It takes all kinds of digging to unearth a Hidden Treasure. Sometimes you even have to bring a shovel. Chip Starr is no stranger to automotive archeology. He grew up in St. Helens, a quaint little suburb of Portland, Oregon, surrounded by astonishing car-finds. His parents owned an auto parts shop and their customers kept the Starr family unendingly informed of wonderful cars-in-hiding. Chip’s father was also an astute accumulator with vast knowledge of the collector car world. It was therefore inevitable that Chip would chose a life filled with exciting cars.
In 2004, Chip Starr officially opened the doors to Race Car Resurrections, an auto restoration facility “specializing in bringing life back into vintage racecars, hot rods and classics.” Starr is most well-known for his work on small-bore Italian makes. His work has focused on restoring and race prepping customer cars, but he has also been very active searching for lost and missing motorized prizes. And his most recent capture had eluded him for a very long time.
