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...]
The Story of a Painting: Gulf Ford GT40
January 29, 2024 By 2 Comments
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
January 22, 2024 By 9 Comments
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...]
The Piranha Kit Car By AMT
January 14, 2024 By 2 Comments
From the My Car Quest Wayback Machine (March 2015) we see a kid's fantasy come to life (at least one of my fantasies) - a really cool full size functioning car that was also a model kit that we could buy and build. The Piranha was featured in one of … [Read more...]
The Story of a Painting: Porsche 550 Spyder
January 4, 2024 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - In SoCal, blessed by good weather, there are dozens of car events each weekend. As a chronicler of cars of the past, I like to pick one event to go to. Sometimes it is the cars that draw me. Other times it's the setting and … [Read more...]
Film Review: Ferrari
December 28, 2023 By 11 Comments
Review by Wallace Wyss - Racing movies are difficult to sell to a big audience. The guys are there to see the wheel to wheel action. The women are there because they usually want to see a love story (the woman behind the man, etc, ). I have to … [Read more...]
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