Oh So Deco!
Writing about vintage automobiles is great. There are rare cars to cover (“The Only One” Vintage Roadcar, December 2013), cars once owned by royalty (“Fit… Read More...
Browsing: Vintage Roadcar Profiles
Italian Soul
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we… Read More...
No One But Citroën
David Owen, in a 1975 article for Automobile Quarterly, Volume XIII Number 2, commented that, “If God had meant us to drive in identical tin… Read More...
1948 Healey Duncan Saloon
It was irresistible and I just had to have it. Back in 1976, my friend Keith had learnt the whereabouts of a Riley powered 1947…
1935 Alvis Speed 20 SC
Prelude to Excellence There is a story that the Coventry car company name Alvis originated by taking “Al” from the word aluminum and “vis”, the… Read More...
1953 Kaiser Traveler: America’s First Hatchback?
I spotted Phil Jelinek’s beautiful ’53 Kaiser Traveler Deluxe from across the Huntington Beach Concours show field. That is because this elegant, sporty looking automobile… Read More...
Classically Handsome
Today, the words failure and BMW are an anathema: the Munich company is a model of success. But, it wasn’t always this way and, unusual… Read More...
1972 Iso Lele
Refrigerators, Motorcycles, Microcars, Sports Coupes – All Connected in a Forgotten Italian Marque Italian marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Fiat and Maserati… Read More...
Henry Ford and the Automotive Golden Jubilee
Henry Ford was truly one of a kind: egotistical yet compassionate; rich yet thrifty; genius yet ignorant. No man— industrialist, philanthropist or entertainer—before or since,… Read More...
The American in Paris
1955 Citroën Traction Avant Light 15 The UK’s sales brochure from the Slough manufacturers of then Citroën Traction Avant cars and the headline in The… Read More...
Three Equals Six
1958 DKW Monza There are many unusual and interesting cars in the Lane Motor Museum. Seldom is there a visitor who knows the names of… Read More...