AUGUST 11, 2009: THE 50TH BIRTHDAY TRUCK: A 1954 GMC PICKUP-A...
Larry Robinson is a true car guy whose wife Joan isn’t the punch line of an old joke-she really does understand him.
'That’s why...
AUGUST 11, 2009: STAR TRUCKIN’ REVISITED AUGUST 2009- 47 FARGO...
Stan Purcell's grandfather bought this warhorse back in 1950 when it was a slightly used 3-year-old '47 Fargo.
Stan has never known a day...
My Star Collector Car – Page Not Found
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AUG 3, 2009: Cars shows-have we crossed the line on what...
I’ve attended thousands of “old” car shows over the years and the key word every time was “old”.
'In the last 7 years I’ve...
STARS OF THE SHOW-AUGUST 2009
It really is all about the show-after thousands of hours,a lot of blood,a lot of money and occasional marital discord.These are the results of...
JULY 30, 2009: MY STAR REVISITED JULY 2009: 1955 CHEVY NOMAD-SHOT...
John Smith needed a functional station wagon many years ago to haul his family so he bought a 64 Ford wagon.
His son was physically...
JULY 30, 2009–MY STAR REVISITED JULY 2009: ’55 BEETLE MID 1950S...
Adam Quigley is a young guy with a huge fondness for the Volkswagen Beetle-the older the better.
This car owned by an elderly owner...
JULY 30, 2009: MY STAR REVISITED AUG 2009 1920 T-JED...
As we all know, Jed Clampett came into a little oil money on the TV show “The Beverly Hillbillies”.
Jed never liked to spend...
JULY 30, 2009: MY STAR REVISITED AUG 2009:1976 Mercury Grand Marquis...
Most of us have purchased raffle tickets in the vain hope that we would win that brand new Corvette Z06 and most of us...
JULY 30, 2009: My Star 1963 Ford Galaxie XL-Mopar Guys Rejected...
Ike Martens has a very simple automotive philosophy-anything between 1955 and 1965 works for him.
Everything else is pretty boring in Ike’s world.
This...
JULY 30, 2009: 1953 PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN-THE “FOOD BANK FREDDIE” MOBILE.
Fred Scaiffe is, (as the late, great James Brown used to say), “the hardest working man in show business”.
'Fred runs a food bank in...
JULY 30, 2009 1968 CORONET 440: A SOLDIER’S WELCOME HOME FROM...
'NOVEMBER 11 IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS VETERANS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES AND REMEMBRANCE DAY IN CANADA. WE DID THIS STORY A FEW...
PART 4 -The Silver Anniversary of a classic Chevrolet Bel Air...
Sure he’d thought about selling his dream and building a new hot rod-in marriage circles they used to call this the “seven year itch”.
Later...
TRAFFIC STARS AUGUST 2009
More pictures of the old iron in real 21st Century traffic...just a little reminder that the cookie-cutter look that we see in cars of...
FALLEN STARS AUGUST 2009
Unfortunately these photos are a great example of the disoposable nature of cars...Who knows-maybe in 50 years we'll have a whole bunch of car...
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE vs. REAR WHEEL DRIVE-Real safety or just a...
There are a few schools of thought about whether a car should be front wheel drive or rear wheel drive. I intend to throw...
PART 3-The Silver Anniversary of a classic Chevrolet Bel Air –the...
In 1993 the car was slated for more cosmetic and drive-line surgery.
The bondo on the original fenders was starting to show-the net result of...
JULY 15, 2009: Caveat Emptor- The 21st century version. SALEEN MUSTANG...
Ryan is a young guy with a young family-he’s a self-employed contractor who has aspirations to join his hometown fire department.
He likes the...
PART 2–The Silver Anniversary of a classic Chevrolet Bel Air –the...
Dave was happy to learn that the 2-door hardtop style made the car significantly more valuable than a sedan.
Not surprising.
Dave came from a...
The Restoration From Hell Part Ten-IT’S OVER
THE FINAL PUSHI’d done a competent job with the reconstruction of the finned refugee from 1959 but I had clear limitations. The interior was...