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Organizing a car show can be an exciting yet challenging endeavor. From selecting the right venue to attracting participants and...

BOUGHT NOT BUILT Our #rideoftheweek entry this week is a 1955 Ford Thunderbird owned by Ron Price of Chippewa, PA. While the 1955 to 1957...

A PERIOD CUSTOM I spotted this Pontiac at the 2023 Wheel Craft K9 Heroes for Heroes charity car show in Mentor, OH back in August of...

ALL THE FEELS Seeing a car that was what my contemporaries were driving in high school and college on display at a car show gives me the...

A TRIBUTE TO PAP This Korean War Era Jeep caught my eye at a car show in Mentor, OH. It is a tribute to Dan Fracci’s Grandfather, Tom....

IT FLOATS OVER THE ROAD When Michael Contorno of Mentor, OH cruised into the Wheel Craft K9 Heroes for Heroes charity car show last...

A RARE KITTY The Tartaglione’s of Ross Twp, PA own several classic cars and are members of the Steel City Corvette Club. I caught up with...

A DART WITH NO FEATHERS THAT STILL HITS THE MARK This ’67 Dart was a Texas barn find that was subject to a rotisserie restoration in...

AN ELF ON THE SHELF STREET I was very fortunate to stumble across this car twice in the last 12 months. The second time, I was able to...

John Weaver was looking for an intermediate body style from the ’60s and fell in love with this ’64 Cutlass Convertible. “I got it off a...

ALL BUSINESS Jim McFetridge has been a car guy much of his life, owning classic Buick and a few first-gen Mustangs. As he approached...

AMAZING MALAISE WAGON This 1974 AMC Hornet Sportabout Wagon caught my attention at a car cruise last August. I had a for sale sign on it...

An Encore Appearance Gordon Ries of Conway, PA makes a second appearance in the Ride Of The Week blog. Last October, I featured his 1947...

A RARE FISH Unusual or rare. Those are two key criteria when I’m selecting cars for our #rideoftheweek. This one is both. It’s a 1967 AMC...

THE MOPALA What happens when you cross a big 70s sedan with 2020s Mopar Muscle? You get an autocross monster known as the “Mopala”. It’s...

THEY'RE ONLY ORIGINAL ONCE Earl Adams of Ravenna, OH was like a proud papa, discussing his first-year Grand Prix at Octane Nights last...

THE HUM-J-7 If you weren’t Arnold Schwarzeneger or Sylvester Stallone, having a civilian version of the AM General HMMVW in the early 90s...

THE GOAT WITH THE G.O.A.T. Ravenna, OH’s Octane nights had a little bit of everything. Rat Rods, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, 4x4s, Kit cars...

A 97-YEAR-OLD JALOPY Model T’s are getting to be a rare sight at car shows. The even rarer sight is seeing one piloted by someone under...

A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS A NUT When I attended a charity car show in my community two weeks ago, I set out to find some stories to help...