By Mike – The following article has been translated from Italian and was first published on Auto Classiche. This is a summary of the ten models that changed the Italian car scene and ultimately the world car scene. These cars introduced … [Read more...]
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“Ferrari vs.Ford” Promised Theme of Wyss Art at Concorso
May 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
by Mike Gulett - Frequent My Car Quest contributor Wallace Wyss has announced that, at his Art & Books booth at Concorso Italiano August 19th in Seaside, just North of Monterey, he has chosen the theme of "Ferrari vs. Ford." Each … [Read more...]
Giotto Bizzarrini: The Great Engineer
May 10, 2019 By 4 Comments
by Phillip Bingham - He was fired by Enzo Ferrari for his role in a failed ‘Palace Revolt’, fought back by trying to out-do Ferraris on road and track, briefly produced cars under his own name before being swindled into bankruptcy, and ended his … [Read more...]
Observations on “The Egg”: 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/212 Export “Uovo”
May 8, 2019 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Now I’d like to preface my capsule history of this car, aka The Egg, with the remark that: beauty does not guarantee a big sales price, nor does a big name coachbuilder. In this case the Ferrari in question was ugly as sin … [Read more...]
Vintage Racing Returns to Fontana, California
May 2, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Text and photos by Richard Bartholomew - The last weekend in April 2019 saw the return of the SVRA to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The SVRA is the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, one of the oldest and largest vintage … [Read more...]
Porsche’s Italian Adventure – The Porsche 356 Abarth Carrera GT/L
December 26, 2018 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The Porsche family were Austrians. They were doing pretty well developing race cars in the early ‘50s, especially the mid-engined Porsche 550 Spyder, but it bothered them that a fellow Austrian, Carlo Abarth, working in Italy, … [Read more...]
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