We just got back from the National Trail Raceway in Columbus Ohio where a freshly MCR restored 1963 Dodge 330 was judged at OE Silver and delivered to the customer. We had a great time at the show and are looking forward to next year! Photos coming soon.
Great show this year at the Car Craft Summer Nationals. Thanks to all of our great customers that displayed their cars under our tent with us and to everyone who visited! See you next year!
Wayne Tunis test drives his 71 Cuda for the first time at the show! Click here to watch a video.
2010 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals
We displayed two MCR restored cars this weekend at the 2010 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle PA. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!
2010 Carlisle GM Nationals
We displayed two MCR restored cars this weekend at the 2010 Carlisle GM Nationals in Carlisle PA. Great show!
2010 Mopars In The Park
We just got back from the 2010 Mopars In The Park show and had a great time! Thanks to everyone who came out to see the cars. Please visit this page for additional photographs of MCR at the show.
2010 MCR Open House Video
Thanks to all who attended our annual open house this past May 22nd, 2010. We hope you all had a great time! We have just posted a short video filmed during the event. The video is available on the following page: Open House Video
2010 Gods Country Racing Assc. Custom Car Show
We just got back from the 35th. Annual Gods Country Racing Assc. Custom Car Show where we showed Duane Mueske's recently restored 1968 Bel Air. The car was very well received and was awarded best of class engine, paint, interior, first place in class, and also best of show engine, paint, and interior! We also displayed John Balow's 1970 Challenger, but we did not enter it into competition. We had a great time at the show!
At this year's World of Wheels in Chicago we displayed and delivered to the owner a freshly restored 1969 Roadrunner. We also debuted the restoration of a beautiful 1968 Bel Air.
Greetings from Barret Jackson Scottsdale 2010. Even with cooler and wet weather we had a great show. Out just completed 1967 GTO Twin Turbo was the hit of the show. Everyone that visited our display said we had one of the best cars at the show. If you have never attended Barret Jackson you are missing out. Please find us at another show around the country in 2010 and check out our awesome cars on display!. Official event page.
22nd Annual Mopars w/Big Daddy
We just got back from the Garlits' Museum of Drag Racing in Florida for the 22nd Annual Mopars w/ Big Daddy. Unveiling a recently restored 1969 A12 Roadrunner to the world. What a great event and state!
This last weekend, (September 18-20, 2009), we debuted a fresh new restoration at the 2009 Chicagoland Nationals Good Guy event. A 1979 Formula Firebird! Beautiful car! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello!
We debuted two fresh new restorations at this year's Mopar Nationals! John Balow's 1970 Challenger and also a 1969 Charger. The Mopar Nats have always one of our favorite shows and this year was no exception! What a great time! The MCR cars showed extremely well and we had an overall great time! Be sure to check out the photos below. Thanks to everyone that stopped by to say "Hello"! See you next year!
This past July 17th through 19th MCR displayed numerous restored customer cars at the annual Car Craft Summer Nationals in St. Paul Minnesota. This event continue to grow every year! The MCR display was a hive of activity throughout the weekend and all the cars were extremely well received. Be sure to check out the footage from the event below. Great time!
Our new trailer setup is complete. MCR now has a full double decker trailer complete with awning. Allowing us to transport our customer cars with greater safety and host show visitors in greater comfort! See the photographs!
2009 World Of Wheels!
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The 18th Annual Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals this past July 11-13 was a blast! Two of our restored vehicles were present and were presented with several awards and featured in the Carlisle publication. We really had a great time and, as always, loved seeing all the positive attention our work received!
We chose the 2008 Year One Experience at Road Atlanta as the event to unveil John Balow's (owner of Muscle Car Restorations) freshly restored 68 Barracuda! Click here for photographs from the event.
2008 Mopars At The Strip!
We just got back from the 2008 Mopars At The Strip show in Las Vegas. What a fantastic event! At the MCR display we showed off two very unique cars...
Click here for our coverage of this great event!
Challenger Wallpaper
Download a desktop wallpaper featuring the flat black 73 Challenger we recently finished!
Come see it in person at the 2008 Mopars At The Strip! See our events page for more info.
Two resolutions available 1024x768 or 1280x1024.
2008 La Crosse Auto Show
The 2008 La Crosse Auto Show was a great opportunity for MCR to kick off the car show season with a bang!
We visited Scottsdale Arizona for the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson event. What a time! We displayed an MCR restored 1970 Chevelle SS 396(nope, it wasn't for sale!).
We've just added a video tour of the MCR facility and process to the website. We encourage everyone to check it out!
MCR Aerial Photograph
Take a look at this latest aerial photograph of the MCR facility. You can see clearly how large an expansion the new building #6 (far left) was for us! Click on the photo for a closer look.
2007 Mopar Nationals!
We just got back from the 27th Annual Mopar Nationals in Columbus Ohio. Great event! Be sure to look through the photo gallery!
