by Mike Gulett - The Fiat-Abarth 1000 GT is powered by a 982 cc engine with an Abarth-designed twin-cam (Bialbero) cylinder head, dual Weber twin-choke carburetors, and other modifications resulting in 99 bhp at 7,100 rpm. Sports Car Graphic … [Read more...]
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 – A Photo Overview
June 25, 2020 By 7 Comments
With the many car events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic we will not see the car action we are accustomed to at this time of year. I thought it would be a good idea to reach back into the My Car Quest archives and occasionally re-post … [Read more...]
Concept Cars That Didn’t’ Make It: The 1956 Pontiac Club de Mer
June 22, 2020 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Harley Earl was GM's first director of design (then called Styling). It was he who pioneered making clay models (inspired by his fashioning cars of clay in California as a kid). It was he who created the concept of the dream … [Read more...]
Car Fantasy Anthology
June 13, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Being Readied by My Car Quest Contributor, Wallace Wyss. by Mike Gulett - Wallace Wyss, a frequent My Car Quest contributor, reports he is editing his anthology of automotive fiction, which right now has 25 stories. "You can't put … [Read more...]
Strange Times
June 6, 2020 By 16 Comments
Today My Car Quest is not about classic and collector cars but instead about important current events in the USA. by Mike Gulett - The coronavirus pandemic is still in process and now we have major social and political upheaval in the US … [Read more...]
Briggs Cunningham – A Great American Sportsman
June 1, 2020 By 9 Comments
Road Racer Briggs Cunningham: Horsepower, Endurance, Sportsmanship... by Mike Gulett - Many years before Carroll Shelby entered the racing world there was Briggs Swift Cunningham II who was making his own cars and racing them against the … [Read more...]
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