My Car Quest

October 15, 2024

Cars on the Street vs Splendor in the Grass

by Mike Gulett - It is always a thrill when I see a classic car on the street being driven around. We all saw cool, classic cars on the streets in our youth but we did not know they would someday be rare classics because they were just ordinary … [Read more...]

Déjà vu All Over Again

by Mike Gulett - Another Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance show car has been destroyed in a trailer fire on the roads of Monterey County. It happened on Wednesday September 4th on Highway 68 and York Road. The last time it happened it was a Ford … [Read more...]

Astons on the Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea

by Mike Gulett - Astons on the Avenue is one of the new events that I attended this year during Monterey Car Week. I did not take my Aston Martin Vanquish (maybe next year) - this year I just admired the other Aston Martins there. Anything that … [Read more...]

Death of a Dream Car

by Wallace Wyss - You aren't supposed to buy them of course. When car companies make concept cars (they used to call them "dream cars") they often don't bother to put in seat belts or air bags or emergency braking etc. because after all it's only … [Read more...]

The Pebble Beach Way

by Wallace Wyss - When Pebble Beach announced that an unrestored car had taken first place at their vaunted concours (1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports shown by Fritz Burkard of The Pearl Collection), I am sure half a dozen car restorers in the crowd … [Read more...]

The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering – 2024

by Mike Gulett - I have been to The Quail several times before and it seems that every year is better than the last. This year I displayed our 2005 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S in The Evolution of the Supercar Class. It was a great class with many … [Read more...]