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Nora Beckett

Automotive features writer and photographer who tells the human stories behind the cars, from show fields to cross-country road trips.

Nora Beckett came to classic cars sideways, through the people who love them. Based in Austin, she spends her weekends at shows, swap meets and on the road, camera in hand, collecting the stories that specs never capture: the widow selling her husband's truck, the kid buying his first project, the club that became a family. Her features lead with a person and a moment, then let the car earn its place. She writes warm, human and a little literary.

Magazine Articles by Nora Beckett

1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, cabin glowing on a rainy night avenue
Car Features

Inside the 1972 K5 Blazer Cabin

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1969 Ford Bronco, red hood seen from the cab by a misty lake
Car Features

Late Sixties Colors on the 1969 Bronco

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
1968 Pontiac GTO, profile on a country road
Car Features

The Basketball-Player Ad and Pontiac's Youth-Culture Gamble

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, gas station pumps at golden hour
Car Features

Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Its Camaro Z28

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1968 Ford Bronco roadster, suburban ranch-house driveway
Car Features

The Fading of the Bronco Roadster by 1969

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Empty parking lot before a car show at dawn with a 1956 Ford F-100
Ownership & Lifestyle

How to Start a Car Show in Your Town

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Show field registration table at dusk with a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle
Ownership & Lifestyle

How to Host a Car Show Fundraiser

Nora Beckett · · 11 min
1972 Ford Bronco, misty industrial waterfront at dawn
Car Features

The G.O.A.T. Code: The Bronco's Goes-Over-Any-Terrain Name Story

Nora Beckett · · 8 min
1965 Jeep CJ-5 — olive drab grille at an old gas station
Car Features

The CJ-5 on Screen: A TV and Movie Career

Nora Beckett · · 8 min
1980 GMC Jimmy — two-tone paint on a lakeside gravel lot
Car Features

Two-Tone Paint and the Look of the Classic Jimmy

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
1966 Ford Bronco half-cab, unrestored survivor on a coastal road
Car Features

Chasing an Unrestored 1966 Bronco Survivor

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1966 Ford Bronco wagon, on a pine forest road at golden hour
Car Features

The Original 1966 Bronco Color Palette

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
1971 GMC Jimmy, top off at a misty lakeside lot
Car Features

The Full Convertible Top on the Early GMC Jimmy

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1966 Ford Bronco wagon, rain seen through the windshield from inside
Car Features

The 1966 Bronco U15 Wagon That Buyers Loved Most

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
1956 Chevrolet Nomad, beside an enclosed car trailer at a motel
Ownership & Lifestyle

Classic Car Transport: What Shipping a Classic Across the Country Costs

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1975 GMC Jimmy, mud-caked fender and tow chain
Car Features

The GMC Jimmy in Four Wheel Drive Culture

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1966 Ford Bronco roadster, doorless in a vineyard at dusk
Car Features

The 1966 Bronco U13 Roadster, the Doorless Original

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
1964 Chevrolet Impala door panels, worn original beside a new reproduction
Restoration & Tech

Door Panels: Restore the Originals or Buy Reproductions

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1974 Pontiac Ventura GTO, profile outside an open home garage at night
Car Features

The Last Goat: Buying a New GTO in 1974

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Bare-metal 1960s coupe shell on a rotisserie, technician photographing welds
Restoration & Tech

Progress Photos and Build Logs: How Good Shops Communicate

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1970 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade, lamp-lit at a mountain pass pull-out
Car Features

Jeep CJ Trims and Culture: Renegade, Golden Eagle and the Off-Road Legend

Nora Beckett · · 10 min
1976 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Chalet, pop-up camper roof at a car show
Car Features

The Blazer Chalet: The K5 Camper

Nora Beckett · · 11 min
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 sedan, outside a record shop at dusk
Car Features

Galaxie 500 the Band: When a Ford Named an Indie Legend

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, cabin seen through the windshield at a lakeside lot
Car Features

How the Cutlass Became America's Best-Seller

Nora Beckett · · 6 min