DRK Restorations brings classics back to life in Manitoba
A vintage car undergoing work at DRK Restorations. By Barett Poley – May 4, 2017 Delmar Kanton is the owner of DRK Restorations, an independent restoration shop in Dauphin, Manitoba. The shop is coming up to 15 years in business. It’s quite a benchmark. According to recent reports by the Small Business Association (SBA), most newly-founded […]
Rusty Rides Reign at Motorama ’17
By Barett Poley – March 15, 2017 Here’s one to make all you painters and paint techs shake your head in confusion! Patina-finished hot-rods were all the rage in the showcar category at Motorama this year, defying conventions as well as conventional paint-jobs. Of the rust-clad rat-rods were a 1959 Chevrolet Apache, a 1954 GMC […]
Rags to Ragtop: This Fat Fender ’35 Ford has never looked better than at Motorama 2017
By Barett Poley – March 13, 2017 Ken Bowler is passionate about bodywork, and it shows. Bowler’s restored Ford convertible turned quite a few heads at the recent Motorama show with its large fenders and aggressive styling. Bowler has been working on the project for quite some time. It’s really been a labour of love […]
‘Bullitt’ Mustang found rotting in Mexican junkyard after nearly 50 years
By Barett Poley – March 9, 2017 This one will certainly be an interesting challenge for whatever tech gets their hands on it – the second of two 1968 Ford Mustangs used in Steve McQueen’s famous “Bullitt” has been found, rotting away in a Mexican junkyard by a man named Hugo Sanchez, who promptly purchased […]
Motorama ’17 to raise money, awareness for Prostate Cancer with the Prostate Cancer Canada Network
By Barett Poley – March 6, 2017 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate cancer is actually even more common than breast cancer in women, yet it often goes undiagnosed or undetected as a result of stigmatization and social conditioning. Motorama 2017, one of the biggest custom car shows […]
Living Legend: Inside the world of Yosemite Sam Radoff
By Barett Poley-February 23, 2017 Delaware, Ontario: Yosemite Sam Radoff has built bikes for Evel Knievel, been featured in Truckin’ magazine and sculpted for Tim Allen. He’s custom-built and painted thousands of motorcycles and cars in his time, and was even sued over his name, once. He won, after proving that he’d been “Yosemite Sam” even […]
Millennials and the bodyshop: Why the rebirth of DIY culture means more future techs
By Barett Poley – February 2, 2017 The word millennial is frequently thrown around by corporations alongside dated abbreviations like “OMG!” has ceased to have any real meaning in any socio-political context. Much like “hipster,” the term has turned into a catch-all insult by the older generations, whilst also becoming the bane of poor marketing interns […]
