By Marty K / Originally Published June 3, 2014 / Hagerty   The car bug bit me at a young age. I was 15 years old living in St. Louis, Missouri. My first car was a 1951 Plymouth two door that my uncle sold to me for $5, with the understanding that I would fix it ...

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Today’s world is all about technology and speed. Kids, especially, are often more interested in their gadgets than having a real conversation… and they’re always looking for the latest trend in everything from clothes to hobbies. The last thing they’re likely to be interested in is a classic car. Why is this so important? Because ...

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Spring. It’s the season for college graduations, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day… and So Cal auto shows! If you’re a car enthusiast, you have no shortage of opportunities to show, buy, sell or trade classic cars and parts… or just to look and admire them! On May 3 and 4th, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles hosted a Mustang ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published April 4, 2014 / Hagerty As Americans, we’re used to our performance cars coming in relatively large packages— Tire-smoking muscle cars with big-block engines that proved there really was no substitute for cubic inches and no replacement for displacement. Or was there? The cars on this list are all ...

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Meet Scott Stuart, owner of Pedal Werks. Scott specializes in restoring and customizing foot pedal assemblies for any and all Air Cooled VW chassis based vehicles. Scott’s a long-time friend of the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show (look for him on Road 34, Space 5), and we recently had the chance to catch ...

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It’s not every day that you get to see 20 or more Edsels on display in one place. Alright, insert the “never wanted to” joke here, but although these iconic vehicles were an enormous marketing failure for Ford, they were creatively designed and the Edsel offered several innovative features, among which were its “rolling dome” ...

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A relay is nothing more than a remote switch that uses an electromagnet to close a set of contact points. When the relay magnet is supplied with voltage, the points close and battery voltage is routed through the main circuit. Relays are often used in circuits to reduce the current that flows through the primary ...

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The 1970 Dodge Challenger offered massive power in a two-ton package that was 191.5-in long and 76.5-in wide. Handling was, to put it mildly, not a strong point. The deeply recessed front grill tended to scoop air enough to have an effect in turns. Of course, handling twisties at speed wasn’t a big priority for the car. ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published April 11, 2014 / Hagerty Contrary to general perception, most classic cars aren’t fragile flowers.  In fact, many are anvil-tough, particularly American cars of the 1950s and 1960s, built with real Pennsylvania steel and very little plastic. But even these rolling bank vaults can be seriously screwed up by ...

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If your classic car has been in storage longer than your teenager has been around, chances are it isn’t ready to hit the road. If your wife isn’t even aware you own a classic car because it’s buried in the garage under all the dusty stuff marriage seems to collect, it definitely isn’t road ready. It doesn’t necessarily ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published March 28, 2014 / Hagerty The attrition rate of cars from the mid-disco to late Reagan-era is huge. And while we’d love to see someone somewhere driving any one of the cars on this list, in truth, we can’t remember the last time we saw any of them.  Here ...

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By Griot’s Garage / Originally Published April 1, 2014 / Hagerty The biggest mistake you can make when drying a vehicle is applying too much pressure to the towel. This drives any remaining dirt into your paint, causing micro scratches (and maybe some not-so-micro scratches). For stubborn grime, follow up your wash cycle with a ...

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