Drake Donovan
Ride Of The Week 08/28/2023: Brent Maletic's 1984 Monte Carlo SS
THE FULL MONTE Brent Maletic is a Car Show Life Customer. I’ve had the pleasure of doing show boards for both of his rides. One was for...
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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 13, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 08/14/2023: Reed Miller's 1989 Chrysler Lebaron GTC
THE HOLY GRAIL When I see cars that you don’t see at every car show it always piques my interest. I’m so glad that I had the chance to...
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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 26, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 07/24/2023: Mike & Kim Halslip's 2012 '69 Mach 1
MACH-WHAAA? If you know me, you know I love a good restomod. This car, however, is the opposite, a retro-mod. It’s a 2012 Mustang done...
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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
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 07/03/2023: Alex Kean's 1970 Citroen DS21
IT IS FROM FRANCE On the Saturday Night Live sketch, The Coneheads, Beldar, Prymaat & Connie would explain their strange alien behavior...
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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 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
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/29/2023: Don Deveer’s 1961 Austin Healey 3000 Mark 1 BT7
AN ADVENTURE EVERYTIME YOU GET IN IT Don Deveer is a Navy Veteran who bought this car while he was stationed in Seattle in 1984. He...
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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 21, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 05/22/2023: Elaine Smolnik's 2019 Corvette Stingray
WARRANTY VOIDED BY DAVE KINDIG Elaine Smolnik of Brookfield, OH is proud of her son. When Stevie began working at a dealership in the...
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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 27, 20231 min read
Ride Of The Week 03/27/2023: Shelly Damico's 1969 Saab Sonnet IV
DAISY Shelly Damico's 1969 Saab Sonnet IV originally belonged to her father Richie Simpson. He was a Saab mechanic and acquired the car...
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Drake Donovan
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Ride Of The Week 03/20/2023: Albert Heiles' 1959 VW Bug
AN HONEST-TO-GOD MOVIE CAR A chance meeting at an indoor dog park with an acquaintance of the organizer of a cars & coffee fund raiser...
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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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