Randy Leffingwell is MBI’s best-selling author and a top automotive photographer. He has written and photographed more than two dozen books on topics ranging from tractors to motorcycles to cars to barns. He resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Dean Batchelor started out as a hot rodder, but ultimately became an automotive renaissance man. He is best known for his motor journalism career, which spanned five decades and included stints at Hop Up and Motor Life in the 1950s, and a lengthy career as editorial director at Road & Track, as well as freelance writing and publishing. He passed away in 1995.