by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari not only sells breathtakingly sensual sports cars but, hey, if you have the money and want something a little different than the net bloke what walks in the showroom, you commission something special. Now I don’t … [Read more...]
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How A Hong Kong Man Satisfied His Boy Racer Urge By Commissioning The Ferrari P80/C
May 9, 2019 By 2 Comments
Observations on “The Egg”: 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/212 Export “Uovo”
May 8, 2019 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Now I’d like to preface my capsule history of this car, aka The Egg, with the remark that: beauty does not guarantee a big sales price, nor does a big name coachbuilder. In this case the Ferrari in question was ugly as sin … [Read more...]
A ”Shoebox” Ford Custom Car Blows Me Away
May 7, 2019 By 3 Comments
One design critic’s opinion of a very well done Ford custom. by Wallace Wyss - Some detail photographs by Richard Bartholomew, other photographs by Wallace Wyss - Now sometimes, in California, they mix and match at a concours. So it … [Read more...]
The Artistry Of The Weber Carburetor
May 6, 2019 By 5 Comments
An artist in love with Webers. Text and art by Wallace Wyss - As a fine artist, I mostly am drawn to the shape of a car; its form, particularly as viewed in early morning light, when the sun “paints with light” the shape of the car. … [Read more...]
When Detroit’s Magic Duo Brought European Glam To American Tin…
May 3, 2019 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Being a child of the Midwest, I didn't see many sports cars. Oh, I knew there were Jag-U-Ars and Furr-arris but just didn't see them. But then in the early '60s, Pontiac ads started showing American cars in European … [Read more...]
Welcome To World Class: The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette
May 1, 2019 By 6 Comments
The 2020 Corvette will, I predict, hand Ferrari it’s head. by Wallace Wyss - It is apparent now that the 2020 Corvette, to be announced in mid-July, will be mid-engine. That is significant on several accounts but the principle reason it … [Read more...]
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