by Wallace Wyss - Say it aint’ so, Joe. I look at this picture of the latest one-off Ferrari, the SP3JC (sounds like the type number of an industrial drill) and damn if it doesn’t look like a Corvette. Not even a new Corvette, just … [Read more...]
This Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Hot Rod Is Awsome
April 12, 2019 By 12 Comments
by Mike - Why don't more owners of classic Italian cars restore them like some American car owners do using hot rod or restomod styles? They would not be original but they can be oh so cool, and be better drivers, and even look better as our … [Read more...]
Buick Y-Job Concept: A Re-Creation By Gary Wales At Benedict Castle Concours
April 7, 2019 By 3 Comments
Text by Wallace Wyss - Photographs by Richard Bartholomew - Nobody in the old car collecting field is as irrepressible as Gary Wales of Woodland Hills, California. Formerly known first as a Ferrari collector when still in … [Read more...]
When A Custom Car Builder Goes Too Far
March 28, 2019 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I always thought the Ferrari 400 GT body style when cut down into a convertible, was a great looking car. Outside cutters did them from the 365 GT4 2-plus-2, to the 400 GT to the 400i to the 412 GT. But sometimes an … [Read more...]
Divining Character In A Bespoke Bentley
December 6, 2017 By 4 Comments
Case in point, Gary Wales and his “Black Prince” Bentley. by Wallace Wyss - Gary Wales is a dreamer. But one difference between Wales and most car lovers is that he builds the cars he dreams about. His 1938 Bentley, chassis B … [Read more...]
A Ferrari Hot Rod – The Gatto – Custom Coachwork At Its Best
October 3, 2017 By 12 Comments
by Mike - What motivates someone to design and then build, or have built, a fully custom car like the Strale Daytona 6000GT Prototype (Iso Daytona)? Or the 1933 Ford Roadster Like No Other? Whatever the motivation is I like it and it … [Read more...]
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