My Car Quest

September 18, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

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...]

Art: The Man In The White Hat

Our In-House Artist explains... by Wallace Wyss - I remember some men's magazine in the '50s (Esquire? Playboy?) had a cartoon figure of a dude with a walrus mustache. The symbolic idea was that, if he appeared with some product, then OK, … [Read more...]

Car Art: Ferrari GTO’s Second Act

by Wallace Wyss - I remember, in the early days of the Monterey Historic Races, when Beverly Hills guys like Steve Earle and Chris Cord (yes, of that Cord family) who would take old racing Ferraris, rent the track for the weekend and have at … [Read more...]

Bizzarrini Should Have a Class at Pebble Beach in 2023

I pointed out to Wallace that the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance had a Bizzarrini class in 2016 and would likely not have another one for many years. After thinking about this subject for a while I decided to post this because the important people … [Read more...]

San Marino Motor Classic – 2022

Text by Wallace Wyss and photos by Bruce Caron - For those who didn't want to drive from Los Angeles to Monterey there was a classic car show right in Los Angeles only a few days later, the San Marino Motor Classic. San Marino is a plush … [Read more...]

Corte Madera Lions EV and Classic Car Show

by Mike Gulett - This event in Corte Madera sounds like a fun show on Saturday September 10 and it is free to attend! They may still be open to cars to show as well. From their web site; We are presenting our second annual EV and … [Read more...]