SEPTEMBER 2019: ’68 BARRACUDA SUPER STOCK TRIBUTE (DAY #2 CAR)—“WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO...
The 1968 Barracuda Super Stock was aptly named the ‘A-bomb’ because these Mopar A-bodies were monsters at the track.
They plunked an Elephant (426 hemi)...
HAS THE TIME ARRIVED FOR A LAND YACHT-ONLY CAR SHOW?
I was at a late-summer weekly car show and I saw something I rarely see at most car shows.
There were four land yachts at...
MSCC SEPT 27 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE WAYS TO BE A HAPPY CAR GUY
There are many paths to unbridled happiness--at least according to the massive hordes of self-help gurus who came armed with post-graduate degrees in the...
HITTING NEW HEIGHTS WITH THE 1961-62 FORD GALAXIES
Early 1960s Ford models were notable for their strong links to TV’s small town sit-com ‘The Andy Griffith Show’.
Lead character Sheriff Andy Taylor drove...
MSCC SEPTEMBER 25 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—A MID-WEEK TEST FOR CAR GUYS
Nothing breaks up a week better than a test. Remember how much fun a mid-week test was in school?
This test is better than...
SEPTEMBER 2019: A 1979 DODGE D-100 WITH A 1956 354 HEMI? MYSTARCOLLECTOR FOUND ONE
The post-Sweptline Dodge D-100 truck debuted in 1972 and was a fleet truck fixture for the rest of the decade.
The trucks were built for...
THE SUMMER WIND BLOWS OUT OF TOWN FOR CAR SHOWS
MyStarCollectorCar has never made a secret about our undying love for the summer season of car shows here in Western Canada.
The warm weather...
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR ANSWERS THE QUESTION: WHAT IS A SIGNATURE RIDE?
Vintage vehicles stand out in a crowd in that Sesame Street-ish “one of these things is not like the others” way.
The overall...
SEPTEMBER 2019 STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK AT THE PERFECT CAR SHOW SUMMER VENUE
Car shows are a great experience, but they become ultra-cool when they’re held in a park beside a lake.
This show was in the heart...
SEPT 20 MSCC FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY–NO CLASSIC CARS WERE HARMED DURING THEIR BUILDS:...
A grim reality exists when major car projects require cannibalized parts from donor vehicles that may have deserved a much better fate--if they were...
