Society of Automotive Historians

2025

• Patrick Foster — 1974-1983 Jeep Cherokee: The Start of Something Big, published in Collectible Automobile.

2024

• Karl Ludvigsen — Too Clever by Half/Claveau, the Front Drive Years, published in the October and November 2023 issues of The Automobile.

2023

• Award of Distinction: Rick Hirsh — Chrysler’s Birth of the “Solid-State Electronic Age” – Part 2, published in the January-February 2022 issue of Chrysler Power.
• J. Michael Hemsley — Sebring’s Forgotten Man—1949 Crosley Hotshot, published in the September 2022 issue of Sports Car Digest.

2022

• Kit Foster — Upward Mobility: The Low-Cost Luxury Cars of 1966, published in the October 2021 issue of Collectible Automobile.

2021

• Karl Ludvigsen — The Origin of the Species, published in the June 2020 issue of The Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Karl Ludvigsen — Fuhrmann’s Formidable Four-Cam, published in the January 2020 issue of Classic Porsche.

2020

• Ronald Sieber — The Rise and Demise of the Packard Speedster, published in the January/February 2019 issue of Antique Automobile, Volume 83, Number 1.

2019

• Karl Ludvigsen — Toward the Tucker: Creating Preston Tucker’s Bid for Glory, published in the December 2018 issue of Collectible Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Leon Dixon — The Long and Winding Road of the Packard Pan Americans, published in Fourth Quarter 2018 issue of The Packard Cormorant.

2018

• David Bellm — Race to the Clouds: The Pikes Peak Hillclimb, Parts 1 and 2, published in Vintage Motorsport.

2017

• Kit Foster — The Cars of 1969: Rising Middle Class, published in Collectible Automobile.

2016

• Award of Distinction: Andy Mikonis — Record Collector: The Story of a Special 1958 Chrysler 300D, published in Collectible Automobile.
• Terry V. Boyce — 1967-70 Cadillac Eldorado: Applying a Personal Touch, published in Collectible Automobile.

2015

• Gary Witzenburg — Lightning in a Bottle Again: The Return of the Electric Car in America, published in Collectible Automobile.

2014

• Terry V. Boyce — A Star is Reborn, published in Collectible Automobile.

2013

• Sam Posey — Trans Am Memories, published in Hagerty Classic Cars.

2012

• Carl Goodwin — Flying Low, published in Vintage Motorsport.

2011

• Terry V. Boyce — 1951 Buick XP-300: Mr. Chayne Builds His Dream Car, published in Collectible Automobile.

2010

• John L. Baeke, M.D. — The LeBarons: Heir Apparent to the Throne, published in The Reunion, annual publication of the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club.
• Award of Distinction: Chuck Giametta — Last Legs: A Story of the Final Carrera Panamericana, published in the June 2009 issue of Collectible Automobile.

2009

• Jim Chase — Packard and Winton: The Transcontinental Rivalry, published in The Packard Cormorant.

2008

• Jeffrey I. Godshall — The End of the Future: Chrysler Corporation Cars of 1957, published in Collectible Automobile.

2007

• Greg Fielden — Breaking the Mold: NASCAR at Road America, 1956, published in Collectible Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Gary Witzenburg — Standing the Test of Time: The Continuing Story of the Packard Proving Grounds, published in Collectible Automobile.

2006

• William Oosthoek — Lucky Goes to Camp, published in Vintage Motorsport.
• Award of Distinction: Richard M. Langworth — Brooks Stevens: The Seer that Made Milwaukee Famous, published in Collectible Automobile.

2005

• Carl Goodwin — 1,000 Miles in Half a Day, published in Vintage Motorsport.
• Award of Distinction: Jeffrey I. Godshall — 1960-62 Plymouth Valiant: Chrysler’s Unique Slant on the Compact, published in Collectible Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Vince Manocchi — Bound by Tradition: The Coachcraft Story, published in Collectible Automobile.

2004

• Michael Lamm — Mysterious Ways: The Long, Strange Trip of the 1954 Oldsmobile F-88, published in Collectible Automobile.
• Beverly Rae Kimes — The Story Behind the Marmon 12, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Michael Lamm — General Motors LeSabre: Harley Earl’s Think Tank, published in Collectible Automobile.

2003

• Terry B. Dunham — Something Wicked This Way Comes, published in Antique Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Richard M. Langworth — Tom McCahill: Say “Uncle”, published in Collectible Automobile.

