Story and Photos by Cam Hutchins   After building a very cool 1928 Model A two-door sedan with a Coca-Cola cooler years back and driving it 30,000 miles over nine years, Jim Lyons of Abbotsford wanted a roadster. Dennis Kasper  had a ’33 Roadster that Lyons wanted to buy and finish, but he could not convince [...]

Story and photos by Cam Hutchins   A lot of guys build cars as young guys and then start to taper off, as jobs and houses get in the way and other passions arrive. Gord and Linda Koropchuk did have other hobbies, but cool cars were never far behind; for example, in the late ’60s, [...]

By Cam Hutchins This 1962 Corvette with a 360-horsepower fuel-injected 327 was purchased in 1999 from the original owner in Sidney B.C. with 42,000 original miles. Gordon Russell bought the car new from Carter Motors in Winnipeg on February 12, 1962 for $5,775.00. Russell’s two brothers, Don and Ray, had bought 1961 Fuel Injected Corvettes [...]

By Cam Hutchins   Randy Browning has had some of the cooler muscle cars including a 1969 Mustang Mach 1, but time for cars was taken up with work and raising a family, so he would eagerly listen to a co-worker talk about his old hot rod. The die was cast that one day; Randy [...]

Chevrolet turns 100 years old Story by Budd Stanley, photos courtesy of GM Canada   It’s ironic that the “Heartbeat of America” got its start in the small town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, a centre of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland. Engineering skills like that required for watchmaking, would be a good start for someone looking to [...]

Modern new life given to an old classic Story by Budd Stanley, photos by Grant McAvoy   The muscle car culture curiously mimics nature, if you stand back and take a look at it closely. It is a culture in constant evolution, not so much in making cars more efficient or in technological advances, but [...]

Canada’s only Toyota Supercar Story and photos by Budd Stanley   The Lexus LF-A is a masterfully exquisite combination of space age high tech and finely-tuned brute force, producing a vehicle that is much more than just a car. No, it is a vehicle that shouts to the Germans, Italians, British, Americans and even the [...]

Looking Back at the Jensen FF Story by Budd Stanley   There seems to be a strange connection between farm tractors and high-performance cars from the 1960s. Many know the famous rivalry between tractor builder Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari. The resulting dispute led Lamborghini to build his own supercar company, resulting in his first [...]

2010 adventure: Bought for $500, the dash and seats weren’t cracked – only the gas tank   The three-day 2010 Spring Thaw Adventure tour along the scenic route from Hope to Squamish, via Osoyoos, Sun Peaks and the Duffy Lake road, attracted around 65 classic cars from all over B.C., Alberta, Oregon, Washington and one [...]

Supercar Grandfather - The worlds first mid-engine sports car Story by Budd Stanley, photos courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Canada If one looks at the great thoroughbred driver’s cars of today, one thing starts to become clear. Cars like the Boxster S, the F-458, the Gallardo, the Elise, the R8 and even the Ariel Atom are all mid-engine [...]