THE TRIUMPH TR7… HOW TO DESTROY A BRITISH SPORTS CAR LEGACY...
One of the enduring legends in the automotive hobby is the inferior build quality of British sports car from the past.
Most of the...
APRIL 2021: A RESCUED 1965 PONTIAC GTO IS A WOLF IN...
The first-gen Pontiac GTO gained a legendary reputation as one of the first muscle cars from the 1960s.
The Goat (GTO) debuted in 1964,...
MSCC APRIL 23 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR ASKS FIVE QUESTIONS…WHAT TYPE...
There are plenty of online quizzes that pretend to analyze people with questions that allegedly determine the participants’ inner selves.
The online personality tests...
A WINDSHIELD MISADVENTURE WITH A HAPPY ENDING
A simple plan to replace a windshield in a 1963 Plymouth Belvedere sedan seemed realistic for many valid reasons.
The major reason was the...
MSCC APRIL 21 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—YOUR WEEKLY CAR PUZZLE
Today’s first clue gives you a great fender and half grille shot—that alone should get you close.
This taillight clue should either solve it immediately...
APRIL 2021: A TRIBUTE TO AN INCREDIBLY RARE COBRA DAYTONA IS...
One of the rarest automobiles on the planet is the 1964-65 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.
These cars were designed as a Ferrari killer and...
2021 TV CAR AUCTION TRENDS: FAMILIAR FLAVORS AND FLAVORS-OF-THE-WEEK
The annual TV car auction in Arizona helps set the price trends in the collector car hobby for the upcoming year.
Unfortunately, Covid bureaucrats...
APRIL 2021 ROAD WARRIORS—FROM 2013 TO A FEW WEEKS AGO
April is when things start heating up on the streets, so even in the plague era you’ll see classic iron out there because they...
APRIL 2021: 1964 FORD COUNTRY SQUIRE–FROM LOS ANGELES TO THE ITALIAN...
The station wagon is a huge symbol of the 1960s, because the Baby Boom peaked, and the minivan was still two decades away from...
MSCC APRIL 16 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR INTERPRETS FIVE MORE EXAMPLES...
Car guy world has many terms that are part of the lingo in the hobby, but these terms may be an entirely new language...
APRIL 2021: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER…A 1956 DODGE CRUSADER STORY FROM...
We discovered the MyStarCollectorCar version of lost tapes very recently when an MSCC article about a 2014 car show inadvertently turned up a forgotten...
MSCC APRIL 14 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY: A MID-MONTH MID-WEEK PUZZLE
Today is essentially mid-month so why not have a mid-week puzzle? Here’s the first clue.
This is the second clue.
No—there’s no third clue, so if...
APRIL 2021: A 1948 MERCURY PANEL TRUCK NAMED “BONE-BUSTER” IS A...
Just for the record, the headline reads correctly in this article because a Mercury truck was available in Canada.
The unusual Canuck truck was...
TWO OLD LIMOS: A LOOK AT STREAMING CAR CONTENT IN 2021
I consume a lot of YouTube content.
I especially consume a lot of content that has to do with old cars. I have consumed so...
APRIL 2021: “IT’S A BEAUTY IN MY EYES”–A VERY UNUSUAL DODGE...
Roger Rueedi is only the second owner of a 1961 Dodge W-200 that was originally purchased by a fire and rescue unit in Switzerland....
APRIL 2021 STARS OF THE SHOW—THE AUGUST 8, 2015 AIRDRIE SHOW
If current trends continue, large car shows will be on hold for another season but they were going strong back on August 8, 2015...
MSCC APRIL 9 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE SPECIAL EDITION CARS THAT...
The mid-1970s were called the Dark Ages in automotive history for a reason.
Massive bumpers and choked-off engines were mandated by bureaucrats and seconded by...
APRIL 2021: NOT A HOT ROD-BUT THIS 1950 FORD OF ENGLAND...
There was a smaller British Invasion that occurred long before the Beatles and many other English musical acts hit North America in the mid-1960s....
MSCC APRIL 7 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—A FENDER, HALF A GRILL AND...
This week you get to see a lot of real estate for this week’s “What’s It?” Wednesday clues because the first one is a...
DON’T GO CHANGING… FIVE EXAMPLES OF INTERRUPTED PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
“Planned obsolescence” is alive and well in 2021. The term refers to a ruthless sales tactic that takes a perfectly good product and forces...