The April 2025 issue includes a look at the 1963-71 Mercedes-Benz SL, the 1984-88 Pontiac Fiero, and two more feature-length topics from automotive history. Photo features highlight a 1934 Duesenberg Model J dual-cowl phaeton and a 1965 Chrysler New Yorker four-door sedan. The collectible commercial vehicle is a 1947 Ford cab-over-engine stake truck.
Frank Peiler
Publisher
Frank Peiler joined Collectible Automobile®’s parent company in 1972 as the young firm’s first art director and only its eighth employee. Though responsible for the look of books and magazines on topics as varied as guns, golf, bicycles, and bridal fashions, Frank brought with him the special knowledge and experience of a lifelong car enthusiast, which quickly benefited the company’s Consumer Guide® automotive titles. Within a few years, he was named a vice president of the growing company and headed a much-expanded art department. After spearheading the company’s successful move into the “classic car” realm, Frank was named publisher of a separate automotive division formed in 1979. Five years later, he conceived Collectible Automobile® magazine as the kind of old-car periodical he himself wanted to read. Popular from the first, CA marked its 30th anniversary in 2014 as the recognized leader in its field and the winner of numerous awards. In recent years, Frank has lent his executive and creative talents to Consumer Guide®’s online operations. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians.
Don Sikora II
Editor-in-Chief
Don Sikora II was named Collectible Automobile®’s fourth Editor-in-Chief starting with the June 2023 issue. He joined CA’s parent company in March 2007 as an Associate Editor of both Collectible Automobile® and Consumer Guide® Car & Truck Test. He was CA’s Assistant Editor from the April 2010 through December 2013 issues, before rejoining Collectible Automobile® in February 2015 as a Contributing Editor. Don has also been Editor-at-Large for the Consumer Guide® Daily Drive blog and has edited several Consumer Guide® automotive books. After earning a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Don worked in tool-engineering and product-development roles for a maker of plastic model kits. The resident of Somers, Wisconsin, is an avid collector of model cars and has enjoyed owning a ’96 Chevrolet Impala SS since 1998.
Harry Kapsalis
Art Director
With a passion for automobiles that has been growing every day since his childhood, Harry Kapsalis is ideally suited to be art director of Collectible Automobile®. He has held that role since late 2007 but has been involved in technical and design aspects of CA and Consumer Guide® automotive titles since 1997. In 2014, a photo illustration that he created for the magazine won a bronze medal in the International Automotive Media Competition. Before coming to Collectible Automobile®, Harry studied design and earned a degree in photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago. (He has photographed numerous cars for CA articles and Consumer Guide® books.) Harry is an avid collector of vintage automotive paraphernalia and is the proud owner of a 1966 Pontiac GTO and 1962 Pontiac Catalina.
Contributing Editors
Terry V. Boyce
Kit Foster
Patrick R. Foster
Don Keefe
Richard M. Langworth
Karl Ludvigsen
Jack Stewart
Gary Witzenburg
