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It Took 21st Century Techniques to Restore One of the Iconic Classics of the 1930s
The JBS Collection’s 1934 Packard Twelve 1108 Custom Convertible Sedan by Dietrich, originally owned by heiress-turned-explorer Louise Arner Boyd, won two awards at the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and is the first automobile to be featured in the upcoming interview series, The Journey.

Prewar Prodigy: High Schooler Betty Lou Parrish Eyes a Career in Restoring Vintage Cars
Still in high school in Athens, Tennessee, Betty Lou Parrish has found her calling: restoring vintage prewar vehicles. “Whenever you bring one back to life,” Parrish said, “you feel so accomplished.”

New series ‘The Journey, a Labor of Automotive Love’ features the JBS Collection
Jack Boyd Smith Jr.’s The JBS Collection—in association with LaVine Restorations, Inc. and Eyedart Creative Studio—launches a new video series, The Journey, in which the rising collector and his restoration partner Travis LaVine discuss the preservation of classic and historic automobiles.

Car CultureUnique mashup: Rare AMC Javelin, a top restorer, and the Amish
After a half-century single ownership, the 1970 Trans-Am was exquisitely reborn in a famed restoration business not far from home

The JBS COLLECTION’S ‘EARHART’ CORD HONORED AT HILTON HEAD
The JBS Collection’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible, originally owned by American aviator Amelia Earhart, was named Best in Class in the CCCA Full Classics category at the 2024 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance and Motoring Festival, Nov. 3, in South Carolina.

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