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After starting by restoring my first car at 13 (an incredibly, amazingly horrifically rusty MGB/GT) I’ve gone on to a life as a mechanic, restorer, race car crew guy, and basically anything else that allows me to be surrounded by cars all the time.

In 2004 I began writing for Sports Car Market, which continued for 14 years. In 2005 Motorbooks showed up at my door with a contract to write a muscle car book. "Million-Dollar Muscle Cars" was the result. Since then I have authored seven books for MBI including "Shelby Cobra Fifty Years" which Esquire called "The greatest car book of all time." Over the years I've also written for the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today, and others along with frequent tv appearances and seminars about the world of collector cars. I have held roles as a Contributing Editor to Road & Track Magazine, as well as that former Editor-at-Large gig for Sports Car Market Magazine and American Car Collector Magazines. I’ve also written for Hagerty since 2007, and currently do my show “The Appraiser” for their YouTube channel.

You’ll see my taste in vintage cars is eclectic, with a passion for the cars of Shelby American. I enjoy racing a wide variety of cars, but primarily drive my ex-Jon Gooding 1995 Roush TA Mustang.

Thankfully my wife and children also share this passion for cars and racing! Not to mention we live fifty-three miles from Road America, which we freely admit is our favorite place on earth.