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We are reprinting this article about a very rare "Rum Runner" 1963 Ford Galaxie in its entirety. Many many thanks to The Ford Galaxie Club...

There is a whole segment of the car hobby that doesn't get much press. The scale model hobbyists are as...

MY STAR-YOUR  !#$%ING ENGINE IS STUCK Wally phoned me to deliver some great news-the 318 motor was definitely stuck thanks to “Right-On” John’s somewhat...

  Ed Graff was a rookie teacher when he traded a full-sized custom van in for a 1978 Volvo 242 GT back in 1983. 'Sure that...

  There were two unusual wedding guests when Mark and Charlene Watson were married in July 1995. The guests in question were a 1947 Hudson and...

  Kelly Blair saw his 1st MG Midget in person when he was 10 years old. His sister's boyfriend's brother brought one out to the...

  This little British subject landed in the colonies back in 1948 where it served as transportation for security at a power plant. Apparently the security...

The 78 Pontiac Trans Am was a signature car for the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Burt Reynolds tormented Jackie Gleason in a black...

Dinah Shore loved a good road trip in the fifties becausee she wanted millions of people to "see the USA in a Chevrolet". 'Millions of...

  1967 was the Summer of Love and it was also the year that Larry Chappele fell in love with his 1967 Rambler American. 'Larry followed...

  Lisa Puzey is not a typical owner of a 1973 Dodge Dart. 'Lisa is a classic blond "guy-magnet"-she would look far more natural on a...

WEEK 4(JIM)HERBIE   Sissy no. Nice guy-yes.Like I said Herbie is an automotive nice guy and as we all know nice guys don’t...

 THE WALLY SAGA BEGINSCrank invited another guy to the party-his name was Wally.Wally had lost a business to a nasty divorce and that, combined...

WEEK 3 (JIM) HERBIE Loyalty? What kind of loyalty involves mangled bodies, major property damage and an army of investigators aimed directly...

    POST PURCHASE-THE AFTERMATH Oddly enough the 59 Belvedere was the same ivory white color that my dad’s was 50 years ago. It...

APRIL 14, 2009: In memorial: Doug the dog (1997-April 7 2009) We filmed our You Tube segment  "Dog drives identical twins in a 1956 Dodge"‚...

  Here's an MSCC article from April 2009 that really summed up the life of the average family car... 'At mystarcollectorcar we're not always going to...

WEEK 2 (JIM) HERBIE It's time to get past that "rolling the Beetle story"You cling to that one like it was Talladega...

FINDING THAT DREAM CAR Those of you who have looked for that dream car will already understand the pain of the search process. ...

  Those of us old enough to remember Fred Flintstone as a high school punk recall a different NASCAR. 'Long before the Samsung 500, Food City...