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...]
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...]
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...]
The San Marino Motor Classic – June 2018
June 18, 2018 By 2 Comments
Great setting, classy show Text by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - For those who haven’t heard of it, San Marino is a little suburb of Pasadena, a sort of Beverly Hills-ish type of place with cute houses, … [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...]
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