APRIL 22, 2012: FIVE SOLID REASONS TO BUY A VINTAGE CAR...
Most car guys have no trouble finding reasons to buy the old iron.
For many car guys, it is the reason that they get up...
APRIL 13, 2012: WHEN THE INEVITABLE QUESTION COMES UP–WHERE ARE WE...
The time comes in every relationship when commitment issues become the angry and unpredictable 800-lb gorilla in the room.
That is the critical point...
APRIL 7, 2012: CAR RELATED STUFF FROM THE PAST THAT PRODUCE...
There are many things from the past that tweak our collective sense of nostalgia.
Some are more obvious than others, even in car guy...
APRIL 6, 2012: THE STORY BEHIND ONE GUY’S REMARKABLE BARN FINDS–THEY...
Rick Hartley is a hard-working owner/operator of a trucking operation who is also a heart and soul car guy.
The trouble for Rick is...
APRIL 5, 2012: TEN “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH MY CAR” SIGNS...
TEN "PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH MY CAR" SIGNS THAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE AT A CAR SHOW
The worst case scenario for car guys is...
APRIL 5, 2012: SPRING TIME FOR CAR GUYS–TIME TO SHOW OFF...
We are not quite sure winter has totally released its death grip on our part of the planet but we appear to be close....
APRIL 4, 2012: WHEN HOT ROD TV STRETCHES THE REALITY OF...
Hot Rod TV did a show about a custom car shop that only does work on 1964 and older rides.
The idea was that...
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...


























































