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120 Perry Zavitz: Only someone with a sincere and long - lasting dedication could examine the history of the hundreds of little - known cars which have sprung up across North America since World War II. Geoffrey Hacker has proven to be such a person. With the necessary time and wherewithal, he tenaciously checked the story of each car, by directly contacting the constructors and their associates, where possible, to get the exact story. Not only has this revealed the truth, but also corrected dates and other past information, which may have been in error, or misleading. Thanks a million Geoff for preserving an area of automotive history, which has been too often ignored, or totally forgotten. R. Perry Zavitz Perry Zavitz is an author who has had a 50+ year career writing articles for automotive magazines across North America, and has also authored several books many focusing on the Canadian automotive industry. In the 1970s, he wrote a series of articles published in Car Classics magazine that became recognized as the first and most complete chronology and history of postwar automotive marques. For this effort, he was recognized by the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) with the “ Best Article Published ” award (co - winner) in 1974 for his “ Quarter Century Chronicle. ” Perry work currently appears bi - weekly in the Canadian automotive magazine "Old Autos." Perry and I remained friends for years, and I was fortunate to meet him in person in 2011 when Perry and his wife Sally were in town during part of their vacation. This photo of Perry and myself was taken in front of my house in Tampa, Florida.