FEBRUARY 2023: ’74 GREMLIN X—GIZMO GETS A MEANER ATTITUDE

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History tells us the AMC Gremlin was an affordable car (under $2000 list price), but nobody thought of the term muscle car when the...

MYSTAR FEBRUARY 3 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR POP QUIZ–AMERICAN OR CANADIAN?

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One of the most dreaded grade school misadventures is a pop quiz. They were specifically designed to strike fear and induce panic in every...

FEBRUARY 2023: A 1963 VOLVO 544 SPORT FIXES THE NOSTALGIA URGE...

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True confession: I am a huge fan of the Volvo 544 models, mainly because I owned one during the back nine of my teenaged...

MYSTAR FEBRUARY 1 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Start February with a "What's It?" Wednesday clue. It's a familiar face--maybe this second clue will nail it for you. If not, you can see the...

JANUARY 2023: A 1960 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL CONVERTIBLE HAS A VERY UNUSUAL...

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The 1960 Lincoln Continental represents the last of a design era for the famous Ford flagship. The car embodied the futuristic space age style...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR FEBRUARY 2023 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS

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Coming Soon! Please contact me at jer@mystarcollectorcar.com if you have a show to list for the 2023 season. You'll be on the number one...

THE LEGEND OF THE TIN GRILLE…. 1972-79 DODGE TRUCKS

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1972 was a big year for Dodge trucks because they underwent a major facelift when the famous Sweptline truck series drove into the sunset...

MSCC JANUARY 2022 ROAD WARRIORS–A LOOK AT LOCAL TRAFFIC

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Some towns and cities have a higher number of classics per mile than other places--Red Deer, Alberta , Canada is one of them. These are...

JANUARY 2023: 1965 METEOR MONTCALM CONVERTIBLE—1958 MERCURY TRAILER—THE COMBINATION WAS IRRESISTIBLE

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If you’ve had enough trips around the sun, you’ll remember when holiday trailers weren’t pulled by giant diesel trucks. They were pulled by cars like...

MYSTAR JANUARY 27 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: WHAT THE &#%! ARE THEY...

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It is a little-known fact MyStarCollectorCar is also an accredited interpreter because we speak car guy jargon so well that we have interpreted gearhead...

JANUARY 2023: A SURVIVOR 1971 CHEVY NOVA 4-DOOR SEDAN WITH ITS...

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It is no secret that we at MyStarCollectorCar will seek out unusual vehicles because they typically have an interesting back story that grabs our...

MSCC JANUARY 25 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Check out today's "What's It?" Wednesday first clue. Here's the second clue. Look for the answer below on Thursday. It's a '62 Imperial. By: Jerry Sutherland Jerry...

JANUARY 2023: THIS SURVIVOR 1989 FORD LONG ROOF (STATION WAGON) HAS...

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Station wagons occupy a time and place in most older peoples’ lives because they were a major mode of transportation for many families during...

BATTLE OF THE WHEELIE GODS: THE LITTLE RED WAGON VS HEMI...

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Good fortune was in my favor when I discovered a vintage video that featured two of the most famous wheelie vehicles in the history...

A MID-JANUARY OUTDOOR CAR SHOW IN EDMONTON ALBERTA CANADA??  THAT WOULD...

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For decades, there has been an ongoing debate about the weather theory formerly known as global warming and now operating under the climate change...

JANUARY 2023: THIS 1953 MERCURY M-100 PICKUP RESTO MOD HAS A...

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The Mercury truck brand may be new and puzzling to some of our readers, so MyStarCollectorCar feels duty-bound to explain why a vintage Ford...

MSCC JANUARY 20 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE OF THE COOLEST FULL-SIZE...

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History tells us the peak time for muscle cars fell within the period from 1969-71—an era when horsepower soared, then disappeared. The spotlight was always...

JANUARY 2023: 1988 BUICK LESABRE T-TYPE—BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GOOD THINGS...

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The mid to late 1980s was an era when Detroit figured out how to squeeze more power out of an engine and still fall...

MYSTAR JANUARY 18 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Here's the first clue for today's MSCC "What's It?" Wednesday. This is the second clue. If that doesn't help, you'll find the answer below on Thursday....

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR DARES TO ASK THE QUESTION: ROADMAP OR GPS?

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MyStarCollectorCar hit the road in early December 2022 to a familiar destination about an hour and a half away from our home base. We knew...