JANUARY 2018:WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A 1986 FORD VAN BECOMES A BIG...

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d   A 1986 Ford van with exhaust stacks, four dual rear wheels, and a fifth wheel set up to haul trailers is not a common...

JANUARY 2018 MSCC ROAD WARRIORS—THERE WERE SOME CLASSICS FIGHTING THE GOOD...

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  2017 was an exceptional year for MSCC Road Warriors.   The weather cooperated for the most part but true Road Warriors were out in the sun,...

MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: SEAN BELL–A FORD GUY PICKS HIS FIVE...

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  A guy who sells Fords for a living will definitely have a strong list of favorite Blue Oval rides.   Sean Bell is the General Manager...

COLD WAR MOTORS: ‘WILL IT RUN?’—REALITY CAR GUY TV MEETS REAL...

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MyStarCollectorCar has looked at many mainstream car guy 'reality' TV shows over the years and the evaluations have been pretty grim. You all know the...

HISTORICAL TIRE CHOICES DO NOT BELONG ON EVERYTHING

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  One of the best ways to identify the history of a vintage car is the set of tires on the stock version.   Tire choices tell...

JANUARY 2018: A YOUNG CAR GUY AND HIS SURVIVOR 1975 CHEVY...

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  There are two rules in the car guy handbook:   Do not buy a more-door (four-door sedan) and do not buy a car from the Seventies. Logan...

CANUCK CONFUSION: THE CANADIAN-ONLY ACADIAN AND BEAUMONT

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  MyStarCollectorCar recently ran a piece about the Canadian versions of the Pontiac brand.   The article was an eye-opener for our readers in both Canada...

JANUARY 2018 MSCC STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK BACK AT THE...

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  Last year was another exceptional year for car shows.   MyStarCollectorCar put thousands of miles on the road in pursuit of owner’s stories and there were...

JANUARY 5 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE WAYS TO WELCOME BACK 1968…50...

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  1968 was a big year for many reasons because of the events that shook the world during that monumental year.   However, MyStarCollectorCar is obsessed with...

JANUARY 2018: A 1931 MODEL A TRUCK: PURCHASED FOR 10 BUCKS...

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  Jim Parker was a young guy when he spotted a 1931 Model A truck in 1965.   The purchase price was 15 dollars but Jim only...

JANUARY 2018: A 1963 STUDEBAKER AVANTI ENDS A CAR GUY’S SEARCH

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MyStarCollectorCar attends plenty of shows, but few of them include a real deal first-gen 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2-complete with a Paxton supercharger. The Studebaker Avanti...

DUEL: A PLYMOUTH VALIANT VS PETERBILT 1971 TV MOVIE MISMATCH

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  TV Westerns ruled the airwaves when I was a kid. For me, the toughest choice was to pick my favorite show and TV hero.   I...

WE PROMISE TO….. NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS HERE AT MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR

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  We were very happy with 2017 here at MyStarcollectorCar.   Our numbers show we beat 2016 website traffic by about 45% in 2017.   No surprise that...

DECEMBER 2017: A FAMILY TRADITION OF CAR GUYS CONTINUES WITH A...

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  Blayne Weidner is the latest generation of car guys in the Weidner family.   His vintage car choice is a 1962 Sunbeam Alpine Type II and...

PLEASE HELP US FIND THIS TRUCK FOR THE JENSEN FAMILY

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  Morris Jensen was a young guy when he bought a 1966 Chevy ½ ton from a local dealership in the Sixties.   The pickup was brand...

DECEMBER 29, 2017 MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017—IT...

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  Frank Sinatra was right—it was a very good year.   Every year is a very good year in this comfortable world of nostalgia/old iron.   Here (in no...

500 WAS A NICE ROUND NUMBER FOR CAR GUYS BACK IN...

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  500 was a famous number long before it ended up in chrome on a car from the past.   The storied Indy and Daytona races ensured...

MSCC DECEMBER 27 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—THREE CLUES FOR THE PRICE OF...

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2017 MSCC "WHAT'S IT?"   WEDNESDAY MSCC What's It? Wednesday is back for 2017. This is a weekly guessing game for car guys and it was one...

DECEMBER 2017: RALPH NADER WAS WRONG–A 1966 CORVAIR CORSA GETS A...

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    The most popular non-fictional book on the 1966 New York Times best-seller list was a largely fictional book titled Unsafe at Any Speed, written...

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR

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  Merry Christmas to our MyStarCollectorCar readers who have already discovered that, “Yes Virginia”, there is a written story that always accompanies our pretty pictures...