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AUGUST 29, 2012 (SEPTEMBER 2012): 1966 METEOR S-33-IT WAS WORTH A...
Scott Reid is a very patient man.
He bought this 1966 Mercury S-33 fourteen years ago and it finally hit the road last year.
He...
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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...
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NOVEMBER 2023 STARS OF THE SHOW–THE SHUTDOWN ERA OF AUGUST 2020
August 2020 was a tough time for car shows, because government regulations shut down events, but there were rural communities that held car shows...
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DECEMBER 7, 2015: WE PICK THE MOST ICONIC CAR IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
Any word with “iconic” in front of it in a sentence means the subject is also in front of its peers in the world...
A MIRACLE TAKES PLACE LATE IN THE SEASON: TWO CAR SHOWS IN ONE DAY
Late September is a lamentable time of year for car guys and the late Frank Sinatra.
Therefore it was entirely appropriate when Sinatra’s version...
TUPPERWARE CARS: THE PLASTIC FANTASTIC DEBATE RAGES ON IN THE HOBBY
We at MyStarCollectorCar are not familiar with the origin of the term “Tupperware Cars”; however we know the local car guy who initially used...
FOX BODY MUSTANGS….THE NEW STARS IN THE COLLECTOR CAR HOBBY
Our car guy loyalties are typically defined by any era in our lives that made the biggest automotive impression upon us.
That timeline occurs in...
A CHEVY IN DRAG: HOW CANADIAN PONTIACS WERE DIFFERENT FROM AMERICAN PONTIACS
A solid business arrangement between Canada and the United States is vital to both countries because of the enormous amount of cross-border trade that...
CONVERTIBLES WITH THE ROOF UP—HAVE WE BECOME TOO SOFT FOR SOFT TOPS?
There was an era when virtually every car was a convertible.
It was called the horseless carriage era and very few carriages had a roof...
‘CUBAN CHROME’-ONE OF THE GREAT CAR GUY SHOWS
The TV schedule is chock full of car guy shows that range from largely un-watchable to occasional must-see TV.
"The worst of the bunch...
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MSCC MAY 8 FEATURE FIVE FOR FRIDAY — HUMBLE BEGINNINGS:...
Auto Round-Up is a go-to source for any car search and they're one of the few paper sources left in the classic car sales...
CAR SHOWS & EVENTS
FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ST ALBERT’S ROCK’N AUGUST
St. Albert Rock'n August is one of the premiere events of the summer car show in Canada.
This is a massive event and it takes...