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Drake Donovan
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 02/27/2023: Bill Thompson's Custom Trike
Waste Not, Want Not This hodgepodge of a trike grabbed me at the 2022 Steel City Nationals in Monroeville, PA last September. Bill...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 19, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 12/19/2022: Gary Kmit's 1974 Vega Kammback
FROM TRASH DAY TO TRACK DAY Many #rideoftheweek profiles are of cars that I consider the oddballs. These are vehicles that are rarely...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 7, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 11/07/2022: Anthony Webster's 2007 Mustang GT
ONE OF THE BEST BAD IDEAS EVER The license plate on this 2007 Mustang caught my attention as I approached it from behind at a Cars &...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/29/2022: John Campbell's 1977 Plymouth Aero GT
YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE? The car show oddballs always get my attention at a show. This one is no exception, a 1977 Plymouth Aero GT. What...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/15/2022: Paul Campbell's Corvair 95 Rampside
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? While attending the first car event in my new hometown, I heard several spectators remarking on this particular...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 1, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/1/2022: Jerry Beck's 1978 AMC AMX
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...
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Drake Donovan
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 06/13/2022: Wally Melvin's 1951 Kaiser Henry J
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,...
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Drake Donovan
Jun 6, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 6/6/2022: Andy Deegan's 1926 Model T
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...
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Drake Donovan
May 16, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/16/2022: Jeff Nolt's 1983 Dodge D-150
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...
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Drake Donovan
May 11, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/02/2022: Ashley Coperhaven's 2019 Charger
ACCIDENTAL SHOW CAR When Ashley Coperhaven acquired this 2019 Dodge Charger, it was intended to be her daily driver. Her husband had...
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Drake Donovan
Apr 18, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 04/18/2022: Tawnya LaMark's 1981 Z28
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,...
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Drake Donovan
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 04/11/2022: Harry Lynn's 1968 Mustang 2+2
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...
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Drake Donovan
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 03/07/2022: Teana & Darryl McHenry's 1941 Chevy Pickup
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,...
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Drake Donovan
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Ride Of The Week 02/28/2022: Daryl McHenry's 1934 3-Window Street Rod
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...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/24/2022: Gene Duke's Dodge/Peterbuilt
Two, two, two trucks in one Just like Certs breath mints, this ride of the week is two, two, two mints in one. Mostly it’s a 2008 Dodge...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 01/03/2022: Yancy Cupp's For-Yota "Dumpster"
Throw it in the Dumpster This 1933 Ford is a hybrid…That’s right, it was crossed with a 1980s Toyota Pickup and dubbed by its creator as...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Ride Of The Week 11/22/2021: Bob Stutzman's 1934 Chevrolet Coupe
From the same show as last week’s #rideoftheweek, comes a 1934 Chevrolet Street Rod. This car initially got my attention because it was...
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