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Ride Of The Week 12/04/2023: Doug Holz's 1967 AMC Marlin

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Ride Of The Week 12/04/2023: Doug Holz's 1967 AMC Marlin

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...

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Ride Of The Week 11/06/2023: Paul Terlosky's 1971 Impala

Drake Donovan

Nov 6
2 min

Ride Of The Week 11/06/2023: Paul Terlosky's 1971 Impala

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...

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Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Earl Adams' 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix

Drake Donovan

Oct 30
1 min

Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Earl Adams' 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix

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...

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Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Paul Neubert's 1981 HUM-J-7

Drake Donovan

Oct 22
1 min

Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Paul Neubert's 1981 HUM-J-7

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...

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Ride Of The Week 10/16/2023: Dave and Sheri Saltsman's 1968 GTO

Drake Donovan

Oct 16
1 min

Ride Of The Week 10/16/2023: Dave and Sheri Saltsman's 1968 GTO

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...

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Ride Of The Week 10/09/2023: Simon Neubert's 1926 Ford Model T

Drake Donovan

Oct 8
1 min

Ride Of The Week 10/09/2023: Simon Neubert's 1926 Ford Model T

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...

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Ride Of The Week 10/02/2023: Dan & Lynnette Hartmann's 1967 Shelby GT 500

Drake Donovan

Oct 2
2 min

Ride Of The Week 10/02/2023: Dan & Lynnette Hartmann's 1967 Shelby GT 500

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...

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SURVIVING THE SEMA SHOW: The Things I Wished I Knew Before I First Attended

Drake Donovan

Sep 25
5 min

SURVIVING THE SEMA SHOW: The Things I Wished I Knew Before I First Attended

When you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s how I went into my first SEMA experience in 2021. I had heard so much about this show, the...

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Ride Of The Week 09/25/2023: Tim Dangle's 1964 Buick Special

Drake Donovan

Sep 25
2 min

Ride Of The Week 09/25/2023: Tim Dangle's 1964 Buick Special

THE GRAND SPECIAL When customizers have a theme, I always enjoy seeing how they creatively carry that theme throughout the car. This...

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Ride Of The Week 09/18/2023: Jerry Carrico's 1961 Chrysler Newport Town & Country

Drake Donovan

Sep 17
1 min

Ride Of The Week 09/18/2023: Jerry Carrico's 1961 Chrysler Newport Town & Country

RESTOMOD WAGON My tastes lean toward pro-touring style restomods. So, when I find a car that kinda has that look, I take notice. During a...

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Ride Of The Week 09/11/2023: Joe Migliorisi's 1960 Nash Metropolitan

Drake Donovan

Sep 10
2 min

Ride Of The Week 09/11/2023: Joe Migliorisi's 1960 Nash Metropolitan

VETTE-TROPOLITAN When I walked up to this 1960 Nash Metropolitan, I immediately noticed the custom badge on the lower, right fender,...

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Ride Of The Week 09/04/2023: Roger Linderman's 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII

Drake Donovan

Sep 4
1 min

Ride Of The Week 09/04/2023: Roger Linderman's 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII

DUDE, IT'S A STUDE!!! Roger Linderman of Economy, PA likes the unusual, non-cookie cutter cars. So, when he had the opportunity to pick...

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Ride Of The Week 08/28/2023: Brent Maletic's 1984 Monte Carlo SS

Drake Donovan

Aug 28
2 min

Ride Of The Week 08/28/2023: Brent Maletic's 1984 Monte Carlo SS

THE FULL MONTE Brent Maletic is a Car Show Life Customer. I’ve had the pleasure of doing show boards for both of his rides. One was for...

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Ride Of The Week 08/21/2023: THE KING COYOTE

Drake Donovan

Aug 21
2 min

Ride Of The Week 08/21/2023: THE KING COYOTE

THE KING COYOTE One of the Great 8 contenders at this year’s Detroit Autorama also made the trip to Cleveland for the Piston Powered...

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Ride Of The Week 08/14/2023: Reed Miller's 1989 Chrysler Lebaron GTC

Drake Donovan

Aug 13
1 min

Ride Of The Week 08/14/2023: Reed Miller's 1989 Chrysler Lebaron GTC

THE HOLY GRAIL When I see cars that you don’t see at every car show it always piques my interest. I’m so glad that I had the chance to...

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Ride Of The Week 08/07/2023: Robert Helsley's 1948 Ford Coupe

Drake Donovan

Aug 8
1 min

Ride Of The Week 08/07/2023: Robert Helsley's 1948 Ford Coupe

THIS FORD'S ALL CHEVY I met Robert Helsley of New Kensington, PA at the Frazer Township Cruise-in where he was driving a 48 Ford Coupe...

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Ride Of The Week 07/31/2023: Rick Ford's 2018 Dodge Charger Scat Pack

Drake Donovan

Jul 31
1 min

Ride Of The Week 07/31/2023: Rick Ford's 2018 Dodge Charger Scat Pack

EVIL DUKE I’ve seen this vertical two-tone Dodge Charger a few times since I moved back to the Pittsburgh Area. At a Pittsburgh Cars &...

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Ride Of The Week 07/24/2023: Mike & Kim Halslip's 2012 '69 Mach 1

Drake Donovan

Jul 26
1 min

Ride Of The Week 07/24/2023: Mike & Kim Halslip's 2012 '69 Mach 1

MACH-WHAAA? If you know me, you know I love a good restomod. This car, however, is the opposite, a retro-mod. It’s a 2012 Mustang done...

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Ride Of The Week 07/17/2023: Jim & Pam Thompson's 1953 Custom Chevy Pickup

Drake Donovan

Jul 19
2 min

Ride Of The Week 07/17/2023: Jim & Pam Thompson's 1953 Custom Chevy Pickup

WHAT IS THAT? I unintentionally took a week off from posting #rideoftheweek because I was on the road at two consecutive all-Camaro...

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Ride Of The Week 07/03/2023: Alex Kean's 1970 Citroen DS21

Drake Donovan

Jul 3
1 min

Ride Of The Week 07/03/2023: Alex Kean's 1970 Citroen DS21

IT IS FROM FRANCE On the Saturday Night Live sketch, The Coneheads, Beldar, Prymaat & Connie would explain their strange alien behavior...

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