Mike Creglow, owner of a recently restored '65 Plymouth, took his car to the track for the first time this weekend. We were all very excited to see what it could do -- the car peformed great! Mike's quarter mile times dropped with each pass and he ended with a respectible best ET of 10.74. With better conditions and some more practice we know the car is going to be even quicker. Most importantly we all had a blast! Be sure to watch the video. What a car.
Click here for a video from the track! Click here for photographs from the track.
2007 Car Craft Summer Nationals!
Click here for MCR photographs, interviews, and a write up on this excellent event!
2007 St. Ignace Car Show
June 28 - 30th: We brought a recently MCR restored 1971 Hurst Olds Pace Car to the 2007 St. Ignace Car Show in Michigan. Great event! Be sure to check out the show page for photographs and more info.
June 2nd - 3rd: We brought two recently completed cars over to Raceway Park in Shakopee, MN this weekend for the annual Mopars At The Park. What an event!
Here's a short 'round-the-block' video of a 69 Roadrunner that we recently restored. Fun car! Click here for restoration photographs.
PPG Platinum Calendar Photo Shoot
This past Monday, May 21st, Muscle Car Restorations was again honored when PPG, MCR's
exclusive paint supplier, selected one of MCR's most cutting edge projects for inclusion
in their 2007 calendar. The car picked out to have the privilege of representing PPG and
there outstanding line of products was Wayne Tunis' 1972 Pro-Touring Cuda. Covered with
PPG 1970 code Y1 Lemon Twist, Wayne's Cuda virtually glowed for the camera and the
creative team from Maux Creative Studio, of Chippewa Falls, Wi. The full-blown commercial
shoot took about three hours to complete using state of the art digital imaging equipment.
2007 MCR Open House
Our annual Open House was held on May 5th this year. Great turn-out!
March 30th - April 1st 2007: MCR headed south for the annual Mopars At The Strip show. The sights, sounds, and smell of burning rubber and powerful Mopars saturated the Las Vegas air. The two completed Mopar restorations MCR brought along quickly became unnofficial flagships for the event. Great time all around!
New dyno footage is now online of a '67 Mustang that we recently performed a 289 - 351 engine swap on. Click here to watch high resolution video. Click here to watch medium resolution video. The owner just visited Australia so we added a bit of a "down under" flavor to this video.
March 2007 - 1968 Camaro RS/SS 396 project sees sunlight!
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS convertible
Full restoration by MCR
502 c.i. engine
700 R4 AOD transmission
Detroit Speed & Engineering lowered front & rear suspension
Detroit Speed & Engineering electric headlight conversions
Boyd Junk Yard Dog wheels - 18X9 rear, 18x8 front
BFGoodrich T/A KD - 275/40/18 rear, 245/40/18 front
MCR fabbed 3" exhaust system
March serpentine pulley system with A/C
Converted factory radio to accept iPod
A new chassis dyno session video is now available online! Featuring a 6.1L Supercharged Hemi 1972 Pro-Touring Cuda! More information on this special project available here.
Look for MCR in Hot Rod's new video series on car restoration coming soon. This professionaly
produced series will be available through Hot Rod Magazine once complete. Stay tuned!
2006 SEMA Show
Muscle Car Restorations will be at the 2006 SEMA Show! Find us and the recently completed 72 Pro-Touring Cuda at the Weld wheels display. Look for booth numbers 40927 and 41027 on ground level in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. See you there!
Check out this video over on streetfire.net from the SEMA show Weld wheel display.
Congratulations to Nicholas Suckow for winning the Auto Hobbyist Recognition Award this Saturday! Click here(Leader Telegram, Eau Claire WI) to read a newspaper article about Nick and his Blown Hemi 68 Charger.
This past July 21-23, Car Craft Magazine held their annual summer cruise at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds. In the middle of over 4500 registered vehicles, we put on our own show within the show ... read more
Best of show, Best of class - 68 Blown Hemi Charger - Chetek Car Show
The 68 Blown Hemi Charger we recently finished restoring won it all this week at the annual Chetek car show!
above: Owner Nicholas Suckow proudly displaying his brand new 68 Charger.
Click here to read a Baron newspaper article on this!
6/30/06, 7/1/06, 7/2/06:
Good Guys 15th Heartland Nationals
The 15th Heartland Nationals was a great show! MCR brought along two recently completed restorations to display; this Supercharged 6.1L Hemi 1972 Pro Touring Cuda and this 1968 Pro Street Charger! Roughly three thousand cars and thirty thousand people attended this show. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello!
The 2006 Power Tour was a blast! We traveled with the Year One crew displaying an MCR customized 72 Pro-Touring Cuda at each stop. Thanks to everyone who was able to stop by and say hello! Click here for more content on the car and event.
