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MAY 3 2010: THE BEST OF THE BIG 3 HARDTOP DESIGNS...
We hated this competition for one simple reason: We really liked all of our competitors- a lot. But we had to find a winner...
TODAY AT MY STAR
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RACK UP 5300 MILES IN 8 DAYS...
MyStarCollectorCar writer Jerry Sutherland has done a stellar job of chronicling the daily adventures of life on the road in a 1963 Plymouth over...
ROUTE 63 DAY 9—ALBERTA BOUND WITHOUT BEING SLUNG OVER THE SADDLE
A guy named Paul Brandt wrote the most definitive Alberta song twenty years ago.
He released it in 2004—it was about a guy heading home...
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STARS OF THE SHOW
JUNE 2014 STARS OF THE SHOW: THE FRUITS OF ALL THAT...
Car shows are slightly misleading because all you see is the finished product in most cases. Some guys will bring a project in mid-progress...
MYSTAR HIGHLIGHTS
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...
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...
DECEMBER 2017 MSCC ROAD WARRIORS—ADVENTURES ON FOUR WHEELS
There’s a certain mystique to driving old iron because there’s a built-in risk factor.
Old brakes don’t have the stopping power of new brakes so...
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...
SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE DID NOT STOP THE ROCKY CAR SHOW
The Summer of 2017 is notable because the province of British Columbia, Canada has endured plenty of forest fires this year.
The aptly-named community of...
APRIL 26, 2015: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING: THE RAMBLER AMERICAN IN BEAST MODE
Rambler was a name long associated with a conservative family-oriented automobile.
Few car guys dreamed of the day they could finally own an Ambassador and...
AUGUST 24, 2015: TWO GREAT WAYS TO SPEND A SUNNY SUMMER DAY
There are few things better than a warm summer day at a car show.
In fact, the only way this scenario gets better is two...
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Costs Behind A Classic Car Restoration
Collecting classic cars is a timeless hobby for car enthusiasts across the country. Bloomberg recently noted a 19% increase in auction sales of classic cars since...
CAR SHOWS & EVENTS
MYSTARCOLLECTORCAR JULY 2024 CAR SHOWS AND EVENTS
JULY 1: BLACKIE, AB 1st Annual Rural Show and Shine
JULY 1: SALTSPRING ISLAND, BC 24th Annual Car Show
JULY 1: BRETON, AB The Village...