MY FAVORITE RIDE: A WILD FULL SIZE BIG BLOCK 1969 CHEVY IMPALA SS 427

We all have a favorite car or truck in our past. Some of these favorites are vehicles that we owned in our own pasts while others are vehicles that were- or are still owned by other people.

Rod Plato from OK Tire built his income around the automotive repair and tire business, but he built his favorite car interest around a buddy's 1969 Chevy Impala.

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JUNE 2013 1958 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY EIGHT: IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A LEGEND NAMED JOHN WAYNE

Very few people in North America have never seen a John Wayne movie. The odds are astronomical because the Duke was a movie legend who rode the big screen with a flair and a presence that will never be seen again.

Ryan Rexin is one of those rare people because he's never seen a John Wayne movie.

But he owns John Wayne's 1958 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight.

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THE SECOND WEEKEND IN JUNE IS ALWAYS A MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

Why is it that people who live close to a world famous tourist attraction fall into a sense of complacency and never visit the attraction?

I live within about a three hour window of Banff Alberta Canada and rarely visit the place.

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JUNE 2013:1940 CHEVY PICKUP-THE BEST DRIVER TRAINING VEHICLE EVER BUILT

We live in a bubble wrap world. The term "helicopter parent" was coined because of this over the top mothering approach to child rearing.

That wasn't the case back in the early 70s when a kid would use a '40 Chevy pickup as a daily driver.

There's no doubt that it was the best Driver's Education vehicle ever built.

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