by Wallace Wyss - Having watched Michael Mann's Ferrari I was wondering which of the 20th or 21st century's auto executives have lives that, a portion of which, would be fodder for a good movie? I nominate John Z. DeLorean from around the … [Read more...]
Economic Theory and Collector Cars
May 9, 2024 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - I was reading an article in the New York Times from Nov. 22, 2014 titled Conspicuous Consumption? Yes, but It’s Not Crazy by Robert H. Frank, economics professor at Cornell University. The article basically said that rich … [Read more...]
Kit Car Super Car – The Sterling
April 22, 2024 By 76 Comments
by Mike Gulett - The Kit Car super car is an important part of car culture. Like most kids from the '60s I saw the ads in the car magazines for very cool looking car bodies in need of a chassis, usually a VW Beetle chassis, and I dreamed of … [Read more...]
The “Accidental Artist” to Show at Concorso Ferrari
April 22, 2024 By Leave a Comment
by Lita Makati - Wallace Wyss, erstwhile artist for My Car Quest, says he'll be showing art at a Ferrari event scheduled for May 5, in Pasadena, CA, which takes over two blocks of historic Colorado Boulevard, along the legendary Route 66. The … [Read more...]
Book Review: Shelby American 60 Years of High Performance
April 20, 2024 By 2 Comments
Title: Shelby American 60 Years of High Performance Authors: Colin Comer and Rick Kopec Price: $60 Length: 222 pages Binding: hardbound Publisher: Motorbooks Review by Wallace Wyss - This is a fun car book (the man and the cars he … [Read more...]
Tom Meade: An Americano In Italia – Doing What All Of Us Wished We Could Do…
April 11, 2024 By 14 Comments
From deep in the My Car Quest archives (the Wayback Machine - May 2016) comes this fascinating story about Tom Meade-a Californian who spent time in Italy and loved cars. Like many articles here on My Car Quest the comments are interesting and I have … [Read more...]
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