THE LIFTOFF AND CRASH LANDING OF THE FIRST-GEN OLDMOBILE F-85

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  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...

BABY NEEDS NEW SHOES: CAR GUYS AND THEIR WHEEL DECORATION CHOICES

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  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...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR MARCH 2019 ROAD WARRIORS—SPRING STARTS THIS MONTH SO THE STREET...

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  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...

MARCH 2019: 1962 FORD GALAXIE 500XL SUNLINER CONVERTIBLE—40 YEARS LATER THE...

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  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...

MSCC MARCH 22 FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY: “IT YARD DRIVES”, “SMOKES...

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  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...

MARCH 2019: ’51 DODGE KINGSWAY—THE “SHE GOES TO A FUNERAL—HE GOES...

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  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...

MSCC MARCH 20 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—FOCUS ON THE QUARTER PANELS

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  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...

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...