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FEATURE: 1987 Buick Grand National

By GlenStapletonPosted on December 10, 2012Posted in Feature Story, VideoTagged 1987, 2012, 231, 6, 87, air, avery, black, buick, chicago, classic, classics, cool, daily, fast, general, GM, grand, herald, intercooler, john, matt, matthew, motors, national, northwest, oconnell, picture, pictures, recollection, recollections, suburbs, t, tagged with 12, turbo, turbocharger, type, v6, video.

During the heyday of the American muscle-car craze, the Detroit mantra for horsepower was “Bigger is always better.” Then big changes started occurring in the 1970s as a reaction to rising gas prices, higher inflation and steeper insurance premiums. Performance fell out of favor with the car-buying public during this time of uncertainty. However, a […]

DREAM GARAGES: 1950’s Basement

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 24, 2012Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Dream Garages, Feature StoryTagged 12, 1950, 1950s, 1957, 2012, 50s, 57, air, avery, basement, bel, board, burke, checker, chevrolet, chevy, chicago, classic, classics, column, cool, corvette, corvettes, daily, diner, diners, dream, drive, garage, garages, gas, herald, il, illinois, in, ins, jukebox, jukeboxes, mag, matt, matthew, movie, neon, newspaper, oil, purple, recollection, recollections, red, rick, signs, sweet, vette, wheels, wurlizter

Once a person falls in love with the fantastic world of classic vehicles, expressions for that passion may grow boundlessly. Rick Burke took his classic car creativity way beyond four wheels; he transformed his boring basement into a 1950s wonderland, drawing on inspiration from the neighborhood and his business. Nancy & Rick Burk “Over the […]

CRUISE NIGHT: Palatine Culver’s

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 5, 2012Posted in Cruising, PhotosTagged 2012, 442, air, antique, auto, automotive, autos, avery, bel, blue, camaro, car, cars, chevelle, chevrolet, chevy, chicago, chrome, classic, classic car enthusiasts, classics, club, cobra, convertible, cool, corvette, cruise, cruises, cruising, culver, culver's, custom, daily, ford, fri, friday, friday nights, herald, hot, il, illinois, matt, matthew, menard, menards, motorcar, muscle, musclecar, mustang, night, nights, nite, olds, palatine, photography, pmcpictures, pontiac, prestige, recollections, restoration, restore, rods, sale, season, shelby, ss, stang, steven, transportation, v8, vintage, yesteryear music, z/28, zach.

This Yenko Chevelle showed great in the parking lot. As we saw with the Sweet Baby Ray’s cruise night, it takes a lot to scare off the area classic car enthusiasts. That repeated itself at the Palatine Culver’s cruise night as rain clouds billowed fast and drops began to fall. Now in its second year, […]