OCTOBER 2019 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
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...
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...
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?
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...
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
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
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?...
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
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?
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...
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...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...

























































