This massive work presenting alphabetically every Southern California-located maker or manufacturer of vehicles from 1896 to early 2026 is the book by Leslie Mark Kendall (SAH #1599) we’ve been hinting would soon be released. Well, it’s almost here! Pages have all been […]
Member News
Last issue Chris listed Dale LaFollette as a new member. While it’s good to have SAH #2426 back in the fold, Dale’s not new to SAH and certainly not to the world of automotive history, art, or photography. Dale and your correspondent […]
The Power of Books
by John and Jeanie Jacobus SAH #2220 This next resulted from a recent exchange of “memories” between the writers and your correspondent (hvh) and begged to be shared with all regarding: We have many wonderful memories of working on the Guild and getting […]
The Deadliest Decade: Preston Lerner
There’s another new book. This one is written by former SAH (#5169) member Preston Lerner. SAH president 2019 through 2021, Don Capps (#3122), had been one from whom Lerner, his longtime friend, had sought input sharing an early draft of his manuscript with Don […]
Mustang Unbridled
New to SAH, for he recently joined as the January issue of this newsletter had noted, Robert M Kennedy (SAH #5384) has enjoyed a spring 2026 release—by Motorbooks, an imprint of Quarto–of his book titled Mustang UNBRIDLED. Thus, it joins the list of Mustang titles […]
Publication News: 1954 Hudson Italia
A brand new book has been written and published by SAH member #4228, Mark L. James. Titled The 1954 Hudson Italia, it is indeed just about that single year car of which only 25 were ever produced. The story it tells of Hudson […]
Publication News: Legends in Motion
Gary Witzenburg joined SAH (#2613) shortly after the Millenium. He’s truly been car-centric his entire life as the myriad articles he’s written over his 38-year career along with the ten books he’s authored bear witness. Publications for which he has written […]
Publication News: Jim Crank
Then the something old is quite special on several levels. It concerns a book written by a longtime and much missed SAH member named Jim Crank (SAH #1153). Engineer by trade, Crank had been captivated by all things Doble—as in steam car—and more. As […]
Publication News: Preston Lerner
Then just last issue we mentioned a one-time SAH member (# 5169) Preston Lerner’s seminal work documenting Lance Reventlow and his Scarab racecars only to learn just a week or so later that Lerner has a new book releasing in mere days. It is […]
Publication News: Defying Detroit
Something old; Somethings new The somethings new: Chris’s very first newsletter—ever—at the beginning of this year, told you about Leslie Kendall’s (SAH #1599) first book targeted to publish this year. Good news is it is on track although a precise release date is […]
Member News: John J. O’Leary
John J. O’Leary had the opportunity to present his research on Mercedes-Benz 540K ‘AKTION P’ (chassis # 408377) from WWII at the American Historical Association Conference in Chicago, IL. John’s family has a unique connection to the AKTION P. His father-in-law, Richard Reuter, was part […]
Member News: Sigur Whitaker
Geographically scattered as we are can mean it takes a tad more effort to get to know one another. One with whom a personal friendship has formed—in spite of our living over 1200 miles from one another—is Sigur Whitaker (SAH #4741). Some […]
In Memoriam: Stuart R Blond
Unfortunately all news about members is not joyful. With this issue we must note the recent passing of a truly stellar automotive historian, Stuart R Blond (SAH# 952). His widow and life’s partner for 40 of his 72 years, Stella Pyrtek-Blond, told […]
Member News
Mobtown, the 2020 film about the 1957 mob summit, was in need of a 1955 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 to serve as the Carmine Galante car. As none could be located, the film company accepted the offer of a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, owned […]
Corvette, Legend or Myth & Zora’s Marque of Excellence
As the words generally attributed to Abe Lincoln go, “you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Or maybe you can! It’s the premise of […]
Member News
Last issue we told you about Joe Freeman successfully placing his collection—amounting to over a million historic motorsports photographs, artifacts, memorabilia, books, and programs—with the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) in Daytona Beach, Florida. You can review one of Joe’s presentations […]
Defying Detroit: Automobile Manufacturing in Southern California
Leslie Kendall, SAH #1599 who served his stint as an SAH director 2009 to 2012, has written his first full book targeted to publish sometime in 2026. What a book it promises to be, too. It is titled Defying Detroit: Automobile […]
A Chin Wag Opportunity
Dictionaries describe a chin wag (or chinwag or chin-wag) as a long and informal conversation between friends. Those who have participated in any of these sporadically held conversations over the past three years in which SAH and SAHB [Society of Automotive Historians […]
Member News
ALL reading this need to pause for a moment and then raise a glass to continuous, supportive, and active SAH member #812. Think about what that number means – just how long John C Meyer III has been unwaveringly actively supporting this […]
Hello, I’m Paul Page; “It’s Race Day in Indianapolis.”
SAHJ #314 published a review of Hello, I’m Paul Page; “It’s Race Day in Indianapolis.” Then the unusual and unexpected happened. The book was pulled from the marketplace by the publisher. A few months later it reappeared but now from a different publisher […]