Corvette Crazy

Mike Yager was bitten hard by the Corvette bug. He was 12 years old and he saw a new 1962 Corvette parked at a Pillsbury plant near the Interstate 44 in Missouri, on a return trip to his Newton, Illinois, hometown.

Dream Come True

"I always wanted Ferraris," admits Jon Shirley, "but... I never really considered owning them." This was, of course, before Shirley worked his way up to president of mega-giant Microsoft.

An Artist's Dream Space

When J. Paul Nesse was three years old he could name every brand of American car on the road.

Living Next to Car People

Curt Catallo, son of the late creator of the famed little Deuce Coupe, watches over his father's car collection in a renovated Methodist church.

He Loves Driving

Californian Buddy Pepp grew up in the mecca of hot-rodding and car love of California, and hung out down the street of his childhood home at a gas station where the employees all had hot rods.

Special Effects

The fake birds' nests in the corners of the ceiling of Guy Webster's motorcycle garage are a tip that details are important to him.

A Builder's Garage

Peter McCoy is one of those collectors who doesn't want his cars farther than 200 feet from his bedroom.

The Genetic Trait

Further proof that sometimes the car gene is handed down through generations, Mark Lambert's grandfather owned race teams in Indiana, his father rode shotgun in the pace car at the 1930 Indianapolis 500, and he now restores classic American and British cars.

A Healthy Obsession

Stanley Gold is an example of what can happen when enthusiasm for a specific brand grabs hold like an obsession.

Historic Parking Ahead

Yates acquired the nickname "Assassin" for scathing reviews he wrote about new cars he didn't like. But no label accurately captures the passion for cars that comes out when he talks about his carriage house.

This is the Original

Bruce Meyer is a man eager to share. A toy company made a miniature copy of his 13-car garage to use as the packaging for a set of expensive toy versions of four of America's most famous cars.

A Frame for Great Art

Touring David Sydorick's recently expanded garage in California you are taken into the environment that you might imagine famed designers Zagato and Pinin Farina had planned for their specially bodied Alfa Romeos and Ferraris and Maseratis all along.

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