Pre-Interstate road trip through Iowa

I know, the Iowa Department of Transportation has to be about the unlikeliest source of entertainment, and much of their Vimeo video stream looks like a snooze fest, but we did enjoy their “Highway Relocations,” if not for the thrilling narrative, then for the views of cars and trucks as they were in middle America […]

Preserving a warrior’s legacy

Bruce Hays’s original plan was to restore a complete, but somewhat worn, 1959 Chevrolet Apache pickup that he’d bought to give to his wife as an anniversary present. Hays was a Desert Storm veteran and a captain in the Wyoming National Guard. He was recalled to duty in Afghanistan, and killed there in 2008. Hays […]

Parts-O-Plenty: AMC

If you’re in the midst of an AMC restoration, Ontario, Canada-based Jim’s Restoration has released a number of new reproduction parts in recent months, beginning with the rearview mirror pictured above. Applicable to owners of 1964-’66 AMC/Ramblers, the left/right mirror features a correct “R” and comes with an appropriate gasket for $129; it is also […]