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    A black 1962 Mercury Meteor four-door sedan garnered plenty of attention at a summer car show.   Some Canadian car guys will bristle at the...

  The mid 1960s spawned the modern version of the muscle car and that culture started a flood of car songs.   The radio was filled with...

There are many reasons why car guys have brand favorites but one of the biggest is family influence. Fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all...

   MyStarCollectorCar does not typically dabble in odd ten dollar words so we will offer a brief interpretation of our title.   An “anachronism” is something...

  Full disclosure: MyStarCollectorCar was unaware that Ford of Britain even made a Zodiac for export in 1959.   We were aware of the Ford Zephyr (the...

  The Plymouth GTX was a marriage of brute force and elegance.   The car was known for its simple engine options: 440 cubic inches of pure...

  The source of the current collector car hobby is rooted firmly in the past.   Most car guys lean heavily toward the vehicles that lassoed...

  The most obvious thing about car shows is the average age of the owners.   The demographics spike heavily in favor of the Baby Boomers because...

  The 1948 Chevy was the last of the post-war models built by GM because the 1949 Chevys were a sleeker, more modern version that...

  Corvair vans are a rare sight at car shows.   They didn’t build a lot of them and few of them survive to this day so...

  There are car deals that are planned but most are spontaneous.   You may not plan on buying an old classic when you wake up but...

  The car show season encompasses three seasons from Spring to Autumn (and Winter if you live in the right place).   The shows themselves encompass a...

  Post World War II Detroit played a big game of catch up because the factories were stuck in pre-war phase.   Nobody cared about the outdated...

  There’s something about spotting an old car or truck on your daily commute—it makes your day a lot better.   It might be something like a...

  A bright orange 1947 Pontiac Fleetleader panel delivery caught our attention in a big way at a car show.   The Orange Crush logo on the...

  Dave and Bernice Boucher had a great reason to buy a 1950 GMC 1500: Bernice owned a vintage GMC pickup truck and her ex-husband...

    There’s a succession formula in the old car game.   Typically an old car or truck will go from the older generation to the younger as...

  I used to get into some pretty serious debates when I owned a ’59 Plymouth--it was always about the weight of the car .   The...

  A very cool custom 1938 Dodge two-door sedan arrived at a summer show.   The car had plenty of bug splats on its grille and windshield,...

  The term “barn find” is thrown around with reckless abandon in the car culture because it’s trendy and all-encompassing.   In most scenarios, the pot of...