My Car Quest

September 14, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

Editorial: Are We Going to See the Get-it-While-it-Lasts Car Sales?

by Wallace Wyss - Now that I've seen the publicity around the Ferrari Purosangue SUV, extolling the fact it has a V12, and other stories in car magazines about "the last internal combustion engine from so-and-so" I am wondering, are we going … [Read more...]

Driving an Oldie but Goodie From Your Past

by Wallace Wyss - I drop in every year on a route 66 celebration--an annual display and slow cruise to show hot rods, and mild to wild customs celebrating Route 66--an old highway that took travelers West before the interstates. I actually … [Read more...]

Primrose Yellow E-Type On A Trailer…

From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine (March 2018) - another interesting acquisition story from a reader...If you want to share any interesting car story send at email to Mike Gulett click here. by Anthony Moody - It was 1969 and in England … [Read more...]

Chrysler’s Anti-Cobra: The Ghia 450SS

From the My Car Quest Way Back Machine - December 2016... by Wallace Wyss - Well, on paper the Ghia 450SS was the same idea—you take a shop over in Europe and you ship them an American V8 engine and transmission and stuff it into a chassis … [Read more...]

The Royal Hearses Fit for a Queen

by Wallace Wyss - I was a bit surprised to see the Royal hearse carrying the Queen of England's coffin was a Mercedes. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class hearse which carried Queen Elizabeth’s coffin from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh in Scotland was … [Read more...]

Editorial: A Low Key Club Succeeds With Two Quietly Owned Marques

by Wallace Wyss - I think one of the most extraordinary phenomena of postwar car collecting is the unbelievable price rise of Iso and Bizzarrini cars, two once obscure short-lived marques. I remember in the early '70s, steel bodied … [Read more...]