Archive

FOR THE RECORD… Let’s start from the beginning…I started building race cars in 1958. Most of them were stock cars and raced at Seekonk Speedway, (Action Track of the East.) YEARS I was 14 years old and building competitive cars that were outstanding winners. Put in roll bars and crash bars, built headers and fabricated […]

1969! UNBELIEVABLE Year!There is a year or sometimes years in someone’s life that is or are so special or so extra ordinary; the year: you get married, your children are born, your first love, your first car. Other than the year I married and the birth years of my children. 1969! was the year for […]

When did the Muscle Car Era start? Well, some say 1964! I say it started in 1957! When cars were equipped with BIG engines, fuel injection, multi-carburetors, and superchargers! Examples: 1957 Corvette 283 FI – 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk with supercharger 1957 Chrysler Hemi with dual carbs 1957 Oldsmobile J2 1957 Thunderbird with supercharger and […]

Slip Sliding Away… Every so often. There is a shifting trend in every business, whether it be Real Estate, Food, or any other industry. In the last five years of operating Old Iron AZ LLC we’ve noticed a changing trend. As the older generation is reaching retirement age (Baby boomers). They are selling off their […]

Whatever someone is willing to pay for it… Several weeks ago, someone called me to find out what a vehicle was worth. So I looked in several pricing books I have and did an online comparative search. I called him and told him what the book value was and what the online search had revealed. […]