APRIL 2024: 196O DESOTO ADVENTURER—A SIX-YEAR-OLD KID’S DREAM COMES TRUE
There was always that one car in the past—someone else owned it, but if life worked out perfectly, you knew you’d own it someday.
That’s...
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR HAS TO ASK: IS THE CUMMINS DIESEL THE NEW SMALL BLOCK CHEVY?
The most famous internal combustion engine on the planet is the legendary small block Chevy (SBC), a versatile engine built in various forms by...
APRIL 2024: 1979 FORD LTD II—THE 70S DISCO ERA ENDED IN SPECTACULAR FASHION WITH...
The cars of the 1970s are starting to climb in interest and value after decades of lukewarm reviews—that’s a good trend because the 70s...
APRIL 19 MYSTAR FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE MUSCLE CARS OF 1984
The 1980s represented an era when performance finally made a comeback at Detroit.
It was a different kind of performance—not the thumping, big block stuff...
APRIL 2024: 1947 JAILBAR FORD PICKUP—YES, IT WAS A BARN FIND
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...
MYSTAR APRIL 17 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY
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:...
NOVEMBER 1963 ROD AND CUSTOM—WHY NOT BRING THE EARLY 60S CUSTOM LOOK BACK?
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...
APRIL 2024: A CAR GUY’S 50-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH A 1961 PONTIAC PARISIENNE CONVERTIBLE GASSER
Richard St Denis was a young car guy when he invested in a 1961 Pontiac Parisienne convertible during the early 1970s.
He lives in...
CAN YOU GET DECENT GAS MILEAGE OUT OF A 1975 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM?
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...
APRIL 2024: 1970 CHALLENGER RT/SE—IT WAS A 29-YEAR SEPARATION WITH A HAPPY ENDING
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...
