WRITING

I write a monthly essay on my Substack about more obscure areas of automotive history. You can view these essays by clicking on the titles below.

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The Marble Halls: the Rise and Fall of AB Hans Osterman by Jacob Partington

How the American car market shaped one of Sweden's biggest car distributors

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General Motors, the Origins of Credit, and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 by Jacob Partington

How General Motors’ revolutionary car finance scheme had a knock-on effect to one of history’s greatest financial disasters

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1971, Kirk. F. White, & the emergence of the classic car auction in the USA by Jacob Partington

When classic cars became classic

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