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MAY 2015 STARS OF THE SHOW-A NEW SEASON KICKS OFF AT...
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada is a hot spot for car guys. They may have the highest gearhead per capita ratio of any city in...
TODAY AT MY STAR
MYSTAR JULY 18 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: THREE CARS, SAME 1000-MILE ROAD...
MyStarCollectorCar celebrates road warriors because if you don’t drive them—why own them?
That’s why today’s Five for Friday is about three old cars (1960 Dodge...
HOW MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR TAKES A FACEBOOK ROAD TO A GOOD CAR STORY
The 2025 car show season is here, and we are very excited in that kid-at-Christmas kind of way about it.
The off season is a...
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STARS OF THE SHOW
MYSTAR JUNE 2025 STARS OF THE SHOW–HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST EXTENDICARE CAR...
This month is the 13th Annual Red Deer Extendicare’s Classic Parade, Park and Burnout Show.
The event goes on June 13th and here's what...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
JANUARY 1, 2012: NUT JOBS SAY IT’S THE LAST YEAR FOR EARTH WE SAY...
Today is the first day of the rest of your car shows.
It's 2012 baby...time to ring out the old and ring in the...
MAY 26, 2015 DOGS IN CARS PART 8: CAR RIDES—LIKE CRACK COCAINE FOR CANINES
Who among us can drive away from a sad-looking dog?
Car rides are like crack cocaine for dogs, so once you get your best 4-legged...
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"....
DECEMBER 30, 2011: 1970S CARS ARE THE RODNEY DANGERFIELDS OF THE HOBBY: THEY NEED...
There is one angle on the car hobby that seriously p****es me off:some smug weasel with an anti-Detroit philosophy who takes a past generation...
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...
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LEGENDS
The bright lights of fame cast a large shadow for everything that is not in the spotlight.
Cars are no different because some of them...
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...
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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
FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ST ALBERT’S ROCK’N AUGUST
St. Albert Rock'n August is one of the premiere events of the summer car show in Canada.
This is a massive event and it takes...