My Car Quest

November 25, 2024

The La Jolla Concours d’Elegance – 2018

by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - Every old car fan dreams of going to the Pebble Beach Concours but that’s over $300 a ticket now. A far less costly approximation can be found at the La Jolla Concours held each April … [Read more...]

Lord Lucan’s Escape Rolls Royce Found…

by Wallace Wyss - Image by Richard Bartholomew – A spectacular Roll Royce has come out of storage, confiscated by the storage renters for non-payment of storage fees. The postwar Rolls was believed to be the last vehicle in which a murderer … [Read more...]

Trancas Cars & Coffee Is No More

Popular Event Barred by the Malibu City Council. by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - Oh, the Trancas Ranch Market, with all its satellite stores, is still there, at the far Northern reaches of Malibu but the organizer, … [Read more...]

Just Another Day In Paradise At Trancas

The Trancas Event Thriveth by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - Yes, that’s what some German tourist said at the Cars & Coffee in Malibu, the furthermost one that occurs way way up the Coast at the last outpost of … [Read more...]

A New Year And A New Track Season

Text and photos by Richard Bartholomew - Perfect weather and hot coffee greeted the drivers that brought their performance cars to Fontana California for the Fasttoysclub track event on January 18th 2018. This first of the new year event … [Read more...]

A Factory Hot Rodded Two Seater T-Bird By Chip Foose

The One Ford Should have built… by Wallace Wyss - Photos by Richard Bartholomew - There has to be a high point as a car designer, and I think one of them is being able to tool around in a car you designed. At the Enderle Cars … [Read more...]