26Sep 2014
By opgiAuthor no comments Cadillac Industry News

Cadillac HQ Moves Out of Motor City

It appears the Motor City will have one less motor soon, as General Motors has announced plans to move its Cadillac brand from Detroit to New York City. Although the move will not change the location of the technical and product development teams currently based in Michigan, and GM is not moving Cadillac’s manufacturing and assembly operations out of Detroit either, GM does plan to establish the Cadillac brand as a separate business unit and move its sales and marketing…

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11Sep 2014
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American Dreaming – A Film on Auto Design from 1946 to 1973

The post-war period from 1946 to 1973 has often been identified as the highpoint of American automotive design, an era when rapid economic expansion fueled a growing middle class and the field of automotive design reached maturity. Following World War II, the auto companies had access to huge factories that had previously been used for wartime production. In response to growing demand, domestic automakers used the factories to expand in just about every way possible and that included pushing the…

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22Aug 2014
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Prime Time for Classic Car Investing

Although the recession knocked about 30% of the value out of the market for classic and collectible cars back in 2007, the economy seems to have recovered and values of classic cars have bounced back too. As we reported here earlier this month, the Hagerty Blue Chip Collector Car Index saw a 37.4% increase in value between December 2012 and December 2013. After such strong a performance in 2012, many experts expected the collectible auto market’s bubble would burst this…

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7Aug 2014
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Good News for Classic Cars

Anytime a market has more buyers than sellers, the value of the goods being sold will rise. In the case of the collector car marketplace, it appears that is exactly what is happening right now. The demand for desirable collector vehicles is at an all-time high today and the values (as well as prices) are definitely rising. Collecting, restoring, buying and selling collector cars has always been quite popular in the U.S., but the whole scene has seen a real…

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31Jul 2014
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The Sinkhole in the News – A Blessing in Disguise?

Everyone has heard about the Sinkhole by now. Back on February 12th of this year, eight Corvettes fell into a giant sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It wasn’t the most threatening disaster in the news that week, but news of the sinkhole spread quickly and it was covered in detail by nearly every media outlet in the country, and along the way it captured the attention of the entire nation. There was something irresistibly fascinating…

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24Jul 2014
By opgiAuthor no comments Events & Appearances Industry News

Project Whistling Death

As a leader in the classic car parts industry, Original Parts Group, Inc. (OPGI) gets to work with a lot of creative people like those at auto magazines and enthusiast websites, professional car collectors, restoration shops and of course, many individual car fans too. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear from someone who is starting a new classic car related project of some sort. One of the more interesting build projects we are participating in this year…

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2Jul 2014
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Celebrating Collector Cars – National Collector Car Appreciation Day

The U.S. Senate working in conjunction with the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) and its Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO) and Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) councils, have announced that the U.S. Senate has passed Senate Resolution 493 (S. Res. 493) designating July 11, 2014 as the fifth consecutive “Collector Car Appreciation Day.” The date marks the commemoration of a relatively new nationwide event designed to raise awareness of the important role automotive restoration and collector cars play in American…

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20Jun 2014
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Black is Back

A recent update from the California Division of Motor Vehicles regarding the state’s Legacy License Plate Program should make owners of vintage iron dating from 1963 to 1969 very happy. The California DMV has received the mandatory minimum 7,500 pre-orders necessary to kick start the production and distribution of retro-styled, black with yellow character license plates. The black plates were originally issued in the state between 1963 and 1969, and owners of cars from that era will probably be the…

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12Jun 2014
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Electric Muscle?

Classic car enthusiasts have taken many different approaches to building, restoring and maintaining vintage iron in order to keep older cars on the road today. Although it seems most enthusiasts are content to restore their vintage cars back to original factory specifications, there are also those who feel the need to “improve” their cars a bit and it is not totally unusual that some would desire to put a modern chassis and drivetrain underneath the skin of an otherwise vintage…

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6Jun 2014
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The Grand Old Man of Detroit

As most classic car enthusiasts enjoy studying the history of the automobile and the people who built them, the name Henry Leland should be a lot more recognizable today than it probably is. This becomes apparent when one considers that Henry Leland founded both of the two biggest American luxury car brands that exist today. Although many students of early General Motors (GM) history might remember that Leland was the man responsible for creating the first Cadillac, fewer will likely…

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