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DECEMBER 31 MSCC STAR OF THE YEAR: 240 GORDIE-HE BROUGHT THE...
DECEMBER 31 MSCC STAR OF THE YEAR: 240 GORDIE-HE BROUGHT THE SHOW HOME The MSCC Star of the Year is typically a really tough...
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JUNE 2025: AN ABANDONED 1925 MCLAUGHLIN-BUICK WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE...
The first order of business is to give some background history to a McLaughlin-Buick: it was a car built and sold only in the...
JUNE 2025: A 1969 CAMARO Z-28 RESTO MOD COMBINES OLD SCHOOL...
The first-generation Chevy Camaro sold between 1967 and 1969 is arguably one of the most popular car models in the hobby.
Some would attribute...
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MARCH 2011:STARS OF THE SHOW-REYNOLDS-ALBERTA MUSEUM “HISTORY ROAD”
A little known automotive jewel in North America is the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin Alberta Canada. This is a world class operation nestled in...
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: POTENTIALLY VERY BAD IDEA–A BIG BLOCK UNDER THE...
For many car guys, there was a time and place for vintage rides: the past.
Many car guys like little or nothing about old cars...
NOVEMBER 16, 2015: A LOOK BACK AT SEMA 2015
The SEMA Show concluded last week in Las Vegas, Nevada and it is hard to describe to someone that has never attended. Combine 2.5...
DECEMBER 8, 2011: A LOOK BACK IN TIME – WHEN BOOGIE VANS WERE KING...
I just got rid of a full sized 1987 van that I owned for the past 3 1/2 years.
The van was simply a...
MAY 5, 2015: A STEP BACK IN TIME WITH THE MAY 1950 POPULAR SCIENCE...
All things were possible in 1950 at the dawn of a new decade and most of the ideas hit the pages of Popular Science...
IS THE MINIVAN A FUTURE COLLECTIBLE?
The minivan hit the automotive market in 1984 and answered the question nobody had ever asked before: what will replace the station...
DECEMBER 29, 2015: HOW ABOUT AN OFFICIAL CAR SHOW IN CUBA? THE LAND OF...
Cuba is often called the “land that time forgot” because old Detroit iron is still alive and well on the streets of cities like...
IS BARRETT-JACKSON BAD FOR THE HOBBY?
This is Barrett-Jackson week and with that event comes the inevitable question.
“Is Barrett-Jackson bad for the hobby?”
This is a complicated question with complicated answers...
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FIVE PICKS FOR THIS YEAR’S MICHENER-ALLEN COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
There's an annual tradition every July where Jim and I preview the Michener-Allen Collector Car Auction.
It’s like Christmas in July because every year you...
CAR SHOWS & EVENTS
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR OCTOBER 2025 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
OCTOBER 4: SMOKY LAKE, AB Great White North Pumpkin Fair Car Show
Thunderbird Club monthly meeting
LETHBRIDGE, AB Le Barons Car Club monthly meeting
REGINA, SK Saskatchewan...