My Car Quest

September 30, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

All Stars Will Speak At Pebble Beach During Monterey Car Week

by Wallace Wyss - It makes perfect sense. There you are, at Monterey Car Week, with some of the best cars in the world going to all these events and some of the world’s best experts walking by, but when can you get a chance to hear their … [Read more...]

Hot Rods At Lake Arrowhead

The Lake Arrowhead Classic Car & Motorcycle Show at Lake Arrowhead, California - July 28, 2018. Text and photos by Richard Bartholomew - 'Hot Town Summer in the City' as the song goes and it was hot outside the city on Saturday the … [Read more...]

Aston Martin Race Car With Italian Coachwork To Cross The Block In Monterey

by Wallace Wyss - When I look over my Big Mistakes in barn finding, I remember visiting a guy in Palos Verdes, California maybe 30 years ago that had an Aston Martin DB4GTZ and it was a stunning car, perfectly restored, with coachwork by … [Read more...]

Prototype And Production – A Few Differences For The Iso Grifo

The Iso Grifo A3/L Prototype sold in Scottsdale at the Gooding January 2018 auction for $1,760,000. Gooding also has an early Iso Grifo (No. 009) coming up for auction in Monterey. The estimate is: $500,000 - $600,000. I thought some of you might … [Read more...]

Will A Hit Movie About Carroll Shelby Increase The Value Of All Things Shelby?

We generally do not write about future trends, but this Shelby movie is generating such interest that our frequent contributor Wallace Wyss sent in this opinion. - Ed. by Wallace Wyss - In a word, yes (Shelby stuff will … [Read more...]

Ford GT40 Mk II At Auction In Monterey

Ford vs. Ferrari: Buy this car and go hunting for a P3 or P4 on the vintage tracks. by Wallace Wyss - In the art world, you can buy history, in buying say a painting that the artist only made one of, such as the Mona Lisa. But in the … [Read more...]