Inspiring Our Youth Through Classic Cars and Trucks

I'm always excited when I hear of youth becoming involved with classic cars and trucks. Whether their inspiration comes out of their love for muscle cars, classic cars, old trucks, hot rods or race cars, so much can be learned in the process of learning about these vehicles.



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In the desire to learn more, boys and girls read and research. Opportunities to join groups that share similar interests can instill confidence and feelings of self-worth and satisfaction. If these youth go on to start projects one day, they learn perseverance, patience and accomplishment that are hard to achieve in other endeavors.

So, there's no wonder that Guy Algar and I were very pleased to receive the following in an e-mail to our classic car shop:

"I came across your page (http://www.motorheadsperformance.com/HotRodLinks.html) while collecting resources for a machine history guide my youth group is putting together. A couple of our young members took special interest in classic cars and trucks, and found your reference page very helpful. I just wanted to send a quick thanks for the info!

"They suggested I pass along another great article we found on vintage and antique trucks. (Link Below).

"I thought this was a very thoughtful suggestion and I think the boys would be thrilled to see their recommendation added to your page. Please let me know what you think, thanks very much! :)

I'd like to thank this youth group for their generous contribution. Guy and I are so pleased that their group has taken an interest in classic cars and trucks, and wish them the very best in pursuing these interests. I'm in the process of added the link to our site so that other visitors can benefit from their generous suggested reading. I hope you enjoy!

RESOURCE:
thetruckersreport.com - Trucking Timeline - Vintage and Antique Truck Guide

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Andrea L. Algar is co-owner of a classic car performance and restoration design shop in Leesville, Texas. Motorheads Performance specializes in repairs, maintenance, performance upgrades and restorative work on cars and trucks from the 1920’s through 1970’s. Her husband Guy L. Algar is a Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years experience. He holds 5 ASE Certifications from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence and has been working on old cars and trucks for over 37 years. Together they share their passion for old cars and trucks with other enthusiasts from around the country.

We're Updating and Improving our Blog!

by Andrea L. Algar & Guy L. Algar
Motorheads Performance

Motorheads Performance has had two newsletters for some time now. One for industry news and articles we think our customers and readers will find helpful. The second for events and news specific to our shop.  We've learned though, that many people have had a hard time finding our informational newsletter "Hot Roddin' Texas Style", so Guy and I have decided to end that one.

Instead, we've created a new informational newsletter called Classic Car News for all our industry news, interviews with interesting people associated with the industry, how-to and other information articles on classic cars, muscle cars, street rods, antique cars and vintage trucks. You can use the "Search This Blog" button to type in any articles that contain specific words, and you can even Translate the entire blog into whatever language you'd like! To make finding things easy, we've also added our list of Our Top Stories in our sidebar, as well as a separate "page" called Articles By Category which lists every article organized in categories that make your search for past articles much faster.

We hope you'll like the change, and that you'll follow us. We've made it easy for you to receive a feed or get e-mail notification when new articles are published, and we'll have fun surveys for you to participate in. If you like what you read, feel free to pass our URL along to friends!

Guy and I would like to thank you for your continued interest, and the enthusiasm we're seeing from our new readers! 

If you would like to suggest an article, have a question, or are looking for resources for your project we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us an e-mail.