Found: John Bond’s Byers SR100 and a mystery Byers

As long as I’ve known Geoff Hacker, I’ve been amazed at both his dedication to fiberglass cars from the 1950s and his ability to sniff them out, as if his nose is finely tuned to the odors of half-century-old resin and fiberglass dust. From his trip to Southern California earlier this month, Geoff filed this […]

Has the Big Noise been silenced?

We don’t often do this, but when a legitimately historic vehicle goes missing, we often try and find it.  Here’s an example. When I was writing “Miller’s Time,” the book that tells the life story of longtime Roger Penske confidant Don Miller, he mentioned that he’d like to find the race car depicted in this […]

Lost and Found Redux – the Little Jewel

Way back in the November 2006 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, I presented a couple photos of an interesting homebuilt sports custom called the Little Jewel, with the following description from Don Garnett, of Lubbock, Texas, who sent the photos:
This homebuilt sports car was constructed in a backyard shop in Lamesa, Texas, in 1952 by […]