(EXPANDED FROM 11/29/2022) Automotive historian Patrick R. Foster sells books through his mail-order bookstore, Olde Milford Press. As you might expect, Foster offers all of the books he has authored. However, you will also find […]
(EXPANDED FROM 12/6/2021) Our discussions about Ford Motor Company internal politics drew me to reread some oral histories at a website called the Automobile in American Life and Society. Interviews with George Walker, Eugene Bordinat, […]
(EXPANDED FROM 11/27/2022) The retirement of Curbside Classic founder Paul Niedermeyer (2023) raises questions about the direction of the pioneering auto history website. He announced his retirement, effective immediately, only a few weeks after the […]
(EXPANDED FROM 3/19/2021) Auto history books get surprisingly little attention in the buff media. If a newly published book is mentioned at all, it tends to be done with a modestly rewritten press release. Analytically […]
Auto Museum Online offers a broad range of information for the car collector. Stories include brief histories of U.S.-made and foreign vehicles, as well as tips on buying and owning an antique. The histories focus […]
The Society of Automotive Historians (2020) continues to post information about how to buy back issues of Automobile Quarterly. Fortunately, a vender obtained the magazine’s inventory after it ceased publication. (Go here for updated information on […]
(UPDATED 1/8/2023) The website, Art Fitpatrick: Portraits of Cars, survived the illustrator’s death (Strohl, 2015). However, when I tested the link in early 2023 it did not work and I could not find an alternative […]
(UPDATED 10/30/2022) Dean’s Garage draws together car designers to discuss their craft. The website has tended to focus on U.S. automakers during the post-war era. Publisher Gary Dean Smith was part of General Motors’ design […]
(EXPANDED 9/13/2022) Ate Up With Motor has long been one of the best sources of automotive history among the web-only media outlets. However, this website also illustrates the challenges of small-scale publishing. Publisher and sole […]
This nonprofit organization’s activities range from networking opportunities to a number of publications available in print and online versions. In addition, its website has an excellent set of links to automotive libraries, museums, clubs, publishers […]
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