The best way to describe John Conde is “multifaceted.” He’s been one of the old-car hobby’s most influential personalities because he’s been involved in the automotive history for more than 60 years. Conde retired from American Motors Corporation in 1976 […]
In Memoriam: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. (1917-1991)
Henry Austin Clark, Jr., was Vice-President of SAH during 1988 and 1989 when Beverly Rae Kimes served as President. Together, these two SAH officers completed the monumental Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1905-1942. ***** Other people collected cars, but only a few […]
In Memoriam: Richard B. Brigham (1907-1995)
Richard Bevier Brigham ignited the flame that transformed a group interested in automotive history into the solid, strong, and significant group known as the Society of Automotive Historians. ***** Dick Brigham was born on May 10, 1907 in Toledo, Ohio, […]
Meet Our Member: Steve Rossi
Steven Rossi has worn an impressive number of hats of different makes and models reflecting the all-things-automotive arena in which he has both worked and played practically his whole life, including being an SAH member since 1980. His work life […]
Don Capps
Don Capps has been a member of the SAH Board of Directors since 2014 and is now the immediate past president of the Society. He is a member of the Historian’s Council of the International Motor Racing Research Center at […]
Jay Leno
Society of Automotive Historians honorary member Jay Leno may be best known as a comedian, but it is appropriate to also consider him an automotive historian in the best sense of the term. When it comes to his car collection, […]
Robert H. Ebert
Robert R. “Bob” Ebert traces his fascination with all-things automotive to the arrival of the January 1957 issue of Motor Trend magazine, although he does note that his mom always told anyone who would listen that his first word had […]
Karl Ludvigsen
“Although I began my career as a writer about current events in the car world,” said Society of Automotive Historians honorary member Karl Ludvigsen when accepting the Friend of Automotive History Award, “I was always interested in what had gone before. […]
Michael Lamm
Michael Lamm (0042H) became a member of the Society of Automotive Historians over 50 years ago. As he recently observed, “It’s been a long ride, and that’s one of the advantages of advancing age: “We duffers gain more time to […]
In Memoriam: Richard B. Brigham
Dick Brigham was born on May 10th, 1907 in Toledo, Ohio, and resided there until 1962 when he moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he passed away July 6th, 1995. Dick had a lifelong interest in automobiles and started to drive […]
In Memoriam: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. (1917-1991)
Henry Austin Clark, Jr., was Vice-President of SAH during the 1988 and 1989 term that Beverly Rae Kimes served as President. These two officers of SAH combined to author the Standard Catalog of American Cars 1905-1942. This profile, written by Jim Donnelly […]
In Memoriam: Beverly Rae Kimes (1939-2008)
Beverley Rae Kimes, former Society President, Friend of Automotive History and world class historian and writer, passed away May 12, 2008 after a lingering illness. For decades the First Lady of Automotive History, she was the author of more than […]
In Memoriam: G. Marshall Naul (1919-2015)
Every organization that has survived over time, whether it is a nation, corporation or educational institution, can point to a “founding father.” Our own nation can point to an array of founding fathers that inspired others, wrote fundamental documents, recruited, […]
In Memoriam: Z. Taylor Vinson (1933-2009)
When we first approached Taylor Vinson about writing the story of his experiences in collecting automotive literature he laughed and said, “Just replace Rick Lenz’s name with mine in the article you wrote about him and you’ll have my story.” […]
In Memoriam: John A. Conde (1918-2008)
The Best way to describe John Conde is “multifaceted.” He’s been one of the old-car hobby’s most influential personalities because he’s been involved in the automotive history for more than 60 years. Conde retired from American Motors Corporation in 1976 […]
Jack C. Miller (1939 – 2020) recepient of the 2015 SAH Friend of Automotive History Award
Jack C. Miller (1939 – 2020) was the recepient of the 2015 SAH Friend of Automotive History Award. Here is a 2016 YouTube video about Jack Miller, by John Jendza III