MSCC FEB 7 STAR OF THE WEEK 1961 300G—BECAUSE MOPAR MUSCLE...
MSCC FEB 7 STAR OF THE WEEK 1961 300G—BECAUSE MOPAR MUSCLE IS A LONG TERM CONCEPT
The history of Mopar muscle goes back decades—far more...
FEBRUARY 2016 FALLEN STARS: THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF A GREAT CAR...
FEBRUARY 2016 FALLEN STARS: THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF A GREAT CAR CROP
Car crops are definitely an “out of sight out of mind” concept because...
HOW SCOTTSDALE BARRETT-JACKSON REPLACED DISNEYLAND
I always wanted to go to Disneyland when I was a kid.
'There was every other place in the world for a vacation and...
FEBRUARY 2016: COAST TO COAST AND BACK AGAIN IN A 1953...
Mark and Dianne Boutillier were definitely not afraid of a road trip when they left Vancouver, BC on June 1st of last year in...
FEBRUARY 2016: EVER HEARD OF A CLASSIC TIFFANY? NEITHER HAD WE
We were at a small town car show when we spotted an unusual car in the midst of the entries.
The car in question...
FLAGGING DOWN MIKE JOY
My nephew Angus spotted Mike Joy before I did at the Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson auction.
Mike was in the staging area and on his cell phone...
FEBRUARY 2016 STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK BACK AT SCOTTSDALE AUCTION...
FEBRUARY 2016 STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK BACK AT SCOTTSDALE AUCTION CAR WEEK
There is a week where some of the most incredible iron on...
MSCC JANUARY 31 STAR OF THE WEEK: IHC FIRE TRUCK—THE REAL...
MSCC JANUARY 31 STAR OF THE WEEK: IHC FIRE TRUCK—THE REAL STAR OF AUCTION WEEK
This past week in Scottsdale was an all-star lineup for...
JANUARY 30, 2016: AUTOMOTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA ETIQUETTE—DO NOT BE THAT GUY
I receive hundreds of different feeds every day on social media.
75% of these feeds are automotive related so I get sensory overload on everything...
JANUARY 30, 2016: HOW’S THE HOBBY DOING? THE ANSWER WAS FOUND...
This was one of those full bore weeks at MSCC and it definitely answered the question: “Is the hobby alive and well”.
'The answer was...
CAR GUY WEEK—STALKING RICHARD RAWLINGS
Scottsdale is Woodstock for car guys so you always get the gearhead equivalent of a Jimi Hendrix or Richie Havens sighting when you attend...
AUCTION DAY—THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BATMOBILE AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM...
This was a typical day at the show—it was stacked with some of the most incredible iron you’ll ever see in one city.
There were...
THE VALLEY OF THE SUN-IT CALLS TO ANYONE WITH A CAR...
There’s an old cliché about why people do things like climb mountains or jump out of perfectly good planes with a parachute strapped to...
COMPLICATED SIMPLICITY: WHY THE MODEL T IS GREAT PROTECTION AGAINST LOWLIFES
The Model T is one of the most famous cars ever produced in the history of the internal combustion engine applied to four-wheeled transportation....
MSCC JANUARY 24 STAR OF THE DAY: ’74 PLYMOUTH GRAN FURY—AN...
MSCC JANUARY 24 STAR OF THE DAY: ’74 PLYMOUTH GRAN FURY—AN UNASSUMING TV STAR
There are TV cars that will be embedded forever in the public’s...
JANUARY 2016 FALLEN STARS: HEAVY METAL AUTO WRECKERS—THE GIFT THAT KEEPS...
JANUARY 2016 FALLEN STARS: HEAVY METAL AUTO WRECKERS—THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
Most experienced car guys are well aware of the vanishing car crop...
LIFE AS A GOLDFISH BOWL FOR THE AMC PACER
American Motors was a car company without a lot of extra cash.
They had to do more with less every day they were in...
THREE CAR NAMES DETROIT NEEDS TO RESURRECT
The automotive world is littered with the metal carcasses of dead brands and models.
The car market eats its own if necessary and the automotive...
JANUARY 2016: ’64 PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE—THE LURE OF THE 4-DOOR SEDAN
MyStarCollectorCar is firmly on board with 4-door sedans and has been on board with 4-doors since April 2, 2009—the day MSCC went live.
'The majority...
JANUARY 2016: 1974 GREMLIN X LEVI EDITION—THE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT...
There are many examples of “the one that got away” within the car hobby.
'There’s rarely a happy ending because once a car is gone...