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  Perhaps the two most famous Chrysler LA small blocks were the company’s 318 and 340 engines.   The term “LA” basically means “Light A” and refers...

  One thing that is sure to start a car guy fistfight is to call everything built by American Motors Corporation (and its historical partner...

  The North American debut of the Volkswagen Beetle took place in early 1949 when a Dutch businessman was able to ship a new one...

  Today’s “What’s It?” Wednesday clue is a little different angle on the taillight but it’s still a good clue.   If you add this second clue—the...

  The Olds F-85 debuted in time for the 1961 model year in North America.   Its name was likely an offshoot of the jet age...

  One of the most important components of a restoration project is decision time for the wheel choice portion of the program.   There are a wide...

  This month is when Spring officially begins so the street beckons for the classic iron—depending on where you live because the seasonal change varies...

  There is an old saying in the car hobby—if you really want a great price find a time machine.   That’s how it works because a...

  Car guys are notorious ad junkies.   They’ll look at ‘For Sale’ signs stuck on grocery store billboards, online, in newspapers, in magazines and taped to...

  Car guys have two approaches to purchasing classic iron.   They either research the life out of a potential buy or they go in spontaneously and...

  Today’s “What’s It?” clues are a little unusual because they focus only on the quarter panels of the mystery car so this driver’s side...

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

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

  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...

  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...

  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...

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...

  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...

  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...