MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR DECEMBER 2024 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
DECEMBER 26: VANCOUVER, BC Annual VCCC Boxing Day Run
Stay tuned--we're setting up for 2025!
Contact us if you have your event locked in so we can list it early--follow this MyStar link....
THE LIFE AND DEATH (AND POSSIBLE REBIRTH) OF AN OLD CAR
There is a circle of life that takes place with old cars, including reincarnation as a fridge in some cases.
Vintage cars were once new out of the factory or dealership and lit up...
NOVEMBER 28 FIVE FOR FRIDAY:OLD CARS IN THE TIME OF NAUSEA–FIVE GREAT REASONS
We at MyStarCollectorCar are firmly entrenched in the Baby Boomer generation, a giant chronological herd of maniacs who were born during a Level 5 population explosion after World War Two.
Post-war parents were not simply...
MICHENER-ALLEN AUCTIONEERING NOVEMBER 27 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY
Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday.
This is the second clue.
You'll find the answer below on Thursday.
It's a 1962 Pontiac Parisienne.
This page is all-access (free to you) courtesy of Michener-Allen...
KHT 895…A 1975 LICENSE PLATE WITH A LONG HISTORY IN MY WORLD
I live in Alberta, Canada.
It used to be like every other Canadian province and American state because it offered a new annual vehicle license plate that was a different color from the previous...
NOVEMBER 2024: A THIRD-GENERATION MONTE CARLO FAN NOW HAS HIS OWN BEAST MODE 1970...
The first-generation Monte Carlo was introduced in 1970 to give Chevrolet a medium-sized car that offered luxury and style in a mid-sized package.
The Monte Carlo had an exotic name because Chevy wanted to...
GOING DOWN—CARS THAT ARE CLOSING IN ON DECENT PRICES
We’ve all heard about the million-dollar Vettes or ’71 Hemi Cudas because numbers like that capture the attention of even the shallowest observers.
A seven-figure selling price is a good headline and it gives the...
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR PICKS OUR FIVE FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAR MOVIES…2024 EDITION
It’s not a state secret that Christmas is based heavily upon traditional factors, be they Yuletide tunes or annual holiday favorites in the movie or television realm.
That is the way Christmas works--and who...
NOVEMBER 2024: 1964 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE STATION WAGON—PRESERVING A LONG ROOF
You hear the term survivor thrown around recklessly at car shows--but few vehicles meet every requirement for survivor.
Time is the biggest factor because parts wear out and paint fades over a few decades-- unless...
FIVE SURE-TO-PLEASE CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CAR GUYS
Christmas gift-buying is a crap shoot at the best of times because most people do not leave the human factory with the ESP option.
Consequently, a gift giver must think long and hard about...