About Me

Hello, I'm Mark Trotta. In between working a full-time job and raising a family, I restore old cars as a hobby, as well as repair and maintain our daily drivers (mine, wife, kids).

Although I've owned and restored quite a few classic cars in my time, I've never had the luxury of keeping more than one or two at a time. I'll drive them for a while, then sell them and move on to another project.

Learning To Weld

I learned to weld out of necessity. Back in the nineties, my first full restoration was a 1970 Chevy El Camino. It had rust spots everywhere and needed major sheet metal repair.

Since I didn't have the money to pay someone to fix it, I enrolled in a vocational school and learned how to weld. MIG welding is the easiest welding process to learn and is required for any automotive sheet metal work.

The Camino was my 'work-horse' and daily driver for 13 years.

I have also restored several classic motorcycles. One of my "keepers" is this 1961 Harley-Davidson Servi-car, which you can read about here.

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Daily Drivers

From 2003 to 2025, my daily drivers were a 2001 then a 2008 Ford Explorer Sport-Trac.

Aside from getting me back and forth to work faithfully and comfortably, my Sport-Tracs have transported bicycles, motorcycles, go karts, kayaks, kids, lumber, mulch, furniture, kitchen appliances, engines, transmissions, tires, wheels, and on occasion, a few trips to the local dump.

Read: Ford Sport-Trac Review

My present daily driver is a 2016 Jeep Wrangler.

Read: 2016 Jeep Wrangler Review

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You can contact me at: Mark @ Restore-An-Old-Car.com