My Car Quest

December 12, 2024

DeTomaso Pantera Targa – The Car Ford Should Have Made

by Wallace Wyss - Writing about DeTomaso is perilous for historians because the company's history is full of dark secrets (one great rumor is that DeTomaso bought Ghia for peanuts from a dictator's son when said son was in jail). The … [Read more...]

Vintage: The DeTomaso Sport 5000 Spyder to be Auctioned in Monterey

by Wallace Wyss - We have been wondering when DeTomaso race cars will enjoy the price escalation of Ferraris, Maseratis, etc. but so far they haven't. But the owners of the few race cars built by the wily Argentine and his American wife keep on … [Read more...]

DeTomaso: The Man and His Machines – The Story of a Book

by Wallace Wyss - This is not a new book. It is instead a story of how a book came about and what happened to it before it (almost) disappeared into the sands of time. I had been working for David and Linda Adler in Huntington Beach, … [Read more...]