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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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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated – Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography,...
Mike’s first car, which he lucked into at age 14, was this like-new 1931 Hudson Greater Eight sedan. All photos copyright Michael Lamm, 2012 I should begin by explaining that I learned to drive at age...
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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated – Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography,...
Mike bought this car as a roller in 1951, when he was 15. He and his friend, J.D. Cole, put it back on the road, and it became Lamm’s everyday driver for a couple of years. It’s shown here in 1953...
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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated – Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography,...
In 1953, 17-year-old Michael Lamm considered his 1932 Cadillac V-16 “totally restored.” Today, it would qualify as a very nice driver. All photos copyright Michael Lamm, 2012 In the early 1950s, what...
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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated – Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography,...
All text and photos copyright Michael Lamm, 2012 You’ll recall my recent confession that I lost money on most of the 17 cars I owned in high school. “Owned” might be too strong a word; some cars...
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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated – Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography,...
Mike’s dad, Heinrich Lamm, bought his first Hudson in 1939 and remained a Hudson stalwart until 1960. Text and photos copyright Michael Lamm 2012 During the 1940s and 1950s, my hometown, La Feria,...
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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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