FEBRUARY 2025: READ WHY A 1951 MERCURY TRUCK THINKS IT’S A...

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Yes Virginia, there is (was) a Mercury truck. These unique trucks were built for the Canadian market from 1948 until 1968 when the full...

FEBRUARY 2025: THIS 1966 GMC ¾-TON FLEETSIDE PICKUP HAS A FEW...

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Warren Smith is the proud owner of a beautiful 1966 GMC ¾-ton pickup truck that used to be a farm truck in rural New...

FEBRUARY 2025: A 1971 OLDS 442 SX IS A TREASURED FAMILY...

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Every car guy started out as a car kid who dreamed of an unlikely event where his father bypassed the 4-door sedan and station...

JANUARY 31 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PICKS FIVE UNDERPOWERED SLUGS FROM...

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1970 was arguably the last year for serious muscle cars before heavy-handed automotive bureaucrats and gas shortages sparked a painful castration process on cars...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR FEBRUARY 2025 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS

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FEBRUARY 8: LETHBRIDGE, AB 60th Annual SAACAC Swap Meet SWIFT CURRENT, SK Eliminators Car Club weekly meeting CALGARY AB Thunderbird Club monthly meeting LETHBRIDGE, AB Le Barons...

JANUARY 2025: THIS 1985 BUICK LESABRE IS A FAMILY HEIRLOOM WITH...

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Neil Strembiski is the proud owner of an unusual family heirloom, namely a 1985 Buick LeSabre 4-door sedan. The Buick was purchased brand-new by...

 A FIVE FOR FRIDAY QUESTION: DO YOU SPEAK BRITISH OR NORTH...

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There is an abundance of car guy channels and international borders are crossed very easily via TV shows or YouTube programs. The net result...

MICHENER–ALLEN AUCTIONEERING JANUARY 29 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. This is the second clue. Check below on Thursday for the answer. It's a 1966 AMC...

AUCTION TRENDS—THREE CLASSICS IN FREEFALL

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Collector car auctions will often tell you the real story about what a car or truck is worth in the retail market. That selling price...

CAR GUY CHOICES: KEEPING IT REAL OR THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR...

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The first order of business: explain the title to our MyStarCollectorCar readers who may not be aware of the terms used in the title. “Keeping...

A STEP TOO FAR…WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES WHEN IT...

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Legendary actor James Garner was the man behind famous TV detective Jim Rockford, arguably the greatest private eye show in television history. One of the...

SURVIVOR CARS—WHEN DO YOU CROSS THE LINE?

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The car hobby is like real life because you get a basic game plan, but there are explosions of reality every day.  The key to...

JANUARY 2025: 1964 ACADIAN BEAUMONT SPORT DELUXE FILLED IN FOR A...

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The Acadian Beaumont is a mystery car in the United States because they only sold them north of the border. There’s a large dose of...

FIVE TAILLIGHTS THAT REALLY LIT UP THE NIGHT

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Taillights are a huge piece of any car puzzle because they are all about form and function. Function in the sense you need them to...

WHAT I’VE LEARNED AFTER 16 YEARS AT MYSTAR

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April 2025 will mark the 16th anniversary of MyStarCollectorCar.com, so I thought I’d jot down some random thoughts about how it’s gone so far. These...

FIVE THINGS OLD CAR GUYS KNOW ABOUT OLD CARS

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We at MyStarCollectorCar are part of an older generation of car guys who cut our teeth on vehicles from a bygone era. There were...

MY STAR JANUARY 24 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE 65-YEAR-OLD CUSTOM GRILLES...

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The classic era of custom cars had many winners because the 50s and early 60s were the start of the space age so anything...

1975 MUSCLE—0 TO 60 FIFTY YEARS AGO

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1975 was a lukewarm year for performance at Detroit. There were many reasons for this, but the biggest reason was heavy-handed government regulation during an...

1995 MUSCLE—THE ZERO TO SIXTY NUMBERS PICKED UP 30 YEARS AGO

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Students of automotive history know that zero to sixty times entered the dark ages in 1972 when smog regulations strangled engines. I talked about five...

JANUARY 2025: THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF...

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Dale Flatla loves 1970 Plymouth Sport Satellites in every form, including the station wagon version. Plymouth introduced the Sport Satellite in 1965 when it...