HERE’S HOW FAST AND FURIOUS BROUGHT DETROIT TO JAPAN
The Japanese car culture is primarily focused on the here and now because Japan is a high-tech, highly organized society where new cars are...
MAY 2021: A 1956 CHEVY CONVERTIBLE HAS A REMARKABLE 93-YEAR-OLD OWNER
The Tri-Five Chevrolet models are the stuff of legends in the car hobby.
The Tri-Five nickname is well-known in the car hobby and represents...
MAY 2021: A LEANING TOWER OF POWER ’65 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA –...
The world of small blocks and big blocks under the hood is vast, because it covers a wide range of Detroit makes and models—that’s...
MSCC APRIL 30 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: REMEMBER WHEN CARS STOOD OUT...
Today’s cars are arguably the most generic batch of uninteresting, soulless clones that ever clogged up a freeway or city street.
It’s like every car...
MAY 2021: 1971 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY–THIS FAMILY WAGON FOUND...
Station wagons from the 1970s spiked in value over the last decade because people who grew up in a long roof suddenly became nostalgic...
APRIL 2021: A SHOEBOX ‘49 FORD FITS LIKE A GLOVE WITH...
1949 was a watershed year for the Ford Motor Company because its namesake model underwent a massive style makeover after the company was able...
MAY 2021 MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR CAR SHOWS AND CLUB EVENTS
MAY 1: EDMONTON, AB Michener-Allen car auction
MAY 8: CALGARY, AB Michener-Allen car auction
MAY 12: EDMONTON, AB Michener-Allen timed auction
MAY 29: CAMROSE, AB Rose City...
MSCC APRIL 28 “WHAT’S IT”? WEDNESDAY—THE CLASSIC MYSTAR PUZZLE FOR GEARHEADS
MyStarCollectorCar started “What’s It?” Wednesday five years ago, and the tradition continues this week with two more clues.
Here’s the second clue.
You can find the...
APRIL 2021: 1971 CHARGER RT – WHEN A STOCK 440 JUST...
Numbers-matching is the siren song of the car hobby because, (in most cases) a car with a factory engine is worth significantly more than...
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...

























































