Many of us have 4x4s that probably started out as really nice vehicles. You could pick up a date and drive down the street without attracting cops like a sprinkled donut. After years of tree ditching, ...

The '57 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible shown here, owned by John Machi, is a prime example of a good, solid driver undergoing a facelift. Like many cars of the era some of the repairs made to ...