ACID RAIN After a month-long hiatus to move, again, Car Show Life's Ride of the Week returns for August 2022 with a very unusual ride...

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN I’m jealous of those people who have managed to hold on to their first car. I’m just as envious of those folks...

THE HEMI J Regular Car Show Life #rideoftheweek readers know I love the car show oddball. That car that you just don’t see every day. So,...

ALL IT NEEDED WAS…EVERYTHING! This 1926 Model T hot rod caught my eye at the Cavalcade of Cars in Hamburg, NY this past March. It had all...

Post War Resto Mod Restomods are my favorite segment of the collector car hobby. Classic lines with more modern, more reliable...

BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA... In honor of the Indy 500 race week, we’re featuring an Indy Pace Car Edition as our #rideoftheweek! When I...

ONE HELL OF A FLIP Jeff Nolt loves to build cars. Once he’s done, he’s in search of the next project. For the past two years, he’s been...

THE DEUCE THAT’S DONE IT ALL The story behind this #rideoftheweek is a car that’s done it all: daily driver, drag racer, show car and...

One-Owner SS Our #ride of the week for this week is a new Car Show Life Custom. Ken Mack of Chesterfield, OH came to us for a show board...

PURPLE BITCH While chatting with Tawnya La Mark at a car show last summer, I got the low-down on the history of her 1981 Z28. Turns out,...

NAVAL TAXI When Harry Lynn of Saxton, PA was in the Navy and stationed in California in the mid 80s, he bought a 1968 Mustang 2+2 from...

IT WAS “A HAPPY LITTLE ACCIDENT” Just as painter Bob Ross, would say about any mistake he made while painting, Barb & Dick Moore’s...

When Wayne And Carole Sokach of Johnstown decided they wanted to buy a fun convertible to drive and possible show, the thought they were...

Let’s face it. In the annals of muscle car history, the best paint colors and coolest color names came from MOPAR: Go Mango, Sub-Lime,...

ZZ TOP’S ELIMINATOR-LIKE I was first drawn to this 1934 3-window street rod because it reminded me of ZZ Top’s Eliminator (thought that...

LIZZY’S LEGACY When Paul Fraley was a child, he told his Grandmother, Lizzy, that one day he’d buy a car with just two seats and take her...

OUTSTANDING IN ITS FIELD The compliment to a scarecrow that does its job well can also be applied to the origins of this 1959 El Camino. ...

NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN (OF OWNERSHIP) When I asked James Voldrecht of Groton, NY how long he had this American Bantam Closed Coupe he...

AN OLDS LEGACY When I happened upon this 1969 Hurst Olds at the Madera VFD Car Show in August of 2021, the owner was somewhat mobbed by...

ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER As is the case in many classic car situations, you work on one thing and that leads to another, and another, and...