The average car has roughly 30,000 parts if you count all parts down to the nuts and bolts. If you consider large parts such as the engine as one part, you can say that a car has about 1,800 separate parts. The engine alone has thousands of individual parts inside it. Many parts are made by the v …

Collectors Auto Supply can trace its roots to a 1965 Vauxhall Viva – and the search for parts by its owner, Jim Carpenter of Peachland, British Columbia.Let’s go back to 1965, when Jim’s father bought a new Envoy Epic.The Epic was manufactured in England, but sold only in Canada. The Epic was a slig …

I have never understood the value car collectors put on low mileage, limited production cars that were purpose built for competitions. Imagine what a Zero mile 1963 Galaxie 427 Thunder Bolt Light Weight would sell for. It has done nothing to deserve notoriety, won no drag races, achieved no …

“The driver’s side is considered the left side, right?” That’s a question that many restorers have asked themselves time and time again. To be frank, it can be extremely confusing, as your right side if you’re looking at the car is the total opposite of your right side if you’re driving it. Years …

Back in 1975 I was 13 and living in a suburb of Salt Lake City called Holladay. My father was a piano teacher and my mother taught swimming lessons at the YWCA, which is where I learned to swim, yes it was with a bunch of ladies. At the end of Russell St where I lived there was a gas station and a b …

In 1981 I was a seasoned SCCA Auto Cross racer (one season). I had been racing a primer gray 1967 Mustang 289 Fastback as a co-driver. It was owned by my friend Steve that I went to High School with and was also attending the University of Utah with. We carpooled in his Mustang every da …