Author Archives: Ken Altes

Citroen SMs in Palm Springs

Written by Ken Altes

Mid 1970s Citroen SMs in front of a typical Mid-Century Modern home in Palm Springs, California, when I visited a few years ago.

1960 Thunderbird in South Austin

Written by Ken Altes

1960 Thunderbird in Austin Texas 1960 Thunderbird in Austin TX

Leader of the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin’s Rolls Royce in the Kremlin

Written by Ken Altes

Premier Vladimir Lenin, who led the successful communist revolution in 1917 overthrowing the Tsar, liked Buicks and Rolls Royces. I found this car in one of the Moscow Kremlin museums last year. Much later, Premier Brezhnev famously crashed his Rolls Royce (now on exhibit in Riga, Latvia). Strangly, the leaders of the workers’ paradise loved luxury! Who knew? Video: https://bit.ly/2tgsZEY