My Car Quest

December 25, 2024

Interesting Collector Cars For Less Than $50k USD – Porsche 914 2.0

by Mike - The latest in our series of the under $50,000 collector car is the Porsche 914 2.0 model. There are other 914 models that will cost less and some that will cost more. I think the 2.0 version is just right. Porsche 914 2.0 A … [Read more...]

A Porsche Christmas Party

In this case, it’s not only love of the car but love of the club that makes you want to own one… by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - Ya think old Porsches, a model where even the newest one is over 50 years old, you hardly … [Read more...]

The Short Lived Porsche Carrera GT: Is It An Investment Car?

by Wallace Wyss - The ideal, in choosing an old sports car, is one that, for all the time you own it, goes up in value. But choosing which used car that is available today that has this Upside Potential is a bear. I would theoretically … [Read more...]

Porsche 356 North Meets South Gathering

by Wallace Wyss - Every two years the folks that own Porsche 356 in Northern California meet up with those who own 356 Porsches but live down South. They always choose as a meeting place some hotel around the middle, in this case Paso … [Read more...]

The 1970 Porsche Tapiro: One That Got Away

by Wallace Wyss - The most celebrated cars at many of the fanciest concours is the one-off car, like the Porsche Tapiro. Especially the running one that was sold off and has been restored. It’s not easy to restore a one-off because many of … [Read more...]

Our Resident Historian Reveals An Obsession With Porsche “Turtle “ Cars

by Richard Bartholomew - "I suspect Ferdinand Porsche, as a boy in the 1800s, had a pet turtle," says Wallace Wyss, writer, who is presently hip-deep in research for the reprinting of the revised Porsche 356 Photo Album book. “The first … [Read more...]