My Car Quest

January 22, 2025

The First Porsche Made At Auction In Monterey (1939 Porsche Type 64)

by Mike Gulett - This is considered the first Porsche car made that eventually led to the Porsche 356 and 911 sports cars. It is up for auction in August 2019 at The RM Sotheby's Auction in Monterey. Could they get $20 million USD? The … [Read more...]

Vector Creator Says He Sold Them To Start A New Venture

by Wallace Wyss - Long ago, fifty years ago, give or take, I was headin' out from Michigan to the land of sun and surf, the West Coast, and a lady friend from Bad Axe, MI told me I ought to look up her friend Gerald Weigert, who was also from … [Read more...]

This Bentley Continental SC Sold at RM Sotheby’s In Arizona

by Mike - The quite knowledgable Wallace Wyss wrote here in September 2016 that The 1999 Bentley Continental SC Is A Future Collector Car. He was right - RM Sotheby's sold this 2000 Bentley Continental SC at their recent Arizona auction … [Read more...]

Aston Martin Race Car With Italian Coachwork To Cross The Block In Monterey

by Wallace Wyss - When I look over my Big Mistakes in barn finding, I remember visiting a guy in Palos Verdes, California maybe 30 years ago that had an Aston Martin DB4GTZ and it was a stunning car, perfectly restored, with coachwork by … [Read more...]

Ford GT40 Mk II At Auction In Monterey

Ford vs. Ferrari: Buy this car and go hunting for a P3 or P4 on the vintage tracks. by Wallace Wyss - In the art world, you can buy history, in buying say a painting that the artist only made one of, such as the Mona Lisa. But in the … [Read more...]

A Ferrari 250 GTO To Roll Across The Block In Monterey

by Wallace Wyss - At last, at Monterey this year, the old question posed by Ferrari collectors since the late '60s will be answered: What’s worth more-- a series I 250GTO with its fastback roof, or a series II with the all new body shape … [Read more...]