Matt Joseph

Matt Joseph was born in December, 1944 in New York City and grew up there and in Bennington, Vermont. He attended Deerfield Academy and the University of Chicago and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin--Madison in U.S. History. He is married and has three children, ages: 17, 26 and 29.

Matt has taught college classes on eight campuses of the University of Wisconsin System and was employed as an Assistant Professor of History and Program Coordinator at the U.W.--Extension from 1971 through 1983. He continues to teach ad hoc classes in the V.W. System.

Matt's passion for automobiles and automotive history dates from the 1950s, when he began collecting and restoring cars. Since 1983 he has published over 450 feature articles on a wide variety of automotive and related topics in several automotive trade, consumer, travel, and general periodicals and newspapers. His recent book, The Standard Guide to Automotive Restoration was published by Krause Publications in 1992. He is currently working on a sequel.

Matt is a contributing editor of Skinned Knuckles magazine and has written monthly articles on car restoration for that publication since 1983. He also wrote a monthly column for Cars & Parts magazine and was Associate Editor of C&P from 1987 to 1996. His automotive writing covers a wide variety of topics: industry economics, technical innovation, biography, history, and product: reviews. He writes regularly for a local newspaper and for a wire service. Matt is also a member of the Antique Automobile Club of America's Automobile Industry Centennial Committee.

Matt served on the Board of Directors of the Society o' Automotive Historians, Inc. and chaired that group's publications awards committee from 1981 through 1989. In 1989 he was elected to a two year term as President of the Society, after which he was elected to a three year term on the SAH Board. He is also a former Board member and past president of the Wisconsin Chapter of SAH. He belongs numerous automobile and automotive history organizations.

Matt's particular automotive marque interests are early Lincolns and postwar Aston Martins.

He has addressed numerous groups on varied automotive topics. He has worked as an industry consultant and has provided consulting services to corporate and government clients on various aspects of automotive marketing, advertising, design, purchasing and policy.

For almost six years Matt co-hosted the popular weekly radio program, About Cars, on the 12 - station Wisconsin Public Radio Network, at which point he was fired. He then moved the program to a Madison commercial station, WTDY-AM 1480, which plans to syndicate the new program, All About Cars, throughout Wisconsin in early 1997.

Matt has been a guest on regional and national radio and television talk shows, has worked on many television production assignments, and is a guest commentator on and consultant to a Madison T.V. station.

In addition to writing and speaking activities, Matt has sold rights to his automotive inventions. He owns and operates a small automotive research and consulting firm, MATTCO, located in southern Wisconsin, near Madison.

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