FIVE DAD CARS FROM ‘57—WHAT THEY REALLY DROVE VERSUS WHAT THEY WANTED TO DRIVE
1957 was a peak Baby Boomer year, so there was no shortage of kids.
The time was right for cars that could haul multiples of...
JUNE 2026: DEVY—A 1958 CHEVY/2003 DODGE MYSTERY TRUCK
Custom car or truck projects are the result of a creative process.
Car guys look at something and imagine it as something else.
That’s the basic...
JUNE 2026: A 1967 FORD F-100 STEPSIDE PICKUP IS A COOL REMINDER OF A...
1967 marked a major change in overall style for the famous Ford F-100 pickup truck.
The F-100 got a major makeover in 1967 and...
JUNE 2026: A 1951 METEOR (NOT FORD) COUNTRY SQUIRE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE CANADIAN...
The Meteor name may be puzzling for many of our MyStarCollectorCar readers, so we decided to fill in the blanks, Meteor was a Canadian...
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...
JUNE 2026: A 1977 FORD F-150 RESTO MOD GETS A WHOLE NEW BAD ATTITUDE...
One of the greatest car guy regrets is selling their first vehicle.
The usual story is boy meets car (or truck), boy beats up...
JUNE 2026: THIS VERY COOL 1963 CORVETTE STING RAY IS A FORMER TRACK STAR
Stan Norm is a self-described “Vette guy” who has invested heavily in the iconic two-seater road rockets from General Motors over the years.
He...
JUNE 2026: HOW TO BUILD THE PERFECT 1970 CHALLENGER RT/SE TRIBUTE—START WITH TWO CARS
Tribute cars are popular in the car hobby because you can build a rare and classic muscle car for a fraction of the real...
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,...
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...
