OPGI Customer JR Wildermuth of Atwood, California is the fourth generation of five generations of Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Buick owners. His family has shared a fondness for classic GM vehicles over the years and JR keeps “70 years of pictures…
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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30
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American Iron in Cuba – Myths and Realities
The recently improved prospect of normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba has the potential for many different ramifications across a broad range of cultural and financial issues for both Cubans and Americans. For classic auto enthusiasts however, it…
OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1970 Monte Carlo 454 SS
OPGI Customer Kenneth Paul Strawser of Downey, California purchased this classic big-block 1970 Monte Carlo SS in 2010 with the intention of building a fully restored show car. About two years and $30,000 later, his goal was met. Today, Paul’s…
GM Tech Center Becomes a National Historic Landmark
The General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, was recently honored as a National Historic Landmark by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis. The National Historic Landmarks Program was established in 1935…
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Lessons from Abroad: The Classic Car Market in the UK
Although the U. S. is the undisputed center of the classic car market as more vintage vehicles find new owners here each year than anywhere else on the planet, a healthy market for classic, collectible and historic vehicles outside of…
Insurance Claims & Collector Cars
Although most classic car aficionados know there can be big differences between regular daily driver insurance and classic car insurance when it comes to settling a claim correctly after an accident, insurance statistics from around the country seem to indicate…
OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS
The story behind Shannon Foster’s immaculate 1965 Chevelle SS might be titled “A Tale of Two Family Projects,” but that would be inaccurate, as only one Foster family project (the car) was ever really completed and the other project…
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GM Works to Ensure the Future of Restoration
It’s no secret that the future of this hobby/sport/profession/obsession can be viewed as a bit uncertain. Times change, products change, but most of all people change, and when the current auto enthusiast community looks ahead, many enthusiasts are becoming a…
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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 El Camino
The OPGI Customer Car presented in this Spotlight is yet another prime example of a classic 1965 Chevrolet El Camino. Although the Customer Spotlight car featured here in September was an El Camino from the California coast, and the clean…
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New Cars with New Names at Cadillac
After announcing plans to make Cadillac a separate business unit and move the brand’s headquarters to New York City, it’s no secret that General Motors’ (GM) is trying to overhaul its Cadillac brand in order to better compete with luxury…
