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Ken Gross is an award winning automotive journalist and has contributed to almost every car magazine you’ve ever enjoyed reading. He was the Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum and has served as Guest Curator for numerous other prestigious museums around the country. Along with exhibition catalogs, Ken’s written fifteen automotive books and has been a Chief Class Judge for 25 years at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and he also serves on their Selection Committee. He’s judged numerous other concours events across the country from Amelia Island to Rodeo Drive.
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SUCCESS QUOTES
“Make your business your hobby, make your hobby your business.” – Ken’s Uncle
CAREER CHALLENGE
While serving on a ship in Vietnam during the war, his vessel was hit by rocket fire and caught on fire.
AH-HA MOMENTS
Landing a job as the director of the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles.
FIRST SPECIAL CAR
A Ferrari 275 GTB
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
“Don’t even start the job if you don’t have the right tools.” – Ken Father
GREAT AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCE
Dave Simard of East Coast Customs
FAVORITE BOOK
Kings of the Road by Ken Purdy
PARTING ADVICE
Try to understand what it is that you want to do and find a way to do it.
HOW TO FIND KEN
Art of the Hot Rod by Ken Gross andPeter Harholdt
Hot Rod Milestones by Ken Gross and Robert Genat
Ken’s Amazon Author’s Page
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Ken – Loved the Petersen and took a few pics, 2016. Please tell me what this car is (website shows the individual photo). Yeah, it’s on the cover of “The Allure of the Automobile” – but I didn’t photo the sign and don’t know how to radily come by that info.
Thanks so much! – Alan
Hello Alan –
The car on Ken Gross’ book cover is a 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia. You can learn more about it on this version of Jay Leno’s Garage and you can see the car at Peter Mullin’s museum. Peter was a guest here on Cars Yeah: https://carsyeah.com/ourportfolio/424-peter-mullin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z2-TbGqG6I
Ken,
Just ran across your May 2021 Hagerty articles on the auctions of Harrah’s collection. Loved them! I grew up in Reno late-’50s through ’60s and was a regular visitor at the old warehouses – left me with a lifelong love. Sad that Bill left his dream autoworld unfinished, but the National Auto Museum in Reno is a pretty special place too.
thanks,
Alan