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108 Experts / Industry Leaders Bill Warner: Geoff is always in the outer fringes of the automobile culture, finding the weird, rare, and wonderful. He has singlehandedly brought attention to cars that would otherwise be cast off. I envy his ability to find the unusual and exciting design studies and dreams from the 50’ s. He is amazing …… plus I want a Woodill Wildfire …… Bill Warner has been around automobiles his entire life. As a teenager he worked at the local VW and imported car dealership. After college he worked for Sports Car Graphic Magazine and Road & Track Magazine. His photographs and writing has appeared in most of the well known automotive magazines and his awards are numerous. In 1975 Bill ran a Porsche 911 in the infamous Cannonball run and has raced in a Brabham BT - 8, a Datsun B210, GT3 cars and many others, winning many awards. He ’ s restored numerous vintage automobiles and in 1996 he founded The Amelia Island Concours d ’ Elegance which is one of the top concours events in the world. In 2002 Bill was awarded the Meguiar ’ s Automobile Hobby Person of the Year. In 2003 he was inducted into the Road Racing Driver ’ s Club by Brian Redmond and Bobby Rahal. He is on the Steering Committee of the LeMay - America ’ s Automobile Museum and his awards and involvement in the hobby go on, and on, and on. Bill also served for 30 years in the Florida Air National Guard retiring at the rank of Major. Ken Gross: Florida fiberglass fanciers Geoff Hacker and Rick D'Louhy continue to amaze with their research and discoveries. They're resurrecting dozens of long forgotten cars from an exuberant, experimental era. Every week, there's something new. It's nothing short of remarkable. Geoff and Rick's enthusiasm, dedication, and entertaining yet scholarly presentation makes you want to stop whatever you're doing and devour the latest installment. "Forgotten Fiberglass" - and now their umbrella website "Undiscovered Classics" won't be forgotten much longer with these two intrepid sleuths on the prowl. Ken Gross is an automotive historian, author, speaker, former Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, Californian. Most recently, Ken Gross has been recognized as the co - winner of the 2014 Ken Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism. At Left Ken Gross standing next to our 1947 Kurtis - Omohundro Comet in 2012 for a photo shoot for Motor Trend Classic magazine.. Ken wrote an article about our Kurtis that year for the same magazine.