My Car Quest

December 12, 2024

Editorial: A Note to Porsche Marketing

Why not bring back the 356? by Wallace Wyss - I was going through my knee deep files the other day and came across a couple pictures of very early Porsches--I'm talking pre-A. One was a picture of one of the first aluminum bodied ones that … [Read more...]

Reminiscing on Old Skool Car Clubs

Text and photos by Wallace Wyss - You can imagine, being a historian, I am always searching for a car event I can go to. But the second that I think like a fine artist I have to pick one where there will likely be a car I wish to paint an oil … [Read more...]

A Porsche 356 Mystery Car?

Is it the Holy Grail of Lost 356 Prototypes or just another VW-based custom? by Wallace Wyss - Back at the beginning of Porsche, you might say all options were open because, at that converted sawmill in Gmund that they were using for … [Read more...]

The Gebruder Beutler And Their Porsches

by Wallace Wyss - Being half-Swiss, I am proud that a Swiss coachbuilder (Gebruder Beutler) was judged reliable enough to build some coachwork for the Porsche 356 cars - the Gebruder Beutler Porsches. Though from the one car I researched … [Read more...]

Editorial: The Road Not Taken

by Wallace Wyss - I think it's the title of a Robert Frost poem about someone in the woods on a trail. The trail divides and he takes one path but then considers what would have happened if he took the alternative route. What made me think … [Read more...]

Swap Meet For Porsche 356’s A Success

Text and photos by Wallace Wyss - If there is one event every Porsche fan wanted to see come back after the plague year it was the Swap Meet at this German themed club in Anaheim, California. Though the event is sponsored by the 356 … [Read more...]