Drake Donovan
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 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
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 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
Sep 25, 20235 min read
SURVIVING THE SEMA SHOW: The Things I Wished I Knew Before I First Attended
When you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s how I went into my first SEMA experience in 2021. I had heard so much about this show, the...
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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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Drake Donovan
Sep 10, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 09/11/2023: Joe Migliorisi's 1960 Nash Metropolitan
VETTE-TROPOLITAN When I walked up to this 1960 Nash Metropolitan, I immediately noticed the custom badge on the lower, right fender,...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/21/2023: THE KING COYOTE
THE KING COYOTE One of the Great 8 contenders at this year’s Detroit Autorama also made the trip to Cleveland for the Piston Powered...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/07/2023: Robert Helsley's 1948 Ford Coupe
THIS FORD'S ALL CHEVY I met Robert Helsley of New Kensington, PA at the Frazer Township Cruise-in where he was driving a 48 Ford Coupe...
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Drake Donovan
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 07/31/2023: Rick Ford's 2018 Dodge Charger Scat Pack
EVIL DUKE I’ve seen this vertical two-tone Dodge Charger a few times since I moved back to the Pittsburgh Area. At a Pittsburgh Cars &...
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Drake Donovan
Jul 19, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 07/17/2023: Jim & Pam Thompson's 1953 Custom Chevy Pickup
WHAT IS THAT? I unintentionally took a week off from posting #rideoftheweek because I was on the road at two consecutive all-Camaro...
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Drake Donovan
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 06/26/2023: Stewart Murray's 2002 Silverado
A TRUE PHANTOM In the collector car world a phantom is a car that the factory could have built but never did. Such is the case with Stew...
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Drake Donovan
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 06/19/2023: Brent & Chris Ankney's 1999 Suburban
SEA-BURBAN When I saw this creation being towed into the basement of Huntington Place for Autorama Extreme, I knew right away this had to...
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Drake Donovan
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 06/12/2023: Kevin Smith's 1949 Chevy Fleetline
THE CREEPY TIKI Autorama Extreme is the old school hot rod show that takes place in the basement of Huntington Place, the site of Detroit...
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Drake Donovan
May 29, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/29/2023:Bill Kniffen's1957 Chevy 210
A CORVETTE IN DISGUISE This is not your typical shoebox Chevy. This particular 1957 210 is a rare hard top in the mid-level trim of...
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Drake Donovan
May 15, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/15/2023: Mark Harlow's 1981 Jeep CJ5
CAUTION: WET PAINT I spotted Mark Harlow's 1981 Jeep CJ5 on display outside the Las Vegas Convention Center at SEMA 2022. Original CJs...
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Drake Donovan
May 8, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/08/2023: 1978 Cutlass Restomod by Hahn Automotive
MOST DEFINITELY NOT YOUR FATHER'S OLDSMOBILE This 1979 Cutlass caught my attention at the 2023 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels because of the...
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Drake Donovan
May 1, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/01/2023: Gil Berry’s 1960 Corvette Restomod
A HIGHLY DECORATED HOT ROD Gil Berry is the 3rd owner of this 1960 Corvette and it’s been in his possession for the past 39 years. It...
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Drake Donovan
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 04/03/2023: Rick Horning's 1939 Ford Sedan Street Rod
AS IS, NO WARRANTY When I’m doing participant voting at a charity car show, I try to find a unique car that stands out from the crowd....
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Drake Donovan
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 03/13/2023: Mike Muldowney's 1993 Mazda B2600
ERIN GO BRAGH Mike Muldowney’s display at The Detroit Autorama last month didn’t just grab my attention, it grabbed me by the collar and...
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