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MSCC FEBRUARY 5 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY – THE MID-WEEK CAR GUY...
Wednesday is the halfway day—you’re in the middle of the week and you’re halfway to the weekend so a mind game like “What’s It?”...
TODAY AT MY STAR
MYSTAR MARCH 20 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR HAS FIVE MORE REASONS...
Long term MyStarCollectorCar readers already know we consider Tom McCahill to be the greatest automotive writer in car magazine history because he has been...
MARCH 2026: 1963 MERCURY—THIS CANUCK TRUCK WAS 90% THERE
The toughest projects are the ones someone else started—you could sell t-shirts with that phrase written on them.
Don Ladouceur knew that when he spotted...
OWNERS STORIES
STARS OF THE SHOW
FEBRUARY 2012 STARS OF THE SHOW-THE 2012 SCOTTSDALE BARRETT-JACKSON CARS AND...
The Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction is like an oasis in the middle of a winter desert for car guys. Love it or hate it, the...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
COULD I HAVE GRAFTED ON SOME COOL FACTOR IN ’72?
I love leafing through old car magazines just to see what could have been because it sure looks like they gave away gold for...
CANADIAN THANKSGIVING SATURDAY AT A LATE SEASON CAR SHOW
Most of our MyStarCollectorCar readers live north of the 49th parallel in Canada where the car show season is almost over in that sad...
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...
NOVEMBER 9, 2011: WE BID A FOND FAREWELL TO THE 2011 CAR SHOW SEASON
One of the many drawbacks to a four- season climate is the end of the car season.
We live in a region where Santa Claus...
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...
SEPTEMBER 29 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE LESSONS LEARNED WITH AN OLD CAR
Old cars are different from modern cars in many ways, so they require a different approach and philosophy from new cars.
Old cars look different...
THE 1958-59 CHEVYS AND FORDS: THE TIMES THEY WERE A-CHANGING
One of the fundamental principles of a bygone automotive era was annual change.
This time of year (autumn) was an exciting time at car dealerships...
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GREAT GRILLES OF THE ‘50S – HOW LEARNING CAN BE FUN
Research is the backbone of MyStarCollectorCar’s written material because the collector car hobby is an ongoing education.
The key to this education is finding quality...
CAR SHOWS & EVENTS
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...


















































































































