Preserving the Past to Inspire the Future
Adventures of a Vintage Car Collector is the book that inspired a mission. More than simply honoring a father’s legacy, it has inspired the author to to think future forward – building a living community dedicated to preserving automotive heritage and celebrating the collectors who keep history alive.
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Why This Site Exists
There is no better way to build community, engage social sharing, and proliferate our automotive heritage than through the world wide web. This site is intended to bridge old with new, connect generations, and inspire future caretakers for generations to come. For Vintage Car Collectors, Hobbyists, Professionals, and Newcomers, what we have started here below, is yours to curate and grow together.
Intended to inspire all, the update to Adventures of a Vintage Car Collector sets a primer to the stories thatg need to be shared, anbd the history that needs to be documented and preserved.
Provides an online home for anyone to document and record historical facts about the cars that built our automotive legacy for all to discover and learn in a fun and interactive way.
Under development to become the heart of this site by connecting collectors, professionals and enthusiasts to share, support and curate this living history as a community that shares a common goal and love for these bespoke machinery of the road!.
Bentley Radcliff
Alan’s younger son, grew up in Coconut Grove, Florida, surrounded by an incredible collection of great cars. After graduating with a Business/Computer Science degree from the University of Miami, Bentley initially worked in IT, but soon found his skills were better suited to marketing and selling technology. He spent a decade in the technology industry with such companies as Apple Computer before starting his own firm to help others sell technology.
The father of three children, Bentley and his wife Sharon reside in Cocoa, Florida when they aren’t on the road in their RV.
Vehicles of all makes & models
And still counting
Bentley’s business has taken him to nearly 50 different countries, where he was always thrilled to find the opportunity to attend different local car shows. One favorite was Sidney, Australia on Australia Day. Rolls-Royces and other English and Australian cars were always a treat. Through the years, he collected a number of classic cars of his own, including a 1976 Pontiac Trans Am and a 1992 Camaro.
Bentley is the published author of Living the Hybrid RV Lifestyle, about his other passion, as well as the business book Checkmate: Mastering Competitive Sales Strategy. He has always dreamed of republishing Adventures of a Vintage Car Collector, adding in the stories that missed the original publication and including more color photographs of these amazing cars. His next project will be telling the tale of the last Duesenberg. Look for that soon!
Alan L. Radcliff
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, during the Great Depression. His father, an immigrant, set up shop as a butcher and raised three boys, all of whom he put through college. Alan received Bachelors and Masters degrees from Cornell University, after which he joined the Army Air Corp and was stationed in the Pacific during WWII. Upon returning, he opened a small advertising agency, Twelles Radcliff Advertising, on Madison Avenue.
Through the years, Alan had a love of great automobiles, as described in this book.
Vintage Cars
Across His Lifetime
In 1957, he left New York behind and moved to Florida to marry Barbara (Bobbie) Brown. Together, they established Airguide, which manufactured central air conditioning and diffusion equipment. As you can imagine, central air conditioning in Florida became very popular at about that time and the business did quite well. Both Alan and Bobbie loved automobiles. Together, they bought, restored, showed, and collected many unique vehicles.
Their greatest thrill was winning the AACA National First Prize for their Auburn Speedster, just as the original version of this book was going to press. In this updated edition, we shared many of the fun stories of their adventures competing in car shows as they continued to collect and restore amazing cars. Both Alan and Bobbie passed in the mid 1990s, but their story lives on.
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