APRIL 4, 2012: A SURE SIGN OF SPRING-THE OLD IRON HITS...
                
 
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...            
            
        MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM LOVE...
                
 
A couple of late 70s Dodge trucks side by side at a Mopar meet was interesting enough to investigate because one of them was...            
            
        MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A HARLEY GETS TRADED FOR A...
                
 
This 1951 Chevy sedan comes from an era when it fulfilled the dreams of a practical owner who wanted a practical car. 
 
It has...            
            
        MARCH 31, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR WAGON –...
                
 
Wayne Russell has nothing but fond memories of his first Chevy Bel Air station wagon.
 
 This was back in the swinging 60s and that...            
            
        MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1957 DESOTO…RESCUING A WORK OF ART...
                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...            
            
        MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012): 1966 PLYMOUTH SATELLITE 426 STREET HEMI-EXTREMELY...
                
 
Mike Adams was born to own this car.
 His mother drove a 1966 Coronet convertible when he was a kid and that car left...            
            
        MARCH 30,2012 (APRIL 2012): ’29 FORD HI-BOY – BUILDING A CLASSIC...
                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...            
            
        MARCH 30, 2012 (APRIL 2012) A BEAUTIFUL 1958 MERCURY PARK LANE...
                
 
Bill Sheridan lives in western Canada, close enough to see the Rocky Mountains on the western horizon from the right vantage point close to...            
            
        MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A RARE 1975 PONTIAC GRAND AM...
                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...            
            
        MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A 1938 FORD RESTO-MOD IS SERIOUS...
                
 
Lloyd Goetz has always been a fan of the '40 Ford until he saw a 1938 Ford and all bets were off for him....            
            
        MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): A POST-WAR 1946 DODGE TRUCK IS...
                
 
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...            
            
        MARCH 29, 2012 (APRIL 2012): FORD’S OTHER PONY-A 1973 FORD BRONCO...
                
 
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...            
            
        APRIL 2012 STARS IN TRAFFIC: NEITHER RAIN NOR SLEET NOR SNOW...
                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...
                
 
Attention is a tricky concept.
 
 I am an identical twin so I get all the attention I need or want when I hang out...            
            
        APRIL 2012 STARS OF THE SHOW:THE FRIENDLIEST SHOW IN TOWN
                 Some car guys never take their rides to car shows. They prefer to either work on their rides or drive the wheels off...            
            
        MARCH 25, 2012: 1969–THE YEAR OF A LUNAR LANDING AND A...
                
 
I was a young Richard Petty fan in 1969 when I heard the news: King Richard had gone Ford.
 
 Those of us who lived...            
            
        APRIL 2012 FALLEN STARS: A LEGACY, A NATIONAL TREASURE OR SOMETHING...
                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...            
            
        MARCH 23, 2012: THE CARS THAT DEFINED MY GRADE SCHOOL DAYDREAMS...
                
 
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...
                
 
 
My school Principal was a good friend of my parents so occasionally he and his wife would drop out to the acreage for a...            
            
        MARCH 20, 2012: WHY NASCAR IS SUCH A GREAT SPECTATOR SPORT...
                
 
There are simpletons among us who love to trot out a tired cliché about NASCAR: hit the gas and turn left. 
Hitting the gas...            
            
        
                

























































