Shunpiker Productions
Steve Purdy
Shunpiker; (n) one who shuns the turnpike, taking the back roads instead of the highway, in the spirit of Charles Kurault, Jack Kerouac, and William Least Heat-Moon.
With foreword by Ed Lucas
An art book by Steve Purdy — writer, photographer, producer, historian — celebrating 40 years of photographing the details of special cars and of telling their stories.
Price: $90 + $8 Shipping
Mascots in Motions will make an amazing gift for those who appreciate art, automotive design, history, culture, and artistic photography. The author will provide an individual inscription for each book and a message from the giver.
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About Shunpiker Productions
Shunpiker Productions, LLC is the business entity encompassing the projects of Steve Purdy, mid-Michigan based writer, photographer and producer. Most projects revolve around automobiles including product reviews, travel stories, automobile fine art, interviews, motorist issues and enthusiasm for automobiles old and new.
Galleries
Automotive Heritage Awards
For the past five years we have produced the Automotive Heritage Awards in partnership with the Concours d’Elgance of America at St. John’s, Brembo, The National Automotive History Collection, the Automotive Hall of fame, auto supplier Kiekert, the Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation, and M1 Concours. While the awards project is on temporary hiatus while we seek sponsorship, the Automotive Heritage Foundation (created to support the awards) continues to develop other projects.
Shunpiker Articles
By Steve Purdy
May 2022
This is our second trip to this lovely and historic strip of Maine coastline centered on Mt. Desert (pronounced de-S…
2018 LEXUS RX350 F-SPORT to BOYNE MOUNTAIN
Road Trip Review from A Shunpiker’s Journal
By Steve Purdy
Detroit Editor
The Auto Channel
It’s time for so…
PARIS to NORMANDY plus OXFORD
There and Back Again
A Travel Narrative
By Steve Purdy
August 2017
DAY ONE - TRAVEL DAY
After a few hours of delay a…
A Culinary Delight
In the fall of 1968 I was 20 years old, had been in and out of college without much to show for it, and was at eminent risk of bei…
Ain’t Mother Nature grand!
An intense summer storm ripped through here a couple hours ago. My pretty blonde and I were out on the deck, she petting t…
To tell this story I must first introduce you to a charming cat and a classy automobile. Both play significant roles in this description of a summer d…
For those readers who think there is no altruism left in the world I’d like to tell you the story of a Mama, a Baby and the couple who brought them ho…
