One of the easiest ways to improve the look of your classic car is to improve the look of your wheels. But where do you start, especially if you don’t have the budget for a brand new set of rims and tires? Well, look no further than the Pomona Swap Meet, where we’ve got royalty ...

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By Benjamin Hunting / Originally Published June 16, 2016 / National Automotive Parts Association / Trying to figure out how highway mpg vs city mpg will affect your overall fuel mileage can be a headache. How do those numbers get calculated, anyway? And how close are they to what you’ll actually experience in real-world driving? Sometimes the ...

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By Benjamin Hunting / Originally Published May 25, 2016 / National Automotive Parts Association / Battery powered tools are some of the most versatile helpers you can have in your garage. Going cordless means the freedom to go wherever your project takes you, including those hard-to-reach angles, nooks and crannies where air tools or corded units simply can’t ...

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By Jeff Peek / Originally Published May 6, 2016 / Hagerty / America, you love your trucks. And boy, are you loyal. We asked for the greatest truck of all time – make, model and year – and you did not disappoint. From a 1932 Plymouth to a super-fresh 2016 Ford F-150, you went with what you’d ...

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By Hagerty / Originally Published May 3, 2016 / Hagerty / Speculation has never been the best reason to buy a collector car. More often than not, the buyer loses money on a car that he or she didn’t want in the first place. On the other hand, there’s no shame in buying something that you ...

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By Rick Carey / Originally Published April 28, 2016 / Hagerty / Much like “correct” or “believed to be”, “rotisserie restoration” is an imprecise term carrying an evolving history’s baggage. When first employed, automobile rotisseries – for sake of clarity, a rack on which a vehicle is mounted and rotated along its longitudinal axis to access ...

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By Blair Lampe / Originally Published June 9, 2016 / National Automotive Parts Association / Today’s vehicles are made up of a number of systems working together in harmony. It would be impossible to remove one of these systems (fuel, for example) and still have a car that drives. So while you can’t necessarily say the car ...

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By Jim Koscs / Originally Published April 25, 2016 / Hagerty / In the ’60s and ’70s, “muscle car” most often meant a midsize American coupe with a high-performance V-8 and rear-wheel drive, period. But as Detroit performance started making a comeback in the late 1980s, and with V-8s on the decline, carmakers began stretching that ...

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By Paul Duchene / Originally Published April 26, 2016 / Hagerty / Restoration do’s and don’ts from the experts Interest in Preservation Class cars continues to increase, and collectors face difficult choices in deciding whether to restore classic cars. The issues are complex and investment significant, so we asked a panel of experts how to proceed. ...

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By Blair Lampe / Originally Published June 1, 2016 / National Automotive Parts Association / Like a patient who exhibits certain symptoms when they’re sick, your car has ways of telling you it isn’t well. Although most of the time you need a mechanic’s tool set and know-how to fix the problem, there are a few initial ...

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By Benjamin Jerew / Originally Published May 6, 2016 / National Automotive Parts Association / While towing a trailer, safety should be first and foremost on your mind. Tire pressure, trailer brakes and trailer lights are all critical to ensuring you and your cargo arrive in one piece. Trailer lighting, turn signals and brake lights inform other ...

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Old parts aren’t scrap, they’re valuable! At least that’s the philosophy Richard Romero and his son, Richard, Jr., have always followed. And that’s a good thing for their customers, many of whom wouldn’t be able to finish their projects without the sometimes rusty, but often rare parts that the Romeros bring to each and every Pomona Swap Meet. ...

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