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If you’ve read some of my restoration articles, you’ll know that I did the bodywork on most of the cars. I’ve often been asked about how I usually go about this process. There are certainly different ways of doing bodywork and the steps taken h...

Coming from a small family construction company with a loyal customer base, one of many things we were taught first and foremost was Customer Service.  Absolutely no business will survive without the customer.  Satisfied customers will usually retu...

There are a lot of folks out there that are intimidated by electricity, let alone the automobile electrical system. To bring some clarity to the mystery, let’s dive right into the basics. What are the main components of a car electrical system? H...

The year was 1976, I was 13 and for some unforeseen reason my father decided to do one of those infamous father-son projects.  Early on a Saturday morning, we piled in the truck with the trailer in tow and headed to the small town of Akron in the e...

Interestingly, while there are plenty of people who still snub the notion of a kit car, there are seemingly more motoring enthusiasts roaming the planet today who appreciate them.  What began in the 1950s with people scouring junkyards for frames or...

What is the Fiat Abarth? After exiting the North American market in the early 1980s, Fiat returned for the 2012 model year with the diminutive but adorable Fiat 500.  Available in a multitude of variations, the Abarth 500 would be the family hot ro...

One of the deepest communities in the motoring world is that of the hot rod.  At least, in the United States.  In the good ol’ US of A, the hot rod is really its own culture, it’s not just a community, it’s a way of life – truly.  Hot rod ...

Fiat concepts, celebrity producers, and a Plymouth Barracuda At the 1963 Turin Auto Show, the Ghia G230 S was set on display.  Based on the Fiat 2300, the G230 S used a specially designed and constructed tubular spaceframe.  Two convertibles and ...

In 2010, while visiting a local car shop, the shop owner told me about a guy with a bunch of cars that were going to be for sale soon. We've all heard various stories over the years, and some of us have even had the chance to chase these alleged cars...

The Nissan Skyline GT-R Arguably, the beginning of the Nissan GT-R can be traced to 1957, when the Prince Motor Company, which would merge with Nissan in 1966, introduced the ALSI-1 luxury-performance sedan. Shinichiro Sakurai would have a heavy han...

In the summer of 1981, I was 17 years old. Full of spunk, I was ready to take on the world and to buy my own car. Most of the guys I was running around with had Camaros, Chevelles, and a few Fords sprinkled in the mix. Always wanting to be a little d...

Was the Triumph TR6 an all-new car? In short, no.  The TR6 offered buyers an all-new, sharper, blockier, more modern body style designed by Karmann of Germany, but was based upon the familiar chassis with the new 2.5L inline 6-cylinder engine that ...