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...
JANUARY 12, 2011: DO COLLECTOR CARS DESERVE SENTENCES OF LIFE...
Paintings and sculptures belong in museums.
They have no moving parts and they justify an extremely weak argument that art history degrees are not...
JAN 10, 2011: 2OTH CENTURY CAR FEATURES THAT 21ST CENTURY CARS...
It is very obvious that a new car is an engineering marvel.
The computer-assisted wonders of a new car are almost otherworldly in efficiency...

























































