Willy's Garage with Paul Williamson

His rugged vehicle can handle all corners of the Earth, but Selkirk resident and longtime Land Rover enthusiast David Place prefers to reach out to his friends around the globe utilizing another of his hobbies -- his ham radio.

Place, 66, has been tinkering with Land Rovers and ham radio since …

When Chrysler announced it would be bringing the Fiat back to Canada, a little part of me cringed. There have been hundreds of cars in my life, but only one Fiat.

It was 1984. She was a cheerleader at Kelvin High School and I was the captain of the football team. …

A local airbrush artist is heading to the Minneapolis Motorcycle Show this weekend with his custom motorcycle in tow, hoping to win a $3,000 cash prize and biker build-off bragging rights in the show's coveted freestyle class.

Although Dale Lawrence, who calls Warren, Man., home, has already won a case-full of …

Thanks to a much-needed cold snap, things are finally heating up in Willy's Garage as we prepare to film the third season of our MTS TV Winnipeg on Demand television series.

To get you up to speed, in late February and early March we will be making an epic journey north …

When Don Crosbie, the longtime owner and operator of Don's Towing, bought his first tow truck in the early 1970s, he likely never imagined that he would one day become a Winnipeg institution.

Last week when Crosbie died at 68, however, that's exactly what he was.

"My dad made friends everywhere he …

Last Saturday evening, more than 200 local auto enthusiasts watched the annual Barrett-Jackson collector car auction on the big screens at the downtown Pony Corral restaurant. The event, dubbed the Barrett-Jackson Bash, is best described as a Superbowl party for gearheads.

This year was the sixth annual Barrett-Jackson Bash, and we …

For the first 16 years of my life, good old rock 'n' roll was all that mattered. KISS, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, AC-DC. You get the picture. Angry kids dressed in black.

Somewhere along the way my taste in music genres, however, started to expand. It's probably a girl's fault, …

Auto enthusiasts, start your engines. The 41st annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction shifts into high gear tomorrow in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona.

Thanks in large part to the auction's seemingly perfect marriage with SPEED TV and growing media coverage, this event has grown to Superbowl-like proportions. The auction is now so huge …

In my travels, folks often ask me if there really is an actual Willy's Garage. To offer a little history, 2012 marks our 25th anniversary. With the benefit of time now on my side, the coast should finally be clear enough to share the tattered tale of how it came …

THROUGHOUT 2011, our roving AUTOS reporter Paul “Willy” Williamson had countless opportunities to sample the latest offerings from the wide world of motordom.

Whether it was actually test-driving cars and trucks or simply getting out to events that cater to auto enthusiasts, Willy parlayed his press pass into a ticket to …