Most American pony cars and muscle cars of the 1960's owe their Coke bottle styling to an industrial designer named Raymond Loewy. Mr. Loewy originated the Coke bottle shape with his design of the 1962 Studebaker Avanti. The silhouette is characterized as having a narrow midsection where the doors are located and curvaceous bulges atop the front fender located where the front wheel is and the rear wheel atop the quarter panels.

You could say that someone had a two-year Suburban addiction as he scoured the world wide web for a Chevrolet Suburban. Success came in August of 2023, when Facebook Marketplace yielded an advertisement for a 1972 Suburban at a vintage car restoration and consignment shop in Lake Forest, CA called Auto Addiction.

Mark Worman, the passionate and meticulous mind behind Graveyard Carz, has spent his career breathing life back into the rarest and most iconic Mopar muscle cars. Known for his unwavering dedication to originality and detail, Worman has turned his Springfield, Oregon-based restoration shop into a beacon for car enthusiasts worldwide. Partnering with Classic Industries, a premier supplier of restoration parts, Worman has amplified his mission to ensure these legendary vehicles are restored to factory condition.

A four-car garage that offers an extensive set of automotive tools and plenty of room to work - this is the sort of space where a gearhead can enjoy a well-earned retirement. 

There are a number of vintage Ford Mustang enthusiasts who work at Classic Industries. In fact, the CI colleague who spied this very 1995 Mustang Cobra convertible with the removable hardtop at the 2024 Mustang Madness show, had never seen a '95 Mustang Cobra convertible with a removable hardtop in person before. When photos were shown around the CI office, none of us knew what the heck we were viewing on the colleague's cell phone.

Chip Foose is a name synonymous with automotive artistry and innovation. Known for his seamless blend of creative vision, technical expertise, and passion for car restoration, Foose has become a legendary figure in the custom car industry. His iconic television show, Overhaulin', has not only showcased his remarkable skills but has also inspired millions of automotive enthusiasts around the world. Among his many partnerships, Foose's collaboration with Classic Industries stands out as a perfect marriage of talent and resources, resulting in automotive magic.

Finding an old car on the internet that's in another western state can lead to several twists of fate for any American muscle car enthusiast. Flying to this other state while you're recovering from knee surgery and then intending to drive your new/old vehicle home to California - that's also a recipe for some potential adventures in your life. One wonders whatever could go wrong in these sorts of circumstances? Hmmm...

The world of custom car restoration and fabrication has long been a realm where passion meets artistry. Few exemplify this as well as Joe and Amanda Martin, alongside their talented team at Iron Resurrection. Known for their expertise in breathing new life into rusted-out relics and forgotten classics, the Martins and their crew continue to set the gold standard in automotive restoration.

More so than any other hue, Fords with gloss black exterior paint schemes hearken back to the early days of the Ford Motor Company. Back in the early 1900's, Ford Model T customers could purchase any color Model T that they so desired, so long as it was black. Pretty much any restored vehicle looks great in black, if the bodywork and paint prep is superb. 

The vast majority of men and women in the old car hobby are doing something that is awesome with their free time. They're preserving history by restoring or restomodding old cars and giving them a second or third or fourth life. They're using their brains, and their hands, and their money, and their friends, and their families, and passionate professional builders they hire to create and renovate what was magical when it was new and now is superlative renewed and functional in current times.