May 2018 • RM Sotheby’s, in collaboration with the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, has announced The Porsche 70th Anniversary Sale,...
During the early days of the automobile (1890–1940), coachbuilding—the construction of bodywork for a vehicle—was as vital a part of...
One of the things I miss is the old-style motor show. Manufacturers tended to keep their new models until just before, and then they came as a surprise. There were no “scoop” photographs in magazines months, or years, before an announcement, nor was there the suspicion that the photographer had...
I pedaled my bike past the edge of our main street and down the Santa Monica canyon road toward the...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at...
There is a saying, “an apple never falls far from its tree” and similarly a carrossier needs strong antecedents. The Grümmer family had been in the saddling and coachbuilding business long before the creation of the Grümmer company in Clichy, France, in 1924. The oldest traceable origins of the family...
May 2018 The first major car show I attended was the 1971 L.A. Auto Expo. As a wide-eyed nine-year-old, everything...
Three apparently unconnected things seemed to me to have a synergy. One is the supposed 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an important nexus where Ferrari road cars were evolving, becoming more sophisticated, no longer just racecars turned out for the street. Old techniques were giving way to new adaptations of racing-proven...
With Mark Nugent, it certainly is in his blood as father Kevin has been involved in the motor vehicle repair industry all his working life. However, Mark decided to specialize in the body building industry or what is also known as coachbuilding. After serving his apprenticeship with a Sydney-based restoration...
April 2018 The Bertone Collection By Gautam Sen & Michael Robinson Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half...
Auto Royale has today announced ten rare coachbuilt-bodied cars participating across the 11 traditional classes of its British International Concours...
Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, CO July 16–20, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato Photo: Steve Natale There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly...
Rocky Mountains, CO Sept. 10-15 The 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico of Bruce Lustman leads a train of Ferraris. Photo: Bob Dunsmore Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most...
Woods & Woods is a father and son coachbuilding business located on the Central Coast of the Australian state of...