FEBRUARY 2011 STARS IN TRAFFIC-WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
Some guys buy vintage iron and immediately park it in an environmentally friendly storage area-clearly an out of sight and out of mind scenario...
FEBRUARY 2011 STARS OF THE SHOW-THE BARRETT-JACKSON CARS
The "Stars of the Show" section is primarily built around a typical small town car show. There's a simple reason for that-the heart of...
FEBRUARY 2011 FALLEN STARS-CARSINBARNSBLOGSPOT.COM FINDS GOLD
We were very fortunate to find out about this site http://carsinbarns.blogspot.com/ The story about it couldn't be told any better than by its founder......
JANUARY 30, 2011: NEWSFLASH TO MY TWIN BROTHER JERRY…JAY LENO IS...
There is a big myth that identical twins think exactly the same.
My brother Jerry wrote a puff piece back in April 2009 that...
JANUARY 30, 2011: WE ASK THE BURNING QUESTION: STRIP SHOWS OR...
We don't judge at mystarcollectorcar.
Well maybe we do, but we try to avoid the practice- at least at a minimal level.
Anyhow, we...
JANUARY 28, 2011: COAST TO COASTERS TOUR–1969 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AMBULANCE
Fraser Field spent 30 years as a Paramedic so he's no stranger to driving an ambulance.
The "strange" enters into the equation when he's...
JANUARY 28, 2011: WHAT DOES PINK FLOYD HAVE TO DO WITH...
Pink Floyd is a band that has lived long and prospered off a long-dead career as a relevant music force.
They are a golden...
JANUARY 26, 2011: WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE FOR THE...
There is a current restoration project on television that will 'save' a one of one 1969 Hemi Charger rusted-out hulk in need of last...
JANUARY 25, 2011: YOU CAN’T HIDE YOUR INNER CAR GUY..EVEN IN...
I have a nephew who just turned 19.
He is a poster boy for the 21st century world of e-communication that embraces texting, tweeting...
JANUARY 24, 2011: BARRETT JACKSON DAY 6 – THERE IS NO...
Barrett-Jackson is a very visual TV experience, but it cries out for editing from a viewer's perspective.
That is why you have to record...
JANUARY 23, 2011: BARRETT JACKSON DAY 5 – ANYBODY HERE SEEN...
The 2011 Barrett Jackson auction has proven to be a rebound year for the collector car market.
It has also proven to be newsworthy...
JANUARY 22, 2011: BARRETT-JACKSON DAY 4 – A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
The basic principle behind the collector vehicle experience is raw emotion.
Barrett-Jackson week can wring out a whole bunch of feelings that are not...
JANUARY 21, 2011: BARRETT JACKSON DAY 3 – LOST IN THE...
A little known fact about identical twins- we aren't exactly the same people, despite the overuse of stereotypes about clones.
This may seem like...
JANUARY 20, 2011: BARRETT-JACKSON DAY 2 – MY BROTHER MAKES A...
One of the dominant genes in our family pool is a car guy chromosome.
We don't quite understand the unnatural car attraction, but we follow...
JANUARY 20, 2011: WHAT DOES A DEAD SINGER’S HIPPY PHILOSOPHY HAVE...
The late Eddie Kendricks was a pop/soul singer with a modest solo career after a stint in the Temptations.
He hit number one on...
JANUARY 16, 2011: FIVE DANGER SIGNS TO AVOID AT THE BARRETT-JACKSON...
January is a month with very few redeeming features for car guys.
The collector car auction season makes the cabin fever go away for...
JANUARY 15, 2011: THE COASTERS CROSS CANADA TOUR-THE WORLD’S COOLEST CLASSIC...
The old car hobby is heavily steeped in nostalgia.
Logically, it makes no sense to invest in outmoded technology-if it did; we would have...
STARS IN REHAB:1966 CORONET PT. 1 – A TRIBUTE CAR FOR...
Todd Puzey is a City of Calgary, Alberta Canada firefighter (a city of over a million people) so it's more than fair to say...
JANUARY 15, 2011: THE WINNER OF THE TV CAR REPAIR HOST...
This is a horse race between Courtney Hansen and Dan Woods.
Both are familiar figures in the collector and hot rod hobby because of...
JANUARY 13, 2011: 240 GORDIE BONIN – A MILE A MINUTE...
The 70s were considered a fast decade.
The lifestyle was much faster and the rules were a little more relaxed during this era.
It was...