My Car Quest

April 30, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

My Sheltered Life as a Young Man

by Mike Gulett - Up until my early-twenties I was aware of, and interested in, American cars with little exposure to and little knowledge of European cars. There was that time when I was about 11 years old in Los Angeles when my friend's older … [Read more...]

Is The Car Collecting Culture Becoming More Like The Art Collecting Business?

by Mike Gulett - From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine - this article was originally published in October 2014 and the cartoon was originally published in January 2015. The collector car market auction business has grown very fast in … [Read more...]

1970 Ford Thunderbird – Fond Memories

by Mike Gulett - We all remember cars from our youth don't we? And sometimes we may want to relive that youth by acquiring a car from those youthful days. Maybe that car would not be a car of natural choice today but the memories bring it into … [Read more...]

This Woody Station Wagon

by Mike Gulett - There are times when my imagination takes over and I am in places where I know I will not really go but it is fun to dream of the possibilities. I am dreaming of a car fantasy that I know will not come true. This time … [Read more...]

The Story of a Painting: Gulf Ford GT40

by Wallace Wyss - I wrote a couple of books on the original Ford GT40s of the Sixties. So it's a car I've been in love with for a long time. I had a chance to shoot one of the real ones at Laguna Seca during a vintage race. This car is … [Read more...]

The Iso Grifo – A Design Analysis

From deep in the My Car Quest Wayback Machine comes this design analysis from October 2014 of one of my favorite cars, the Iso Grifo. The author, Raffi Minasian, is a widely published automobile designer, illustrator, writer, historian, and Pebble … [Read more...]