Kyle Smith

1 week ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

A cool breeze follows as you walk towards the car, making the chrome sockets and other tools chilly as you pick them up to get started working for the evening. It’s finally time to make progress on your project. The stars have aligned, and you have a whole hour or two in which to check off a few items from the to-do list. You start working, but before long, you realize this just isn’t fun. It happens.

2 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

Last Friday, Prime Video announced a new four-part series centered around the life and racing history of Dale Earnhardt, premiering on May 22. Few names in racing are as big as Earnhardt, whose iconic style, drive, and Goodwrench-liveried stock car permeated popular culture and have stayed there for decades, even after his untimely passing.

2 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

If you participate in the project car economy, there are two things you spend a lot of time thinking about and money buying: Parts and tools. Those aren’t the only things you’ll need to be successful in your DIY endeavors, though. From solutions for inevitable injury to helping you stay sane while thinking through the next steps of your to-do list, there are plenty of items that don’t count as tools but should be included in any garage-dweller’s toolbox. Here are seven to consider.

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

Just having an address on “Memory Lane” carries a certain weight. For CTC Auto Ranch, it is a weight that is now in the process of being lifted. The long-running salvage yard has decided to close its doors, and that means the fields and fields of vintage cars and trucks are being crushed and sold for scrap. Is this the horror story that it feels like at first glance? I’m not so sure.

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

Even if you don’t live in northern climates, a “winter project” encapsulates the right way to go about a project. It sets both a goal and a deadline in two tidy words, capturing a task or group of tasks that will be completed during the cold months when, at least in my home town of Traverse City, Michigan, driving is a salty, slippery chore. This year I was especially careful to set concrete goals for my winter projects.