MARCH 2019: A VERY RARE OLDS FUTURAMIC 98 TOWN SEDAN STEALS...

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  The post war years were a time of change for late 1940s cars in the North American market.   It took three model years (1946, ‘47...

A FEW MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CAR SHOWS

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  A deep freeze winter will eventually give way to warmer weather and car shows.   We at MyStarCollectorCar look forward to this season with the same...

MARCH 2019 STARS OF THE SHOW: AUCTIONS CAN BE A GREAT...

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  Car auctions are all about commerce but they also put together some really nice groups of classic iron and that qualifies as a car...

MARCH 2019: A 1966 METEOR RIDEAU 500 STATION WAGON IS A...

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  The Meteor brand was typically associated with its Canadian automotive heritage because this brand represented a car that was built in Canada.   The lines got...

MSCC FEATURE: HOW THE REYNOLDS-ALBERTA MUSEUM HELPED FIGHT OFF WINTER CABIN...

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  I’ve been to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada many times but I’ve never seen the inside of the museum.   The big draw for...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN….. MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR’S OTHER FASTBACK FAVORITES

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  The fastback phenomenon has always been associated with the muscle car movement of the late 1960s.   Imagine Steve McQueen behind the wheel of a 1968...

FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ST ALBERT’S ROCK’N AUGUST

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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...

MSCC MARCH 13 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—WILL A WHEEL WELL AND A...

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  Wheel wells are a great clue for “What’s It?” Wednesday but there’s a twist—this wheel well could be on the back or the front…that’s...

COOL CARS FROM THE PAST THAT FLEW UNDER THE RISING SUN...

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  There was a bygone era in which cars built in Japan were not exactly greeted with open arms by North American buyers.   The “Made in...

MARCH 2019: A 1967 MERCURY M-100 IS A CANUCK TRUCK FROM...

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Mercury trucks are a serious head-scratcher in car hobby circles south of the 49th parallel because these trucks were built for a Canadian market. Mercury...

THE MONSTER GOES TO A NEW HOME–SOMETIMES IT’S NOT A CHOICE...

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  Classic car sales fall into two categories.   There’s the commerce side where you sell them for a living and there’s the personal side where you...

MARCH 2019: A 1947 DODGE POWER WAGON STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT EVERY...

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  Dodge is a name often associated with brute force performance over the years.   Most of the famous Mopar brand’s legacy involves speed from massive horsepower...

MSCC MARCH 8 FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY: THE FIVE BEST CAR...

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  Most car guy TV shows suck because showbiz triumphs over common sense so it’s a minefield when you have to pick the Top Five...

MARCH 2019: A HOT ROD 1931 FORD MODEL A COUPE IS...

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  The Ford Model A was a replacement for the famous Model T and was designed to bring Ford into a brand new era of...

MSCC MARCH 6 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—THE C-PILLAR IS A GREAT CLUE

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  The C-pillar in a car was its defining trait for years (before the cookie-cutter look of today) so this 1st clue is a great...

MARCH 2019: A 1949 CHEVY 1300 PICKUP TRUCK IS A FAMILY...

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  A 1949 Chevrolet 1300 pickup truck is not a MyStarCollectorCar typo--it is the Canadian version of the 1949 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck built in...

SOMETIMES THE BEST CUSTOM TOUCH IS NOT TO MESS WITH FACTORY...

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  The factory style does not exactly march in lock step with car guys and their game plans.   In fact, there is an entire segment of...

MARCH 2019: AN ORIGINAL 1949 CADILLAC USED TO BE A FUNERAL...

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  1949 was a big year for the Cadillac brand because the evolution of GM’s flagship model was well underway during that era.   Cadillac had already...

MARCH 2019: A 1963 FARGO 300 RESTO MOD BRIGHTENS A WINTER...

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  A large-and-in-charge 1963 Fargo 300 1 ½ ton truck was on the road in the midst of a winter deep freeze and it commanded...

MSCC MARCH 1 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PICKS THE BEST OF...

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  The Eighties was a coming-of-age decade for many people who thrived on bad music and considered ‘The Breakfast Club’ to be a cinematic classic.   The...