Houston diary: roundup

You know you’ve had a good trip when a 1958 Aston-Martin DB Mark III drophead coupe is relegated to “leftover” status. But when you shoot 2,800 images, covering nine cars, an auction and a concours, it’ll happen.

This was a challenging midday shoot (in 90-plus degrees and high humidity, blech), but the car was sufficiently exquisite […]

Lost Cadillac Dealership – White River Junction, Vermont

Of course, with every new photo archive I come across, that means it’s time to see what vintage dealership photos I can dig up, and the University of Vermont’s Landscape Change Program, which brought us the extra-cool photos of Bennington we saw last week, doesn’t disappoint, with four photos taken in about 1955 showing off […]

1903 Grout – Assembly Plant Found?

By now, subscribers of our storied Hemmings Motor News title should have their copy of the June issue, which includes a feature – of sorts – on a 1903 Grout Model J found for sale at Hershey (see Car Corral, page 16). Before composing the brief story, I dug deep into my private archives to […]