Category Archives: Gear Heads

Classic Industries’ Teammates American Muscle Machines

Classic Industries’ Teammates American Muscle Machines

Though we spend our five- and six-day work weeks catering to the needs of our honored customers who own and are working on, driving, showing, and enjoying American muscle machines, many Classic Industries employees are wrenching away, driving, and enjoying our own vintage vehicles in our free time. Some of us drive our old cars daily.

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Comprehensive 1965 Ford Mustang Data Plate & VIN Decoder

Comprehensive 1965 Ford Mustang Data Plate & VIN Decoder

Whether you're on the hunt for a 1965 Ford Mustang or you already own a '65, it's important to know how your Mustang was originally built, when it rolled off the Ford assembly line. Should you be looking to buy an old Ford pony car, how the Mustang was originally equipped is a big key to establishing her value.

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Carroll Shelby is Smiling – The Segerstrom Shelby Event Center

Carroll Shelby is Smiling – The Segerstrom Shelby Event Center

By D. Brian Smith Photography: D. Brian Smith A Classic Industries coworker told me several months ago to go visit the Segerstrom Shelby Event Center, in Irvine, California, and several times thereafter over the passing months. Every time he mentioned it, I'd make a mental note to myself while responding to him with something like, "Yeah, I…

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The Gold Digger – This ’55 Chevy Gasser Will Race Again

The Gold Digger – This ’55 Chevy Gasser Will Race Again

By D. Brian Smith Photography: Harry Meister & Ryan Brown The Gold Digger's journey began back in 2001 when a Mr. Ryan Brown had just crashed his 1967 Chevy Malibu. A young man, he was contemplating the meaning of life and wondering how he might rebuild his dream car on a budget while also going…

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