by Wallace Wyss - It will not likely be a record for a Ferrari--the most valuable Ferrari so far is a 250GTO which sold privately for over $70 million. This 250LM is the same type that won the 24 Heures du Mans in ’65 but is not the actual … [Read more...]
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Two Legends At Odds: Why Is It That A Ferrari 250 GTO Is Worth Six Times More Than A Shelby Cobra Daytona?
July 15, 2023 By 9 Comments
From the My Car Quest wayback machine all the way back to July 2016 I found this very interesting story that many of you may not have read before. I hope you like it. Mike Gulett, Editor by Wallace Wyss - Just for the fun of it, let’s … [Read more...]
A Million-Dollar Fraud With Porsche Race Cars
June 11, 2023 By 3 Comments
by Martin Schröder - This was the German Press Agency report of December 8, 2020: "After two years of investigation, the Aachen (city at the German-Belgian border) public prosecutor's office has filed charges against three gentlemen for … [Read more...]
Ferrari 250LM Artist’s History
June 7, 2023 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - A lot of the cars I paint in oil on canvas I only have a scant memory of but some I've seen in person. When I first moved to California to stay (having worked the summer of '65 for Motor Trend) in 1970 I started attending … [Read more...]
Thoroughbred Horses and Collector Cars: A Comparison of Hobbies
May 25, 2023 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Maybe as a nostalgia nod toward my short-lived career in the Bitterroot as a cowboy, I now spend time each week suitably cowboyed up at a horse breeding ranch. One of my tasks is to sell off the loser--the one who didn't … [Read more...]
Two Completely Different Race Cars
April 26, 2023 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - In horse racing the saying goes "different horses for different courses". An analogous saying is even more true in the car racing world but I can't think of a clever, rhyming way to say it. Dragster This racecar is the … [Read more...]
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