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The 540 Aperta is it appeared at Villa d 'Este. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.
By Wallace Wyss
Let’s say you have more money than God and way back you saw an old Italian movie that had a sexy car in it. The movie was by Fellini and the car, as near as anyone can tell, was a special by Fantuzzi, and/or originally installed on a racing chassis. [Read more…] about From the Golden Ferrari 599 Aperta
Winning Delage D86 Roadster. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.
By Wallace Wyss and Brian Winer
French cars, Italian coachbuilders at Pebble Beach.
Wyss: “This is my oil painting of my car, once I switched it from International Harvester Green to Rosso Corsa.” Art by Wallace A. Wyss
By Wallace A. Wyss
Monster though it may be, the C4 Wyss paid $19,000 for is now worth about $150,000.
The man’s wife, an actress who looked Scandinavian, called it “The Monster.”
“You’ve come for the Monster,” she said.
“Yes, I have,” I said, while trying to figure out why she would call one of Pininfarina’s most beautiful Ferraris–the GTC/4– “The Monster.”
I say “most beautiful” but the Italians, with their ever more refined eyes for body shapes (both women and cars) called it “the hunchback with clown lips” because it had an ever so slight rise to the center of the rear deck lid, and up front there was a rubber bumper surround. Neither feature hurt the car’s looks but you know the Italians. They wanted things just right or they would find something to criticize.
I found out later on, once I took the car, it ate money. It wasn’t the cookie monster, but the money monster.
Transformation via a SWB
A Story by Wallace Wyss
In the beginning, Bobbi just wanted to keep Forrester, her one and only husband, happy.
Forrester was an engineer, and even before they were married, Bobbi realized engineers were numbers types, not big on showing emotion. [Read more…] about Bobbi and the Berlinetta
by Wallace A. Wyss
Wallace Alfred Wyss is a historian recently turned to depicting exotic cars on canvas. A sample can be obtained via email by contacting him at Photojournalistpro@hotmail.com
Allright, already. The Bugatti Veyron was already an over-the-top car; what with more than 1,000 horses, no less than 16 cylinders, four turbos, all-wheel drive, 12 radiators and a wing that would not look out of place on a small airplane. Plus did we mention it goes over 250 mph? [Read more…] about Bugatti Goes Targa