James Mays is a respected authority on collectable cars. His special area of expertise is the Canadian industry, its personalities and products. He is the author of Ford and Canada: 100 Years Together. His column The Ford Files appears regularly in Old Autos. His book Roll Call: The Ford of Canada Centennial Photo Album will be released this summer. In September 2004 his book Ford Ranchero 1957-1979 will be released by Iconografix." Mays is known as a meticulous researcher and writes with humour. A radio talk show host once accused him of making cars seem nice!

The award-winning author has 29 books to his credit, including five automotive histories automotive histories. His columns appear regularly in Old Autos --Canada's newspaper for the enthusiast and Old Cars. He is a staff writer for Vintage Truck, Antique Power and Belt Pulley.

A member of the Society of Automobile Historians, a permanent collection of Mays' works is housed at the University of Windsor library in the James Mays Collection. He contributes to Old Autos, Old Cars, Vintage Truck, Belt Pulley, V-8, Toy Cars & Models, Reader's Digest and Automobile Quarterly.

For more information on Mays' books and articles, visit http://www.theoilspoteh.ca/.

Steven J. Repergel is a freelance writer with a Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. With a major in film, Repergel has written several teleplays, including scripts for hit TV shows such as Seinfeld and Magnum P.I.

However, his second love affair was always automobiles, especially Fords, Lincolns and Mercurys. In 1999, he founded www.fordclassics.com and began his quest to helping tens of thousands of people through emails, with the identification of parts, finding solutions to problems, and directing people to the right vendors, products and services.

Repergel has written for such clients as the international newspaper publication Old Autos in Ontario, Canada and Hemmings Motor News in the U.S.A. His most recent accomplishment is a story entitled, Preston Tucker: His Car and the Men Who Helped Create It, which quickly gained notoriety and was placed alongside the Tucker archives in the Smithsonian Institute in 2002.

In 2003, Repergel held rank as Director of Publications at RM Auctions Inc., in Canada - one of the largest classic car auctions companies in North America - carrying the responsibility for all advertising, marketing and the production of the company's high-end classic car auction catalogues. While leaving RM Auctions Inc., in late 2003 to pursue more inviting career opportunities, Repergel remains at the forefront of helping people in the preservation and restoration of classic Ford, Lincoln and Mercury automobiles through www.fordclassics.com, a website he founded. He also continues to write for a variety of clients both in and out of the automotive circuit.