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Rossman’s Auto Salvage
100 Vintage Cars Survive a Major Crushing
When the value of scrap metal is up, we hear it: “Prices are up. Let’s crush all of these picked over vintage vehicles”.... more
CLASSICS
Joe Sharretts - December 22, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
Mini tachometer installation
Fill that clock void in your 1967 and 1968 Mustang instrument panel with usefulness
Ford bucked and assembled a lot of 1967-’68 Mustangs — in fact a staggering 789,525 units in three assembly plants in a two-year period that also included an ugly strike and plant shutdown.... more
MUSTANG
Jim Smart - December 22, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
1974 Corvette
The 1974 Corvette Set the Stage
There were a lot of things going on in 1974. History saw a sitting president resign from office. That same president, Richard Nixon, had imposed a 55 miles per hour speed limit on the nation’s highways.... more
CORVETTE
Story Kevin Harper Images Bob Stone - December 22, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
BLOOMINGTON GOLD TO RELOCATE IN 2013
America's Premiere Corvette Show will move from Pheasant Run in St. Charles, IL to Champaign, IL.
Event officials announced today that they will hold their last event at Pheasant Run in 2012 and introduce an updated event in Champaign County in 2013—Bloomington Gold’s 40th Anniversary.... more
CORVETTE
Andy Bolig - December 20, 2011 01:49 PM - Comments
Gilmore Car Museum Opens Year Round
Museum Experiences Unprecedented Growth
The ever-expanding Gilmore Car Museum, a favorite destination which has been visited by more than a million guests since opening to the public in 1966, has begun year-round hours for the first time in its 45-year history.... more
GENERAL
Andy Bolig - December 19, 2011 01:41 PM - Comments
The Inside Story
Corvette Market A January Topic
Mid America Motorworks Chief Cheerleader Mike Yager will participate in the January 19 expert panel at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The fifth annual Corvette Market Insider's Seminar gives auction attendees a chance to hear from... more
CORVETTE
Larry Jewett - December 15, 2011 10:07 AM - Comments
Corvettes at Le Mans
The 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans
The racing career of Bob Bondurant is full of highlights. He was one of the top Corvette drivers on the West Coast, winning as many as 20 races in 1959, along with the B Production Championship. In 1962, he was contacted about driving the new generation Corvette.... more
CORVETTE
Norm DeWitt - December 15, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
1967 Fairlane custom
This car was built for two things: fun and Craig Shaner
The builder of this fine ’67 Fairlane knew exactly what Craig Shaner wanted.... more
CLASSICS
Andy Bolig - December 15, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
Powdercoating At Home
Dishing up some batter-dipped parts for a '65 Barracuda
Don’t you hate it when you spend all day painting up some fresh suspension parts for your favorite ride, taking the time to carefully install and tweak them only to have the first rock that kicks up into your undercarriage take a nice quarter-pounder sized chip out of your freshly painted control arm?... more
GENERAL
Scott Lachenauer - December 15, 2011 10:00 AM - Comments
Open For Business
Chrysler Brings Back Conner Plant
Chrysler Group LLC will reopen its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit for the production of the next generation SRT Viper. With the plant’s reopening, nearly 150 jobs, both hourly and salaried, will return to the City of Detroit. The... more
MOPAR
Larry Jewett - December 14, 2011 11:25 AM - Comments