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The Scenic Route: Danielle Tackett’s 1964 Chevy Impala SS

[portfolio_slideshow id=64194] Photography: Todd Biss Productions “Done.” Ask a dozen builders for the definition, and you’ll get a dozen different answers. For some, their car is done when it runs. For others, it’s a wrap after body and paint. Meanwhile, many projects are never truly finished. For the father-daughter team of Danny and Danielle Tackett,

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Iron Man: Tony Pidala’s 1928 Ford Model A Truck

Sure, Tony Pidala can bend iron and steel at his will, but is he a superhero? The soft-spoken man has the vision of an artist and the courage to do things his own way. In fact, his heavy-metal masterpiece—this 1928 Ford Model A truck—rolls on six wheels because, as Pidala puts it: “I thought it’d be

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CHEV-XXL: Chris Redman’s 1966 Chevy Chevelle

It’s a great time to be a car guy. Cut a modest check to your local dealership and you can drive off the lot today in a brand new, 200 mile-per-hour behemoth, decked out with sumptuous leather, power everything, and a bumper-to-bumper warranty. So why on Earth would anyone invest all the time and garage

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Superstar: Charley Denny’s 1976 Chevy Vega Station Wagon

Vega—one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky—is located in the constellation Lyra, trillions of miles from planet Earth. Like that distant star, Charley Denny’s spectacular Chevrolet Vega station wagon is light years away from the compact Chevy grocery-getter that rolled off of a Lordstown, OH assembly line back in 1976. The rebirth of

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From Rust to Gold: Jeff Matauch’s 1954 Chevy 3100

[portfolio_slideshow id=18425] When the Matauch family finished this stunning 1954 Chevrolet 3100, they did what most families would do—snap a photo. Not only to remember the moment, but to compare it with one they captured nine years earlier on the day the project began. “My son Jacob got much taller and the trees in the

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