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DREAM GARAGES: ‘Mr. Ed’ Schoenthaler Collection

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 29, 2013Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Dream Garages, Feature Story, SpecialTagged 2013, 60s, avery, Brigance Chevrolet, car, cars, chevy, chicago, classic, classic car, classic recollections, classics, collection, collections, concours, daily herald, dream, dream garage, ed, garage, garages, Judy, matt avery, Mr. Ed, muscle cars, northwest, Schoenthaler, suburbs, transportation

If you were in the market to go fast during the 1960s, help came in the form of Mr. Ed. Not to be confused with the popular equine, Ed Schoenthaler was a top-selling salesman who dealt strictly in V-8 horsepower. He worked at Brigance Chevrolet in Oak Park from 1965 to 1970. “The nickname came […]

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 […]

BUILDS: 1948 GMC 1-Ton Truck

By GlenStapletonPosted on May 1, 2012Posted in Builds, Chevrolet Brands, 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 […]

DREAM GARAGES

By GlenStapletonPosted on January 20, 2012Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Classic Recollections, Ford BrandsTagged 2012, 98, apple, avery, candy, chevrolet, chevy, classic, convertible, covertible, crocus, eight, ford, garage, garages, hot, illinois, matt, matthew, ninety, oldsmobile, recollections, red, rod, rods, tbird, thunderbird, v8, vintage, yellow.

With the Mid West preparing for another round of heavy snow, it seemed like the perfect time to be thinking, and dreaming, about all those special places where our favorite classic cruisers get parked to wait out the arctic winter months. One such garage-mahal belongs to classic-car enthusiast John Petras. This is where he keeps […]