My Car Quest

September 21, 2024

Sports Cars and Classic Cars Blog

The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering – 2021

by Wallace Wyss - I'd love to give a complete report, but alas, I could not get a media press credential and I certainly did not want to pay the $900 plus for a ticket. Even the food and wine is included I cannot eat or drink that much in just … [Read more...]

Pebble Beach: The Concours Itself

by Wallace Wyss - The day of the 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance started out with a slight rain, and lots of the ladies who were wearing clothing designed to show their pulchritudinous physiques scrambled for scarves. I quite enjoyed … [Read more...]

Editorial: Congratulations 2021 Monterey Car Week Venue Producers

by Wallace Wyss - I just finished four days on the Monterey Peninsula for Monterey Car Week 2021 and enjoyed almost every moment. I experienced some priceless moments. Like that morning when I arrived at WeatherTech Laguna Seca racetrack … [Read more...]

Concorso Italiano 2021

Disclosure: The author was a vendor at Concorso Italiano 2021. by Wallace Wyss - I always look forward to Concorso Italiano because in my new calling as a fine artist (as opposed to commercial artists who have to subjugate their art to … [Read more...]

The Last Tjaarda Pantera

by Wallace Wyss - Can a car designer go back in time and correct the things he didn't like on the car he designed that was put into production. According to the author of Tjaarda, a new biography, he can. Tom Tjaarda, some 35 years after he owned … [Read more...]

The Highest Price in Monterey This Year – A McLaren F1?

by Mike Gulett - All McLaren F1 cars are special but the one sold at the Gooding auction in Pebble Beach during Monterey Car Week 2021 is extra special. First it is a one-off color - a beautiful brown called Creighton Brown. And second it has … [Read more...]