Inspirational Interiors

When it comes to restoring a classic GM muscle car, most enthusiasts know that you’re not really finished with the job until your interior looks as good as the exterior does. There aren’t many aspects of car restoration that are more satisfying than returning a worn-out interior to its original factory fresh appearance. When your car is finally complete, hopefully you’ll be spending more of your time sitting inside the car admiring the great interior than you’ll be spending under the hood …

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The Pilot Chevelle Story

Back in November at the most recent SEMA Show, we learned something new about Chevelles. It was at the Show that our staff discovered Dave Harter’s ’70 Chevelle SS and learned of its’ history as a General Motors Pilot Car, built for pre-production testing, product development and promotional purposes, and never intended to be sold to the public. Apparently all Pilot Cars were supposed to be crushed when their testing and development lives were over. Pilot Cars were hand-built, non-numbers-matching…

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OPGI Employee Car Spotlight: 1969 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Convertible

Once again it is time to take a look at another Original Parts Group, Inc. (OPGI) employee–owned GM classic car seen at OPGI’s Seal Beach, California headquarters. This clean red 1969 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 convertible belongs to OPGI Showroom Representative and Huntington Beach resident, David Salisbury. Working in the front showroom, Dave is well-known to many of our local customers. Although he doesn’t drive his ’69 Olds to work every day, he does drive it often enough that most of our…

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1966 Chevelle SS

In response to the ongoing Customer Car Spotlight series on this blog, Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI), Customer Mark Bernhardt sent in these great photos and a brief history of his own customer car, a stunning 1966 Chevelle SS. As you can see, the car is a clean interpretation of the pro-touring theme applied to a thoroughly restored ’66 Chevelle. The photos show there are many modifications underneath the skin of this numbers-matching SS car that aren’t immediately apparent at a first glance.…

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1969 Buick Riviera

Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI), Customer Frank Nagle is the proud owner of this clean 1969 Buick Riviera. This Riviera is obviously another example of the many really nice cars we see here at OPGI’s Seal Beach, California headquarters building. We asked Frank if we could share photos of his car here on the OPGI Blog and he not only said “yes,” but also added that he would write up the history of the car to share with our viewers as well.  Without…

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OPGI Employee Car Spotlight: 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

It is time to take a look at another Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI) employee–owned GM classic car. This 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo belongs to OPGI Customer Service Representative Robert Fernandez. When Robert is not spending his time working at OPGI, he calls Anaheim, California home, and that’s where he found his Monte back in 1989. Because we know that Robert has about a half-dozen nice cars in total, it is not surprising that his Monte Carlo would be such…

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OPGI Employee Car Spotlight: 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Holiday Coupe

Although we usually feature Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI) customer–owned cars in these “spotlight” blog posts, many of OPGI’s employees also own, work on, and drive some really nice classic cars too. Many of the interesting classics in our parking lot are daily-driven by employees and yet are also nice enough to be on display at a cruise or a show. They are nice enough that we thought you might like to see a few of them too. The car…

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1970-72? Chevrolet Chevelle

1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Luis Galeana, Pico Rivera, California Engine: LS2 6.0L Paint: Red w/ black SS stripes Interior Color: Black Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI), Customer Luis Galeana of Pico Rivera, California is the proud owner of this clean 1972 Chevelle. Our staff first spotted Luis’ car parked at OPGI’s Seal Beach headquarters building, and once they got a better look up close and saw just how nice the Chevelle really was, the decision was made to share the car…

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OPGI Customer Car Spotlight: 1965 Chevelle Malibu

1965 Chevelle Malibu 4DR Dick Eytchison, Cortez, Colorado Engine: Chevrolet ZZ383 Crate Motor with Holley 670 CFM Avenger, Hydraulic Roller, Stock Chevy rotating assembly, Hooker Super comp 1 3/4" headers Transmission:  Muncie 4-speed wide ratio M21 Wheels: CCW - 9 x 17 - 9 1/2 x 17 Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE71R - 255/40 x 17 front and rear Interior: New reproduction interior with Kirkey aluminum driver's seat, roll cage and 5 point Crow 3" harnesses Paint: Mist Blue Original Parts…

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OPGI’s 1972 El Camino SS

[gallery ids="1581,1585,1584,1583,1588,1590"] In this edition of the Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI) blog, we are featuring an ultra-clean 1972 big-block El Camino SS. This vehicle is owned by OPGI and is part of an in-house fleet of classic GM cars built by OPGI for advertising and testing purposes, as well as for use at trade shows, car shows and other special events. All of OPGI’s classic cars have been completely restored to the highest degree of original authenticity (using OPGI…

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