My ex- and I had booked a table for dinner at a nice though secluded restaurant close by the Thames in London's Chelsea district. We both liked James Bond movies and Maggie was an enthusiastic fan...

Until my good friend and Brit-car enthusiast Nigel Matthews brought me up to date, I hadn't realised that this year marks the Land Rover's 60th anniversary. Like most folks who watch movies...

If ever there was an automotive book I'd like to have on my coffee table, this is it. Driving Style: GM Design's First Century is being produced to help honour GM's centennial and promises...

If you own, admire, or just like to look at British sports cars (and who doesn't?) here's a book that's both handy and fascinating. "Keith Martin on Collecting Austin-Healey, MG and...

If you're into that "last-minute" state of panic this Christmas, here's something that will appeal to anyone who loves classic cars, and you can order it online or by phone. I'm...

An article in "Classic Driver's newsletter" regarding an international automotive annual sent me scrambling to my bookshelves in search of a much older issue. Unfortunately (for the...

While glancing through the December issue of McLellan's Automotive Chronicles in search of collectible catalogs that might make interesting Christmas gifts I almost overlooked this one. It...

If you enjoy photos of great races as much as the bravado stories, you have to love books that feature the work of Jesse Alexander. During the 1950's and 1960's he was free to roam and work...

You may have noticed that chrome has been making a comeback on the new cars of our day, adding brightwork to otherwise plain exteriors. Not so long ago designers were eliminating just about anything...

I have a minor collection of automotive and transportation books, including a few rare gems such as 1969's Automobile Revue (a once-coveted European publication), and The Encyclopedia of American...

Nothing pleases me more than to see people in their 80's having a good time, working hard, still creating. I'm not that far off that age myself so such folks are a source of inspiration as...

From Hemmings' weekly newsletter comes word of a price reduction on what appears to be a book worthy of your personal automotive library. Rather than rewrite the obvious I'll take the liberty...

It's a good thing I have no more shelf space in my little condo or I'd be loading up on the used books available from McLellans Automotive. Take this one, for example. Printed in the days when...

Back in January I published an article on Cars That Matter, a very handy book that lists current values of collector cars dating back to 1946. The most difficult aspect of publishing any new book lies...

As a young motor racing journalist in the 50's I was in awe of the Mille Miglia. Nothing in the world could equal this flat-out,1000-mile sprint on public roads and highways. Though the event was...

The media center at this year's Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction featured a major improvement over last year: Free food and booze, including the greatest peach cobbler I've ever tasted. Thus...

When I was a young man, keen on becoming a race driver, I purchased a book called "The Technique of Motor Racing" by Piero Taruffi. Nicknamed The Silver Fox because of his prematurely gray hair, the...

I am constantly amazed at the number of ways authors and publishers create new books about automotive history. What can be said that hasn't been said before? Ah, but it's not what you say but how you...

While wandering through the Retroauto tent at Pebble Beach in August I happened on a display promoting a magazine I'd never seen before. AUTO Aficionado describes itself as "The Journal For Fine...