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Jim Volgarino

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in
Motorious

From Torino to Gran Movie Star

When Walt Kowalski discovers somebody inside his garage messing with his 1972 Gran Torino, he takes action, grabbing a shotgun and heading…

Sep 18, 2018

From Torino to Gran Movie Star

Sep 18, 2018

Jim Volgarino
in
Motorious

Last to the Party

Those heady muscle car years from 1962 to 1970, when it seemed everybody was trying to join the power and performance ranks, saw some rare…

Apr 11, 2018

Last to the Party

Apr 11, 2018

Jim Volgarino
in
Motorious

Under Pressure, Chevelle Takes One Last Gasp

1973 wasn’t exactly a bellwether year for muscle cars. Though many of the domestic automobile manufacturers were attempting to still…

Mar 28, 2018

Under Pressure, Chevelle Takes One Last Gasp

Mar 28, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Original Owner 1965 L-79 Chevelle 300 — Perfectly Restored

Gordon Rohde looked over his plain-jane 1965 Chevelle 300 like a proud papa and said “losing just 17 points in judging sure isn’t too bad.”…

Feb 26, 2018

Original Owner 1965 L-79 Chevelle 300 — Perfectly Restored

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Bonneville SAAB Story or . . . How I Raced Three Cylinders and Broke Land Speed Records!

The temperature is about 100 degrees, there’s no wind and what shade there is comes from an overhead tarp stretched from the side of a…

Feb 26, 2018

Bonneville SAAB Story or . . . How I Raced Three Cylinders and Broke Land Speed Records!

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Winner: 2014 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

Results are in!

Feb 26, 2018

Winner: 2014 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders-Taking on the “Big Guys”!

One of the benefits of carrying a media pass at some of the big show events is you have access the regular guy doesn’t have…which is why we…

Feb 26, 2018

America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders-Taking on the “Big Guys”!

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Bonneville at 2014 GNRS

80 Record Setting Race Cars

Feb 26, 2018

Bonneville at 2014 GNRS

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Vintage TorqueFest 2014, May 2–4 in Dubuque, Iowa

What Makes This Show So Different?

Feb 26, 2018

Vintage TorqueFest 2014, May 2–4 in Dubuque, Iowa

Feb 26, 2018

Jim Volgarino

So You Think You Want to Start a Car Museum? Wait…Make That a Saab Museum.

At the tender age of 13 it’s doubtful Tom Donney had any thoughts about owning hundreds of vehicles and someday having so many he would…

Feb 25, 2018

So You Think You Want to Start a Car Museum? Wait…Make That a Saab Museum.

Feb 25, 2018

Jim Volgarino

Jim Volgarino

I’m a car geek. I never quite recovered from discovering what was under the hood of my grandfather’s ’57 Oldsmobile at age 12. Now I write.

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