SCM Contributors

Alex is the Brand Marketing and Communications Manager at Daimler Trucks North America in Portland, Oregon. She learned to shift at 10 years old in a VW Thing and from there double clutching in a Mini Cooper. Alex received a B.S. in Business Administration with a focus on Entrepreneurship and a minor in writing from Oregon State University.

B. Mitchell Carlson has been an SCM contributor since 1998. Our resident truck guy, B. Mitchell has been writing about the vintage-truck market for 30 years, including for Vintage Truck Magazine, This Old Truck magazine, Hagerty and Old Cars Weekly. The first vehicle he ever drove was his father’s 1968 Ford F-100 pickup. Learn more about him here.

Benjamin Shahrabani owns Vintage Car Posters. He’s written for a number of car publications, including Porsche Club of America (PCA), Petrolicious, Panorama, Thrillist, Car Blog, and Rennlist. Learn more about Benjamin here.

Carl Bomstead was a longtime Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance judge and Classic Car Club of America Master Judge. He wrote his first story for SCM in February 1997. Carl passed away in December 2024. Learn more about Carl here.

Chip has been writing to an international audience on both new and collector automobiles for more than a decade. He is the owner of a well-known vintage parts business catering to owners of the classic SAAB automobile. His handful of eclectic cars and motorcycles keeps him very busy, as he owns not just quirky veteran Swedes, but a rather broad selection ranging from unusual American machines to the odd modern sports car.

Colin is the founder of Colin’s Classic Automobiles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as SCM’s resident American car expert. His fascination with cars began at an early age, and according to him, he never grew out of it—nor does he wish to. Colin regularly appears on television, and he is the author of the books: “Million-Dollar Muscle Cars” and the “Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles.” A hands-on guy, Comer maintains an impressive collection of his own and is an avid vintage racer. He is a regular contributor to both Sports Car Market and American Car Collector magazines.

Dale started his love of cars by collecting Hot Wheels as a child. His first car was a dead 1970 Dodge Challenger 440 R/T, acquired for the princely sum of $500. He’s been buying, selling, restoring, collecting and otherwise obsessing over classic cars ever since. Dale serves as the voice of Auctions America as well as Tom Mack and Carlisle Auctions. He also serves as a Contributor and Senior Auction Analyst for SCM and ACC. Dale’s collection includes a 1966 Sunbeam Tiger, a “Mister Norm’s” 1970 Dodge Challenger 440 R/T and an ultra-rare 1940 Plymouth convertible (to name a few). When he’s not immersed in the world of classic cars, Dale applies his talents as a seasoned marketing and advertising consultant.

Darin Roberge is President and Chief Executive Officer of Motorwerks Marketing, the premier, full-service marketing and creative agency serving the classic, collector and specialty automotive industry. Darin is currently the host of Sports Car Market Magazine’s weekly Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight YouTube show, which debuted in early 2022. Darin currently resides in Gilbert, Arizona where he enjoys modern art, boxing, culinary arts, firearms training, playing blues guitar and of course, anything involving the world’s coolest cars.

Dean Laumbach specializes in collector-car sales as a licensed dealer in the state of New Jersey. He is a longtime MBCA member who has been contributing to SCM since 2020.

Gary is also Editor in Chief of The Star, the magazine for the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. He has been active for many years in the Austin-Healey Club USA and is co-author of MBI’s best-selling Austin-Healey Restoration Guide, as well as editor of the Austin-Healey Magazine. An avid vintage race driver, he ran his 1960 MGA in three Monterey Historics, four Wine Country Classics, and the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. He is the author of Motoring: Getting the Maximum from Your New Mini, a comprehensive guide to the new MINI Cooper, available through Amazon.com.

Ivan Ruiz has been restoring and collecting Italian and British cars for over 40 years. In this time, he has owned close to 100 Maseratis, including examples of most every model. He operates www.thecarnut.com, which offers free downloads of vintage Maserati sales brochures, owner’s manuals and parts manuals. Learn more about Ivan here.

Jeff is Editor in Chief at Sports Car Market magazine. He has a diverse background in consumer and enthusiast media, having written for many publications over his 20 years in automotive journalism, including the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Jeff has written for a vast array of automotive publications, including Automobilia Resource, Performance Racing Industry, Eckler’s Chevy Classics, Maximum Drive, and many more. He’s judged at the Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance, and been the announcer for the Portland Historic Races, Rose Cup Races, and theAll British Field Meet. Learn more about Jeff here.

Jim Schrager has written about Porsches for SCM since 1997. He has also contributed to the 356 Registry, Panorama, and Excellence, and wrote two well-received books predicting the rapid rise in values for 356 and early 911 models, as well as co-authoring publisher Martin’s book on collecting Porsche. Learn more about Jim here.

