A practical roadmap for planning, sequencing, and budgeting a classic car restoration without losing your mind or your money.

Why do you own (or want to own) a Mopar musclecar? Don't think about it. It's not a trick question. You own your car because you love the car, and you want to drive it and show it off. But you also ...

Editor Glad admits it freely. Our '64 El Camino shop truck is a beater. His prepurchase criterion of having a rust-free cab was validated. There is no rust around the windshield, back glass, and cowl, ...

It’s crazy to think that the Toyota FJ Cruiser is old enough to be worked on by a classic 4×4 restoration shop. But, yeah, 2008 was a long time ago now! This one was just another mildly rusty New ...

The car frame is the main supporting framework to which all other parts of the car are connected. Because a car frame is made of metal, it can rust over time. The good news is that it can be repaired, ...

Unscrupulous auto dealers trying to aggressively push rustproofing is generally thought of to be a scam nowadays. Even the folks at Consumer Reports recommend skipping it. Well, I'm not going to ...

The short answer is, paying someone else to repair your rusty car frame takes an awful lot of money. Tackling it as a DIY project, though, will require some basic tools coupled with a lot of time and ...

Everything went like a charm for Chevrolet in the early ‘60s, and it all seemed like only the sky was the limit for the GM brand. The Impala was already a money-making machine, so the 1962 model year ...

The most notable debut in 1976 for Firebird fans was the W50 Formula Appearance Package, but the Trans Am was already the main growth engine for the series. It recorded a 70% increase from the ...