ABOUT ME
I'm a died-in-the-wool car guy. I dreamed of working as a stylist in Detroit and got accepted to Pratt Institute's industrial design program, but the raw talent around me whispered that I needed to find another path to the industry. That path was through the auto enthusiast magazine business, where I spent 20 fantastic years engaged in my passion...and my career. Road & Track and Automobile represented the bulk of those years and I had the privilege of meeting/befriending and understudying the irrepressible David E. Davis, Jr. during a 9 year stint at Automobile. I later teamed with DED as launch Editor and Publisher of WindingRoad.com.
Mechanical Credentials:
I'm called to the Dean's office during one of my senior year High School classes. I arrive to find the Dean holding the phone with my Mother on the line. "There's a UPS driver at the front door with a huge box and saying it is COD! What are you doing??" I instructed Mom to go in my sock drawer and find the cash to pay the man. What was in the box? Enough hard-core parts to turn the 1600cc dual port engine in my 1971 Beetle into a bona-fide189HP street terror. I've been building cars and engines ever since, and I have my Dad to thank for 'hey, I can do this' attitude that he carried with him.
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I have built Porsche 911 engines, big-block Chevys, VW air-cooled engines, and most recently a Cosworth Vega engine as part of a barn-find restoration. I am a careful and precise mechanic who insists on doing it the right way with the right tools. There are precious few shortcuts.
Automobile Art director Larry crane and me at the introduction of Ferrari's 333SP
