MARCH 2024: 1968 OLDS 442 TRIBUTE—AN 18-YEAR HIBERNATION…AND 5 ENGINES LATER

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Tribute cars are a hot commodity because Detroit only built so many classic muscle cars, so the next best thing is to build your...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR APRIL 2024 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS

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APRIL 21: ANCASTER, ON British Car Shows and Flea Market APRIL 26-28: WINNIPEG, MB Manitoba Street Rod Association Rodarama APRIL 26-28: GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB...

MYSTAR MARCH 29 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PICKS OUR FIVE FAVORITE...

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Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR for short) is arguably one of the most famous bands ever to grace the late 1960s and early ‘70s musical...

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RACK UP 5300 MILES IN 8 DAYS...

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MyStarCollectorCar writer Jerry Sutherland has done a stellar job of chronicling the daily adventures of life on the road in a 1963 Plymouth over...

ROUTE 63 DAY 9—ALBERTA BOUND WITHOUT BEING SLUNG OVER THE SADDLE

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A guy named Paul Brandt wrote the most definitive Alberta song twenty years ago. He released it in 2004—it was about a guy heading home...

ROUTE 66 DAY 8—A TRI-STATE RUN HOME

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The day started in Price, Utah so that’s where I’ll start. It’s a nice little Utah town with a large home local home supply company...

ROUTE 63 DAY 7 LITTLE HOLLYWOOD AND GROUND ZERO KOWALSKI

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Kanab, Utah isn’t on the map for most people, but it was most definitely on the map for Hollywood during the golden era. They call...

ROUTE 63 DAY SIX—THE GRAND CANYON AND DUKE WAYNE’S BACKYARD

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The Route 66 part of the Route 63 Warp Drive tour is in the rear view mirror but that doesn’t  mean there aren’t some...

ROUTE 63 DAY FIVE—DONKEYS, CLASSIC IRON AND SWITCHBACK ROADS

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This was the biggest day on the old Route 66 because it captured the towns that really embrace the history of this legendary road. Most...

MYSTAR MARCH 22 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PRESENTS FIVE SOLID WAYS...

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Spring and the 2024 car show season are just around the corner, so it is time for MyStarCollectorCar to issue our annual recommendations for...

MARCH 2024: A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LOVE THEIR “BANDIT” 1981 PONTIAC...

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Barb Schneider and Megan Bell are the proud co-owners of a limited edition 1981 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition that was built to pay...

ROUTE 63 DAY THREE: AMARILLO BY LATE AFTERNOON

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Some of you may not know the legendary George Strait’s  ‘Amarillo by Morning’ but it’s a classic country song about life on the rodeo...

MYSTAR MARCH 2O “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Start the second day of Spring with a good puzzle--here's the first clue to today's "What's It Wednesday". Here's the second clue. Look below on Thursday...

ROUTE 63 DAY 4—THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MOTHER ROAD

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It’s taken three days to see Route 66 on the Route 63 run, but it’s been worth the journey. The first chunk of the trip...

ROUTE 63 DAY TWO—A FOUR STATE ACCIDENTAL RUN

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This road trip had a basic game plan--but nothing was written in stone—except getting to Amarillo, Texas to see the Cadillac Ranch. Day Two was...

MARCH 2024: AN ULTRA-COOL 1968 VOLVO P1800S HAS A LONG HISTORY...

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Greg Wharry was a young guy on the hunt for a Volvo P1800 in 1978 when a buddy spotted a 1968 P1800S at night...

MARCH 2024: 1974 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER—HIS SEARCH PAID OFF WITH A...

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The Plymouth Road Runner went through many versions over its run from 1968-1980. The most common version is the 1st gen (1968-70) because that’s when...

DAY ONE–ROUTE 63: MEET ME IN MONTANA

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Every car guy has a hidden dream to hit the road and travel down Route 66 but there’s one condition. You can’t do this trip...

MARCH 2024 STARS OF THE SHOW–AN AUGUST 2015 DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY

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August 15, 2015 was a sunny late summer Saturday, so the weather allowed MyStar to hit two shows that day. The first one was the...

ONLINE CAR PARTS—WELCOME TO THE MINEFIELD

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I’m a long-term guy in the car hobby, so I know what it was like to find and order vintage car parts in the...