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FEATURE: Gary Heidt, 1932 Ford Roadster

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 3, 2012September 3, 2020Posted in Builds, Feature StoryTagged 12, 1932, 2012, 32, 33 ford, antique, auto, autos, avery, axle, blue, cars, chevrolet, chicago, chrome, classic, club, convertible, cool, cruise, cruising, custom, custom creation, daily, dropped, ford roadster, gary, gary heidt, heidt, heidts, herald, hot, il, illinois, matt, matthew, motorcar, muscle, mustang, mustang ii, picture, pictures, pmcpictures, prestige, recollection, recollections, restoration, restore, roadster, rod, rods, suspension, transportation, vintage

In the world of hot rod suspension components, one name that should instantly come to mind is Heidts. For over 25 years, the Chicago suburbs-based company has been cranking out suspension parts that have a solid reputation for being easy to install right out of the box and more importantly, working right. Gary Heidt The […]

CRUISE NIGHT: Downtown Roselle, Illinois

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 2, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in Classic RecollectionsTagged 12, 2012, 50s, antique, auto, automotive, autos, avery, back, car, cars, chevrolet, chevy, chicago, chrome, classic, classics, cool, cruise, cruising, custom, daily, dj, downtown, flash, herald, hot, humor truck, il, illinois, kruising, main, matt, matthew, motorcar, muscle, musclecar, my, outdoor, outside, photography, pmcpictures, prestige, recollections, restoration, restore, restored, road, rod, rods, roselle, roselle illinois, street, taste of roselle, tony, transportation, travel, v8, vacation, vintage

The month of June has started and so has another cruise night, this one being the event in downtown Roselle, Illinois, on Main Street. The event takes place every Friday night from 6pm-9pm and will run until September 28th. Glenn Rygel We ventured out last night for their opening day and caught up with the […]

PROJECT: 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 25, 2012September 3, 2020Posted in Classic RecollectionsTagged 1948, 2012, 48, 57 chevrolet, 67, antique, auto, automotive, autos, avery, blue, bmw seats, build, car, cars, chevrolet, classic, classics, cruise, cruising, gallaher, herald, hot, illinois, indigo, master, motorcar, night, nights, palatine, photography, point harnesses, pontiac, pontiac buick, primer, primered, recollections, restoration, restore, rod, rods, skip, style, stylemaster, v8, vintage, yellow.

We always have our eyes and ears open for area in-progress builds and one we stumbled upon recently was this 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster. The man behind the machine is Skip Gallagher, who is building this cruiser in his Palatine, IL home garage. Skip Gallagher “It had been restored about 12 years ago and so the […]

CRUISE NIGHTS: Downtown Palatine

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 12, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in Cruise Night, Cruising, PhotosTagged 2012, antique, association, auto, automotive, autos, avery, blue, car, cars, chevy, chicago, chrome, classic, classic car events, classic gmc, classics, club, convertible, cool, cruising, custom, daily, downtown, ford, friday, herald, hot, il, illinois, llc, matt, matthew, metra train station, motorcar, muscle, musclecar, mustang, nights, palatine, photography, pmcpictures, prestige, recollections, restoration, restore, rod, rods, transportation, travel, v8, vacation, vintage

Classic car cruises and events are sprouting up all the time here in the Midwest and the newest destination for four-wheeled enthusiasts is in downtown Palatine. Taking place just south of the Metra train station between Palatine Road and Smith Street, the Friday night happening is now in its second week and growing fast. It’s […]

CRUISE NIGHT: Mundelein, IL – ‘Park on Park’

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 9, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in Cruise Night, PhotosTagged 12, 2012, antique, automotive, autos, avery, car, cars, chevrolet, chevy, chicago, chrome, classic, classics, club, cobra, cool, corvette, cruise, cruising, custom, daily, herald, hot, il, illinois, matt, matthew, motorcar, mundelein, muscle, mustang, old, on, park, photography, pmcpictures, recollections, restoration, restore, rod, rods, rolling, shelby, show, v8, vintage

Whereas most area cruise nights plan for a weekly event even during the summer months, the downtown Mundelein, Illinois ‘Park on Park’ show occurs just once a month. Now in its 12th season, this past Wednesday night was the first of five for the 2012 season and the vintage, rolling steel was parked rows and […]

CRUISE NIGHT: Palatine Culver’s

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 5, 2012September 16, 2020Posted 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, […]

BUILDS: 1948 GMC 1-Ton Truck

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 1, 2012September 3, 2020Posted in Builds, VideoTagged 1, 1948, 2012, 48, 6, 8, adam, andrew, antique, auto, automotive, autos, avery, car, cars, chevy, chicago, classic, classics, club, column, cool, cruise, cruising, custom, daily, engine, garage, general, gmc, green, herald, hot, il, illinois, keppel, kool, matt, matthew, motorcar, motors, muscle, newspaper, night, old, one, photography, pick, pickup, pmcpictures, prestige, recollections, red, restoration, restore, rod, rods, six, straight, ton, transmission, truck, up., v8, vintage

One of the great things about the Chicagoland classic car and truck community, is you can never be quite sure what area enthusiasts will have in their garages. The Midwest may mean bitterly long winters but that just gives more time for the wrenching guys and gals to fine-tune the cool and unique project vehicles […]

FEATURE: 1947 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 24, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in Feature StoryTagged 1947, 2012, 47, antique, auto, automotive, autos, avery, black, car, cars, chevrolet, chevy, chicago, chrome, classic, classics, club, cool, cruise, cruising, custom, daily, delivery, herald, hot, il, illinois, matt, matthew, motorcar, muscle, nationals, newspaper, photography, pmcpictures, prestige, recollections, restoration, restore, rod, rods, sedan, street, suburbs, summer, transportation, truck, v8, vintage, waukegan.

Last week we headed over to Frame-Up Wheel Works, in Waukegan, Illinois, to chat with owner, Bob Janda. During our time at the custom hot rod shop, we spied this street-ready 1947 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery sitting out front and were told it does, in fact, belong to Bob, and serves as his regular driver. Our […]

VIDEO: 1964 Toyota FJ-45

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 11, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in VideoTagged 2012, 45, antique, arlington, auto, automotive, autos, avery, back, beach, beige, car, cars, chicago, chrome, classic, classics, club, cool, cruise, cruiser, custom, daily, driven, driving, engine, fj, fj45, garry, herald, hot, il, illinois, in, land, matt, matthew, newspaper, newspapers, off, palatine, prestige, ready, restoration, restore, restored, road, rod, rods, sand, scion, show, shows, tan, to, toyota, trail, vintage, white.

When we attended the ‘Back to the Beach’ car show, we didn’t quite know what to expect. Held in the middle of winter and indoors at a local Toyota dealership, we ended up more than pleased with the collection of vintage iron parked at the event. Not only did we find ultra-cool cruisers and classics […]