OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30

[gallery ids="1071,1072,1073,1074,1075"] OPGI Customer JR Wildermuth of Atwood, California is the fourth generation of five generations of Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Buick owners. His family has shared a fondness for classic GM vehicles over the years and JR keeps “70 years of pictures and info of my relatives proudly displaying their vehicles at different times in their lives and glimpses of experiences they had and how it related to the passion of these vehicles from our personal family history.” (more…)

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1970 Monte Carlo 454 SS

[gallery ids="1060,1055,1056,1057,1058"] OPGI Customer Kenneth Paul Strawser of Downey, California purchased this classic big-block 1970 Monte Carlo SS in 2010 with the intention of building a fully restored show car. About two years and $30,000 later, his goal was met. Today, Paul’s Monte Carlo can often be seen on the streets and is a regular at various shows in the Southern California region. (more…)

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS

[gallery ids="1015,1016,1017,1018,1020,1019,1021,1022,1024,1011,1025,1026,1028"]   The story behind Shannon Foster’s immaculate 1965 Chevelle SS might be titled “A Tale of Two Family Projects,” but that would be inaccurate, as only one Foster family project (the car) was ever really completed and the other project (kitchen remodel) is still ongoing. As Shannon tells the story, he once had a different '65 Chevelle Malibu SS back in 1979 when he and his future wife were first dating in his high school days. “Life happened”…

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 El Camino

[gallery ids="994,989,990,991,992"] The OPGI Customer Car presented in this Spotlight is yet another prime example of a classic 1965 Chevrolet El Camino. Although the Customer Spotlight car featured here in September was an El Camino from the California coast, and the clean black ’65 pictured this month hails from the high country in Flagstaff, Arizona, both have been restored to near factory original specs with a healthy dose of OPGI parts. (more…)

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Original Parts Group Inc., Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 El Camino

[gallery ids="949,953,952,951,956,957"]   The OPGI Customer Car presented in this Spotlight is a near perfect example of what might be one of the most popular El Camino variants among collectors and enthusiasts today.  Richard Mazzetta of Woodland Hills, California owns this beautiful turquoise 1965 El Camino that has been restored (with plenty of OPGI parts) to near factory original specs both inside and out. Sporting a 283 Chevy small block and Muncie M-20 4-speed, Richard’s El Camino is a perfect…

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Project GTO Tribute to Fallen Soldier Nears Completion

Although there are many ways to honor our nation’s fallen heroes that have fought and died in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, a New York restoration shop has stepped up to take an automotive-themed approach to remembering the sacrifice of one local soldier named Major Jeffrey Calero who was killed in Afghanistan in October of 2007. Like far too many of our soldiers, when 34-year-old Calero of Queens, New York, lost his life on the…

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The Classic Car Photo Contest Results Are In

And now, the moment you have all been waiting for: The Original Parts Group Classic Car Photo Contest has come to an end, and the winners have been selected. With so many awesome car photos entered it was a close race. Thank you to all who entered. Congratulations to the following contestants: 54-76 Cadillac Grand Prize Winner: Patricia P. Every cloud has a silver lining...             Second Place Winner: Jesse A. 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado Third…

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Original Parts Group, Inc. Launches the Classic Car Photo Contest

OPGI is giving away more than $4,000 in gift certificates: 36 will win! Seal Beach, CA—April 10, 2012—Do you have a restored classic car you want to share with the world? Original Parts Group, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of reproduction GM restoration parts, is pleased to announce the OPGI Classic Car Photo Contest on Facebook. This contest is your chance to share your classic car and be one of 36 winners. To enter, submit a photo of your classic car…

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