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Fast & Furious: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS & 1984 Buick Grand National

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 28, 2014Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Feature StoryTagged 2014, cars, chicago, Chris Ingrassia, classic, classic recollections, daily herald, fast, Furious, matt avery, movie, muscle car, Vin Diesel

It would sure take a lot to be like Vin Diesel. Chris Ingrassia may not have the rippling biceps of this Hollywood hunk, but he does emulate one aspect of Diesel’s action-packed life: his driving. Ingrassia owns two vehicles as tough as Diesel, both driven in the filming of “Fast & Furious,” the fourth installment […]

FEATURE: 1963 Dodge D200 – ‘Superman: Man of Steel’

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 26, 2013Posted in Dodge, Feature Story, Special, TrucksTagged 13, 200, 2013, auto enthusiasts, auto museum, avery, brian, car, cars, chicago, classic, classic pickup, classic recollections, classic truck, classics, cruising, d200, daily herald, dodge, film, grams, illinois, man of steel, matt avery, movie, pickup, pickup truck, pickups, prop, recollections, suburbs, summer, superman, transportation, truck, trucks, volo

Major motion pictures highlight vehicles in a special way. So much so that it isn’t uncommon for auto enthusiasts to forget dialogue, plots and even characters’ names and instead leave the theater wishing they were cruising home in something cool they just saw on the silver screen. Well, now some area moviegoer will do just […]

FEATURE: Midwest Movie Cars

By GlenStapletonPosted on January 7, 2013Posted in Feature Story, SpecialTagged 12, 1960, 2012, 2013, 60, american, avery, blue, brad, Brad Buell, buell, car, car group, cars, cars photos, chicago, christian bale, classic, Classic cars, classic recollections, classics, daily, daily herald, Ed Hovorka, enemies, Halvorsen, herald, hollywood star, il, illinois, johnny depp, libertyville, man, mann, matt, matt avery, matthew, michael mann, midwest picture cars, model a, movie, movie cars, movies, mundelein, mwpc, newspaper, northwest suburbs, public, public enemies, rambler, recollection, recreation, road to perdition, roger, Roger Halvorsen, t, transportation

While very few of us are destined to become the next Hollywood star, it is quite possible that your four-wheeled creation may one day cruise across the silver screen. The transition from rolling to your favorite burger joint to parking on a major motion picture set may seem intimidating. Yet that’s where the Midwest Picture […]

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 […]