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DIDSBURY 2026—A GREAT WAY TO START THE ALBERTA SHOW SEASON
Didsbury, Alberta hosts an annual car show to kick off the season and this year they hosted another solid event.
Didsbury rarely gets bad weather...
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MYSTAR MAY 29 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE FORKS IN THE ROAD...
There are many figurative forks in the road taken in every person’s life and car guys are no exception to this basic truth.
In...
MAY 2026: A 1964 FORD GALAXIE 500 XL IS A “GO-TO...
Dave Goddard admits he is not a fan of most Ford car designs from the early 1960s, but he is a huge fan of...
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JUNE 2013 MSCC STARS OF THE SHOW: WISHING EVERY MONTH OF...
Jimmy Buffett once wrote a song called "Cliches" where one of the lines was "wishin' every month of the year could be June". No...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
JUNE 13, 2015: FAREWELL TO A HARDCORE MOPAR GUY-TIM FROM HEAVY METAL AUTO WRECKERS
I met Tim Lynch in the late 80s-I was restoring a crashed ’79 Little Red Express and the word on the street was always...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015: HOW A CAR STORY GOES FROM AN IMPRESSION TO A MYSTAR...
Our motto at MyStarCollectorCar has always been pretty basic: there is a story behind every car.
Some of the stories are simply more interesting...
MAY 11, 2015: TURF WARS–NEW RIDES VS OLD RIDES CONTROVERSIES AT CAR SHOWS
One of the most contentious issues at car shows is the guest list.
Should new cars mingle freely with old cars at shows or should...
A HISTORY LESSON FROM 1984: COMPLETE BOOK OF COLLECTIBLE CARS
Occasionally MyStarCollectorCar receives old school (paper-based) material from a bygone era.
One of the more interesting books from the past was a Canadian book titled...
SEPTEMBER 22 MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE REASONS WE LIKE THE SEPTEMBER 1973 EDITION...
It has been many years since MyStarCollectorCar inherited a collection of old car magazines because of a series of events that started with a...
APRIL 26, 2015: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING: THE RAMBLER AMERICAN IN BEAST MODE
Rambler was a name long associated with a conservative family-oriented automobile.
Few car guys dreamed of the day they could finally own an Ambassador and...
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU USE A 350 CHEVY ENGINE IN YOUR...
The use of a small block Chevy engine in a resto mod project is the chosen path for many car guys because of cost...
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16 CANDLES AT MYSTAR—THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
April 2nd is the 16th year for MyStarCollectorCar and here’s the most important lesson.
It’s still fun.
There’s nothing better than the warm and fuzzy world...
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MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR JUNE 2026 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
We're setting up the calendar for the 2026 Car Show Season for club and community car shows, so you can get listed on the...
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