Proper Noise

03/27/2026

The Berks Cars & Coffee dates have been announced!

Alright Berks… let’s get the season started. ☕️🏁

Berks Cars & Coffee is back for the 2026 season, and we’re looking forward to filling the lot again with great cars, strong coffee, and the kind of conversations you only get when a bunch of car people end up in the same place.

Mark the 2026 Dates:
May 24
July 12
August 9
October 4

Bring whatever you’re driving - classics, modern builds, trucks, bikes, or your daily. If you appreciate cars, you’ll fit right in.

Vendor spots are still available for the season as well - reach out to [email protected] or go to : https://riverfrontfcu.org/community-involvement/cars/

We’ll see you in the lot

03/10/2026

A few of the MGBs at the shop this winter, out for test drives on clear roads today, finally!

12/24/2025

Proper upgrades under the tree this year 🌲

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!

10/02/2025

Riverfront is proud to help Berks Cars & Coffee close out the 2025 season this Sunday - and you’re invited!

Join us for the Season Closer at our Keiser Blvd. branch on Sunday, Oct 5 from 8 AM to Noon. Whether it’s a classic, a custom, or your daily ride - if you’re proud of it, it belongs here.

☕ Coffee, breakfast from Queens' Café, vendors, and the return of The Perk Up Truck - Partnering with Proper Noise!
🚗 Want front-row parking and a shot at $500 sponsored by Matos Towing & Recovery? Register for the Judges’ Choice Trophy here: https://forms.gle/7yQNMW2bcSyAgVPx6
📍 2609 Keiser Blvd, Wyomissing

Berks Cars & Coffee: 2025 Season Closer

07/13/2025

What do we work on? Interesting cars, pre-1980 of course

06/24/2025

05/21/2025

Thanks to the whole crew at Riverfront for having Melissa on their show to promote the upcoming Berks Cars & Coffee show on the 25th.

See you Sunday!

In this episode of The Current, we’re shifting focus to one of the coolest community events of the season - Berks Cars & Coffee - kicking off this Sunday, May 25th at Riverfront’s Keiser Blvd location. We sit down with Melissa from Proper Noise, our awesome event partners, to talk about how ...

04/30/2025

The 1937 Mercedes sedan in our shop right now arrived without any oil filter assembly installed. If you look at some of the photos at the end, you'll see the original "spaltfilter" design that would be agitated every time you hit the clutch pedal, dropping sludge into a trap in the crankcase that would get cleaned out periodically. Besides the fact that the original was missing from this car, we also felt that a modern filter element would make sense with modern oil so we engineered and machined the housing to run a 40 micron stainless steel filter that can be changed in regular intervals.

04/30/2025

Replacing the damaged cables inside 60's Ferrari door window motors. The real trick is getting the cable length correct, because each adjustment means disassembling the motor to remove the spool and recrimping the wire shorter. The right door was exactly 9 ft. The left door was 8 ft 11 in!