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JUNE 2024 STARS OF THE ULTIMATE CAR SHOW
I've been going to the annual car show at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada since 2009.
There's a reason for that--it's a great...
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JULY 2025: THIS 1961 CHEVY IMPALA RESTO MOD WAS BUILT FOR...
Terry Gouliquer is the proud owner of a 1961 Chevy Impala resto mod that he built to tackle the open road.
In a nutshell,...
MYSTAR JULY 4 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE SMART MOVES AFTER CAR...
Car guys are by nature boneheaded optimists who choose to ignore rust-infested reality on four wheels.
It is both a weakness and, strangely enough,...
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JANUARY 2025 STARS OF THE SHOW–FILES FROM YEARS AGO
Sixteen years of car show photo files produces a massive library so this month's Stars of the Show features a trip to the past.
Some...
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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...
IS BARRETT-JACKSON BAD FOR THE HOBBY?
This is Barrett-Jackson week and with that event comes the inevitable question.
“Is Barrett-Jackson bad for the hobby?”
This is a complicated question with complicated answers...
SELF HELP: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A BETTER PERSON-TACKLE A CAR PROJECT
There is an entire industry devoted to people who need to climb out of life’s swamp and become a better person along the way.
We...
DOES YOUR VINTAGE VEHICLE REALLY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SURVIVOR?
MyStarCollectorCar has been around tens of thousands of vintage vehicles over the years and we have developed our own definition about what it takes...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: DEAD CAR BRANDS-AND WHERE THEY USED TO FIT...
The road to 2017 is littered with the carcasses of dead car brands.
Sometimes car manufacturers need to lighten the load just to make ends...
NOVEMBER 10 MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE OF THE COOLEST TRI-MODEL YEARS
The term "Tri" is a label that’s most often applied to the Tri-Five 1955-57 Chevy, but in reality there were many versions of the...
DECEMBER 28, 2011: EVENTS THAT ROCKED THE CAR WORLD IN THE BABY BOOMER ERA:...
The 1953 Chevrolet Corvette was a complete departure for General Motors because it was designed for only two passengers in the post-war population explosion...
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AN ANNUAL MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR SUBSCRIPTION MAKES YOU ELIGIBLE FOR MONTHLY DRAWS
Annual subscribers will also be eligible for the major draw on December 31st, 2025--it's a custom car show display board featuring the MyStarCollectorCar story...
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WORLD OF WHEELS 2019 HAS DENNIS GAGE, A ‘BITCHIN RIDES’ CUSTOM...
Winter has become longer and more unnecessary than ever in our region because of the prolonged cold spell that has a death grip on...