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APRIL 2018: 1974 OLEG CASSINI MATADOR—DAD’S CAR LIVES ON
The best car stories have family heritage behind them.
The link between generations turns a car story into something bigger.
It becomes a family story and...
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MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR AUGUST 2025 STARS OF THE SHOW
Innisfail, Alberta Canada hosts an annual car show every year.
They used to hold it in September and in a field , but they moved...
MYSTAR AUGUST 15 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: CAR GUYS—FIVE WEIRD THINGS THEY...
Car guys are a different breed because they invest heavily in the past—very heavily.
Non-car guys line up for massive loans at their local car...
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STARS OF THE SHOW
APRIL 2013 STARS OF THE SHOW: THE CURTAIN COMES UP ON...
The car show season literally never ends because there are places like Hawaii, California, Arizona, Florida and Australia. That's great if you live in...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
JULY 28, 2015: SUPER RUN WEEK—A LOOK BACK AT THE 2009 AND 2012 VERSION...
Super Run 2015 kicked off with its first event last night but today is all about yesterday.
This event alternates between three western Canadian provinces...
A ROOM FULL OF ELEPHANTS:A RARE COLLECTION OF EARLY MOPAR SHOEBOX 426 HEMI MUSCLE
First impressions are permanent in most situations. In my world as an 11 year old kid in 1966, early 426 Hemi "Elephant" Mopars were...
SAINT ALBERT ROCK’N AUGUST—THE BIG SHOW RETURNS AUGUST 7-11
Rock’n August is one of Western Canada’s biggest annual car shows.
The whole community gets behind this week-long event because this is a showcase for...
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...
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...
CONNECTING WITH SEINFELD—THE FRATERNITY OF THE JEROMES WASN’T ENOUGH
MyStarCollectorCar is based on the average guy in the car hobby—the kind of guy who puts gallons of blood, countless hours of sweat equity,...
DECEMBER 8, 2011: A LOOK BACK IN TIME – WHEN BOOGIE VANS WERE KING...
I just got rid of a full sized 1987 van that I owned for the past 3 1/2 years.
The van was simply a...
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Costs Behind A Classic Car Restoration
Collecting classic cars is a timeless hobby for car enthusiasts across the country. Bloomberg recently noted a 19% increase in auction sales of classic cars since...
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...