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  Gord Bredo was not the first owner of his 1952 Mercury M-1 pickup truck because that honor went to his father.   The common denominator...

  Dick Irwin is a retired mechanic and we assumed that he was great at his job when we first saw his immaculate 1976 Olds...

  The first time we saw this car we wondered where we would find the redheaded high school kid named Archie Andrews of comic fame...

  We always want an answer to a question at MyStarCollectorCar.com: why did you choose to own this vehicle?   The toughest but best answers are...

Courage is something that is measured by deeds, not words but outside the race track you rarely see the term applied to drivers. Unless...

There's a peacock-like attitude among car guys because you simply don't build an old ride to be anonymous. Once you wheel a classic...

There's a phrase that comes up frequently on MyStarCollectorCar pages that describes the rocky relationship between wives and old iron. "Aeterna Hostes" in Latin...

  I met Al Riise at a large car show a few weeks ago and initially I focused on his car because he does drive...

  You may be in denial when it comes to your old car addiction.   You may actually be in serious denial and say that everything...

  I grew up in Red Deer, Alberta Canada and I've been a NASCAR fan since 1964 when I was 9 years old.   Red Deer...

  There is currently no NHL hockey season so NASCAR decided to pick up the slack this past Sunday and stage a bench-clearing brawl between...

Dennis Halpin is a long time reader and occasional contributor to MyStarCollectorCar.com. He's a self-described "born hot rodder" who is also a USAF Viet...

  1965 Corvettes are already stars by their very nature.   Vintage 'Vettes have large legions of fans that worship the ground they leave tire tracks...

  There are car guy holdouts in 2012 who take a lot of pride in their ability to live without the Internet.   Good on 'em,...

  Bob Seger summed it up best with the words "Think of seasons that must end" in his classic song 'Famous Final Scene'.   One of the...

  Paul Newman was already a movie superstar by the time he starred in 1969's 'Winning'.   Few movie fans from that era can forget his...

  We are not overly bright guys here at MSCC but, if we have learned anything along the way, we have learned that people love...

  There's an old joke about octogenarians and it has a basic punch line –the longer you live is directly proportional to the length of...

  There's a split in the car hobby but it's far from a 50-50 split.   This is the one where the pro "drive the wheels...

  Most car guys have the same "barn find" dream.   The one where they uncover a mint survivor vehicle with extremely low miles, an impeccable...