers steer away from in 2023, I'd say it is the landaulette. It gets its name from being first a landau, a French word for a folding top car. But also this was a model that the roof folded … [Read more...]