NOVEMBER 13, 2009 “IN THE HEADLIGHTS”: FIVE VEHICLES THAT ARE NEARLY...
Passenger pigeons were the most common bird found in North America- so common that flocks numbering 2 billion were up to a mile wide...
NOV 6, 2009 MY STAR SPECIAL FEATURE-BACK TO THE 40S: 1947...
I have always had a soft spot for the post-war late 40s Detroit automobile look which looked eerily like the pre-war early 40s Detroit...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1948 PLYMOUTH CONVERTIBLE – THE HEMI WITH THE...
Chuck Grote is a true old school hot rodder.
He comes from a world where a group of guys could take a stock Anglia...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1979 PONTIAC TRANS AM-A NEED FOR AN EXTRA...
Edie Adams wasn’t a typical Pontiac Trans Am buyer back in 1979-in fact she was barely aware of the “Smokey and the Bandit” blockbuster...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 37 YEARS OF A GRANDE RELATIONSHIP: 1972 MUSTANG...
Otto Dusak is clearly a detail guy.
He bought his 1972 Mustang Grande brand new from his local Ford dealership and still has every...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1928 MODEL A-THE CAR BUILT FOR A GUY...
Lloyd Meadows is at comfortable point in life after years of hard work in the real estate business so he started looking for something...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: CANADIAN IRON 1960 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN-SOMETIMES THEY DON’T HAVE...
Murray Larsen is a young guy so he wouldn’t have been a typical owner of a 1960 Pontiac 4-door sedan when it was new.
...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1957 CHEVROLET BLACK WIDOW-THE ORIGINAL BAD BOY NASCAR...
Long before a guy named Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt drove a mean-looking black Chevy into NASCAR history there was another black Chevy that dominated--a...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1927 FORD MODEL T — THE STEALTH HOT...
Dennis Halpin is a lifetime hot rodder so when he found this '27 Model T his plan was simple-more power.
The hot-rodders battle cry.
Dennis...
OCTOBER 31, 2009: CANADIAN IRON-1957 FORD METEOR-THE PERIOD CORRECT LOOK
Ike Martens is a guy with a very specific taste in older cars-they have to remind him of a very specific era in his...
OCTOBER 30, 2009: MY STAR ARCHIVES: A C-10 CHEVY TRUCK...
'Jeff Kohut and his dad had a mission in life-they both wanted to do a truck project together and they both wanted to learn...
OCTOBER 30, 2009: 1952 FORD JEEP M-38-THE KOREAN WAR VET THAT...
Lee Stronach has two hobbies-he’s a military history buff and he’s a vintage vehicle guy.
This particular Jeep was built under contract by Ford for...
OCTOBER 30, 2009: 1971 GMC BUS-HOW A GUY SATISFIED A CHILDHOOD...
Steve Parkin had a childhood fascination with buses.
'He loved these large, noisy, mass people haulers long before he could drive but his career choice...
MAY 1, 2010 STAR TRUCKIN’ 1967 FARGO LIFETIME WORKING...
Fargo was Chrysler Canada’s answer to the Dodge truck nameplate.
'They were found in Plymouth dealerships and they were rugged old workhorses--especially the 3-ton...
57 Chevy Taxi Cab
We'd sure like to do an article about this car-it was at the Radium B.C. show in September so if anybody can help us...
NOVEMBER 2009 ‘STARS IN TRAFFIC’-YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ‘EM
Most old car owners "own 'em to drive 'em".You hear that over and over when you talk to them so here are some examples...
IN THE HEADLIGHTS-DEAD CELEBRITIES AND THE CARS THAT KILLED THEM
James Dean was a moderately talented actor whose best career move was death by Porsche. He managed to parlay this move into a...
NOVEMBER 2009 ‘FALLEN STARS’-ANOTHER SAD FAREWELL
One of the most painful facets of this "Fallen Stars" section is the thought that some of these classics are gone forever. In...
NEW CARS AT CAR SHOWS
Here is my two cents on the topic "car shows" when to draw the line! I a gree with the writer that says a...
OCTOBER 13, 2009: IN THE HEADLIGHTS-A WORLD HEADED TO HELL IN...
There is always going to be a generation gap.
'That gap got Grand Canyon wide when I read the Oct.9 LA Times business section...