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Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1961 Corvette
Story and photos by Sharon Thatcher
There is truth to the old adage that good things come to those who wait. Take the case of the 1961 Corvette that sat wasting away in a farm shed in north central Wisconsin. It took 16 years for the old car to see the light of day again, but thanks to the patience of one man, the rewards have been plentiful. It’s been a happy ending for both the car and the man who restored it.
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Sphere: Related ContentOld Cars Weekly – 1958 Pontiac Chieftain
Story and photos by Brian Earnest For such a lovely, conservative, seemingly benign family car, Paul Craddock’s 1958 Pontiac Chieftain sedan sure seems to have stirred up more than its share of arguments and discord over the years.The car was a bone of contention between the original owner and his spouse very early in its [...]
Old Cars Weekly – 1950 Oldsmobile Street Rod
Bill Whited is not the type of fellow to come right out and say it, but he’s one of those guys that’s not easy to impress when it comes to cool cars. Not that Whited doesn’t appreciate all varieties and vintages of old iron – he does. He’s a full-blown car geek. It’s just that [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible
If a group of curious teenagers would have had just have 15 measly dollars balled up somewhere in their pockets on that fateful day back in 1976, Harold Cary probably wouldn’t still have his beautiful 1955 Pontiac Star Chief convertible. By the time the group of teens stopped at Cary’s Mason City, Iowa, home, he [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1946 Ford Super De Luxe
Sometimes in life, you just gotta take a chance.There really is not other good explanation for why John Lang would want to stop at a stranger’s house, knock on the door and inquire about an old Ford he heard might be sitting in a shed on the property. Lang had never restored such a car. [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1970 Ford Torino GT SCJ 429
Nick Heiser chuckles at the thought of his mean, green 1970 429 Cobra-Jet Torino GT being considered somewhat of an overlooked “sleeper” in the muscle car universe. “You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em,” he says with a hearty laugh.” Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1970 Ford Torino GT SCJ 429. [...]
Old Cars Weekly – 1941 Packard Woodie Wagon
“But I know a gentleman who had seen the car, and he’s a Packard historian, basically, and I called him before I went down to pick up the car. He told me it was a Packard 120, serial No. 5, so it was one of the earliest ones, and in his opinion was one of [...]
Old Cars Weekly – 1967 International Travelall
The International Travelall — a big, durable, loveable lug of machine that IHC cranked out from 1953 up through 1975 — was certainly a vehicle that was never meant to be babied. Sure, you could check off all kinds of boxes on the options sheet and get yourself a jumbo wagon that rode really nice [...]
Old Cars Weekly – 1932 Chevrolet Confederate Special Sedan
In official company nomenclature, it was known as the 1932 Chevrolet Model 21BA Confederate Special Sedan. Hal Hartel and his wife Beth just casually call it “the Chevy.” As in, “Honey, I need to run down to the store for a loaf of bred, should I just take the Chevy?”“And she calls it her ‘Bonnie [...]
Dead Mans Curve DVD