John holds degrees in engineering and operations research from the University of California-Berkeley, New York University, and Johns Hopkins. He vintage raced a Ferrari TdF for 13 years and has been restoring old cars for nearly 50 years. He owned the Atlanta Ferrari-Maserati dealership, FAF, for 17 years. He’s always had an affinity for obscure American cars, and in high school, he drove a 1936 Packard convertible coupe, followed by a 1949 Olds Holiday hardtop that got him through college. Today his garage includes 11 cars, including a Top Flight 1960 Corvette he’s owned since day one, a 1957 T-Bird, and several vintage Ferraris. His automotive library contains over 5,000 magazines and books and 1,800 auction catalogs. He has contributed to SCM since 1996.

John Boyle is a retired Air Force officer and award-winning television journalist and has been restoring and enjoying an esoteric collection of cars for the past 22 years. He has written for SCM since 2013.

John practices law in the Portland, OR, suburb of Lake Oswego, where he focuses on tax and estate planning, business organizations and transactions, and representation of collector-car owners. He is a past president of the Oregon region of the Porsche Club of America and served as the chairman of the PCA’s 2006 parade. An avid racer, he is a regular competitor in the SCCA Spec Racer Ford class. He is also a founding board member and past President of the non-profit Friends of PIR. His collection includes two Porsches, a Ferrari, an Alfa, a Lotus, a BMW daily driver, a John Deere tractor — and one increasingly famous Jaguar E-type. Learn more about John here.

An internationally known automotive journalist, John L. Stein has written about cars and motorcycles for over 20 years. He served as Editor of the award-winning Corvette Quarterly, was one of the charter editors of Automobile Magazine, and Road Test editor at Cycle magazine. He has written for Autoweek, Car and Driver, Motor Trend, Vintage Motorsport, Motorcycle Classics, Classic Bike, Cycle World, Motorcycle.com, Classic Racer, and Hagerty.
Learn more about John here.

Josh Jacquot is a seasoned automotive journalist with a career spanning more than two decades. His passion for cars has been the driving force behind his career, fueling his love for storytelling and technical work. Josh has held staff positions at Edmunds and Car and Driver, where he performed instrumented testing and wrote everything from technical breakdowns to long-form adventure stories. This hands-on enthusiast’s early fascination with cars evolved into a professional journey that blends his technical knowledge and deep appreciation for engaging driver’s cars. Learn more about Josh here.

Keith Martin has been involved with the collector car hobby for more than 40 years, and is the founder and publisher of this magazine. Keith has also written for the New York Times, Automobile, AutoWeek, Road & Track and other publications, has been an emcee for numerous concours, and had his own show, “What’s My Car Worth,” shown on Velocity. He has received many honors, including the Lee Iacocca Award, the Edward Herrmann Award, was inducted into the Concorso Italiano Hall of Fame, and more. He has served on the board of directors of The LeMay Museum and Oregon Ballet Theater, and was formerly the chair of the board of the Meguiar’s Award. Learn more about Keith here.

Ken Gross is a Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Chief Class Judge and a founding member of the International Chief Judges’ Advisory Group (ICJAG). He served as Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and his 15 critically acclaimed auto exhibitions have drawn record crowds at major fine-art museums nationwide. The author of 25 books, and a contributor to 40+ publications, Ken has been writing for SCM for more than three decades. Learn more about Ken here.

Lowell Paddock is a former General Motors executive. Lowell Paddock began his automotive career at Automobile Quarterly, becoming editor-in-chief before forming his own publishing company. He currently serves as the executive director of Sunday in the Park, the Lime Rock Concours. Learn more about Lowell here.

Mark R. Brinker is a Houston-based orthopedic surgeon, car collector and co-author of a multi-volume reference series on collectible Japanese cars, as well as co-authoring The Amazing Denzel Sports Car with James Perrin, co-authoring Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1970 with Harold Pace, and writing Heroes of the Forest: The Complete History of the Pebble Beach Road Race. Learn more about Mark here.

Mark knows his way around a keyboard as well as a road course. He traded a 25-year career in newspaper journalism, with senior editor positions in Los Angeles, San Jose and Portland, OR, for the chance to manage Portland International Raceway in 2000. It was a case of moving from one love affair to another, driven by his love of racing nurtured as a teen turned loose at Riverside Raceway. He went into newspapers out of college as a way to get involved in racing, deciding a press pass was the fastest way to the front of the grid. He regularly reviews motorsports books for SCM, and he’s always in search of the elusive pony in the pile.

