The Chevelle’s Sheetmetal List; Everything Must Go!
Well, as I reported to you in the Chevelle Teardown post, Jeff at Allison Customs has the entire Chevelle torn apart and has completed the inspection of what we’re going to need. Without going into great detail, we’re going to need to replace every chuck of sheetmetal under the car from the toe boards (where […]
Chevelle Teardown
As a follow on to the previous blog entry titled “The Chevelle Build Begins,” this week’s blog post is a photo documentary courtesy Jeff Allison at Allison Customs. He’s got the teardown of the Chevelle completely done now and has done the initial inspection. The good news is that I didn’t lie to him in […]
Road Trip to New Mexico!
As I wrote last week, the Chevelle Build with Allison Customs is officially underway! On Friday March 25 by brother in law Greg and I loaded the Chevelle up on a friends trailer, hooked it to the back Greg’s F-250 Powerstroke, and began the 2240 mile road trip from Ames, IA to Bloomfield, NM and […]
The Chevelle Build Begins
For the longest time I’ve always wanted to redo my Chevelle. My dad and I had restored it when I was a high school kid, and while it’s a good “20 foot” car it’s always had it’s issues. First off, we began with the worst shape car to restore that I’d ever seen. It was […]
Meeting the King
I had a chance recently to interview Richard Petty himself for an upcoming podcast show, and I’ll admit that it was one of the few interviews I was actually a little nervous about beforehand. I’ve been really fortunate to interview some important people in the industry related to muscle cars, but Richard is clearly the […]
The World’s Best Co-Pilot
When I was in high school in the early 90’s I was the default “car guy” in my group of peers. This is probably attributed to the fact that: 1) I loved cars and talked about them all of the time, and 2) I actually had a car. Most of my friends either used a […]
I Want to be a Race Car Driver
The Daytona 500 was this past weekend, and America (and the world) can now look in the record books and see that 20-year-old Trevor Bayne has become the youngest winner in the history of the race. That’s right. The youngest winner, ever. To top it off, he did it in only his 2nd start in […]
I’m Raising NASCAR Rednecks (Video)
True to my word I’m keeping up with the blog. Well, this is my second post this year (aside from the weekly podcast show), so I’m keeping up better than I was I guess. I’m actually writing this from a coffee shop which is something I never thought I would do. Only uppity-ups “blog” from […]
How to Make a Living at Loving Muscle Cars
Friends, this is a blog post that has been a long time coming. It’s time to tell you what I was really after when I decided to start The MuscleCar Place! I have been a complete car nut since birth. From the days I met my mom and dad’s rusted out ’64 Chevelle I knew […]
The MuscleCar Place Podcast – Episode #61 – SEMA Recap and the 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational!
Click HERE to download the podcast show in iTunes! Special Edition Show! I am dedicating this week’s episode of The MuscleCar Place podcast show to a recap of the 2010 SEMA Show and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational! SEMA Show Recap I attended the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas last week, which was […]