Historian preserves legacy of Bronx auto shop through Waldorf Astoria exhibit

A snapshot of Bronx automotive history will be featured in the official MvVO ART Gallery at Waldorf Astoria New York.  Historian John J. O’Leary IV’s photograph depicts a 1926 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost photographed at Reuter’s Coach Works, 4067 Boston Road in the Bronx, getting shipped back to its owner.   “Back then there weren't as many car restorers as there are now. So if you wanted it done, you wanted it done right, you sent it down to the Bronx,” O’Leary said.  German craftsman Gustave “Gus” Reuter established Reuter’s Coach Works in the Bronx in 1929, during the Great Depression. The shop developed a pristine nationwide reputation for quality automobile restoration, painting, upholstery and woodwork.  Though O’Leary has been enamored with photography for a very long time, his interest in preserving the history of the Reuter’s family workshop only began after he and his wife, grand-daughter to Gus Reuter, were left with boxes of unsorted family archives, including many