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Every veteran wrench remembers the person who taught them. But fewer young Americans are learning hands-on car skills at all — and the old apprenticeship model of the home garage is quietly fading. Here's who's rebuilding it, and how the rest of us can help.
The Northeast and Midwest are where classic cars go to dissolve — but they're also where the deals are. Here are seven project candidates you can still find for beer money and a handshake, plus where the rot hides and what the fix actually costs.
Anyone can swipe a credit card at a parts counter. But there's a difference between a car that's been assembled and one that's been built. We talk to three home builders who prove the best mods still start under a floodlight in a two-car garage.