by Mike Gulett - From deep in the archives of the My Car Quest Wayback Machine from 2016 comes this interesting story of a Ferrari 250 GTO along with the original comments. Bizzarrini cars were featured as a class at the Pebble Beach … [Read more...]
John Toom – Creator of the Jaguar Aerodyne
May 23, 2024 By 18 Comments
John Toom had a dream to design and build his own car. It turns out he also had the drive and the skill to do so, unfortunately he died just short of finishing his Jaguar Aerodyne. Ron and Sonya Kellogg bought the Aerodyne and funded its completion. … [Read more...]
Editorial: Hey Hollywood…What About Elon Musk?
May 15, 2024 By 2 Comments
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...]
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