MyStarCollectorCar

  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   Nobody cared about the outdated...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...

  Sometimes the smartest car guys in the world are the ones who simply write a check and buy a classic vehicle.   There are many good...

    Perusing online classifieds is one of my favorite pastimes.   But it’s an also a dangerous pastime as the pursuing anything I find is at odds...

  The VW camper van from the 1960s became a legend for the decade because it was an affordable mode of transportation that provided shelter...

  The Bricklin sports car was a great idea that was built from a lot of bad ideas.   The first bad idea was the financial investment...

  I look at hundreds of car related pages every week because they relate directly to what I do at MyStarCollectorCar.   I get a trifecta out...

  The custom car world is full of odd combinations.   There are vehicles that were never even a concept at the factory yet they exist because...

  Life is a big classroom of education for car guys.   Smart car guys consult with even smarter car guys who have accumulated a wealth of...

  Automotive writer/god Tom McCahill was our (the fine people at MyStarCollectorCar) first introduction to the term “idiot light” when Tom wrote his legendary car...

    A striking two-tone 1952 Lincoln Cosmopolitan 2-door hardtop pulled into a summer car show and promptly stole it.   The car was clearly a custom...

  The station wagon has been around for a long time.   In fact, so much time has passed that a vintage station wagon has gone...