My Car Quest

November 7, 2026

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

Monterey Car Week – The Quail, A Motor Sport Gathering Part 2 – Iso

by Mike - This past Friday August 17, 2012 was the tenth anniversary of The Quail, A Motor Sport Gathering and one of the featured marques was Iso - celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Iso GT cars. Piero Rivolta, the last president of … [Read more...]

Monterey Car Week – Day Five, The Quail – Part 1

by Mike - Today was the long anticipated event, The Quail, A Motor Sport Gathering where Iso was a featured marque. Piero Rivolta was a guest of honor and there were 27 Iso cars on the field. I believe this is the largest gathering of Iso cars … [Read more...]

A Ghia 450SS Encounter In Spain

by Mike - By email from Julian Wolfendale from a little village in Buckinghamshire, England Read your post on the Ghia 450SS, great stuff! I knew I’d seen one, so I trawled through my box of old photo’s in the loft and found this shot, taken … [Read more...]

The Best Ghia 450SS That I Have Seen

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The Iso Grifo Spider/Targa Mystery Continues

by Mike -  Pierre Brunner writes to me about Iso Grifo No. 011 and sends this picture below. "Hi Michael, Thank you for sharing these amazing pictures of Grifo No. 011. Attached is a picture of a yellow Pavesi Grifo, with a vent on the … [Read more...]

The Iso Grifo Spider/Targa Chassis Number 610011

by Mike – When reader Dan Eastwood sent me a question about the Iso Grifo Spider he sent a picture of a Grifo targa with a plastic zip out rear window like the Porsche 911 targa from many years ago. I did not recognize it so I asked My Car … [Read more...]