2002

• Jonathan A. Stein & James J. Crank — Doble E-14: The Pinnacle of Steam Power, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Carl Goodwin — The Aesthetics of Sport, published in Vintage Motorsport.

2001

• Michael Lamm — Unrealized Dreams: GM’s 1955 LaSalle II Motorama Cars, published in Collectible Automobile.
• Award of Distinction: Brooks T. Brierley — Origins of the French Concours d’Elegance, published in Car Collector.

2000

• Award of Distinction: Karl Ludvigsen — Edmund Rumpler: An Engineer’s Life, published in The Automobile.
• Michael Lamm — Kurtis, published in Collectible Automobile.

1999

• Beverly Rae Kimes — Austie, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Stuart W. Wells — Frank Lloyd Wright and Automobility, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1998

• Carl Goodwin — Forget What You Have Seen, published in Vintage Motorsport.
• Award of Distinction: David L. Lewis — No Questions Asked – Ford’s Harry Bennett, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1997

• Patrick R. Foster — George Romney – On the Path of Persistence, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Karla A. Rosenbusch — Climbing His Own Ladder – The Elevation of Charles Nash, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Jonathan A. Stein — Jomar – The British Sports Car from New Hampshire, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1996

• L. Spencer Riggs — Burning the Midnight Oil – Cummins Diesel, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Scott Jamieson — The steam automobiles of James Herbert Bullard, published in The Automobile.

1995

• L. Spencer Riggs — ReVere’s Short Ride, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Stuart Wells — Not on the Road to Anywhere: Fleetwood’s Early Years, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1994

• Beverly Rae Kimes — Ken Purdy, King of the Road, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Bob Hall — Mitchell, the Car You Ought to Have, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1993

• Robert R. Ebert — On the Wings of Larks and Hawks: The Last Flight of Studebaker, published in The Bulb Horn.
• John A. Heilig — The Checkered History of the Cab from Kalamazoo, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Richard H. Stout — 05L: The Proposed Lincoln for 1940, published in The Classic Car.
• Award of Distinction: Karl S. Zahm — Locomobile, the Best Built Car in America, published in The Bulb Horn.

1992

• Award of Distinction: Thomas E. Bonsall — Edsel, the Forgotten Ford, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Jeffrey I. Godshall — Microphone Taillights and Doughnut Decks, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Dean Batchelor — Mercedes-Benz Type 80, published in The Star.

1991

• Pat Tobin — Found! The Real Lost Cord, published in Special Interest Autos.

1990

• James F. Petrik — The 1962 and 1963 Thunderbird Sports Roadsters, published in Automotive History Review.
• Award of Distinction: Griffith Borgeson — Marmon’s Masterpieces, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1989

• Griffith Borgeson — Ahrens von Sindelfingen: Creating the Classic Mercedes, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Frank C. Derato — Victor Pagé and his Automobile Company, published in Bulb Horn.

1988

• Carl F.W. Larson — A History of the Automobile in North Dakota to 1911, published in North Dakota History.
• Award of Distinction: John F. Katz — F.E. and F.O. Stanley: The Challenge from Steam, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1987

• Award of Distinction: L.J. Andrew Villalon — Strategies for Success in a Changing Marketplace, published in Bulb Horn.
• Award of Distinction: Michael Worthington-Williams — The Autovia, published in The Automobile.
• Frederick Usher — Andre Dubonnet: As Supple as a Cat, published in Automobile Quarterly.

1986

• Stuart R. Blond — The Duke of Earle: Earle C. Anthony, published in Packard Cormorant.
• Award of Distinction: Ken Browning — Lamborghini, Quest for Perfection, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Award of Distinction: Daniel Henri — Comptes Mecomptes et Redressement d’une Gestin Industrielle le Automobiles Peugeot, 1918-1930, published in Le Revue d’Historie Moderne et Contemporaire.
• Award of Distinction: Maurice Hendry — Cord and His Auburns, published in Cars and Parts.

1985

• Griffith Borgeson — Edmund Rumpler: Icarus Bound, published in Automobile Quarterly.
• Keith Marvin — The American Chaffeur: A Sociologic Appraisal, published in Antique Automobile.

1984

• Menno Duerksen — GM Turns 75, published in Cars and Parts.

1983

• Peter Helck — Seventy-five Years with Palette, Paintbrush, and Wheels, published in Bulb Horn.
• Award of Distinction: Gerald A. Wolfe — The Selden Patent, published in Antique Automobile.