The costs to restore an older vehicle or classic car can vary widely. It depends mainly on the following factors:The condition of the car when you buy itWhether you’re restoring it to be a show car or a weekend driverWhether you’re doing all or most of the restoration yourself, or at a shopThe most …

Dodge Trucks Pre-1960 John and Horace Dodge were brothers who were also skilled machinists. They started making bicycles around 1900, and then parts for some of the pioneering automakers, including Oldsmobile. Henry Ford offered them a small stake in his company in return for exclusively …

Chevrolet Trucks Pre-1950 If GM’s founder hadn’t been loose with the company’s cash, we wouldn’t have Chevrolet today. Most brands started when someone created a car, and then formed a company to sell it. William Durant didn’t. He started buying existing auto companies in 1908 and brought …

Ford Truck F-Series History The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, and the famous Model T arrived five years later. Several companies were already building trucks, and in 1917, Henry Ford added the Model TT, a heavier-duty version of the Model T’s car frame. But if you wanted a truck, you …

The short and sweet answer is Oldsmobile. This company was founded in 1897 by a man with the unlikely name of Ransom E. Olds. Born in Ohio, he was raised in Michigan and he loved to tinker. By 1901, Olds had accomplished something pretty amazing. He’d built 11 different vehicle prototypes, usin …

Painting plastic interior car parts is very different from painting the outside of the car, due to the fact that interior parts are often made out of plastic. Depending on the make, model, and year of your car, you may find that even your wood-like and chrome accents are also made of pl …