Nothing more is required. There is nothing like the design style of classic muscle car era Mopars. This was a time when it was impossible to confuse a Mopar with anything else. They were unique and distinctive and they have only gotten better looking with time. Tony Bilich grew up in a Mopar household. His…

A man’s got to know his limitations. Some people really enjoy working on their own cars. There are a variety of reasons for this. For some it’s the cost savings. There just isn’t the budget for paying someone else to do the work so the only way to realize their dream car is to do…

This ’66 was supposed to have been built decades ago. A partial definition of a “period piece” is something, especially a work of art, that dates from or evokes a historical period. Car people would just call it “old school”. In other words, it’s been done like it used to be “back in the day”….

Mike’s wife got a second dog. He got this Nova as a retirement present.

Salvaging rare original Chrysler quarters for this museum quality resto. The word “restore” has a lot of different meanings for different people. In the context of restoring classic muscle cars, restore can range from something as simple as basic rust repair and new paint up to what used to be known as a “frame off”…

MCR hand fabricates an aluminum version of a T/A shaker. One of the significant differences between a factory stock restoration and a custom build (on any level) is that whenever there is a departure from the original design there is always the possibility that that departure could affect other areas of the build. In other…

Purchased new, driven, stored and now new again. Even those that are not car guys have one from their youth that has great memories attached to it. It could have been a hot rod of some type or an old beater from your grandmother but it still played a part in your life as you…

Mark Ehlen- MCR Staff If you ask the typical car enthusiast what is the most difficult part of any restoration project, probably 9 out of 10 would say the paint job. The more informed would likely go deeper and say the body work under the paint is more important because without a good foundation for…

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Getting the body ready for the shiny stuff This is where things start to begin to get really serious. Not to say that the previous steps haven’t been. As was mentioned in part 6, the metalwork is the foundation for everything after that but no panels are perfect. As good as the aftermarket panels are,…