Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes before you see the literature that we introduce you to through our articles? Let's walk you through the process... And you'll see, buying and selling literature isn't just a business for us...

He remembered as a child looking out the car window and naming all the makes and years of cars they passed. Now he wanted to reinforce those memories through brochures...

It is 2020. What are the most desirable collector cars? The results are in and there is little consensus. Many contend that it is an impossible task to predict the future, but the survey does give us the years 1980 - 1990 to draw from...

It was 1957, I was ten years old and in Middle school when my English teacher gave us a project that would spark off my everlasting romance with automotive literature collecting...

"Most of us have drooled over glossy new-car brochures, but for some that passing fancy has become a lifelong fascination..." Read this Westways 'Crazy for Catalogs' piece...

"I would read American magazines and see all the new cars available in America and that was reason enough to leave Cuba..."

Everyone knows the name Packard — older readers identify with their favorite 1930s classic, while younger readers will envision a 1950s model. Packard was an outstanding automobile from its beginning in 1899 and just continued to get better.

Every Labor day Auburns, Cords and Duesenberg migrate to Auburn, Indiana, where not only the ACD Club and ACD Museum celebrate the event, but the entire town turns out to view the cars...

In the 50s and 60s, the Australians seem to have got their shipments of parts mixed up — or they were drinking Foster's beer on the assembly line! The front of one car was also the back of another!?

Autobooks and Petersen Publishing out of California, Floyd Clymer Publications in Washington, D.C., and Robert Bentley in Massachusetts were gold mines for 'car nuts' in the 50s and 60s...

For decades, auto literature collectors have sought information on cars, usually from their youth. Now a new group of collectors is emerging. The shift in interest to 'historical' cars and literature from 'nostalgic' is important to the growth of the hobby...

Long time friendships are treasured and most literature collectors build up relationships with collectors who have similar interests.

On September 11, 1948 a group of car enthusiasts met in Detroit at the Barium Hotel and "Auto Maniacs of America" was founded...

Oliver E. Barthel, the first president of "Auto Maniacs", working in conjunction with leaders in the automotive industry, set about to make literature easily accessible to club members...

I have attended several of the Detroit Auto Shows and most Houston Auto Shows since their inception. It was not until the 1980s that press kits became very collectible. Today, more and more new models are announced at remote private showings, not at auto shows...

Each issue of the Automobile Quarterly is composed of a dozen or so top notch articles. The passion you will develop for a multitude of makes will only be surpassed by your knowledge of them...

Sales literature is a category of collectible automotive literature that is near and dear to us all, even if we are not paper (ephemera) collectors per se...

Collecting books about automobiles was very straightforward in the 1950s... a book section at the local department store...

When you are a 10-year-old "automaniac", model cars are about as close as most kids get to making decisions on what cars they would like to own...

We are very proud to be recognized by "AutoWeek" magazine for our effort to preserve automotive history. Read AutoWeek story...

Of the world's three most luxurious and expensive cars ever built and introduced in 2003, only Bentley's Continental GT is a sporty touring car, if not an outright sportscar.

1904 saw the first Buick motor car. Many Buick collectors concentrate on the 1920 to World War II models because of the very elaborate presentations of their catalogs...

From the birth of the Mustang as a 1964 1/2 model, to its golden age which ended with the high performance models in 1973, Mustang was "The Pony Car"... Camaro, Firebird, Barracuda and AMX were overnight rivals...

Everett Pauls, President of the National Rolls-Royce Owners Club and charter club member, talks about what it means to be an old car enthusiast...

Battered by the stock market and afraid of a housing bubble, investors are taking some of their money for a spin in an altogether different type of investment: collector cars...

Are BMWs collectible? Considering the popularity of the older literature, and the increasing sales of the cars over the last 50 years, there is a lot of enthusiasm for BMWs. As these cars get older, interest always increases.

I remember the new cars just after WW II... For most of our readers, car nostalgia begins with the 1960s..

With all the famous marques built for the English masses long gone — Austin, Wolseley, Riley, Morris, Triumph, Singer, Hillman, Sunbeam (the list seems endless) — Britain now concentrates on luxury cars that are appreciated...

The 1946 MG TC introduced Americans to the British sports car. British sports cars dominated sports car events throughout the 50s and the 60s.

John Jacobus' book has invigorated the memories of thousands of former Guild participants and those who were associated with the Guild. This our third article on the book.

We have recently acquired a large batch of literature that goes under odd sections such as, 'Buses', 'Engines', 'Fire Trucks', 'Tractors', 'Trains'... Vehicles you would not have thought about for many years...

In the early 1950s there were two places you might see a Ferrari other than on a race track — Hollywood and New York City... The actress sang "Buy Me a Ferrari", to the man she was with in a movie from the 1950s...

As a child in the late 1940s, identifying cars from the back seat of our family car was a favorite pastime during trips with my parents. The war was over and new cars, in general, did not differ much from the early 1940s models but the Cadillacs stood out...

It was in 1991 just after graduating from college that I was romanced by a sleek red Camaro RS Coupe. In the first two months that this beauty and I were a team... it made me feel alive when I drove it... stood out in a crowd...