apr12-springimgp1791-002

APRIL 4, 2012: A SURE SIGN OF SPRING-THE OLD IRON HITS...

0
  This is the time of year when signs of spring open the door to a much better season.   Songbirds return, grass starts growing, blossoms reappear...
apr12-79dodge2011 jim pix cars etc. etc 562-001

MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM LOVE...

0
  A couple of late 70s Dodge trucks side by side at a Mopar meet was interesting enough to investigate because one of them was...
apr12-51chevjim pix a 126-001

MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A HARLEY GETS TRADED FOR A...

0
  This 1951 Chevy sedan comes from an era when it fulfilled the dreams of a practical owner who wanted a practical car.   It has...
apr12-57bimgp5412-001

MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR WAGON –...

0
  Wayne Russell has nothing but fond memories of his first Chevy Bel Air station wagon.   This was back in the swinging 60s and that...
apr12-57desbimgp5938-001

MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1957 DESOTO…RESCUING A WORK OF ART...

0
Most of the time a car that's shoved into a wetland on the back 40 acres has a very bleak future. Time is short...
apr12-66hemimgp8844-001

MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1966 PLYMOUTH SATELLITE 426 STREET HEMI-EXTREMELY...

0
  Mike Adams was born to own this car. His mother drove a 1966 Coronet convertible when he was a kid and that car left...
apr12-32imgp7998-001

MARCH 30,2012 (APRIL 2012): ’29 FORD HI-BOY – BUILDING A CLASSIC...

0
Butch Latham never had to look at plans to build a classic Ford Hi-boy because he had everything filed away in his own memory...
apr12-57desjim pix 049-001

MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012) A BEAUTIFUL 1958 MERCURY PARK LANE...

0
  Bill Sheridan lives in western Canada, close enough to see the Rocky Mountains on the western horizon from the right vantage point close to...
apr12-75pont2011 jim pix cars etc. etc 146-001

MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A RARE 1975 PONTIAC GRAND AM...

0
We were very lucky to run into Robert Samonig at a car show with his 1975 Pontiac Grand Am because it was only Robert's...
apr12-38imgp0614-001

MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A 1938 FORD RESTO-MOD IS SERIOUS...

0
  Lloyd Goetz has always been a fan of the '40 Ford until he saw a 1938 Ford and all bets were off for him....
apr12-46dodge2011 jim pix cars etc. etc 553-001

MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A POST-WAR 1946 DODGE TRUCK IS...

0
  There are not very many 1946 Dodge trucks still on the road in 2012.   Even fewer of them have only 27,900 miles on the...
apr12-73bronc2011 jim pix cars etc. etc 938-001

MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): FORD’S OTHER PONY-A 1973 FORD BRONCO...

0
  Rob Jamieson is actually the first actual person to become the registered owner of his 1973 Ford Bronco.   No big deal-except that he purchased...
apr12-traffaimgp1232-001

APRIL 2012 STARS IN TRAFFIC: NEITHER RAIN NOR SLEET NOR SNOW...

0
Most vintage iron never sees anything but a sunny day. That's a decent retirement package that most humans can only read about in sales...

MARCH 25, 2012: FIVE MORE FOUR-WHEELED WAYS TO GET PEOPLE TO...

0
  Attention is a tricky concept.   I am an identical twin so I get all the attention I need or want when I hang out...
apr12-showimgp9297-2

APRIL 2012 STARS OF THE SHOW:THE FRIENDLIEST SHOW IN TOWN

0
Some car guys never take their rides to car shows. They prefer to either work on their rides or drive the wheels off...
june11timeaimgp1577-1

MARCH 25, 2012: 1969–THE YEAR OF A LUNAR LANDING AND A...

0
  I was a young Richard Petty fan in 1969 when I heard the news: King Richard had gone Ford.   Those of us who lived...
apr12-fall109-911

APRIL 2012 FALLEN STARS: A LEGACY, A NATIONAL TREASURE OR SOMETHING...

0
The Fallen Stars section has been one of the most popular monthly mscc monthly features since Day 1 on April 2 2009. There's no...
mar12-artradium2011256-1

MARCH 23, 2012: THE CARS THAT DEFINED MY GRADE SCHOOL DAYDREAMS...

0
  Elementary school was a pretty uncomplicated time for me.   It was after the disorganized chaos of pre-school thought processes rendered me a clueless danger...

MARCH 21, 2012: LIFETIME IMPRESSION CARS–WAS IT THE CAR OR THE...

0
    My school Principal was a good friend of my parents so occasionally he and his wife would drop out to the acreage for a...
mar12-nasc pm-1a

MARCH 20, 2012: WHY NASCAR IS SUCH A GREAT SPECTATOR SPORT...

0
  There are simpletons among us who love to trot out a tired cliché about NASCAR: hit the gas and turn left. Hitting the gas...