September 13, 2021

Clockwise from top left: 

1. Billy Thompson II is proud to see  tiny White Post finally listed on the 1984 Virginia Highway map. 

2. Billy Thompson II gives an auto tour of local historic homes in 1983. 

3. Billy Thompson II hams it up with television celebrity Willard Scott in 1989. 

4. Billy II, W.R. III and young Billy Ray IV strike a pose with Uncle Albert in front of the company’s restored 1931 Model A, circa 1987.

5. Five helps staff with quality assurance inspections.

6. Billy Ray IV, Five and W.R. III with the company’s 1931 Model A shop truck.

Five Generations at White Post Restorations

It’s nice to catch up with old friends, which we did 30 years later in White Post, Virginia, to talk again to some unique, world-class car guys.
Sellers are reaping the rewards of a tight market. This western North Carolina house listed for $430,000 and sold for $448,000.

Are “Pandemic Refugees” Fleeing Big Cities for Mountain Towns?

Houses selling before the listing is fully public. People offering cash, and at $20,000 or $40,000 above the listing price. It’s crazy out there.

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

CALENDAR OF EVENTS