Massimo Delbò is an Italian classic-car writer and historian, and a member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group. He is the Editorial Director of Cavallino Magazine, and has written for Magneto magazine, The SL Shop, and Classic Driver, and authored two books: Le Mans Heroes and Mille Miglia: 1000 Miles of Passion. Learn more about Massimo here.

Michael came home from the maternity ward in a custom, Candy Apple Red ’55 Chevy, and it’s been cars, cars, cars, ever since. Eclectic fare, from full classics to current exotics, always filled the family garage. After a stint as the commercial director of an auto racing team, Leven became a professional winemaker, a craft he practices to this day. He regularly drives his MB 280SL, and recently recommissioned a W123 Mercedes for his teenage sons. Learn more about Michael here.

Michael is a Ferrari historian and broker with over three decades in the business. He operated a 30-man Ferrari crash repair and restoration shop for over two decades. He has a passion for racing and has competed in the Mazda Pro Series, Trans-Am, IMSA GTO, and IMSA Camel Lite, and has three drives in the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. His regular column, “Sheehan Speaks,” has been a part of SCM since 1993, and this month, on p. 38, he takes us to a Brunei prince’s compound that holds hundreds of decaying, melting exotic sports cars.

Michelle has been collecting cars for more than 40 years, enjoying a variety of marques as restoration prospects, on the show field and in driving events. She’s also a contributor at Barn Finds. Learn more about Michelle here.

Miles C. Collier is a prominent collector and the founder of the Revs Institute in Naples, FL, which houses a collection of over 100 historical, exceptional automobiles as well as an extensive archive. Learn more about Miles here.

Nick started as an automotive journalist, running the cars section at Digital Trends, then launched the transportation vertical at Mashable. After that, he was Chevy’s communications manager, handling product launches and media for their car lineup. Nick left Detroit in 2018 to start Diff Comms, a PR shop focused on the off-road and overlanding space.

Paul raced motorcycles in Portland, OR for many years with the OMRRA racing organization. He raced in the 1,000 mile Moto-Giro d’Italia on a 1957 Ducati, raced in the MotoGiro America, ran the 5,000 mile Alcan Winter Rally 6 times, and ran the Arctic Rally of the Lost Patrol several times as well. Paul has judged at the Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance and Legend of the Motorcycle at Half Moon Bay. He was the announcer for many years at the Portland Historic Races, and the 2010 Prehistorics in Monterey, CA. Learn more about Paul here.

Paul Hageman has been a Specialist at Gooding and Company since 2010. At 25, he qualified to judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. He’s a 3rd generation car guy behind his grandfather (a Mercedes Benz and Rolls Royce collector), and his father (an expert in vintage Bentleys and Ducati Motorcycles). Learn more about Paul here.

Paul Hardiman has written for a variety of British car magazines since 1983, including Classic and Sports Car. His motorsport career includes racing in the Goodwood Revival and navigating everything from an A35 to a 300SLR. He has been SCM’s English-car specialist since 2007. Learn more about Paul here.

Philip Richter writes the Turtle Garage blog and serves as chairman of the Turtle Invitational in Bedford, NY. Richter has been an SCM contributor since 2016. See Philip on the Collector Car Podcast, SCM’s Buy, Sell, Hold podcast, or on Cars Yeah. Learn more about Philip here.

Pierre is a Mercedes-Benz über-enthusiast. When Pierre is not turning wrenches on vintage Mercedes-Benz cars at his eponymous repair shop, he enjoys driving his own Mercedes classics. These include (but are not limited to) a 1972 280SE 4.5, a 1970 280SL and a 1985 300CD. Pierre also serves as a technical adviser to the Mercedes-Benz club of America. Pierre has a YouTube channel, “Mercedes Classics with Pierre Hedary“, with over 1000 videos. He’s also been featured on Cars Yeah in this video interview. Learn more about Pierre here.

Prescott Kelly is a past National President of the Porsche Club of America, and has been awarded lifetime achievement awards in both PCA and the 356 Registry, where he writes the “MarketWatch” column. He’s been a panelist at several events, including the Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance and the Philadelphia Concours Porsche Discussion at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Learn more about Prescott here.

Reid Trummel is editor and publisher of Healey Marque magazine, the official publication of the Austin-Healey Club of America, and the author of the Austin-Healey Big Healeys: The Essential Buyer’s Guide. He has been an SCM contributor since 2007. Learn more about Reid here.

Rob was pre-ordained to accumulate strange collector cars after early exposure to his dad’s 1959 Hillman Minx. He’s currently Editor in Chief of Porsche Panorama. His stable of affordable classics has included a TVR 280i, a Triumph TR 250, an early Porsche 911S, and a Daimler SP250. He currently owns a 1965 E-type coupe and a 1981 Porsche 911SC. Learn more about Rob here.

