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1950 Barn Door Bus at Volksfest 2011, owned by Joe Mond from Dubuque
Iowa.

Motorkars celebrated Memorial Day this year with a car show fundraiser
for Kids 'n Kamp at the Motorkars facility on King Avenue.
Click
on the header to read more.

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We've had some unusual projects in our
time, but der Bierwagen is as about unusual as it
gets. Jason Davis from Sierra Nevada Brewing asked us
to partially restore the 1982 Vanagon to be towed, not
driven, as a trailer type beer wagon. It has no drive
train or even interior. It will, however, be an
excellent beer dispensing machine from the taps visible on
the "driver" side.
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Here's some of the ways
people have misspelled our company name, which could never happen
on
our web pages.

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Mootorkars -
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No we will not milk your cow! |
| Motokars - |
Off-roading is not where we want to go! |
| Mortarkars - |
We'll leave the pyrotechnics to the experts! |
| Motorwerks - |
Already being used by BMW®
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| Motorkrafts - |
Sounds like something Martha Stewart should be driving. |
| Motor Kars - |
One word please! |
| Motorcars - |
How ordinary! |


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The latest addition to
the Motorkars family is our new company watchdog Otto. Otto is
constructed of broken and worn out parts from several of our
customer's cars. He is standing guard in the flower bed next to
the front entry door.
Can you identify all 12
different car parts used to create him?
(Click
on Otto for answers.)
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After the game everyone enjoyed the festive
burning of Mister Bubblehead and shared stories by the bonfire.
Thanks to everyone who contributed their time, energy, money and
spirit to help make this a successful event for Kids’n Kamp.
Don’t forget to “Keep on Truckin”. Click on
the header to read
more.
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Motorkars, Inc. celebrated it's
30th anniversary with a banquet dinner held on the evening of
October 29th, 2005 at the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe just around the
corner from Motorkars. The guest list included family,
employees and professional associates.
Click on the header
to read more.
Some people have used
the term "eccentric" to describe vintage Volkswagen Bus owners. We
at Motorkars welcome the term since we have several Bus owners on
our staff. One such owner (who will remain unnamed) has combined two
of his favorite pursuits-growing flowers and Volkswagen Buses.
The concept occurred
several years ago and now has taken on a life of it's own.
This picture of his backyard is evidence of his "eccentric"
perspective. The Bus is a shortened 1969 model year that the
current owner saved from being crushed into oblivion. The Bus has
become a "time capsule" of sorts. Everything inside the Bus dates to
1970 or before (except for the mannequins). People have begun
donating old (pre-1970) items to help fill the cargo area and leave
a piece of themselves for the garden.
The gas pump acts as
the cornerstone of the garden with it's meter having been adjusted
to reflect the year the garden was completed. There are various
automotive items throughout the garden. There is an old tire tube
test tank, a vintage windshield wiper display cart and some old
filler cans just to name a few.
The motivation for
the four seasons of the bus garden comes from the 1971 James Taylor
song "You've Got A Friend". Some of you may remember
the lyrics in the song,
Winter, Spring, Summer
or Fall
All you have to do is
call.
"
Keep on Truckin'"


Here's a head turner
we saw at the Das Vroom European auto show. It's Bill
Simon's
1955 sunroof oval window Beetle
towing his 1952 split window.


The following
photos show what happens to mechanical components when they are
pushed beyond their limits.



Black Beauty is an early example of the Motorkars
restoration capabilities, creating Museum quality show cars out of
neglected vintage automobiles. Click on the header to read more.


The engraved Motorkars stone in the
front of the shop is a stone from the old Ohio Penitentiary wall.
The penitentiary was built in 1834 and was located only several
miles from where Motorkars now stands. We purchased the stone
from the State when the pen was torn down in 2000 to make way for
the development of the Arena District. We had it engraved with
the Motorkars name as a reference point for our customers.
For a close-up view of the marker,
see the Services Offered
page. It can also be seen on the home page.

(Click on images to see
full size scans)
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