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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Drake Donovan
- 6 days ago
- 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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Drake Donovan
- Sep 18
- 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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Drake Donovan
- Sep 11
- 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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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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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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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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Drake Donovan
- Aug 14
- 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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Drake Donovan
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Ride Of The Week 12/05/2022: Phil McCormick's 1969 Stingray
Yes, He Really Did Spend His Kid’s College Fund On A Vette Phil McCormick took best in show at the 2021 Corvettes at Carlisle event and...
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Drake Donovan
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Ride Of The Week 10/10/2022: Melissa & John Faragotti's 1967 Chevelle
BETTER THAN A NEW MINIVAN The year was 1983. Dodge was releasing the brand-new, 1984 Dodge Caravan, but for Melissa & John Faragotti, the...
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Drake Donovan
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Ride Of The Week 09/26/2022: Katrina McDonald's 1967 Jaguar E-Type Roadster
KAT’S CAT It is said that the Jaguar E-Type was considered to be the most beautiful car in the world by one Enzo Ferrari. That is indeed...
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Drake Donovan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 09/19/2022: Kyle & Michelle Manseau's 1966 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster
ALL IN THE FAMILY At the 40th Corvettes at Carlisle I happened upon this stunning 1966 Sting Ray Roadster owned by Kyle and Michelle...
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Drake Donovan
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 09/12/2022: Dave Johnson's 1969 Dodge Super Bee
EPIC BEE In my opinion, muscle cars are the coolest. However, this 1969 Super Bee has a great back story that ups its cool factor...
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Drake Donovan
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
Ride Of The Week 09/5/2022: Beth Rhodes' 1968 Camaro Sport Coupe
A GRADUATION GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Beth Rhodes it the original owner of this 1968 Camaro Sport Coupe. Upon her graduation from Penn...
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Drake Donovan
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 08/29/2022: John Campbell's 1977 Plymouth Aero GT
YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE? The car show oddballs always get my attention at a show. This one is no exception, a 1977 Plymouth Aero GT. What...
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Drake Donovan
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 08/22/2022: Gary Radford's 1965 Corvette
LIVING FOR THE FALLEN When I witnessed this beautiful mid-year Vette back into a space at a recent cars & coffee event, it grabbed my...
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Drake Donovan
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 08/15/2022: Paul Campbell's Corvair 95 Rampside
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? While attending the first car event in my new hometown, I heard several spectators remarking on this particular...
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Drake Donovan
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 08/8/2022: Wendy Beitinger's 1967 Camaro Sport Coupe
BORN INTO THIS At Camaro Nationals this past July, I came upon a family wearing matching t-shirts. Mom and the kids all had “I was born...
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Drake Donovan
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 08/1/2022: Jerry Beck's 1978 AMC AMX
ACID RAIN After a month-long hiatus to move, again, Car Show Life's Ride of the Week returns for August 2022 with a very unusual ride...
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Drake Donovan
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
Ride Of The Week 07/4/2022: Bob Bachman's 1969 GTO Restomod
YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN I’m jealous of those people who have managed to hold on to their first car. I’m just as envious of those folks...
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