My Car Quest

March 19, 2024

Fiction: The Man In The White Hat

by Wallace Wyss - Jumped ship. That's the way they put it back in the 1800s when a sailor, gobsmacked at first sight of the beauty of a land like Tahiti would jump overboard and swim for shore, determined to make a new life in this magic … [Read more...]

Car Fantasy Anthology

Being Readied by My Car Quest Contributor, Wallace Wyss. by Mike Gulett - Wallace Wyss, a frequent My Car Quest contributor, reports he is editing his anthology of automotive fiction, which right now has 25 stories. "You can't put … [Read more...]

Fiction: The Blue Goose

by Wallace Wyss - The old man was glad his son took him to the, what the hell did they call it, the concours d'-sumpthin'-or-other? Hell, he didn't know one classic car from another though, as a boy in Wisconsin, back in the '30s, he had seen … [Read more...]

Fiction: Poster Star

by Wallace Wyss - Tad discovered racing posters once he started reading histories of car racing events. Although he didn't become a car fan until the '90s, he found he loved the early posters--say '20s and '30s--most because they had an air … [Read more...]

Fiction: Dead Ringer

by Wallace Wyss - Jerry was swearing. It wasn't that hot, but he was swearing because he had agreed to do what Johnny wanted, and now he was worried that, if he did it, his employer would somehow connect him to the theft. The object to … [Read more...]

Fiction: Rosso Corsa

by Wallace Wyss - Yeah they were astonauts. Whoopee-do. Nowadays, after 2025 anyhow, after what 1500 people minimum had been to Mars and back, being an astronaut was no big deal. It was Harry decided, like being a long range trucker. … [Read more...]