31Jul 2014
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The Sinkhole in the News – A Blessing in Disguise?

Everyone has heard about the Sinkhole by now. Back on February 12th of this year, eight Corvettes fell into a giant sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It wasn’t the most threatening disaster in the news that week, but news of the sinkhole spread quickly and it was covered in detail by nearly every media outlet in the country, and along the way it captured the attention of the entire nation. There was something irresistibly fascinating…

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24Jul 2014
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Project Whistling Death

As a leader in the classic car parts industry, Original Parts Group, Inc. (OPGI) gets to work with a lot of creative people like those at auto magazines and enthusiast websites, professional car collectors, restoration shops and of course, many individual car fans too. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear from someone who is starting a new classic car related project of some sort. One of the more interesting build projects we are participating in this year…

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2Jul 2014
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Celebrating Collector Cars – National Collector Car Appreciation Day

The U.S. Senate working in conjunction with the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) and its Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO) and Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) councils, have announced that the U.S. Senate has passed Senate Resolution 493 (S. Res. 493) designating July 11, 2014 as the fifth consecutive “Collector Car Appreciation Day.” The date marks the commemoration of a relatively new nationwide event designed to raise awareness of the important role automotive restoration and collector cars play in American…

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20Jun 2014
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Black is Back

A recent update from the California Division of Motor Vehicles regarding the state’s Legacy License Plate Program should make owners of vintage iron dating from 1963 to 1969 very happy. The California DMV has received the mandatory minimum 7,500 pre-orders necessary to kick start the production and distribution of retro-styled, black with yellow character license plates. The black plates were originally issued in the state between 1963 and 1969, and owners of cars from that era will probably be the…

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12Jun 2014
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Electric Muscle?

Classic car enthusiasts have taken many different approaches to building, restoring and maintaining vintage iron in order to keep older cars on the road today. Although it seems most enthusiasts are content to restore their vintage cars back to original factory specifications, there are also those who feel the need to “improve” their cars a bit and it is not totally unusual that some would desire to put a modern chassis and drivetrain underneath the skin of an otherwise vintage…

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6Jun 2014
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The Grand Old Man of Detroit

As most classic car enthusiasts enjoy studying the history of the automobile and the people who built them, the name Henry Leland should be a lot more recognizable today than it probably is. This becomes apparent when one considers that Henry Leland founded both of the two biggest American luxury car brands that exist today. Although many students of early General Motors (GM) history might remember that Leland was the man responsible for creating the first Cadillac, fewer will likely…

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30May 2014
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Do You Need a Classic Car App?

Reports of a new smart phone application designed to help classic auto enthusiasts determine the “correct” price to pay for a vintage vehicle have been popping up around various news sites on the Internet lately. The new app is called “The Fuelist” and its parent company is identified as The Chancellor Group, described as a conglomerate that owns various oil, gas, technology and media properties. The Fuelist app is aimed at individual auto enthusiasts as well as collectors and investors…

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21May 2014
By OPGI no comments Industry News Oldsmobile

Ten Years after the End of an Era

Ten years (and a few weeks) ago, the last Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line at General Motors Corp.'s Lansing Car Assembly plant. Oldsmobile was named after founder Ransom E. Olds, the man who started the Olds Motor Vehicle Co. back in 1897, making Oldsmobile the oldest automotive brand name in the U.S., and second oldest in the world only to the Daimler nameplate in Europe. The Olds Company became part of General Motors (GM) in 1908 when it joined…

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15May 2014
By OPGI no comments Buick Industry News

Buick is the Biggest and Best Selling Brand (in China)

As the oldest active American brand, Buick has been around since the turn of the twentieth century, but the true heyday for Buick cars on American roads has passed. Classic car collectors know that the best-selling Buicks’ were the big, broad-shouldered cars’ of the 60’s and 70’s. Times and tastes change, and over the last four decades Buick has had its share of ups and downs, but the brand still survives and sales in the U.S. have been trending up…

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8May 2014
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Automotive Identity Theft

A 1970 Chevelle and a 1966 Corvette recently appeared in the news after both car’s owners were charged with felonies for trying to create and sell fake ‘numbers matching’ cars. With big money changing hands for collectible cars around the country these days, the activity can attract unscrupulous people and high profile cars at high prices just make it more tempting. All classic car enthusiasts should take note that this scenario is becoming a lot more common than one might…

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