FEBRUARY 2022: ‘82 CHECKER CAB—CHARLIE IS A DAILY WORKHORSE AGAIN

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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...