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THE HEAT OF THE MATTER: DRIVING OLD CARS DURING WINTER MONTHS
I live in a Western Canadian subarctic climate region that has a short summer season and a long winter season.
There is no earthly reason...
ROCK’N AUGUST IN ST ALBERT IS ANOTHER CAR SHOW HOME RUN
One of our favorite annual events on the MyStarCollectorCar summer car show season is Rock’n August in St Albert, Alberta.
The event actually...
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AUGUST 8, 2013: DAYDREAM BELIEVING–THE BEST OF MY UNFULFILLED KIDDIE CAR GUY DREAMS
The classroom was a great place to drift away from reality when I was a kid.
The idea of sinking my teeth into the...
AUGUST 2, 2010-THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF A KIND: A 1947 PONTOTA PADDY WAGON
The first thing that drew us to this 1947 Pontiac was its history.
It was originally a paddy wagon where a ride in this...
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR FEBRUARY 2020 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
FEB 1: EDMONTON, AB Michener-Allen Auctioneering Ltd Automotive and RV Auction
FEB 6: EDMONTON, AB Michener-Allen Auctioneering Ltd Industrial Auction
FEB 7-9: INDIANAPOLIS, IN World of...
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MSCC NOVEMBER 3 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—NEW MONTH, NEW PUZZLE
This is the first Wednesday of the second last month of 2021 so that means you have a problem to solve so here’s the...
MSCC MARCH 19 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY OLD SCHOOL CAR GUYS NEED TO LEARN NEW SCHOOL TRICKS
MyStarCollectorCar is solid proof that old dogs can learn new tricks because our online publication is part of the new era of electronic communication-and...
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: CAR STYLE CHANGES FROM 1920 TO 1970
We at MyStarCollectorCar really don’t care how Webster’s Dictionary defines the term “obsolescence”.
MSCC already knows it means a product that has been left behind...
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FEBRUARY 2012 STARS IN TRAFFIC: REAL CAR GUYS PUT THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD
There are two schools of thought when the topic of driving old iron is discussed. The debate doesn't degrade to a soccer hooligan loss...
‘GROOVIN’ ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON’- IN OLD SCHOOL FOUR-WHEELED STYLE
I live in Red Deer Alberta Canada, a small western Canadian community of about 90,000 people that may be a contender for old school...
MARCH 2023: ’54 CORVETTE—YOU DON’T MESS WITH A PIECE OF ART
The Gen 1 Corvettes set off a chain reaction that extends to this very day.
They were built to be Detroit’s answer to European sports...
“WHEN A CAR GUY LOVES AN OLD CAR”: HAPPY VALENTINES FROM MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR
Percy Sledge knocked it out of the park when he recorded ’When a Man Loves a Woman’ in 1966. The song hit Number One...
JANUARY 2020: ’68 MUSTANG GT/CS—BABY, IT WAS BORN TO RUN
Ninety-nine out a hundred car guys build their projects for the open road.
The 1% of car guys who don’t drive their classics on the...
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AUGUST 12, 2013: STEP BACK IN TIME TO A ’78 BANFF...
Many people regard the mid-late 1970s as the Dark Ages for music.
Car guys thought the same thing because engines were choked off by legislation...
JULY 2022: 1968 PLYMOUTH SATELLITE–A TRIBUTE TO NASCAR’S KING RICHARD PETTY
They call him King Richard for a reason because Richard Petty is a living legend in the NASCAR world.
He built that legend through his...
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An investment in our latest computer equipment inspired me to write about our paywall because it’s a fundamental part of our ongoing game plan...
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APRIL 2021: A TRIBUTE TO AN INCREDIBLY RARE COBRA DAYTONA IS A FULFILLED DREAM...
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...
DAY TWO AT THE PEACH CITY CRUISE CAR SHOW….TWIN ESP NOT WORKING AGAIN
There is a common myth that identical twins are always on the same wavelength.
My twin brother Jerry and I (Jim) do all the...
THREE GOATS AND SOME AMAZING RIDES ON WARM-UP DAY AT THE PENTICTON CAR SHOW
The Peach City Beach Cruise in Penticton, BC ranks right up with the best car shows because it is held beside Lake Okanagan, perhaps...
MYSTAR JUNE 26 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: 5 CLASSIC CARS THAT LOOKED LIKE OTHER CLASSIC...
Look around in today’s traffic.
It’s full of SUVs that look the same because car builders rarely take chances in the 21st Century so a...
JUNE 2026: 1947 MERCURY PICKUP—THIS CANUCK TRUCK WAS ON THE 47-YEAR RESCUE PLAN
Car guys all have the same game plan—projects begin and end with the word ‘eventually'.
Most projects end up in the crash-and-burn-hauled-away-to-the-crusher story line, but...
MICHENER-ALLEN AUCTIONEERING JUNE 24 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY
This is the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday.
Here's the second clue.
You'll find the answer below on Thursday.
It's a 1966 Datsun...
FIVE CRAZY RETRO RIDES FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
A car magazine printed in October 1957 is ancient in today’s world, but it had an article about the very early days of the automobile....
JUNE 2026: 1941 FORD PICKUP—A DRIVER BUILT WITHIN A BUDGET
Driver-quality classics are the heart of the car hobby because most car guys like to put a realistic price on their investments.
In other words,...
WHAT DO CARTOON STARS DRIVE IN THE REAL WORLD?
We all grew up with cartoons--in kiddie world the stars of these cartoons were our heroes.
That raises a simple question.
What would these cartoon guys...
FIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR SURVIVAL CHANCES IN AN OLD CAR
Recently I had five separate situations (in only one day) when other drivers made massively stupid decisions while I was piloting a car built...
JUNE 2026: 1959 DODGE CUSTOM ROYAL—MOM AND DAD’S CAR BROUGHT BACK FROM A LONG,...
Family cars rarely survived more than a few years with the same family because cars were miled-out at 100,000 miles in the old days.
They...
