FEBRUARY 2022: ‘82 CHECKER CAB—CHARLIE IS A DAILY WORKHORSE AGAIN
Checker cabs flooded the streets of many major cities for decades—then they were gone.
Old movies really tell the story behind these workhorses because yellow...
FEBRUARY 2023: A 1968 PLYMOUTH VALIANT NAMED CARL VALIENTE BY ITS...
Dane Michielson is the proud owner of his second 1968 Valiant Signet 4-door sedan in the past few decades.
Dan’s first ’68 Valiant was...
IT IS ONWARD AND UPWARD FOR VICE GRIP GARAGE’S DEREK BIERI
One of the best must-see channels on YouTube is ‘Vice Grip Garage’, an entertaining hour of car guy fun and misadventures hosted by Derek...
MYSTAR FEBRUARY 2023 STARS OF THE SHOW: A 10-YEAR TRIP BACK...
The best part about the digital world is you can take a digital trip back in time--this show was held 10 years ago in...
MYSTAR FEBRUARY 10 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: WHAT DO CAR CHOICES SAY...
For the record, there is no actual Dr. MyStarCollectorCar but, if one existed, the Doc’s research would be comparable to our 14 years of...
FEBRUARY 2023: THIS FAMILY HEIRLOOM IS A 1965 IHC PICKUP TRUCK...
Lewis Newby was the original registered owner of a 1965/66 International Harvester that he purchased in 1966 from a local grain company.
The IHC...
MYSTAR FEBRUARY 8 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY
Here's the first clue for today's "What's It?" Wednesday.
This is the second clue.
You'll find the answer below on Thursday.
It's a '69 Dart.
By: Jerry...
WHY MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR HAS A BIAS TOWARD RADIAL TIRES
Rubber tires have been around since the mid-19th century when they debuted in a very basic form.
Initially, rubber tires were simply strips attached...
FEBRUARY 2023: 1964 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER—THE DEFINITION OF A SURVIVOR
The term survivor car gets thrown around more than promises from politicians.
Most so-called survivor cars are basket cases--or they’ve been upgraded to the point...
THE CASE FOR THINNING THE HERD—WHY YOU NEED TO EVALUATE YOUR...
They’re most wives’ nightmare—a giant car crop full of projects.
The logic against a car crop is impeccable—most car guys would need ten lifetimes to...
FEBRUARY 2023: ’74 GREMLIN X—GIZMO GETS A MEANER ATTITUDE
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?
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...
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
























































