My Car Quest

November 27, 2024

The Quick, The Crashed, The Lost And The Found Bizzarrini GT 5300

by Mike Gulett - Recently I watched the Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction and noticed, again, the lime gold Bizzarrini GT 5300 in the background, placed there by the owner, stunt driver Carey Loftin. A friend of mine (a long … [Read more...]

The Iso Grifo Spider Has Sold for Big Bucks

By Mike Gulett - The Iso Grifo Spider sold recently at a RM Sotheby’s auction at the junkyard in Southern California where it had been stored for a few decades. It achieved a price of $1,875,000, a record for an Iso Grifo GL, more than the … [Read more...]

Opinion: Can We Trust Tesla with Our Future?

We, Robot is the next big thing from Elon Musk's Tesla. It sounds like something Isaac Asimov would write about. by Mike Gulett - In the past I have been a big fan of electric cars and self-driven cars. Yet, lately I have come to doubt … [Read more...]

The Actress And The Wraith: 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith

First published here in June 2018 and still a very good read... by Wallace Wyss - Now there’s celebrity cars, and some people like owning them because at a concours you can drop a line like “Oh, this was the Queen’s…” or “General so-and-so … [Read more...]

A Carroll Shelby TV Series?

It could happen and our author has plenty of content. by Wallace Wyss - Normally, plans for a TV show are hush-hush until a deal is signed. There's always a rival that could jump in front of you with a better deal. Plus I am genuinely … [Read more...]

The Only Factory Iso Grifo Spider at Auction

by Mike Gulett - It has been known for many years in the Iso community where the one and only Iso Grifo A3/L Spider was hiding. It had been hoarded away by a Mr. Rudi Klein, who also hoarded many other classic and rare cars. He stored the Grifo … [Read more...]