My Car Quest

May 5, 2026

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

Board Track Racing – What A Crazy Idea

by Mike - Danger! Danger! Danger! That is certainly what you get when you race fast motorcycles around an oval, banked track made of wood with spectators sitting at the top of the track where they were easy targets for an out of control racer. … [Read more...]

Portrait Of A ’64 Ford GT40

Oh, they showed one at Pebble Beach. But…. by Wallace Wyss - So there I was, at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this past August, looking forward to seeing the Ford GT40s because I knew Ford was going to great effort to have one … [Read more...]

A Sad Tale In Barn Finding

by Wallace Wyss - In writing my Incredible Barn Finds series of books (Enthusiast Books, Hudson WI), I come across a lot of happy stories—a guy who finds a potential million dollar car for peanuts. But sometimes it’s a very sad story, … [Read more...]

Rare Birds At The Monterey Auctions

by Mike - Like bird watchers searching for a glimpse of a rare bird-of-paradise car lovers always seek out the rare and exotic when we go to events like Monterey Car Week. This past August we were rewarded handsomely with three Iso Grifos, … [Read more...]

New Barn Find Book From Wyss Makes Four

by Mike - The fourth and latest book in the softbound series that started with the one entitled Incredible Barn Finds is being released by December, reports Wallace Wyss, a West Coast based historian and frequent My Car Quest … [Read more...]

Book Review: Carrera 2.7 The Soul of Porsche’s Legendary Carrera 2.7 RS Lives on Within the Carrera 2.7 MFI

Title: Carrera 2.7 The Soul of Porsche's Legendary Carrera 2.7 RS Lives on Within the Carrera 2.7 MFI Author: Ryan Snodgrass Binding: Hardbound, slip cased Weight: 7.5 lbs. Pages: 406 Publisher: Parabolica Press Price: Regular … [Read more...]