I get a lot of people looking for information about their casting numbers, and RPO codes at my blogs, so I figured that it was about time that I demystified them a bit, since I have never written an article dealing with just this issue, I hope it helps you get your questions answered.

I will discuss Chevrolet, casting numbers and RPO codes in this article, and we’ll start with Chevrolet, a Chevrolet RPO code hols a lot of vital information about your car, and along with your vin you should decode your RPO and casting identification also. (more…)

Muscle Cars For Sale – How To Locate The Right Classic Cars For You

Every classic car lover loves American muscle cars, and they can be illusive when your looking for a certain car, their are people out there who will take advantage of a person who is just learning the muscle car ropes, but I hope to help you with your hunt.

I don’t like to see anybody get taken advantage of when they buy a muscle car, hopefully my experiences will help you to have a good first experience when you buy a classic muscle car, it’s easy to go out looking for your first one, and let the excitement take over. (more…)

I’ve been doing some studying in the past couple on months, and I have learned a fact about restoration that I really don’t like, this is a recent development in the industry, and it’s due to the fact that people aren’t planning the restoration of their car before they do it.

I’ve learned that with in the past couple of years a lot of shops have had a trend develop during the restoration of a lot of the cars that come to their shops, and that trend is, the car is changing hands four times before the restoration is finished. (more…)

This is a question that I was asked last week, and the truth is that there is no definite answer to it, a standard paint job on a car takes forty hours to perform, and depending on the shop labor rate, and the cost of supplies this can change quite a bit.

If your talking a custom pint job, like candy apple you can add the shop labor rate times 120 hours, because the paint candy apple works like this, first you’d lay down a base coat of reflective paint, usually silver or gold color, depending the what your looking for. (more…)

I get a lot of people looking for information about their casting numbers, and RPO codes at my blogs, so I figured that it was about time that I demystified them a bit, since I have never written an article dealing with just this issue, I hope it helps you get your questions answered.

I will discuss Chevrolet, casting numbers and RPO codes in this article, and we’ll start with Chevrolet, a Chevrolet RPO code hols a lot of vital information about your car, and along with your vin you should decode your RPO and casting identification also. (more…)