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Cohort Capsule: 1980-1983 Chrysler Cordoba – We Don’t Like What They’ve Done...
images posted at the Cohort by cjcz92 The downsized 1980 Continental Mk VI—which we looked at here the other day—is pretty universally seen as a botched styling job, what with its truncated body and...
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Vintage Snapshots: Camping Trailers in the 50s and 60s
Let’s take a look at Americans and Canadians on vacation with their travel and tent trailers in the 50s and 60s. These old snapshots archived at vintage.es. That ’55 Chrysler won’t be struggling with...
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CC Outtake: Honda del Sol – Let The Sunshine In, To the Engine Compartment
Here’s a different approach to either: a.) lightening you car; b.) showing off your green Vtec engine; or c.) keeping your engine well washed in our rainy winters. Honda del Sols are not all that...
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The Parking Lot Classics of Lane Community College
This fall I had occasion to make numerous trips to Lane Community College (“LCC”), due to my son breaking his foot. Paul’s taxi service; and the xB does make a rather good taxi, almost the next best...
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Vintage Snapshot: Great Smoky Mountains Overlook; Early 1950s – Who Can ID...
CC Commenter Sally Sublette sent me this shot of a Great Smokey Mountains overlook, shot sometime in the early 1950s. Once someone IDs the newest car, we’ll know the exact year. And all the cars. Have...
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Vintage Snapshots: The Streets of London in the 50s, 60s and 70s
Today we travel back in time and to London, and check out the streets and cars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We’ll do it chronologically, and this terrific shot from the 50s of a Rolls Royce gives us an...
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Shorpy’s Time Machine: Sausalito Harbor Circa 1959
(click picture for larger view) (for those of you not around back when it was first posted in 2012, this is an exceptional parking lot shot) CC Reader fastback sent me the link to this recent...
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Best of the Cohort: A Gallery of Outstanding Finds Posted in the Past Few Days
I’ve decided to kick of this Monday morning with something a bit different: a sampler of some of the best shots posted at the Cohort in the past few days. Frankly, I’m a bit embarrassed at how many...
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US 2016 Light Vehicle Sales by Manufacturer, Brand, Vehicle Type, and the Top...
US light vehicle sales (SAAR) by quarter, since 1967 (don’t forget to factor in population growth) I used to do a lot of new car sales analysis at TTAC, and I sometimes miss it. In fact, I miss...
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CC AdWatch: Is Mazda Really Using JFK’s Assassination To Sell Its Blind Spot...
The accusation that the advertising industry lives and works in something of a bubble is not uncommon. It often seems to suffer from a larger than average blind spot, in its relentless search for...
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Concept Classic: 1961 Mercury Palomar – Holy Popemobile! Finally, A Mercury I...
(first posted 5/3/2013) At last, a Mercury that I would have been proud to ride high and mighty in. This is almost unbelievable: the rear section of the Palomar wagon’s roof slid forward, like...
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The Classic Apartments and a Few Other Mid-Century CC Apartment Buildings...
We were walking along 8th Avenue the other day, where there’s a number of particularly charmless (or charming, depending on your point of view) apartment buildings from the sixties and seventies. When...
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Cohort Outtake: 1978 Mazda 929L – The Japanese Brougham That Was Denied To...
(first posted 5/3/2013) The CC Cohort has just been the beneficiary of a massive upload of epic scale and diversity, by r0b0tr10t. It appears to be his collection of finds over the past couple of...
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Vintage Car Carriers: When The Trucks (Mostly) Matched The Makers Of Cars...
(first posted 4/20/2013) Back in the Middle-Carstecone Epoch, cars were transported on trucks that were built by the the same company. Well, mostly. Obviously, AMC (and Packard earlier) didn’t...
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Curbside Classic Capsule: 1986 Toyota Cressida Station Wagon – The Timeless...
This generation Cressida has long developed a reputation for its clean, timeless styling, quality materials, and solid construction. In other words, a car built for the long haul. And so it was, quite...
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Vintage R&T: 1976 Cadillac Seville Preview, Technical Analysis and First...
One of the most controversial subjects here at CC has been the Cadillac Seville, starting with my bestowing it Deadly Sin status. That article, both here and at the old site, has always sparked a lot...
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Cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1972
CC reader Michael M. sent me a link to a gallery of photos shot on Van Nuys Blvd. in 1972, by photographer Rick McCloskey, and part of his book, Los Angeles in the 1970s. It’s a nice slice of youth...
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CC Outtake: Why Convertibles Are Not Ideal If You’re Broke And It’s Winter
During our recent cold and snowy weather, I noticed this Mustang convertible ahead with a lot of flapping plastic as it drove down the street on an ugly day. Not only was the “top” sporting various...
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Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham – Niedermeyer...
(first posted 4/24/2017) It’s come to my attention that some of you might have formed the impression that I’m not a big lover of Broughams. Some have even suggested that I’m biased against the...
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Concept Classics: 1971 Advanced Cadillac Styling Models
(first posted 4/22/2013) Let’s take a look at some advanced styling models for the 1971 Cadillac. The production version was all-new, and somewhat of a departure from previous Cadillacs. Here are...
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