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...]
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Why Didn’t the Sliding Doors of the Kaiser Darrin Catch On?
September 16, 2023 By 15 Comments
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?
September 12, 2023 By 10 Comments
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...]
Concorso Italiano 2023
September 8, 2023 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Concorso Italiano was another well planned show though had more of a cars-'n-coffee feel than say The Quail ($1000+ ticket) or Pebble beach (roughly $500 a ticket). The goal was to fill a couple of well manicured greens of the … [Read more...]
Casa Ferrari: A Free Ferrari Show
September 2, 2023 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari is the most profitable automaker and some of that is no doubt due to astute marketing, knowing what events to tie in with. In North America they have zoomed in on the Pebble Beach Concours, an event that goes back … [Read more...]
This Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S is Now in Our Garage
August 29, 2023 By 8 Comments
by Mike Gulett - For those of you who follow My Car Quest you know that I try to document my experiences with cars and my search for the next one. You will also have read that in May 2022 I sold the 1971 Lamborghini Espada after more than 6 … [Read more...]
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