Each year the OPGI Marketing team is tasked with choosing a cover car for their 11 annual Restoration and Performance parts catalogs. With so many beautiful customer cars to choose from, it can be a tough task. This year the team reached out to Honorable Craig Kamanasky out of San Bernardino, California. The team was hopeful that he'd be interested in having his 1970 GTO Judge appear on the cover of our 2022 GTO Catalog covering 1961-73 GTO, LeMans &…
Detroit Muscle hosts Tommy Boshers and Joel McMillan guide viewers through restoring and modifying late-model and classic muscle cars each week. Watch for an OPGI Product Feature on POWERNATION TV as the guys demonstrate a step-by-step restoration on a 1983 Hurst Oldsmobile using some of our finest quality restoration parts and accessories. Tune into PowernationTV on Monday, October 24th. (more…)
On Saturday, July 30th 200+ Gm Classic vehicles and their dedicated owners filled the Original Parts Group parking lot to gather in celebration of OPGI's 40th year anniversary. The 2022 Classic Car Show was a huge success with delicious food trucks, vendor booths, and an epic turnout of spectators. See for yourself in our car show recap below. (more…)
Everyone loves a family-owned classic, and that is exactly what Original Parts Group customer Rich Scandaliato has with his '67 Grand Prix Convertible. The Grand Prix has been in Rich's family since it was purchased in 1967 from Rockville Center Pontiac in Long Island, NY by his father. It was not long after that the Grand Prix was trailered all the way to California when the family decided to move west. (more…)
In the last video release of Kyle Lindsey's 1969 Chevelle sedan build, Kyle and his partner Joe made great progress getting the body and sheet metal work done. The guys showed the process behind media blasting the body and overall prepping for bodywork and sheet metal replacement to take place. More, recently Kyle switched gears to work on the final look of the 6.0, decking it out with an all-inclusive pulley drive system by Eddie Motorsports. The complete pulley drive…
It was love at first sight for OPGI Customer Roger Acquistapace when he first laid eyes on his '71 Monte Carlo. After seeing a 1970 model for the first time, Roger knew the Monte Carlo was the vehicle for him. When the 1971 model was released, Roger made his way over to Pellini Chevrolet located in beautiful wine country in Sebastopol California, and purchased one brand new. Like many of our Monte Carlo customers, Roger is a proud member of…
Watch Master Mechanic Sam Mahdavi as he continues with his hands-on, informative approach to automotive repair, maintenance, and upgrades in three RESTOPARTS® reproduction installation episodes of Sam's Garage. (more…)
By now, most of you are familiar with YouTube personality Kyle Lindsey aka Saabkyle04, who in between countless restoration projects, building a shop, and renovating his home, has been restoring his wife Christal's 1969 Chevelle Sedan. Check out the post below including videos covering the classic sedan's current progress with a focus on sheet metal replacement. (more…)
Original Parts Group was pleased to attend The Grand National Roadster Show last weekend. It was the annual show's 72nd year hosting the longest-running indoor car show in the world. In fact, over 500 show vehicles were on display inside the Fairplex building, including OPGI's 1966 Pontiac GTO, "The Tribute". Take a peek at some of the other rides that we spotted on day one of the three-day-long event. (more…)
Did you know that Original Parts Group was awarded “Best GM Restored Vehicle” for our 1967 Buick GS 400 at the SEMA Show in 2009? in fact, that was the 3rd year in a row that OPGI was presented with the prestigious award. In 2007 the award went to our 1966 Chevelle and in 2008 our 1968 Pontiac GTO was recognized. Can you spot all three award winners in the image below? (more…)