Sarah Whitfield
Third-generation classic car collector specializing in pre-war American and European coachbuilt automobiles. Researcher and concours enthusiast.
Sarah Whitfield grew up in a family that took pre-war motoring seriously. Her grandfather drove vintage cars across Europe, and she learned to appreciate the craftsmanship of coachbuilt automobiles from an early age through her father's collection of 1930s American classics. After a career in the arts, she turned her attention fully to the world of pre-war collector cars.
She has spent years researching period coachbuilders, marque histories, and factory records from the 1920s and 1930s — work that has given her a detailed understanding of what originality actually means in vehicles that have passed through multiple owners and restorations over nine decades. She attends the major concours events each year and writes about pre-war cars with a level of historical rigor that the subject deserves.
Her personal collection includes a 1933 Pierce-Arrow Twelve and a 1936 Cord 810 Phaeton, both unrestored survivors.
Magazine Articles by Sarah Whitfield
What Period Reviewers Said About the 1970 Monte Carlo
Restoring a 1970 Monte Carlo - Stories From the Scene
Caring for Century-Old Leather & Fabric Interiors
Luxury Cruisers of the Late 1940s
Selling the 1958 Impala
The Convertible D & the Roadster Years
The 1966 Ford F-100
The 1975 Eldorado
Flair Bird Styling: The Formal Flair
The Leaping Impala: How the Car Got Its Name
The 1971 GTX: The Last Standalone GTX
The 1958 Impala Convertible
The 1971-1976 Eldorado: The Biggest Eldorados Ever
The 1976 Bicentennial Eldorado Edition
Inside the 1958 Impala
The 1969 GTX
How French Coachbuilders Led Art Deco Motoring
1958 Impala Body Styles: Sport Coupe and Convertible
1970 Monte Carlo vs Chevelle - Same Bones, Different Soul
Headlights Move Into the Fenders
The 356 Outlaw Culture Explained
Fastback, Notchback and Convertible: 1967 Body Styles
The 1966 Thunderbird and the 428 Big Block
