Hemmings Find of the Day – 1955 Imperial Newport

This, my friends, is how America built sports cars in the Cold War. The contemporary Corvette and the Thunderbird were poorly sorted iterations of vaguely understood concepts compared to this 1955 Imperial Newport, with its Hemi engine, its bulkily elegant lines and chrome bumpers heavy enough to smash through a concrete Commie missile silo without […]

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 […]

Houston Diary–Days 3 & 4: Comparo Fever!

Between the 12-hour days and lack of internet access yesterday, I wasn’t able to post an update from Texas. Well, in the interim I’ve shot 7 cars, six of them in comparos.
First, one caveat: it rained, yesterday (Friday) and today. More yesterday than today, but it resulted in some creative stagings of of cars.

Friday morning, we […]