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Maryland Changes Historic Tags to a 25 Year Limit
Responding, if not correcting last year's legislation of the cutoff of model year 2000 and newer, Maryland's General Assembly through an amendment reset the limit to a rolling 25 year limit. This amendment by State Senator JB Jennings in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation...
What Should I Buy? – Future Collector Cars
GTM's Break/Fix podcast has a sub series called "What Should I Buy?" where panels of knowledgeable enthusiasts get together and debate about the whatever the presented "Shopping Criteria" is, but on this episode it all unravels very quickly when you take into...
How to Prevent Ethanol Gas Damage (E10) in our Collector Vehicles and Other Equipment
As you are aware, it is difficult to find gas stations that offer anything other than E10- 10% alcohol at the gas pump in some Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, WV and Delaware areas. The government claims that it helps the environment while some citizens think...
Maryland Automotive Legislative Updates for 2026
Maryland House Bill 4- Vehicle Laws- Historic Motor Vehicles- Minimum Age (preferred) Last year, Maryland voted to change the law for historic plates from 20 years to "1999 and older". The new proposal aims to update Maryland's definition of a historic motor...
Upgrade Your Collector Vehicle’s Audio & Technology While Preserving Its Value
How to Upgrade Your Collector Vehicle's Audio & Technology While Preserving Its Value. A common thought process is “I can’t upgrade the audio or technology in my vehicle as it will negatively affect the value.” The reality is you CAN often do an upgrade as long as...
Setting Expectations For Collector Vehicles When Planning Your Estate
Do You Have Realistic Expectations for Your Estate? Probably nothing is more dreaded than setting up and planning your estate. But it is something very important to do, especially if you have a collection of vehicles and/or memorabilia. You should always seek...
How To Photograph Your Car
Having professional pictures of your car are not necessary. you can photograph your ride even when having a custom show board done! Today’s camera phones have incredible abilities that rival professional DSLR cameras. The only things you need to know are how to...
Beware of Flying Drones Above Car Shows
Beware of Flying Drones above Car Shows While many professionals and amateurs fly drones these days, these objects can be a hazardous threat to people, animals and property. Case in point: While participating recently at the annual Charles Town Car Show back on August...
Preserving a LaSalle
Preserving A LaSalle Contributed by Cher and Jack Gallagher Background The LaSalle by Cadillac was manufactured from 1927 to 1940 and was designed by the legendary Harley Earl, who brought a first to Cadillac design – Style! The car and it’s place in the product line...
How to Shop for Reliable Parts
How to Shop for Reliable Parts Its inevitable- at some point with your classic, muscle or performance car or truck, you are going to need or want parts. Unfortunately, today the failure rate is one in every three parts. As you may know, this is due to the...
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Refreshing Our Roots
It’d been a long time since we’d done anything like it. Back in the day, when Garage Style Magazine was in print and humming along, events, car shows, companies, and […] 
Recapturing the feeling: Building from scratch made things easier
Text and Images by Ron Lampley Bob had been looking for a new home when he found a developer that was having difficulty selling some of the homes he’d built. […] 
Unique Ferrari Collectibles on Offer at Mecum
Each year, Mecum Auctions returns to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg Auction 2026 and each year, it seems to get a little bigger than the year before. This year, they’ll be running […] 
June 14 – 4th Annual Downtown Danville Car Show and Shine
Benefitting A Brighter Day, supporting teen mental health and suicide prevention, the Downtown Danville A Brighter Day Car Show and Shine is a multi-block event with a huge variety of […] 
’Tis the Season for Things to Do
Summer technically begins June 21 this year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, and Northeast Texas is exhibiting all the signs that it’s edging in on Spring nicely. Warmer weather […] 
New Car Let Down
In the background of Garage Style Magazine is a small army of people who keep things humming along very smoothly. One of them is Christina. Recently, she couldn’t pass up […] |
B/F: The Drive Thru #68
This month’s Drive Thru News mixes banter and headlines with a “What Should I Buy?” story: Brad abandons his troubled orange Mk4 GTI “Pumpkin Spice” after finding oil-and-coolant “chocolate milk” […] 
New Book by Preston Lerner – Coming Soon!
The Deadliest Decade transports readers back to the most perilous era in the history of auto racing, when the pursuit of speed outpaced the science of survival. Starting in the […] 
The Concours at Benedict Castle
Sometimes the word concours means a contest to determine which car is the most original, so it doesn’t quite fit this show. This event is more of a competition among […] 
Ricky Taylor on Le Mans: Lessons, Legacy, and the Loneliness of the Night Shift
For more than a century, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has stood as the ultimate test of endurance, precision, and resilience. Few American drivers understand that challenge as intimately […] 
Imola Test of Tenacity: Leipert Motorsport Delivers
The second round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe at the historic Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola presented drivers and teams with major challenges. While conditions remained […] 
Operation Motorsport Veterans Headed to SimRacing Expo
Raleigh, N.C., 11 May 2026 – For U.S. Army and Navy veteran Richard Davenport, virtual simulation racing has been one way to find a community again after the leaving the […] |
A Cast Aside Ferrari Concept Car Finds a True Believer…
The concept car is often what starts a new group of fans, waiting hungrily for the production model. Alas, sometimes the concept does not get the green light and it remains a one off. In this case, the Dino 206GT was indeed productionized but alas, most of the interesting features of one of the most interesting concepts built on its […] 
Ferrari 250 SWB: Yes, people still drive treasures on the streets…
When I first moved to California in 1970 a few of the real cognoscenti were still driving Ferrari race cars, some still with numbers painted on from LeMans, on the street. Not so much now but only last week, in July, I spotted one at an informal car gathering in Malibu. But it is rare when you see a car that […] 
Benedict Castle Concours
Sometimes the word concours means a contest to determine which car is the most original, so it doesn’t quite fit this show. This event is more of a competition among customizers — some as famous as Chip Foose, others not famous at all but highly skilled. One minute you’re looking at a Mercedes 540K, and the next you’re staring at […] |
EP58: Consumer Reports: The Most Interesting Episode in the World
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EP57: CES 2026 – Xiaomi Kebab
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EP56: The British Touring Car Championship: We Were There
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EP55: Digital Twins for Software Defined Cars
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EP54: Mecum Kissimmee 2026: White GTO / Yellow Enzo
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EP53: Las Vegas Concours; Risotto with Pagani and Hagerty
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