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    Austin cars and trucks hit the North American shores long before the Beatles.   They were here to compete with the Volkswagen Beetle as an...

JULY 7 STAR OF THE WEEK: THE SOLUTION TO TRAILER QUEENS-SELL YOUR TRAILER There's an eternal debate in old car circles about driving versus...

    We spotted Justin Karcha in his 1965 Galaxie during one nasty spring morning just before we drove 90 miles to a car show that...

    I have always a fondness for Model A trucks because my father owned one when I was a very young kid.   My Dad's Model...

  I get to see many car shows in the course of any given year because this job is one of those "combine work with...

    There are real life stories and there are car stories.   MyStarCollectorCar was founded on the principle that the best car stories intertwine with real...

It seems appropriate that a famous western Canadian ¼ mile car should be called Old Trapper because this legendary 1967 Plymouth GTX SS/B track...

  Most car guys are well aware of the spike in prices with the '61 Chevy Impala two-door hardtop.     There's something about a wafer thin C-pillar...

  The Godfather of car guys has to be Jay Leno; he even has an Italian heritage to qualify for godfatherhood.   Leno lives the dream...

  The story behind our written stuff and photos is actually pretty simple: we find the stories and vehicles-then we take the photos and write...

There's an organization called "Take a Kid to a Car Show" that is dedicated to the idea that kids are the future of the...

People over inflate their cool factor. Many of us think we're Steve McQueen cool when in reality, we're Barney Rubble cool. That's not really...

There are many ways to transform a car or truck from a daily star to a fallen star. The simple passage of time is...

  Summer is a painfully short season in our region.   Most car guys have a limited amount of time to spend on the summer road...

JUNE 30 STAR OF THE WEEK:1980 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER-THE 80S COOL FACTOR North American society likes to put 25-30 years on the clock before...

  Most car guys go to auctions because we're all looking for that "buy of the auction".   In most cases, this dream buy checks in...

JUNE 23 STAR OF THE WEEK: WELCOME TO THE GAME-HOOD UP AND DIRTY HANDS The MSCC Star of the Week isn't based on a...

  Well known philosopher Yogi Berra had it right because it really "ain't over until it's over".   There are no better examples of this cold...

  Why is it that people who live close to a world famous tourist attraction fall into a sense of complacency and never visit the...

  An offshoot of the ID twin experience is the myth you "have an ESP connection" with your sibling/clone.   Nothing could be further from the truth.   Jim...