Photos: Tobin Family, Story: Tony Colombini After his 1963 graduation from High School, a ’64 Tempest caught the eye of Pat Tobin. He knew someday he would have one. Four years later he was drafted. Upon leaving the military in 1970 he started goofing around with cars. A ‘64 Chevy SS, a ‘70 Challenger 340, yet the Tempest eluded him. Then marriage and a family came and the car hobby came to a crawl. Fast forward to 1998, Pat’s oldest…
Back in 1967, just before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, Original Parts Group customer Gary Hobbs purchased a 1967 GTO. OPGI wasn’t around just yet, but read on and see where we come into play with this touching story. (more…)
The Original Parts Group Inc. (OPGI), 2016 edition of the 1964-73 GTO, 1961-73 Tempest & LeMans restoration parts catalog is now available. The fifth in the series of new restoration parts catalogs for 2016, this new 400-page free catalog contains everything needed to restore your GM classic from interior and body parts to engine parts, sheet metal, bright trim and everything else in between. All OPGI Restoration Parts Catalogs are very useful comprehensive automotive resources, and are packed full of…
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…
