OCTOBER 2019 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS

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OCTOBER 2019 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS OCT 5: CALGARY, AB Michener-Allen Automotive Auction OCT 5: REGINA, SK Majestics Car Club 21st Annual Fall Swap Meet OCT 5:...

SNOW DAY: WHY MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR DID NOT ATTEND THE HIGH RIVER CAR...

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One of our favorite car shows is the annual High River, Alberta car show because the entire community gets involved in this event. The...

SEPTEMBER 2019: ’68 BARRACUDA SUPER STOCK TRIBUTE (DAY #2 CAR)—“WHEN ARE...

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The 1968 Barracuda Super Stock was aptly named the ‘A-bomb’ because these Mopar A-bodies were monsters at the track. They plunked an Elephant (426 hemi)...

HAS THE TIME ARRIVED FOR A LAND YACHT-ONLY CAR SHOW?

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I was at a late-summer weekly car show and I saw something I rarely see at most car shows. There were four land yachts at...

MSCC SEPT 27 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE WAYS TO BE A...

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There are many paths to unbridled happiness--at least according to the massive hordes of self-help gurus who came armed with post-graduate degrees in the...

HITTING NEW HEIGHTS WITH THE 1961-62 FORD GALAXIES

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Early 1960s Ford models were notable for their strong links to TV’s small town sit-com ‘The Andy Griffith Show’. Lead character Sheriff Andy Taylor drove...

MSCC SEPTEMBER 25 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—A MID-WEEK TEST FOR CAR GUYS

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Nothing breaks up a week better than a test. Remember how much fun a mid-week test was in school? This test is better than...

SEPTEMBER 2019: A 1979 DODGE D-100 WITH A 1956 354 HEMI?...

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The post-Sweptline Dodge D-100 truck debuted in 1972 and was a fleet truck fixture for the rest of the decade. The trucks were built for...

THE SUMMER WIND BLOWS OUT OF TOWN FOR CAR SHOWS

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MyStarCollectorCar has never made a secret about our undying love for the summer season of car shows here in Western Canada. The warm weather...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR ANSWERS THE QUESTION: WHAT IS A SIGNATURE RIDE?

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             Vintage vehicles stand out in a crowd in that Sesame Street-ish “one of these things is not like the others” way. The overall...

SEPTEMBER 2019 STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK AT THE PERFECT CAR...

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Car shows are a great experience, but they become ultra-cool when they’re held in a park beside a lake. This show was in the heart...

SEPT 20 MSCC FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY–NO CLASSIC CARS WERE HARMED...

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A grim reality exists when major car projects require cannibalized parts from donor vehicles that may have deserved a much better fate--if they were...

SEPTEMBER 2019: A 1971 CHEVELLE SS 454 GETS A BEASTLY MAKEOVER

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One of the iconic muscle cars from the first generation of these road beasts was the Chevelle. This GM intermediate-sized car debuted in 1964 and...

MSCC SEPTEMBER 18 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—THE TWO-CLUE ONE SOLUTION MID-WEEK PUZZLE

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Welcome back to today’s MyStarCollectorCar mid-week automotive puzzle—it starts with this front-end clue. Followed by this quarter panel clue—if these don’t tilt the game for...

1969 MOD TOPS…THE YEAR PLYMOUTH JOINED THE HIPPY MOVEMENT

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The 1960s have long been recognized as one of the most tumultuous decades in recent history because it was an era of massive social...

SEPTEMBER 2019: 1958 STUDEBAKER SILVER HAWK—IT’S NOT QUITE FACTORY BUT IT...

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Studebaker was a smaller player in the automotive game back in the 1950s but they brought their A-game every day. Historians remember the highlight cars...

THE INNISFAIL CAR SHOW HITS A HOME RUN WITH GREAT WEATHER...

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  Car show organizers are some of the biggest gamblers in the known universe because they circle a date on a calendar and hope...

SEPTEMBER 2019: A HUMPTY DUMPTY 1965 CORVETTE GETS PUT TOGETHER AGAIN

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Murray Gray is a retired aviation mechanic who has restored many vehicles in the past. A 1965 Chevy Corvette roadster provided a significant challenge for...

SEPT 13 FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY–FIVE CLASSIC VEHICLES THAT LOOK GREAT...

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MyStarCollectorCar has a feature called Road Warriors that goes back ten years to the infancy of the site—it was originally called Stars in Traffic...

SEPTEMBER 2019: A FATHER AND SON DUO OF HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS...

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Austin Hudson is the proud owner of a 1970 Dodge D-100 long box/stepside pickup truck. He is also a second generation car guy who was...