by Wallace Wyss - San Marino is a posh community carved out of Pasadena and it is a fitting location for a concours d'elegance. I would rate the San Marino Motor Classic as a good warm up for Pebble Beach--many of the same car models but always … [Read more...]
Party Hardy…In San Marino
August 31, 2024 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The Dinner I just went to the San Marino Motor Classic, which is not in San Marino Italy, but in the enclave of San Marino, California nearby (or maybe surrounded by) Pasadena. I think it was a good thing. Not only did … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Shelby Club Celebrates Ford v. Ferrari Movie With Gathering At Former Shelby Headquarters
September 18, 2019 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Carroll Shelby once had a Goodyear racing tire shop in Gardena tucked into a corner where the Interstate 110 and 405 freeways meet. Each year for the last several years, there’s been a gathering of Shelby fans sponsored … [Read more...]
Stretching The Boundaries of Automotive Art
July 22, 2019 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Maybe they aren't "new" as "new on the scene" but, as a fine artist myself, I perceive tastes are changing in automotive art--the term has now expanded to include some of these sub-categories, some of which I list here: … [Read more...]
A ”Shoebox” Ford Custom Car Blows Me Away
May 7, 2019 By 3 Comments
One design critic’s opinion of a very well done Ford custom. by Wallace Wyss - Some detail photographs by Richard Bartholomew, other photographs by Wallace Wyss - Now sometimes, in California, they mix and match at a concours. So it … [Read more...]
The Benedict Castle Concours, Riverside, CA – March 2019
April 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Text by Wallace Wyss - Photography by Richard Bartholomew - It pays for a concours to have a "hook," something unusual about it, and I hafta say that the Hook of the Benedict Castle Concours held each Spring in the Inland Empire is the … [Read more...]
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