Drake Donovan
Ride Of The Week 02/26/2024: Ron Price's 1955 Thunderbird
BOUGHT NOT BUILT Our #rideoftheweek entry this week is a 1955 Ford Thunderbird owned by Ron Price of Chippewa, PA. While the 1955 to 1957...
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Drake Donovan
Feb 191 min read
Ride Of The Week 02/19/2024: The Tirabassi Family’s 1965 Tempest
A PERIOD CUSTOM I spotted this Pontiac at the 2023 Wheel Craft K9 Heroes for Heroes charity car show in Mentor, OH back in August of...
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Drake Donovan
Feb 121 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/29/2024: Burt Calhoun’s 1996 Eagle Talon
ALL THE FEELS Seeing a car that was what my contemporaries were driving in high school and college on display at a car show gives me the...
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Drake Donovan
Feb 121 min read
Ride Of The Week 02/12/2024: Dan Fracci’s 1952 Willys M38A1
A TRIBUTE TO PAP This Korean War Era Jeep caught my eye at a car show in Mentor, OH. It is a tribute to Dan Fracci’s Grandfather, Tom....
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Drake Donovan
Feb 51 min read
Ride Of The Week 02/05/2024: Michael Contorno’s Boat Car
IT FLOATS OVER THE ROAD When Michael Contorno of Mentor, OH cruised into the Wheel Craft K9 Heroes for Heroes charity car show last...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 221 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/22/2024: Marian & Rick Tartaglione’s 1972 Mercury Cougar
A RARE KITTY The Tartaglione’s of Ross Twp, PA own several classic cars and are members of the Steel City Corvette Club. I caught up with...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 151 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/15/2024: Jodi Forrizzi’s 1967 Dodge Dart GT
A DART WITH NO FEATHERS THAT STILL HITS THE MARK This ’67 Dart was a Texas barn find that was subject to a rotisserie restoration in...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 81 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/08/2024: Paul Bates' 1964 Riley Elf
AN ELF ON THE SHELF STREET I was very fortunate to stumble across this car twice in the last 12 months. The second time, I was able to...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 11 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/01/2024: John Weaver's 1964 Olds Cutlass Convertible
John Weaver was looking for an intermediate body style from the ’60s and fell in love with this ’64 Cutlass Convertible. “I got it off a...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 25, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 12/25/2023: Jim McFetridge's 1936 Chevrolet Business Coupe
ALL BUSINESS Jim McFetridge has been a car guy much of his life, owning classic Buick and a few first-gen Mustangs. As he approached...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 12/18/2023: Brent Derrock's 1974 AMC Sportabout Wagon
AMAZING MALAISE WAGON This 1974 AMC Hornet Sportabout Wagon caught my attention at a car cruise last August. I had a for sale sign on it...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 12/11/2023: Gordon Ries' 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner
An Encore Appearance Gordon Ries of Conway, PA makes a second appearance in the Ride Of The Week blog. Last October, I featured his 1947...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 4, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 12/04/2023: Doug Holz's 1967 AMC Marlin
A RARE FISH Unusual or rare. Those are two key criteria when I’m selecting cars for our #rideoftheweek. This one is both. It’s a 1967 AMC...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 11/06/2023: Paul Terlosky's 1971 Impala
THE MOPALA What happens when you cross a big 70s sedan with 2020s Mopar Muscle? You get an autocross monster known as the “Mopala”. It’s...
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Drake Donovan
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Earl Adams' 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix
THEY'RE ONLY ORIGINAL ONCE Earl Adams of Ravenna, OH was like a proud papa, discussing his first-year Grand Prix at Octane Nights last...
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Drake Donovan
Oct 22, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 10/23/2023: Paul Neubert's 1981 HUM-J-7
THE HUM-J-7 If you weren’t Arnold Schwarzeneger or Sylvester Stallone, having a civilian version of the AM General HMMVW in the early 90s...
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Drake Donovan
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 10/16/2023: Dave and Sheri Saltsman's 1968 GTO
THE GOAT WITH THE G.O.A.T. Ravenna, OH’s Octane nights had a little bit of everything. Rat Rods, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, 4x4s, Kit cars...
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Drake Donovan
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 10/09/2023: Simon Neubert's 1926 Ford Model T
A 97-YEAR-OLD JALOPY Model T’s are getting to be a rare sight at car shows. The even rarer sight is seeing one piloted by someone under...
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Drake Donovan
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 10/02/2023: Dan & Lynnette Hartmann's 1967 Shelby GT 500
A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS A NUT When I attended a charity car show in my community two weeks ago, I set out to find some stories to help...
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Drake Donovan
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 09/25/2023: Tim Dangle's 1964 Buick Special
THE GRAND SPECIAL When customizers have a theme, I always enjoy seeing how they creatively carry that theme throughout the car. This...
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