JANUARY 5 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE WAYS TO WELCOME BACK 1968…50 YEARS LATER
1968 was a big year for many reasons because of the events that shook the world during that monumental year.
However, MyStarCollectorCar is obsessed with...
JANUARY 2018: A 1931 MODEL A TRUCK: PURCHASED FOR 10 BUCKS AND A FISHING...
Jim Parker was a young guy when he spotted a 1931 Model A truck in 1965.
The purchase price was 15 dollars but Jim only...
JANUARY 2018: A 1963 STUDEBAKER AVANTI ENDS A CAR GUY’S SEARCH
MyStarCollectorCar attends plenty of shows, but few of them include a real deal first-gen 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2-complete with a Paxton supercharger.
The Studebaker Avanti...
DUEL: A PLYMOUTH VALIANT VS PETERBILT 1971 TV MOVIE MISMATCH
TV Westerns ruled the airwaves when I was a kid. For me, the toughest choice was to pick my favorite show and TV hero.
I...
WE PROMISE TO….. NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS HERE AT MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR
We were very happy with 2017 here at MyStarcollectorCar.
Our numbers show we beat 2016 website traffic by about 45% in 2017.
No surprise that...
DECEMBER 2017: A FAMILY TRADITION OF CAR GUYS CONTINUES WITH A 1962 SUNBEAM ALPINE...
Blayne Weidner is the latest generation of car guys in the Weidner family.
His vintage car choice is a 1962 Sunbeam Alpine Type II and...
PLEASE HELP US FIND THIS TRUCK FOR THE JENSEN FAMILY
Morris Jensen was a young guy when he bought a 1966 Chevy ½ ton from a local dealership in the Sixties.
The pickup was brand...
DECEMBER 29, 2017 MSCC FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017—IT WAS A VERY...
Frank Sinatra was right—it was a very good year.
Every year is a very good year in this comfortable world of nostalgia/old iron.
Here (in no...
500 WAS A NICE ROUND NUMBER FOR CAR GUYS BACK IN THE DAY
500 was a famous number long before it ended up in chrome on a car from the past.
The storied Indy and Daytona races ensured...
MSCC DECEMBER 27 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—THREE CLUES FOR THE PRICE OF TWO
2017 MSCC "WHAT'S IT?" WEDNESDAY
MSCC What's It? Wednesday is back for 2017.
This is a weekly guessing game for car guys and it was one...
