My Car Quest

November 21, 2024

The Indispensable Phil Remington

by Mike Gulett - I finally saw the movie, Ford v Ferrari and I enjoyed it very much. I believe it is not necessary to be a car race fan or even a car fan to like this movie. It helps that it is based on real events, even though there are … [Read more...]

Ford v Ferrari Film Review – This Movie Offers a Different View

Wallace Wyss was able to attend a preview of the new movie Ford v Ferrari a few days before its official opening. Here is his review. Mike Gulett by Wallace Wyss - The trouble with most racing films is that they–the producer and … [Read more...]

The Movie Ford v Ferrari Now Boasts Three Trailers

by Wallace Wyss - I am not on the PR staff but I feel like a PR man waving the flag to call attention to this new $100 million dollar movie (Ford v Ferrari), a racing drama set in the mid-60s. My interest goes back to my authorship of … [Read more...]

This Ferrari 250 LM Was the Last Ferrari To Win The 24 Hours of Le Mans

by Mike Gulett - While most of the attention at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans was focused on the factory team entries of Ferrari and Ford, it was a privately entered one-year-old mid-engine 3.3-liter V12 Ferrari 250 LM which caused a major upset … [Read more...]

The British Edition of GQ Magazine Has a Cover Story Next Month With Interview of the Stars of Ford v Ferrari (aka Le Mans ’66)

by Wallace Wyss - It’s in the November issue. GQ's writer, Stuart McGurk, starts out telling the reader that this movie “tells the true tale of the grudge match between Ford and Ferrari in the Sixties and how the battleground became the 1966 Le … [Read more...]

Homage To Hollywood’s Le Mans

by Mike Gulett - “I don’t know what category to put them in,” says fine artist Wallace Wyss. "Nostalgia art? Film homage?" He's speaking of a new series of paintings he's making of historical settings of Le Mans but with modern day … [Read more...]