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FEATURE: 1968 Buick Wildcat

By GlenStapletonPosted on September 12, 2012September 16, 2020Posted in Feature StoryTagged 12, 1968, v8, wheels

Buicks have always had a reputation for being large, comfy cruisers packing plenty of panache and this 1968 Wildcat is no exception. During the 1960s, the Wildcat model was the Detroit brand’s midsize offering and was readily identifiable by its characteristic style line that swept from the headlights, down along the goes-on-for miles body and […]

FEATURE: 1932 Ford Tudor

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 25, 2012September 4, 2020Posted in Feature Story, VideoTagged 12, 19, 2012, 32, auto, autobody, automotive, avery, black, car, cars, column, coupe, detroit, herald, hot, jensen, kurt, matt, matthew, motorcar, muscle, newspaper, prestige, radical, recollection, restore, restored, rod, rods, tudor, v8, wheels, world.

There’s no shortage of fortuitous incidents that provide incentive for classic car owners to conduct massive overhauls of their beloved four-wheeled machines. In Kurt Jensen’s case, all it took was a flat tire. Jensen has owned his black-on-black 1932 Ford Tudor since 1981 and initially conducted a four-year build to transform the former basket case […]

DREAM GARAGES: 1950’s Basement

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 24, 2012September 3, 2020Posted in 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 […]