While the majority of people will feel this 1939 Pontiac should be restored, its time-worn patina gives it a genuine and truthful character that simply can’t be replicated. We say it should remain as...
If you’re not into pre-WWII cars, or even if you are, you might expect the proprietor of an outfit specializing in early Fords to be at least 80 years old. After all, conventional wisdom says Model T...
A rare, numbers-matching 1953 Corvette, one of the “lost Corvettes.” Photo courtesy of Dream Car Restorations. Rescued by a group calling itself Corvette Heroes, 36 Corvettes (1953-’82 and 1984-’89) ...
1956X Buick Century, on display at the Gilmore Museum. Photos courtesy the Gilmore Museum. As the director of styling at General Motors (and later, upon Harley Earl’s retirement, vice president of it...
Stripped to bare metal, the REO awaits final refinishing at Reflections Auto Restoration in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Photography by author. One cold Saturday this past February, I traveled to Belc...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this bulletin! The origin of the alien device that was discovered last December and has since been variously referred to as “Arc 2 D 2” ...
Restored 1962 Studebaker Hawk GT for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Body restored 10 years ago by previous owner (I have their progress photos), and I updated this 5 years ago w...
What looks like an R2-D2 pulled up from a saltwater sea, weighs as much as the Death Star, and has enough firepower to — literally — fuse together two Tie-Fighter’s? No, it’s not something from the S...
From the seller’s description: 1962 Dodge Town Wagon 4×4 Beautifully restored in the late 1990’s. This truck has barely been used since and garaged most of that time. This is a wonderful example of a...
From the seller’s description: 1963 Pontiac Catalina 2 door hardtop. This car has been PHS documented a real 421 HO, factory rated at 370 HP. One of only 1365 HO engines built in 1963. Has original b...
It’s no secret that I’m an avid reader of The Garage Journal. You’ll find that most of the garage builds on this site come from that very forum. One thing I love about GJ threads is that once the act...
The restored Lamborghini Miura SVR. Photos courtesy Lamborghini Polo Storico. In East Asia, Lamborghini’s most recognized model may well be the Miura SVR, a one-off creation built by the factory for ...
With only 978 produced, the 1958 Edsel Villager is one of the rarest station wagons on the road today. Photography by author. Regardless of historical finger pointing and excuse making, Ford has to b...
Chassis 300.057, now on display at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Photos courtesy Porsche AG. “What’s in a name,” Shakespeare asked, and in the case of the Porsche 901, the answer was a co...
Before: The dash trim pieces await clean up. Photos by author. Next time I hear those words I am going to run in the opposite direction as fast as I can. An acquaintance contacted me about seven mont...
From its 1989 debut through its 1997 end of production, Mazda built over 400,000 first-generation (NA, in Mazda-speak) MX-5 Miatas. Japan, where the model is known as the Eunos Roadster (or simply Ro...
Every now and then I get a bit of a “wow” moment when a build finds it’s way to my inbox, and this rally car restoration is definitely one of those moments. The thread first takes you through the com...
Frank Arone’s 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Photos by author. Frank Arone’s 1970 1/2 Z28 was the Restoration Profile for the August 2017 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines, and the Camaro also earned...
Restored 1984 Ford Mustang GT for sale. From the seller’s description: Very nice ’84 Mustang GT, 302, 5 speed, T-Roofs, Cloth Interior, Air, PW, PDL. Michelin tires on TRX wheels. This car was restor...
August 2016; Melissa Rhoades (right) drops the Corvette off at the National Corvette Museum. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. Burke Rhoads, an officer with the Nicholasville, Kentucky, polic...
No restoration project is truly complete without a set of the factory-issued tools that originally came with the car. Through the years the tools are usually the first item that gets misplaced and lo...