September 2014 Blog Posts (6)

Motor Trend picked the awesome Camaro Z/28 as Best Driver's Car! First American Car To Win!

Motor Trend picked the awesome Camaro Z/28 as Best Driver's Car! First Ever American Car To Win!

Porsche, Audit, Ferrari, Etc. but CAMARO? Wow!  As a Porsche driver, I found this a true surprise, yet Motor Trend (my heroes) tested all the candidates and the Z/28 won out!

"Camaro Z/28 is Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car 2014-09-25 

DETROIT –Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is Motor Trend’s 2014 Best Driver’s Car. It’s the first American-brand…

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Added by Michael Thies on September 27, 2014 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Boatcar attends Caffeine & Exotic Car Show.

I was recently invited to show my Boatcar at Caffeine & Exotic car show. I even had the chance to take pictures of the models in front of my Boatcar while they were checking it out. 

Added by Mark Ray on September 21, 2014 at 3:24pm — 1 Comment

Power Paint and Pinups

It was another great weekend of Car events in the UK this weekend . Globalwheelsevents was staging a car event in the northwest UK town of Blackpool.

Take a look at the the details and pictures of the events at .Power Paint and Pinups…

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Added by Russ Larcombe on September 9, 2014 at 9:00am — No Comments

Al Capone's Car.... I Am Told This Is a True Story!

Al Capone's Car.... I Am Told This Is a True Story! 



I got this email recently from a friend:

"A BIT OF HISTORY I BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW……………



Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress on…

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Added by Michael Thies on September 8, 2014 at 9:06am — No Comments

The New Formula E Racing Series Starts in China in 8 days!

INSIGHT: China Racing – the hometown heroes

BEIJING|01 SEP 14

When the 10 teams roll their cars out onto the purpose-built Beijing street track for the inaugural Formula E race, there is one outfit…

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Added by Michael Thies on September 4, 2014 at 2:17am — No Comments

August car show and auction at Four Seasons Auction Gallery.

My daughter and I recently showed our cars at The Four Seasons Auction Gallery. We really enjoyed the auction and got to see some great deals on Hot Rides & "Man Cave" items. Thanks Steve for providing a great indoor auction close by to my home in Alpharetta.

Mark Ray

Come and see what is coming up next for the BEST Auction House in the South! …

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Added by Mark Ray on September 3, 2014 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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Judging the Survivor By Mike Thies

Judging the Survivor

By Mike Thies

Sooner or later every judge faces this class. A freshly restored car with flawless paint sits next to an original car with faded lacquer, a worn driver's seat, and sixty years of honest use on it. Both owners did right by their cars. The job is to score them so neither one is punished for the choice its owner made.

Both deserve respect. A great restoration takes skill, money, and years of work. A true survivor can never be made again…

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Posted by Global Wheels Events on November 2, 2026 at 7:23pm

A Bite of History: Unicorn Restorations, the 1974 Camaro Z28 by Mike Thies

A Bite of History: Unicorn Restorations, the 1974 Camaro Z28

by Mike Thies

At any good car show, you will find 1957 Chevys in every form: survivors, frame-off restorations, and restomods. What you will rarely find is a 1958. That tells you something about the collector market. Not every year of a popular model becomes a true collectible. Buyers pick favorites, and those years get saved, restored, and passed down, while the years next to them…

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Posted by Michael Thies on October 22, 2026 at 6:43am

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