APRIL 2024: 1947 JAILBAR FORD PICKUP—YES, IT WAS A BARN FIND

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The term ‘barn find’ is thrown around more than a frisbee at a California beach but in most cases it’s a stretch to call something that sat in a heated garage a barn find. This...

CAR SHOW SONGS THAT AREN’T ELVIS OR THE BEACH BOYS

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There’s a constant theme to car show music—you’re going to hear Elvis Presley or the Beach Boys. I’m a bigger picture guy when it comes to music, so I definitely have an opinion on what...

MYSTAR APRIL 17 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY

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Here's the first clue for today's "What's It?" Wednesday. Here's the 2nd clue. Look for the answer below on Thursday. It's a 1969 Torino Cobra Jet 428. BY: Jim Sutherland Jim Sutherland is a veteran automotive writer whose work...

AN OLD CAR WILL KEEP YOU HUMBLE

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Most of our MyStarCollectorCar readers already know we took a long road trip in a 1963 Plymouth Belvedere this past spring and covered over 5300 miles in 8 days (over 8500 kilometers for the...

NOVEMBER 1963 ROD AND CUSTOM—WHY NOT BRING THE EARLY 60S CUSTOM LOOK BACK?

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Custom car builders exploded in the early 60s—so did their creativity. I’m biased but I think that era was a high point in the world of custom street machines because there were no limits. The November...

APRIL 2024: A CAR GUY’S 50-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH A 1961 PONTIAC PARISIENNE CONVERTIBLE GASSER

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Richard St Denis was a young car guy when he invested in a 1961 Pontiac Parisienne convertible during the early 1970s. He lives in a western Canadian region well-known for its long, cold winters,...

CAN YOU GET DECENT GAS MILEAGE OUT OF A 1975 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM?

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The mid-1970s were not kind to giant cars with an uncontrollable appetite for gasoline. Gasoline price spikes and shortages made domestic land barges with horrific gas mileage numbers even more impractical from a consumer’s...

MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PICKS FIVE BEAST MODE RETRO RIDES

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What’s in a name? Plenty when it comes to beastly car name choices from a bygone era and their accuracy in terms of wild animal performance. In this episode of ‘Five for Friday’, MyStarCollectorCar...

APRIL 2024: 1970 CHALLENGER RT/SE—IT WAS A 29-YEAR SEPARATION WITH A HAPPY ENDING

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Spend about twenty minutes at a car show and you’ll hear the same old story about seller’s remorse. It’s a simple plot—car guy sells car—then car guy regrets the decision to his dying day.  Jerry Sutherland Gary...

MYSTAR APRIL 12 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: HOW ABOUT SOME LOVE FOR THE EDSEL?

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The Ford Edsel is not a new topic here at MyStarCollector because we have covered numerous Edsel owners’ stories over the past 15 years. We have also written opinion pieces about the Edsel, including a...