Like many of us, my girlfriend Linda can’t find anything good to watch on TV, so she buys videos (often on eBay) and watches them. After she has viewed the whole video, she sells it again on eBay. In many cases, she even makes a little money on the deal. The latest video...
We have been working on my son Jesse’s 1949 Studebaker Commander Starlight coupe and after we took the engine up to Antigo Auto Parts to have it rebuilt, engine guy Bob Andes called us up. “This timing cover has a bad dent in it,” he said. “And there is a spacer piece behind...
By Angelo Van Bogart This story was originally published in the September 8, 2005, issue of Old Cars Weekly. This car will now be offered for sale at Mecum’s 2015 Kissimmee, Fla., auction. Owning a Hemi Challenger R/T since new and putting only 1,871 miles on it might be like buying a Playboy magazine...
We were poking around for information about rebuilding fire truck engines when fire truck restorer Ken Soderbeck told us about a business based in Garland, Texas, called The V-12 Shop (www.Thev12shop.com). It seems that the V-12 Shop is a family-owned restoration business headed by Doug Kindred and Katrina Falk, It provides affordable parts,...
We noticed that the Milwaukee “World of Wheels” (www.worldofwheels.com) is coming up again on Feb. 20-22. We have a thing for oddball British cars, which may be why we noticed the Dollar-A-Day car at last year’s show. Actually, the black 1959 Anglia at the World of Wheels was one of three English Ford...
Anyone wanna buy a big bunch of car magazines? Even before we got into the auto writing business, we loved car magazines. Back in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, Dad had a subscription the Motor Trend. We worked a night shift then and, on Saturday, we would take the kids to his house...
Wyoming Bill to Provide Single License Plate for Certain Motor Vehicles to be Considered on Jan. 15, 2015 SEMA Action Network update Legislation (H.B. 74) to provide for the issuance of a single license plate for motor vehicles that were not originally equipped with a display bracket on the front of the vehicle is...
I wonder what Henry Ford would say today if he saw what has happened since his Model T Ford. This icon of automotive history not only changed the world, but started the revolution to go faster – the art, the scene of hot rodding. Bob Koepke hailed from Gary, Ind., growing up on the...
Kentucky Reintroduces Bill to Assess Motor Vehicles for Property Tax Legislation (H.B. 20) to put in place a new valuation procedure for older vehicles was reintroduced. Vehicles 20 years old or older would no longer be presumed to be in “original factory” or “classic” condition. Original factory and classic vehicles are currently assessed as...
It seems like everyone around Old Cars Weekly headquarters in Iola, Wis., has been talking about Green Bay lately. That’s because there is a lovable football team there called the Packers and they’re doing pretty good this year. We don’t follow football, but we’ve heard that it can get pretty cold at Packer home...
