Hi Gang… The postwar years were an exciting time of regrowth and opportunity, and part of this energy went into creating the new postwar sports car. Smaller, more sleek and often more powerful, sports car designs were being developed in … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Thanks to Alden Jewell, we have another “gem” of an article on the sports and custom cars of the Mexican coachbuilding firm DM Nacional. This article appears in the January, 1952 issue of Auto Sport Review and features … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I love the early postwar years of sports cars. We tend to think of sports cars as being small and nimble – and most European sports cars are – but not all. In the early postwar years some … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Be careful what you wish for. That’s all I can say. I’ve been hunting down lost sports cars, race cars and sport customs in earnest for the last nearly twenty years – and much to my surprise, with … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The story of DM Nacional is one of the early postwar custom and coachbuilt cars in America – actually North America. Custom sports cars, custom cars and sport customs were being built across America. An entrepreneur and business … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Besides being a great friend, Pal Negyesi is a automotive historian who researches the history of all cars but especially those in – or close to – his native country – Hungary. Pal has shared several stories with … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back in early 2014, good friend Arunas Racelis shared a story with me from his AllCarIndex about a Russian Sport Custom. That’s an amazing find since this type of car was rarely seen outside of the United States … Continue reading
Today we’re sharing a story we wrote for another website back in 2014. It’s about a coachbuilding company from Mexico called DM Nacional and it has been one of my favorite research projects over the past decade and more. We … Continue reading
Hi Gang… In our last story on this Dutch-built, American-based special, we reviewed their 1947 brochure when the company was called “Gatford.” Click here to review this story on the 1947 Gatford / Gatso Sports Car: An American Based Special … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Egads! How many American specials with American motive power could have been built in the ‘40s? And outside this country? World War II had just ended in ’45, and here it was 2 years later and an American … Continue reading
