1965 Jaguar E-type Series 1 fixed head coupe, the latest in Jaguar’s “Reborn” program. Photo courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. Following the successful launch of factory-restored Land Rover Series I and Ra...
A little over 6 months ago , Mike and I loaded up his Land Cruiser and set the navigation towards a small town in the vast desert that lines the eastern half of the Golden State. Nestled in a small b...
An unmolested 1960 Volkswagen Convertible made the best restoration candidate. Photos by Jeff Koch, except restoration photos courtesy Michael Etchepare and West Coast Classic Restorations. It’s the ...
Mopar’s new restoration part website, dedicated to owners of classic cars. Photos courtesy FCA Group. Finding reproduction parts for a classic car restoration can be a time-consuming endeavor. First,...
Bentley’s most recent apprentice class included 36 students, 19 in manufacturing and 17 in other business areas such as engineering, sales and marketing, purchasing and human resources. Photos courte...
Yep, that’s right, a BMW owned by the King himself! After starring in an exhibition, the lucky roadster finds itself at the hands of the team at BMW Classic, where it receives a full factory-fresh re...
Denver top sellers included this restored 1963 Corvette (L) and this restomodded 1957 Corvette (R). Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Conventional wisdom says that a restored-to-original-specifications...
SS 100. Photos courtesy of Simeone Automotive Museum. In addition to its automobiles, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia has an extensive collection of automotive literature, da...
Meet Jeff. Jeff is just a regular Aussie bloke; a guy who wants to tinker with cars in his shed and share his progress with whoever wants to see it. I don’t know his work background but he seems to b...
Small parts and hardware organizers like these can be purchased from various sources. Photos by author. If you’ve read my blogs over the past few years, you know that some of them deal with my organi...
Photos by author. Buying a used anything that you haven’t actually held in your hands, from a seller that you don’t really know, can be a daunting proposition. Yet, since we can’t have a swap meet in...
Here are a few examples of items normally used in the kitchen or bathroom that can help make projects in the garage easier. Photos by author. Areas like the garage, workshop and basement are sometime...
August 2, 2015, offloading the car from the transporter. Photos courtesy Don Homuth. Editor’s note: Last August, we brought you the story of Hemmings Daily regular, concours judge and former North Da...
Photos by Mark McCourt Collector: A person who accumulates a number of similar or related objects, particularly for a hobby or recreation. Curator: A person who manages, administers, or organizes a c...
There are some cars that just blast their way straight into the cockles of my heart. I’m not sure why, but they always tend to be old Fiats and Alfa Romeos, and if you add the word Abarth, you can be...
Here is an example of my Microsoft Excel engine compartment worksheet for my Buick shown on the desktop along with a couple of in-process car restoration photos just to make it more interesting to lo...
Text by Mike McNessor. Photos by Jeff Koch, restoration photos courtesy Evan Gavrilles. Some kids are drawn to sports. Others, fashion or music. For Evan Gavrilles and the rest of us, it was–is–muscl...
Sure, I want all of them…but would that be sensible? Photo by author. When I was a teenager, I thought there was no such thing as owning too many vintage cars. They looked great, were easy to work on...
A little while back I received an email from a member of the Clarion Builds project about advertising on this very site ( more info here if you’re interested). Well their first project car is now com...
After club racing his S54 powered 1979 e12 BMW for years, Brendan decided he’d like to try something a bit different. So with that in mind, he picked himself up an E9 to build into his vision of a re...
I have this list of attainable vintage sports cars that I like to think I’ll be able to buy as mid-life crisis project, and the Lotus Europa is firmly planted on that list. Every time I see an articl...