My Car Quest

November 21, 2024

DeTomaso Pantera Targa – The Car Ford Should Have Made

by Wallace Wyss - Writing about DeTomaso is perilous for historians because the company's history is full of dark secrets (one great rumor is that DeTomaso bought Ghia for peanuts from a dictator's son when said son was in jail). The … [Read more...]

When A Custom Car Builder Goes Too Far

by Wallace Wyss - I always thought the Ferrari 400 GT body style when cut down into a convertible, was a great looking car. Outside cutters did them from the 365 GT4 2-plus-2, to the 400 GT to the 400i to the 412 GT. But sometimes an … [Read more...]

The Ferrari 400 Convertible – Great Idea Or An Abomination?

by Wallace Wyss As a fine artist looking for cars to depict on canvas, I have been to many Ferrari events in the last couple years and there’s one thing missing at every one of them - 400-based convertibles. Now the purists would say … [Read more...]