AUGUST 2021: A 1979 VW BEETLE KARMANN CONVERTIBLE IS NOT A KARMANN GHIA
One of the most iconic names in automotive history is the famous Volkswagen Beetle available in North America from the late 1940s until 1979,...
AUGUST 2021: A 1963 MERCURY METEOR S33 IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A CAR...
Most Canadian car guys from a bygone era associate the Meteor name with Canadian-built Fords.
We at MyStarCollectorCar have touched upon this very topic...
RAIN GODS VS. SUN GODS IN A DEATH MATCH AT THE ROCK’N AUGUST CAR...
One of the major obstacles for any car show is any occasion when the organizers anger the rain gods, and they deliver their wet...
AUGUST 2021: A 1950 MONARCH LEAD SLED’S OWNER FINALLY GETS TRACKED DOWN BY MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR
First, a brief lesson in geography and automotive history because a 1950 Monarch custom lead sled is an unusual vehicle that looks a lot...
MSCC AUGUST 6–FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CAR SHOWS
Car shows are a great learning experience because you have four-wheeled history right in front of you at every event.
Car shows are basically outdoor...
AUGUST 2021: 2006 DODGE CHARGER UTE–WHEN YOU’RE AN AUSSIE IN CANADA, YOU GET HOMESICK
Utes are a way of life in Australia, but they’re not as iconic in North America--even if you factor in the Ford Ranchero and...
MSCC AUGUST 4 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—2 HALVES MAKE A WHOLE PUZZLE
Fit the front clue and the back clue together and you should have a solution…and a whole car.
Here’s the back end of the car.
If...
HOW TO WRESTLE WITH A BLUE WHALE…THE MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR GAME PLAN
The blue whale is the biggest animal in the history of life on Earth, so one can correctly assume it is incredibly large in...
MSCC AUGUST 2021 STARS OF THE SHOW—A LOOK BACK AT THE AUGUST 9, 2014...
St Albert, Alberta, Canada hosts a major car show every August and 2014 was a great event.
The show is held in a park with...
AUGUST 2021: A 1935 FORD MODEL 50 PICKUP GETS A NEW “MORE-POWER” LEASE ON...
A domestic truck built in the middle of the Great Depression needed a sales incentive, given the precarious state of the North American economy...
