By Jeff Peek / Originally Published June 17, 2015 / Hagerty / Sally Kosmatka tried to find the words, but she had to pause mid-sentence. “When I think about it for too long …,” she said as tears welled in her eyes. “I’m sorry.” Her husband, Jack, reached over and patted her leg. Without saying a word, ...

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Since the 1930’s, panel trucks and Suburbans have been well known for their use as delivery vehicles. They’ve been used to transport everything from hardware, construction materials, food, beverages and produce to vacationing families to their next scenic destination. These functional vehicles have been used as military vehicles, ambulances and hearses, as well as “family ...

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Last week we introduced you to a Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show regular, Thomas Kern of TMK Fasteners. Well, in Pomona the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… so this week we thought we’d go one generation further and introduce you to Thomas’ son, Jared Kern. (Yes, we know that out here it’s probably an olive ...

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It’s not everyday that an entire single-owner collection of classic cars goes up for sale, but that’s what is scheduled to happen at Lyngsbækgård Manor, on the eastern coast of Denmark, on September 26th. Henrik Frederiksen, one of Denmark’s wealthiest men, has announced that he’s going to auction off his pristine collection of 48 automobiles. The ...

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By Paul Stenquist / Originally Published June 16, 2015 / Hagerty / Whether you have a deep personal connection to your vehicle or consider it just transportation, proper care and feeding is a smart policy. For the most part, common sense will serve as a reasonable guide in making those decisions. Not so when it comes to ...

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If you’ve ever worked on your car, you know there are times when a nut or bolt has gone missing. Or maybe you’re restoring a classic car and you need a whole host of bolts to attach all of the parts you’ve found in Pomona? Well, that’s where TMK Fasteners comes in. TMK specializes in ...

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By Benjamin Preston / Originally Published June 9, 2015 / Hagerty / Summer has arrived, and with it, show season. If you’ve decided to enter your car into a show, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to a national-level concours or the neighborhood cruise; you want your ride to look its best. In judged shows, the ...

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So remember that disastrous sinkhole incident at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. last year? Eight Corvettes fell over thirty feet after the earth opened up under the museum’s Skydome. Well, the hole has been completely filled (with limestone and sand), and the incident actually turned out to be a major positive for the museum. Although only ...

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It’s true, a lot of classic cars are extremely valuable and expensive to own. If you’re like me, you’ve watched Barrett-Jackson on TV and dreamed of one day being able to afford any of the beauties that cross their auction block. High market prices can sometimes make it difficult for the average person to own ...

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By Hagerty / Originally Published May 20, 2015 / Hagerty / The original air-cooled VW Beetle was in production from about 1946 until the early 2000s when production finally wound down in Mexico. Throughout that time, the differences in appearance were subtle at best. VW’s own ad campaign made light of the fact that the annual model year changes ...

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No two ways about it, we Americans love our cars. And a lot of us love to customize them, soup them up, hop them up, rod them out, or otherwise modify them so that they stand out in a crowd (or so they’re faster and louder). We turn them into hot rods, rat rods, street rods and ...

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By Jeff Peek / Originally Published May 18, 2015 / Hagerty / Margaret Dunning, the car-loving centenarian who became something of a celebrity and earned the nickname “Belle of the Concours” after showing her 1930 Packard in the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, has died. Dunning, of Plymouth, Mich., would have celebrated her 105th birthday next month. ...

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