JANUARY 17, 2013: PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WHEN IT COMES...
I do not lead a particularly orderly life in many ways.
I may even be the complete opposite of obsessive compulsive behavior with a few...
JANUARY 15, 2013: THE BARRETT-JACKSON SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA SOLUTION TO THE MID-WINTER...
I live in an area where two things are really clear – the winter is like a jail sentence (with all due respect to...
JANUARY 15, 2013 (FEB 2013): ’65 RAMBLER AMBASSADOR 990 CROSS COUNTRY–...
MyStarCollectorCar has an ongoing mission to study the connection between the car and the owner.
This could involve a look back to a time and...
JANUARY 15, 2013 (FEBRUARY 2013): A 1936 GMC/DODGE HOT ROD TOW...
This vintage GMC tow truck was at a major show a few years ago hauling an old Chevy around as a non-static display.
The...
JANUARY 14, 2013: WE DISCUSS WHAT DEFINED THE STYLE OF CARS...
Every decade from the 40s to the 80s had a distinctive style for North American cars that placed them squarely within the particular time...
JANUARY 12, 2013: “IT JUST HAS ONE SMALL RUST SPOT”: HOW...
You have decided to jump headfirst into the old car game and you are anxious to pull the trigger on the process by purchase...
JANUARY 12, 2013: TEN VINTAGE RIDES THAT WILL MAKE YOU MORE...
There is a big reality that I and many of my fellow humanoids have to face on a daily basis:
We just aren't interesting...
JANUARY 9, 2013: VELMA–A CAR GUY REMEMBERS A LOVE STORY FROM...
Every car guy has a favorite car from a distant past that combined youth with unchecked stupidity.
My favorite and now long departed car...
JANUARY 8, 2013 AN INCREDIBLE RACING MEMORABILIA COLLECTION THAT’S SO GOOD...
Gary Davis has a problem that other car guys can only dream about...he has a world-class collection that's so good its location is top...
JANUARY 3, 2013: ‘I DRIVE YOUR TRUCK’ – HOW A NEW...
We make no secret of our main goal for our stories at MSCC.
We want to answer the "why" question about the ownership of an...
JANUARY 2, 2013: THE VERY DANGEROUS RESTORATION ROAD IN CAR GUY...
There was a movie called 'An American Werewolf in London' that began with two young American backpackers hitchhiking through the most unfriendly countryside on...
JANUARY 1, 2013: STICK TO THE PROJECT–HOW TO PRODUCE A USEFUL...
I watched yet another car restoration show called 'Classic Car Rescue' and had a chilling déjà vu moment that I had seen this show...
JANUARY 1, 2013: NEW YEAR’S DAY MY STAR OF THE YEAR...
My Star of the Year for 2012 is a minefield because there were so many options over the year.
Do you pick a favorite ride,...
DECEMBER 31, 2012 (JAN 2013): ’70 DODGE VALIANT SUPER BEE–MEXICAN MOPAR...
This car was at a Mopar show back in 2010 and it stirred up a number of questions.
Clearly this car is a Plymouth...
DECEMBER 31, 2012 (JANUARY 2013): BOW TIE BEAUTY–WE LOOK AT A...
The post-war cars of the 40s were part of a unique era in Detroit's automotive history.
The car manufacturers had to stand down in...
DECEMBER 31, 2012 (JANUARY 2013): 1947 PACKARD–A PICTURE SAID A THOUSAND...
Packard was well known in the 1920s and 30s as a high water mark for North American cars.
The Packards were well built, stylish and...
DECEMBER 31, 2012 ( JANUARY 2013): A 1947 FARGO 1 AND...
People tend to notice when an unrestored workingman's truck built in the late 40s shows up a car show.
Many people will never have...
DECEMBER 30, 2012 (JANUARY 2013): 1956 CANADIAN BUILT CHEVROLET 1300 3/4...
Temptation is the biggest curse of car guys.
There isn't a day that a car guy doesn't look at an old ride and think about...
DECEMBER 30, 2012 (JANUARY 2013): 1967 DODGE POLARA 500 TWO DOOR...
David Crosley freely admits it was love at first sight and I knew I'd own one" when he saw his first 1967 Dodge Monaco.
...
JANUARY 2013: MOON LANDINGS, WOODSTOCK AND THIS ’69 ROVER 3500. ’69...
One rare component of the famous musical British Invasion of the 60s was the music found in the well-tuned exhaust of the Rover sport...

























