Robert has pursued parallel career paths for more than 50 years, first as a car designer, then as a writer specializing in design. The first car made to his sketches — a one-off known as the Parkinson Jaguar Special, which is still vintage-racing — was done when he was 15 years old. At 19, he was a General Motors designer, working chiefly on Corvettes, and he had been published in national magazines. From 1958 onward, he has been an independent designer, working for major car manufacturers in Europe and the U.S. and for small-volume specialists. He taught transportation design at the Art Center College of Design, is the editorialist for Italy’s Auto & Design magazine, and has written a popular car design column for Automobile Magazine for 25 years. Learn more about Robert here.

E. Roger Williams is the principal of Roger Wilco Productions and the producer of What’s My Car Worth? starring SCM Publisher Keith Martin. Roger co-founded the Speedvision TV channel. His garage has included a 1963 289 Cobra and a 1966 Shelby GT350 H. Learn more about Roger here.

Rory Jurnecka has been an SCMer since high school. He
spent 14 years at Motor Trend, Motor Trend Classic and Automobile before joining the SCM staff in 2020. Rory was the Classic and Features Editor at Automobile, penning auction reports and market features,
and writing about some of the world’s greatest cars. Born into an enthusiast family, he has attended Monterey Car Week since childhood. After abandoning a business degree to sell classics at a specialty dealership in Monterey, CA, he returned to college to study journalism at Cal State Fullerton. Rory owns a 2002 Mazda MX-5 Miata and a 2010 Porsche Cayman, and he recently acquired a 2017 Ford Fiesta ST.

Simon is from an old British motor-racing family. He started his career at Coys, leaving to co-found Bonhams Europe in Geneva. Over the next decade, he staged high-profile auctions around the world, branching out on his own in 2006 to found Kidston SA, a consultancy responsible for some of the larger deals you rarely hear about. Simon also judges at Pebble Beach and is “the voice” of the Villa d’Este Concours and the Mille Miglia. Learn more about Simon here.

Stephen Serio is the president and owner of Bond Group in Waltham, MA, where for 35 years he has dealt in some of the world’s rarest European and classic cars. He has been contributing to SCM since 1996.

Steve Ahlgrim cut his Ferrari teeth as general manager and vice president of FAF Motorcars, a former Atlanta-area authorized Ferrari dealer. Today he owns Italycars LLC, a Ferrari appraisal, inspection and consulting service. Steve is an IAC/PFA council member and judges Ferraris at many of the top concours, including Cavallino and the Del Ray Concours. He has been writing for SCM since 2002. Learn more about Steve here.

Thomas has contributed hundreds of texts and photographs to automotive publications over the last 25 years. With his wife, Kelly, he has also published six coffee-table automotive books. Interests in architecture and design, history, and engineering combine with talents as a writer and photographer to produce stories that reveal the soul of an automobile, or the people that create, collect, or race them. Glatch has contributed stories to all the major Corvette, Mustang, muscle car, and Mopar magazines. His large-format photographs are frequently in Collectible Automobile magazine and have been used in a number of books and calendars. Tom has been an SCM contributor since 2007. Learn more about Tom here.

Thor Thorson is president of Vintage Racing Motors, a Seattle-area collector-car dealer and vintage-racing support operation he founded in 1989. He has been actively involved with racing for over 40 years, dealing with racers from Ferraris to Sprites, but is mostly seen driving Elva sports racers. He has been writing the race-car profiles for SCM since 2003. Learn more about Thor here.

Toby Ross first contributed to SCM in September 2011. His company, Ross Classic, has specialized in the sale of French and Italian exotica for over 30 years. He spends his time between France and the island of Malta. Learn more about Toby here.

Thomas has contributed hundreds of texts and photographs to automotive publications over the last 25 years. With his wife, Kelly, he has also published six coffee-table automotive books. Interests in architecture and design, history, and engineering combine with talents as a writer and photographer to produce stories that reveal the soul of an automobile, or the people that create, collect, or race them. Glatch has contributed stories to all the major Corvette, Mustang, muscle car, and Mopar magazines. His large-format photographs are frequently in Collectible Automobile magazine and have been used in a number of books and calendars. Tom has been an SCM contributor since 2007. Learn more about Tom here.

Tony has long trumpeted the virtues of collecting Japanese cars. His daily driver is a 1970 Toyota Hilux — the one with the turn signals on top of the fenders. His popular “Rising Sun” column keeps a pulse on the J-tin market.