#pre-war classics

1942 factory floor converted to wartime aircraft and tank production
Car Features

How Factories Switched From Cars to War

David Mercer · · 6 min
1930s workshop - craftsman shaping an aluminum coachbuilt panel
Car Features

Coachbuilders Who Defined Art Deco Style

Marcus Feld · · 6 min
1930s coil spring suspension — chassis workshop detail
Car Features

Independent Front Suspension

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
Duesenberg Model J straight-eight engine bay detail
Car Features

The Rise of the Straight-Eight Engine

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1930s showroom - dual-cowl phaeton coachbuilt automobile
Car Features

Famous Coachbuilders: Murphy, LeBaron, Brunn

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Empty 1943 dealership showroom with a lone unsold sedan
Car Features

When Building New Cars Was Banned (1942-45)

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Mechanic inspecting a removed streamline moderne fender skirt
Car Features

The Most Beautiful Streamline Moderne Cars

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
1930 Cadillac V16 — sixteen-cylinder engine bay detail
Car Features

The Multi-Cylinder Race: V12s & V16s

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
Art Deco radiator shell and glass hood ornament detail
Car Features

How Art Deco Shaped 1920s Car Design

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
1920s coachbuilder workshop - chassis and hand-formed body
Car Features

What Is a Coachbuilt Automobile?

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
1942 sedan with blackout trim on a winding-down assembly line
Car Features

The Last Cars Built Before the WWII Freeze

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Stepped Art Deco dashboard with geometric gauge cluster
Car Features

What Is Art Deco Automotive Design?

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1930s wind tunnel — testing a streamlined scale model
Car Features

Streamlining & Aerodynamics: The 1930s Revolution

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
1930 Duesenberg Model J with coachbuilt Murphy body on a concours lawn, the pinnacle of the American classic era
History & Heritage

The Complete History of the Classic Luxury Car

Sarah Whitfield · · 8 min
Farmer hand-cranking Model T outside farmhouse, dusty yard
Car Features

Ford Model T: The Car That Put America on Wheels

Gary Nowak · · 6 min
Pre-war car under the gavel at auction
Car Features

Antique Car Valuation & Restoration: Authenticating and Preserving History

David Mercer · · 8 min
Art Deco teardrop coupe under studio side lighting
Car Features

Art Deco Automobiles: When Cars Became Rolling Sculpture

Sarah Whitfield · · 9 min
Close-up of a 1932 Packard Twelve's chrome radiator, hood ornament and hand-finished coachwork, the craftsmanship that defines a classic luxury car
Car Features

The Classic Luxury Car Story

Sarah Whitfield · · 13 min