by Wallace Wyss - I suspect enough time has gone by now that youngins reading this won't know what "gray market" means. What it means is that, back in the '70s, when the US Gum'mint came out with a lot of laws about seat belts and side door … [Read more...]
Editorial: Too Smart by Half….
October 11, 2022 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Well, some car pictures hurt when I see them, like little slings and arrows. Mike Gulett's picture of a Ghia Cadillac hurt because I think I missed a chance to buy one because I was, as the Brits say "too smart by half" which … [Read more...]
Editorial: Are We Going to See the Get-it-While-it-Lasts Car Sales?
October 6, 2022 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Now that I've seen the publicity around the Ferrari Purosangue SUV, extolling the fact it has a V12, and other stories in car magazines about "the last internal combustion engine from so-and-so" I am wondering, are we going … [Read more...]
Driving an Oldie but Goodie From Your Past
October 1, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I drop in every year on a route 66 celebration--an annual display and slow cruise to show hot rods, and mild to wild customs celebrating Route 66--an old highway that took travelers West before the interstates. I actually … [Read more...]
Chrysler’s Anti-Cobra: The Ghia 450SS
September 23, 2022 By 10 Comments
From the My Car Quest Way Back Machine - December 2016... by Wallace Wyss - Well, on paper the Ghia 450SS was the same idea—you take a shop over in Europe and you ship them an American V8 engine and transmission and stuff it into a chassis … [Read more...]
The Royal Hearses Fit for a Queen
September 20, 2022 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I was a bit surprised to see the Royal hearse carrying the Queen of England's coffin was a Mercedes. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class hearse which carried Queen Elizabeth’s coffin from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh in Scotland was … [Read more...]
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