Author Archives: Gary Smith

GM Designer Paul Deesen, the Pontiac Strato Star, and Sebring 1957

Paul was interested in cars for as long as he can remember. One day the shop manager at a local Pontiac dealership let him drive his beautiful MG TC home to show his mother in hopes of getting one for … Continue reading

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Cars I’ve Loved and Hated—More from Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography

Many thanks to Michael Lamm for permission to post these excerpts.  Hemmings Blog has been posting installments of Michael Lamm’s Auto Biography. His fascinating account of his fixation with the automobile took Michael from Texas, to Portland, to New York … Continue reading

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