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MSCC MAY 20 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE MOSTLY EXTINCT CAR GUY...
Recently, I witnessed what could only be described as an automotive version of a passenger pigeon moment.
Just to clarify, passenger pigeons were a bird...
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MYSTAR APRIL 26 FIVE FOR FRIDAY: FIVE CARS YOUR DAD DROVE...
Car guys look at the 1969-70 era as a mythical time for muscle cars because that’s when massive power peaked at Detroit thanks to...
APRIL 2024: A 1960 CHEVY IMPALA 4-DOOR FLAT TOP CONNECTS A...
Tim Reynolds accompanied his father when the man bought a 1960 Chevy Impala 4-door flattop during the mid-1980s.
Some of our younger MyStarCollectorCar readers...
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OCTOBER 2021 STARS OF THE SHOW—TEN YEARS OF MARKERVILLE SHOWS
Markerville, Alberta, Canada is a picturesque hamlet in the central part of the province.
The area was founded by Scandinavian immigrants—primarily from Iceland and they...
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CONFESSIONS OF A MILE-MAKER IN A METRIC COUNTRY
I live in Canada where the kilometer measurement became the law of the land in 1977.
The resultant confusion was newsworthy at the time because...
MSCC DECEMBER 28 “WHAT’S IT?” WEDNESDAY—THE TAIL LIGHTS SHOULD BE ENOUGH
WHAT’S IT? WEDNESDAY—A MID-WEEK TEST FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE TRIVIA GUYS
This is a weekly feature at MyStarCollectorCar and it’s pretty easy to explain.
You’ll see a...
CANADIAN THANKSGIVING SATURDAY AT A LATE SEASON CAR SHOW
Most of our MyStarCollectorCar readers live north of the 49th parallel in Canada where the car show season is almost over in that sad...
APRIL 27, 2015: THE FIRST CAR SHOW OF THE 2015 SEASON AND IT WAS...
We live in what is lovingly referred to as a sub-arctic climate.
Maybe we cannot see Santa’s neighborhood from our front porches, but it is...
AN AMAZING DOUBLE-HEADER WEEKEND ON THE CAR SHOW CIRCUIT
One of our favorite events on the annual car show calendar is the Rock’n August automotive festival in St Albert, Alberta.
The Rock’n August...
HOW TO I.D. OLD IRON—DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE A CHEAT SHEET
I’m pretty good at identifying old cars and trucks—within a certain range.
I can I.D. most old cars between 1955 and 1970 because they changed...
MSCC TIME CAPSULE:THE SPYDER AND THE HILLYBILLY- A 1973 AD… A BIG DISTRACTION FACTOR
This ad has some guy in a genuine 100% doofus cowboy hat. The only guy who looked good in that kind of hat...
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GREAT GRILLES OF THE ‘50S – HOW LEARNING CAN BE FUN
Research is the backbone of MyStarCollectorCar’s written material because the collector car hobby is an ongoing education.
The key to this education is finding quality...
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MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR DECEMBER 2024 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
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....