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...]
Million Dollar Dream Car Found Abandoned In Oklahoma City
April 1, 2019 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Oklahoma City, April 1 - A million dollar dream car from the Fifties was found abandoned outside City Hall in Oklahoma City today, with the key still in the ignition. The engine was running when the car was found. … [Read more...]
LOST DREAM CAR FILE : The Lost 1959 Oldsmobile F88 Mk. III
March 20, 2019 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Harley Earl was a big man. Well over 6’. He was a towering figure in American automobile design. He was the one who basically thought up the idea of making clay models, because as a boy he made model cars with the clay of … [Read more...]
Buick Wildcat II – Harley’s Good Idea That Came to Naught…
March 18, 2019 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Harley Earl the 6’ 6” dynamo from Hollywood who was GM’s first director of styling (he called it the Art and Colour section) had a grand plan around 1952. That was to make not only the two seater Corvette but hell, go all the … [Read more...]
Book Review: Fins – Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors and the Glory Days of Detroit
December 27, 2018 By 3 Comments
Review by Wallace Wyss - Author: William Knoedelseder Publisher: Harper Business Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 ISBN 13: 9780062289070 Price: $29.99 Available for less on Amazon - Click Here America’s car industry … [Read more...]
The Market: What Should Cadillac Do Now?
April 30, 2018 By 4 Comments
Cadillac let go their Euro luxury car expert; so what now? by Wallace Wyss - I have always been a fan of the western movies where the stranger shows up in town and shakes things up. So I had big hopes four years ago when a South … [Read more...]
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