Articles
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
This ’66 Corvette proves it: If a C1 doesn’t fit, try a C2!
As told by Jeff Hubert • Cincinnati, OH
Photography by Colin Date
I am not sure why I came into the classic Chevy fold so late in life. I have always liked cars and I have always liked car people. Growing up, I always had a beater to work on but I was always trying to make it look nicer or upgrade the stereo. I just never took the time to learn anything about the engine outside of where the gas went and how to change the oil. This is even harder to explain when you consider that my step-father is Gary Anderson, the founder of SoffSeal, Inc. and a HUGE car guy. (more…)
How Car People Saved Our Cities… & the Environment
by Dan Peters
It’s difficult to believe in this modern era that we car-crazy people were once hailed as environmental saviors. That’s right, we car-nuts, who love the smell of gasoline and old mucky parts are the environmental saviors of the 20th century, if not human history! It’s hard to believe this fact when we are constantly bombarded with environmental pressures and anti-classic car legislation that point at the classic car guys as “gross polluters.” It’s also hard to believe we are heroes when you hear from the misinformed that the world has passed a billion cars, traffic is horrid in the city, the skies are full of smog and we unnecessarily burn huge amounts of gasoline with our carbon-belching, inefficient, oil-dripping pollution factories for the joy of the wind in our hair or to get an ice cream cone with our kids or grand kids. But! Do not be downtrodden! You are all environmental heroes! (more…)
LS6 MUSCLE!
Big cubes, big horsepower, and enough torque to uproot a tree. How can you not smile?
As told by Bob Thompson, #10038793 – Columbus, IN
Photography by Jim Knight
I have always enjoyed looking at, riding in, and driving fast cars. Somehow it makes me feel younger. I attended high school in the mid 1960s, and lived through some of the best years of car production. Every auto manufacturer was doing their best to improve their muscle car image with each new model year. (more…)
