The Good Stuff
Collector-car fight not over
Cars have driven people from here to there for more than a century. This past year, collector cars drove hobbyists, residents and Natrona County officials crazy. And the road goes on into 2012 as a new land-use category takes effect. In August, the county commission adopted a text amendment to its 2000 zoning regulations that [...]
Duluth tow-truck drivers hooked into scrap metal scam
Desperate times, desperate measures, said Ryan Haluptzok about a new scam in the scrap-metal market. Haluptzok, owner of Classic Towing and Recycling in Duluth, has been scammed by people selling him junk cars they don’t own. According to the Duluth Police Department, criminals are casing junk cars in random yards, calling tow companies, and getting [...]
Which car to choose? Having to decide which classic car to take to a cruise night is a good problem to have
(PETERBOROUGH) As a young man, David Gibson saw a lot of nice cars he’d love to own but couldn’t afford. Several decades later and now retired, he’s collecting a few them. A Mopar man, he has an eye for anything Plymouth. A regular at several local cruise night events, Mr. Gibson and his wife have [...]
Metal Thieves Target Car Parts
RENO, NV – From construction equipment, to brass memorial plaques metal thieves will take anything they can get their hands on to cash in. Unfortunately, sometimes that target is your car. Catalytic converters are easy to take, and expensive to replace. With precious metals like platinum, rhodium and palladium they are a growing target of [...]
City presses spruce-up campaigns
BELLE FOURCHE – Belle Fourche city government approved it’s own long-planned spruce-up project for the Community Hall and heard appeals resulting from a campaign against trash piles, junk cars, zoning and building violations in the southern half of the city. The low bid for a renovation of the Community Hall was approved at nearly $118,000 [...]
