by Wallace Wyss - I always thought the Ferrari 400 GT body style when cut down into a convertible, was a great looking car. Outside cutters did them from the 365 GT4 2-plus-2, to the 400 GT to the 400i to the 412 GT. But sometimes an … [Read more...]
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AC 428: If Shelby Had Gone Italian
March 27, 2019 By 10 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Actually Shelby knew the Italians could whack out bodies like nobody’s business, and after the first Cobra coupe was bodied entirely in the U.S. body wise (by Bill Honda) he sent the remaining five chassis to Carrozzeria Gran … [Read more...]
One Man And His Bizzarrini GT 5300
March 24, 2019 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Ken Phillips bought his Bizzarrini GT 5300 new in Italy in the late '60s and had it shipped to the US East Coast where it stayed for the next few decades. The very same Bizzarrini GT 5300 Strada (No. 0256) that I owned many years … [Read more...]
Is This A 1956 Bentley R-Type Continental by H. J. Mulliner?
March 22, 2019 By 4 Comments
by Mike - I saw this stunning Bentley in the parking lot of a local restaurant recently in between rain storms. What a beauty it is - I had to do some research to try and figure out the model and year. Most cars of this caliber are seen … [Read more...]
LOST DREAM CAR FILE : The Lost 1959 Oldsmobile F88 Mk. III
March 20, 2019 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Harley Earl was a big man. Well over 6’. He was a towering figure in American automobile design. He was the one who basically thought up the idea of making clay models, because as a boy he made model cars with the clay of … [Read more...]
Buick Wildcat II – Harley’s Good Idea That Came to Naught…
March 18, 2019 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Harley Earl the 6’ 6” dynamo from Hollywood who was GM’s first director of styling (he called it the Art and Colour section) had a grand plan around 1952. That was to make not only the two seater Corvette but hell, go all the … [Read more...]
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