Society of Automotive Historians

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 […] Read More

Mark Vargas, SAH Board member and Director of Grants and Research at America’s Packard Museum. The entrance to Hell in Dante Alighieri’s Inferno is a gate bearing the famous inscription: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Welcome to the netherworld of copyright […] Read More

The SAH’s social media team has created an easier way to collect member news! Now, if members publish an article, attend a meetup, present at a conference, or see a particularly compelling talk related to automotive history, they can fill […] Read More

The Society of Automotive Historians is pleased to welcome the following new members: Tommy Benz, based in the Washington DC area, studied history as an undergrad. He has been fascinated by cars from an early age, and has done quite a […] Read More

Hello SAH Members: Although there is not much news to report this month, things are happening in the SAH. Stay tuned for updates in future editions. Please take note of the upcoming events listed below; we hope you will consider […] Read More

The SAH has received the following research inquiries. Please direct any questions to the researcher. Request for Old Car Weekly information Historian Michael Saleh writes: in researching Charlesworth I came across an article which I would like but it is in Old Car […] Read More

Four years ago, Alfred Fisher III, and his brother, Michael J. Fisher, of Fisher & Co. and Fisher Dynamics, the latest DNA of the seven Fisher brothers still in the automotive business, hired SAH member Dan Hughes to create a book on […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More