Matt Avery
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Cop's family happens to like fast carsNov 21, 2016 5:00 am - When a burly young man buys a high-revving muscle car new, the last thing he wants is mom hanging around. Bad-boy visions of peeling away in a plume of tire-squealing sm...
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Twice the fun, and work, as a typical project carNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - With heart pumping, Gary Uhlman rang the doorbell again. He was just a block away from his parent's home and about to find out if he'd be leaving with a 1968 Chevrolet C...
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RPV, for when the family SUV just won't doNov 13, 2016 6:00 am - Rumors persist of an impending zombie apocalypse - and should that day come, be sure I'm jumping in this Terradyne Gurkha RPV, or rapid patrol vehicle. It's a brute of a...
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Family shares a father's labor of loveNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Joel Pena's first car was one special 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He purchased the vehicle as a 17-year-old in 1966 while living in McAllen, Texas. His cousin sold it to him for...
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Unlike transmissions, habits are hard to breakOct 30, 2016 11:00 pm - Some things never change for Kenneth Justen. For starters, he's never changed his hometown. He's stayed put his whole life in McHenry. Another constant is his need for s...
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It's never a drag to own a racing legendOct 23, 2016 11:00 pm - "Dad loved cars," says Pat Sweeney of Batavia, thinking back to his youth. "Particularly the fast ones." His father, Jim Sweeney, was a service writer at the well-known ...
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DeLorean to make a comebackOct 22, 2016 6:00 am - Great Scott! The iconic gull-winged DeLorean may be coming back! Last week, the DeLorean Motor Co. began accepting applications from those wanting to be placed on a rese...
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Cruising the old high school hangouts and highwaysOct 17, 2016 6:00 am - On most nights when Phil Martin was younger, he could be found roaring through what he and his motoring pals called the Green City - or lower Wacker Drive. The glowing e...
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Father's passion for sports car is contagiousOct 10, 2016 6:00 am - Keith Van Sickle faced a tough dilemma. He was picking out a new car - sounds simple, right? But not in the summer of 1967 when there was an abundance of hot stuff avail...
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Mecum rolls back into SchaumburgOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Mecum Auctions is back in town, hosting its annual Chicago event. It'll take place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center beginning Thursday afternoon and runni...