Hemmings Classic Car

Interviewing Alex Tremulis

JUST ABOUT THE MOMENT MY mother was giving birth to me, my grandfather was out buying a first edition Ford Thunderbird. It was a hot Los Angeles day, and I was red, like all babies when they scream and cry that first time. My grandfather, driving off the dealer lot, was wrapped in the yellow body of his new Thunderbird.

And, as the product of a father whose good taste in cars has included a Packard, 1953 VW Sedan, a couple of

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