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This is pretty much what the 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook convertible looked like when Mike bought it in 1975 for $150. The front end had lost a battle with a lamp post, but the car was sound otherwise....
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The Nash-Healey was painted schoolbus yellow when Mike acquired it in August 1979. It had no rust but needed a fair amount of bodywork. Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 So I had this 1953...
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After owning his 1967 Camaro for 31 years and writing a book about Camaros, Lamm felt there was nothing left for the car to teach him. So in 2000, he sold it along with his Hudson and two Panteras and...
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Mike and his youngest son, John (“Jay”), used to take the Panteras out for romps in the country. Here, John is in the 1972 (foreground), while Mike drives the European 1977 GTS. Text and photos...
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Lamm bought his 1964 Honda S600 roadster in Phoenix, Arizona, sight unseen. He paid $8,000 for it (about $9,800 in today’s dollars). Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 I very much wanted to...
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Lamm bought his 1967 Camaro just after New Year’s in 1969. He owned it for 31 years, and it served as his daily driver for 17. Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 I stopped smoking on New...
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Lamm had long lusted after a 1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner. He bought this one in 1977 from author and historian Fred Fox. Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 I was a junior in high...
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1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal. Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 If I had the luxury of opening a private, very personal auto museum that contained the 80-odd cars I’ve owned over the past 52...
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Terry Ehrich (left) ran Hemmings and readily accepted Lamm’s idea of starting a new magazine called Special-Interest Autos. Shown with Terry are David Brownell, who became editor of SIA in 1978, and...
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Farewell, Walt Woron
Walt Woron circa 1996, photo by Matt Stone. Text copyright and photos courtesy Michael Lamm. Walt Woron passed away on 2 July 2012, at age 91. With him passed an era. Walt was one of my lifelong...
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Charlie Beesley’s car pictures, part 1 – proud owners
I think the time has come to introduce you to Charlie Beesley. I’ve known him for about a decade now, and he never fails to astonish me every time he sends me another batch of car pictures. Charlie...
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Charlie Beesley’s car pictures, part 2 – Oddballs and Weirdos
All photos courtesy and copyright Charlie Beesley. People do strange things with cars. And while Charlie Beesley didn’t purposefully look for pictures of motorized oddballs and weirdos, they do seem...
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Boattail speedsters to highlight Ironstone Concours
Second-generation Auburn boattail speedster. Photo by Steve Brown. [Editor's Note: Hemmings Daily contributor Michael Lamm also serves on the board of directors of the Ironstone Concours d'Elegance,...
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Auburn boattail speedster wins Best of Show at Ironstone Concours
Photos by Ron Kimball. With boattail speedsters one of the highlights of the recent Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, it’s no surprise that one of the most iconic boattail designs – that of the Auburn...
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Charlie Beesley’s car pictures, part 3 – Sales and Service
Photos copyright Charlie Beesley. I don’t know about you, but when I was a teenager, I worked in auto repair garages and filling stations. Those weren’t terribly lucrative jobs, but I enjoyed them...
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Bremen’s best: A brief history of the Borgward automobile
Isabellas constituted Borgward’s most popular and successful model in the U.S. The Isabella Coupe joined the line in 1957. [Editor's Note: In advance of the recent Ironstone Concours d'Elegance,...
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Charlie Beesley’s car pictures, part 4 – On the Road
All photos courtesy and copyright Charlie Beesley. Before the motorcar became a reality, most Americans never ventured more than a few miles from home. In 1890, a farmer who lived, say, eight miles...
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Pettingell’s long-lost custom bodies
Photos courtesy Charlie Beesley. [Editor's Note: Frequent Hemmings Daily contributor Michael Lamm recently heard from photo collector Charlie Beesley, who had been given access to an archive of photos...
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Pebble Week at its best: legends of auto design at the Classic Car Forum
Photo by the author. The first-ever Pebble Beach Design Forum took place on Friday, August 16, in a tent pavilion behind the Inn at Spanish Bay on 17-Mile Drive near Carmel. This was Pebble Week at...
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1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight dual-cowl phaeton takes Ironstone Concours Best...
1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight dual-cowl phaeton, Best of Show at the 2014 Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. Photos by Ron Kimball. A 1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight dual-cowl phaeton owned by Larry and...
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Detroit didn’t kill the Tucker 48
Earliest proposal by ex-GM designer George Lawson was called the Tin Goose, had pivoting, skirted front fenders. Tin Goose sketches appeared in early ads (below), but later ads showed Alex Tremulis’s...
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