New knowledge

For several weeks now, on my weekends, I’ve found myself watching a variety of car shows on the TV network named Velocity. More than any others, I’ve been watching the Mecum Auto Auction programs. I never was a car guy, at least not the way men of my father’s generation were, but I’ve been really enjoying these shows, and I’ve learned some things, too. For instance, I can now define:

• frame-off vs. frame-on restoration
• resto mod
• matching numbers

I can also make some fairly informed guesses as to what decade, or even where in a decade a muscle car will show up.