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...]
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Great Car Magazine Advertisements
April 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment
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
April 10, 2020 By 5 Comments
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...]
Let’s Make The Best Of Shelter-In-Place
April 9, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Mike Gulett - We have been under shelter-in-place orders for a little more than three weeks now here in Monterey County, California with a few more weeks to go. It seems longer but the calendar tells me this is true. My wife, Rebecca, and I … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Former Barn Finder
April 8, 2020 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I know there's still the AutoTrader but my short lived career as a barn finder was built on the original newspaper-style Auto Trader that you could get at any liquor store. My method was to not look like a slickster from The … [Read more...]
2020 Corvette Future Development Put On Hold As Virus Lays Low Automakers
April 6, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - GM temporarily stopped building the 2020 mid-engined Corvette, the car they had 45,000 orders for. They first stopped March 21st to clean the plant and planned to start up again in April but this writer hasn't ascertained if … [Read more...]
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