That's the way True's Automobile Yearbook flagged my 1959 story on the state of Grand Prix racing, taking advantage of my 1958 and 1959 seasons in…
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Ken Purdy's unexpected demise left many projects hanging, including one for the Franklin Mint. You guessed it -- Yours Truly took on the job of choosing…
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Managing auto companies has bounced back and forth between car guys and carpet-baggers, whose who barged in from unrelated industries. Karl Ludvigsen…
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In 1973 racing-car photographer Jesse Alexander, a lifelong friend, asked me to write an introduction to "At Speed," a vast and magnificent book of his…
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M father looms large in my recollections. When I wrote my latest book, "Karl Ludvigsen’s Fast Friends", I gave him pole position. Substack readers will…
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This auto-industry veteran looks back 54 years at the state of the art of auto making in America in those golden years before expensive fuels and…
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The Cold War was still freezing when Raymond Loewy contracted with the Russians to design a future Moskvitch. Work began with a report to inform the…
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In 1953 at the age of 19 this young enthusiast reported on a "race" in his back yard. In a parody of what was then race reporting, he etched for history…
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