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SEPTEMBER 22 STAR OF THE WEEK: TWO GREAT EXAMPLES OF UNLOVED BIG 70S IRON These two great examples of big 1970s Detroit iron were...

  50s rock and roll music is a little before my time even though I am pretty familiar with the sound.   One of the coolest...

  The idea of an old car is both a complicated and uncomplicated concept for car guys.   The complicated part is the age and engineering...

  Most car guys have an adventure in their portfolio because the road is often not paved in a search for old iron-literally and figuratively...

MSCC STAR OF THE WEEK: 1936 KURTIS "TOMMY LEE SPECIAL"-NOT A KIT CAR Car shows are one of the most unpredictable events on the...

  I was at a charity car auction where a hundred cars and trucks were donated to a college by a generous car guy.   The...

  Labor Day Monday is an official closer for the summer season in our area.   Not a closer for the car show season here, but...

  Ryan Rexin is a farm kid so basically every vehicle he owns has to serve a practical function.   That's a rare attitude in the world...

SEPTEMBER 8 STAR OF THE DAY: 1950 JAGUAR MARK V THREE POSITION DROPHEAD COUPE Most Stars of the Day have a North American pedigree...

  Make no mistake about it; Scott Medori is a car guy.   He liked the automotive field enough to become a licensed tradesman as a...

  We tend to look back on our lives in a Paul Simon "Kodachrome" kind of way because nothing is ever as good or bad...

  Most people are aware of Maxwell Smart, the bumbling secret Agent 86 from the classic half hour comedy 'Get Smart'.   The show was a...

  We seem to run into Patsy Kachanoski at least once a summer at cars shows because she loves the atmosphere around the vintage vehicle...

  One of the hottest looking cars from the Me Decade (also known as the 1970s) was the De Tomaso Pantera.   These exotic-looking sports cars...

Car guys are extremely "mother hen-ish" about their rides so September is a pivotal month for old iron on the mean streets. Autumn weather...

SEPTEMBER 2013 STARS OF THE SHOW:STANDING ON THE BRINK OF FALL CAR SHOWS Clearly the best months in the Northern Hemisphere are June, July...

  I spotted this wild 1961 Ford station wagon outside a local restaurant earlier in the spring. Truth be told, I would have tracked down...

The Pontiac Parisienne is a car that was rarely seen south of the Canadian border because it was built for the Canuck market. They were...

  Jerry Farnell was an original member of the Igniters car club in our town.   These guys were the hot rod pioneers in our area...

  I started to look through my old notes just in case I missed a story along the way and I had missed a big...