JANUARY 2018: A 1975 BRICKLIN SURVIVOR FROM A BANKRUPT, PUBLICALLY-FUNDED COMPANY

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  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...

DOES A BREXIT DEBATE BELONG ON A CAR HOBBY PAGE?

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  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...

JANUARY 2018: ’47 MERCURY MONARCH PICKUP—DID THEY EVER MAKE ONE?

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  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...

JANUARY 19 MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE OF MY WORST CAR...

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  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...

IDIOT LIGHTS VS. GAUGES….. THE WAR RAGES ON

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  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...

JANUARY 2018: A 1952 LINCOLN COSMOPOLITAN RESTO-MOD IS OLD SCHOOL COOL

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    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...

WILL A VINTAGE STATION WAGON MAKE YOU A ROCK STAR?

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

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...