"It's gotta be close to dying." "We're gonna see nicely painted cars any day now." Those were just some of the comments I heard the other day when the subject of patina came up at a meeting of various ...

Although the dictionary describes patina as "a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period," we see it differently. Every August, during ...

Patina is a strange thing. It describes how age or use physically transforms an object into something beautiful—but beautiful in a different way than if that object were shiny and new. Basically, it ...

Although the dictionary describes patina as "a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period," MotorTrend sees it differently. Every August, ...

With the right amount of money and a capable restoration team, a classic can be made to look just like the day it left the assembly line. However, if a period-accurate restoration isn’t on the owner’s ...

I have a conflicted relationship with patina. In fact, I'm annoying myself by writing this editorial column on a hackneyed subject while simultaneously feeling the pride of having a hand in the ...

I have an orange baseball cap that I bought at the local Harley dealer in 2003 to commemorate Harley's 100th anniversary. Twenty-one years later, that cap still fits me perfectly. It is amazingly ...

Having daily driven a W123 in the past gives me an enormous soft spot for them, and I've established a friend group that is absolutely All About Old Benzes. And while a bunch of older cars look like ...

Classic Corvettes make a great case for keeping “America’s sports car” in pristine condition, either through careful storing, thoughtful care, restoration, or a restomod build. But what happens when ...

DERBY — Marvin Hamlin figures he's owned more than 100 cars in his life. He's bought and sold, rebuilt and restored some classics. Several of them, in brilliant factory-fresh paint, with flawless trim ...

When you think of the classic British sports cars of the 1950s and ‘60s, MG, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Triumph tend to come to mind first. But arguably the most beautiful of the genre was the series of ...