My Car Quest

December 11, 2024

Is Rolls Royce Guilty of Wretched Excess?

Enuff already... by Wallace Wyss - Far be it from me, a lifelong devotee of car styling especially of bespoke cars where the designers are allowed to offer customers the ultimate in creating something special just for them, to then knock … [Read more...]

The Actress And The Wraith: 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith

First published here in June 2018 and still a very good read... by Wallace Wyss - Now there’s celebrity cars, and some people like owning them because at a concours you can drop a line like “Oh, this was the Queen’s…” or “General so-and-so … [Read more...]

Confessions of a Barn Finder: Adventures in (Almost) Paradise

by Wallace Wyss - So when I was a kid I liked this TV series called Adventures in Paradise. I can’t remember much about it except it involved a big schooner, and a studly-looking actor named Gardner McKay. Flash forward about 20 years and … [Read more...]

Remembering John Blatchley of Rolls Royce

A man who shaped Rolls Royce. by Wallace Wyss - It's funny how it all works out. Many decades ago, a 12 year old lad in England named John Blatchley was beset by rheumatic fever and confined to bed for three years. He began sketching. … [Read more...]

Over the Top with Rolls Royce

by Wallace Wyss - I thought the first Rolls Royce custom boat tail, built for a special client, was a bit too fancy by far but, Egad, man, they've done it again and this time it's even more over the top! But the pictures shot at the … [Read more...]

A Custom Rolls Royce Fit for a Duke

When A royal family member had the bloody cheek to customize his Roller. by Wallace Wyss - Don't worry, he did not have flowers painted on it like the mop-haired Beatles. No I think his mods to his classic styled Rolls Royce Phantom V were … [Read more...]