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DECEMBER 2023: THIS 1951 MONARCH RESTO MOD IS A TRUE KING...
Many of our MyStarCollectorCar readers may be puzzled by the Monarch label on this car because it was only available in Canada at Ford...
TODAY AT MY STAR
MYSTAR APRIL 3 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PRESENTS FIVE CAR STARS...
The 1970s showcased car guy movies that involved a cross-country race across America in the shortest possible time frame.
The flicks were largely based...
17 YEARS OF CAR GUY WORLD—BEHIND THE SCENES AT MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR’S ANNIVERSARY
You don’t get a manual when you set up an automotive website.
Instead, you get a world of experience and with any luck, you learn...
OWNERS STORIES
STARS OF THE SHOW
MAY 2013 STAR OF THE SHOW: TIME TO TAKE THE WRAPPING...
Car guys are like little kids waiting for Christmas to arrive because the wait is long and painful for kids and Santa Claus or...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
APRIL 11, 2015: TRUST YOUR NOSE–A CAR GUY GUIDE TO STRANGE AUTOMOTIVE AROMAS
I was walking to my car in a parking lot the other day I encountered a familiar and frightening smell: the sickly sweet aroma...
DECEMBER 7, 2015: WE PICK THE MOST ICONIC CAR IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
Any word with “iconic” in front of it in a sentence means the subject is also in front of its peers in the world...
JULY 2, 2015: CANADA DAY 2015–A CAR SHOW AT AN 18TH CENTURY TRADING POST
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta has been around for a long time.
It was established as a fur trading post in 1799 and now plays a...
DECEMBER 31, 2011: MORE EVENTS THAT ROCKED THE CAR WORLD-FINS TO THE LEFT AND...
Full disclosure here: Jimmy Buffett was actually talking about a bar filled with too many dudes and not enough chicks when he wrote "Fins"....
DRIVERLESS CARS: RIDING SHOTGUN IN YOUR OWN CAR
60 Minutes ran a feature about the future of the automobile.
Most of the big players in the automotive world are currently in...
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...
JULY 28, 2015: REALITY CHECK–DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO SELL THE DEAD GUY’S CAR?
I watched a couple of car-curber TV show episodes that involved the sale of estate cars.
The sales were facilitated by the little guy with...
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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
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR MAY 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...
















































































































