János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s,

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) is an American motorsport historian and writer of

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origin who specialises in

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; he is best known for his 1999 debut book ''Time and Two Seats'', which won multiple awards. He is a personal historian of the car collection for Bruce McCaw of

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. He subsequently published a series of picture books to accompany ''Time and Two Seats'', despite being by a different publisher. Wimpffen currently resides in

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Works

*''Time and Two Seats'' *''Open Roads & Front Engines'' *''Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Innovation'' *''Spyders & Silhouettes'' *''Monocoques & Ground Effects''

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1950s births Living people 20th-century American journalists American male journalists American people of Hungarian descent

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