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SEPTEMBER 24 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE WAYS TO TRANSLATE CANADIAN INTO...
There were startling differences between the Canadian and American automotive industry prior to their 1965 international unification agreement that lifted many of the...
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MYSTAR MARCH 13 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FACTORY MAG-STYLE WHEEL COVERS—DAY TWO...
Detroit was aware of the Day Two cars by the mid 60s.
Basically, a Day Two car was born when a buyer yanked the stock...
MARCH 2026: 1985 DODGE RAM OR ’78 MACHO 4X4?
Looks are deceiving in the custom car hobby.
There is no way you can be sure what you’re looking at is what you think it...
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JANUARY 2022 STARS OF THE SHOW—THE CARS OF COLD WAR MOTORS
Imagine a car lot where the owner walked away almost 60 years ago and left his inventory behind—that would be Cold War Motors.
The cars...
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WHAT YEAR AND MAKE? ACCURACY COUNTS—YOU CAN’T JUST BE CLOSE
I’ll freely admit this job is far and away the best one I’ve ever had because I’m immersed in a kinder, gentler world that...
JULY 12, 2015: SYLVAN LAKE SHOW 2015–SMOKE HAZE, PURPLE HAZE AND A THING
Sylvan Lake is a famous lakeside resort community in Central Alberta.
It has enormous appeal during the summer months when tens of thousands of tourists...
WHEN TWO WHEELS JOIN FOUR WHEELS FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Last week was a tough time for people in our community.
One of our local farm families lost three young daughters in an unspeakably...
FOX BODY MUSTANGS….THE NEW STARS IN THE COLLECTOR CAR HOBBY
Our car guy loyalties are typically defined by any era in our lives that made the biggest automotive impression upon us.
That timeline occurs in...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: POTENTIALLY VERY BAD IDEA–A BIG BLOCK UNDER THE...
For many car guys, there was a time and place for vintage rides: the past.
Many car guys like little or nothing about old cars...
AUGUST 31, 2015: A SMALL RESORT VILLAGE HAS A BIG SHOW
We took in the Village of Pigeon Lake car show for the first time this past weekend and were very impressed with the entire...
CONVERTIBLES WITH THE ROOF UP—HAVE WE BECOME TOO SOFT FOR SOFT TOPS?
There was an era when virtually every car was a convertible.
It was called the horseless carriage era and very few carriages had a roof...
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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...















































































































