Auto Restoration 101

Peter Helck (1893-1988) was an American artist well known for his automotive art. He was born in New York City and studied art in Manhattan. He worked for several major automotive publications in which he was able to travel to England, France and Italy. He was able to witness some of the major races in [...]

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Happy Father’s day to all.

“The Open Road” by Norman Rockwell
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Have you ever done something and not recieved any credit for it? It’s happened to me a couple of times. This is one of them. I’ll post about the other one later.

Photo courtesy of Tom Strongman’s Auto Ink
Go HERE to read Tom Strongmans article about this car.
I did some work (a lot) [...]

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I have always liked automotive art. I have #466 of Jack Juratovic’s “Road and Track” and also some prints by Robert Williams. The first time I saw Nicola Wood’s painting of the 1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet, I was surfing the internet looking at pictures of Figoni & Falaschi coach built cars. [...]

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