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CC Outtake: The Eclectic CC House
Stereotypes never quite live up to their billing, but there’s something decidedly stereotypical Eugene about the three cars parked at this old house. Three of the major stereotypical vehicular...
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Creekside Classics: Opal Creek Mining Camp Survivors – They Rust In Pieces
(first posted 4/22/2013) On Sundays, we usually head for the great outdoors, a break from cars and CC. But sometimes they’re hard to get away from, even in the deep woods. Especially so if one...
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Vintage R&T Review: Triumph’s TR7 – Britain’s Last Great Hope in the Sports...
The arrival Triumph TR-7 was a very big deal. Great Britain had essentially created the whole 1950s-1960s sports car boom after the war with its MG TC/TD, Jaguar XK-120, and Triumph TR-2/3. These...
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Best of the CC Cohort: This Week’s Pic Picks
Another new batch of postings at the Cohort this week is up, so let’s sample some of them. First up is this delicious 1968 280SL, posted by C. Hannaher. I’ve been lusting for one of these forever, but...
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Curbside Classic: 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse – A Victim Of Its Target Demographic
(first posted 4/19/2013) You try finding an intact gen-one Eclipse; it took me months, and this one isn’t even one of the hidden-headlight early ones (1990-1991). Forget about finding a Turbo;...
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Concept Classic: 1952 Volvo Philip – The Swedish Kaiser; Intended For...
(first posted 4/18/2013) This is a rather surprisingly ambitious effort for Volvo to undertake in 1952. The Philip was clearly intended for American consumption, as a largish 3.6 liter V8 powered...
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Parking Lot Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1991
This shot of an apartment building parking lot was shot last week, not ten or twenty or even twenty-five years ago. I’m not going to try to peg the exact years of each of these cars, but it would...
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The Atkinson (And Miller Cycle) Engines – Not Exactly What They Started Out...
“Atkinson Gas Engine Animated” by MichaelFrey – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons –...
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Lincoln Continental – The Last Great American Luxury Car
(first posted 4/17/2013) What defines a true luxury car? Not comfort and convenience, as was proved so convincingly by the Broughamization of mundane Chevys, Fords and Plymouths. A genuine luxury...
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Brochure Outtake: Front Door or Rear? Vintage or Retro?
click image for glorious full size Just stumbled into this great shot, and thought it would make a good companion to today’s CC. It’s from a brochure given to buyers of the new 2016 Lincoln MKZ. Is it...
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Vintage Color Snapshots: Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s
Today vintage.es takes us to Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s. See all of them in the full gallery at vintage.es
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QOTD: What Was the Last Great American Luxury Car?
You knew it was coming, right? I gave you my argument for my pick of the 1961-1965 Continental this morning. Now it’s your turn to convince us about your pick is for the last great American luxury...
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CC Outtake: Trans-Atlantic Kissing Cousin Wagons
I’ve always considered these two wagons, the Volvo 240 and the Volare/Aspen the best of their kind from each side of the Atlantic. They’re both a very good compromise between being roomy and yet not...
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Cohort Classic: Isuzu Florian – Luv At First Sight
(first posted 10/16/2012) Cohort glen.h has posted a very rare car, a first-generation Isuzu Florian. Named after a fictional white Lipizzaner stallion from the novel “Florian – The Emperor’s...
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Curbside Classic: 1936 Pontiac “Silver Streak” De Luxe Six Coupe – Pontiac’s...
Pontiac would go on to great heights in the 1960s—and again in the 1990s—before it was culled in 2010 as part of GM’s bankruptcy. It often took the #3 sales spot for passenger cars in those two...
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Cohort Outtake: How Not To Do A Woody Wagon
I was perusing the latest postings at the Cohort when this Packard (1948 or so) woody wagon shot by Lee Perrin at a museum caught my eye. Ouch! That is not the right way to do a woody wagon, mostly by...
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Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Car
I’ve discovered a collection of vintage amateur Kodachrome snapshots with a heavy emphasis on cars and their owners. And they are truly splendid. I’ll give you the link to the Flickr page at the end,...
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Forgotten Classic: 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even...
(first posted 10/9/2012) (Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured…a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a...
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Design Concepts: The 1971 Pontiac’s Nose Before It Got Tamed Down
(first posted 10/8/2012) The 1971 Pontiac had a fairly ambitious front end, but like most production cars, was a watered-down version of what was contemplated in the design studios. Here’s a...
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CC Outtake: One Less Toyota Van?
The Toyota Van is was the official van of Eugene, having handed the title to its natural (and obvious successor), the Toyota Previa. And the Toyota Van was handed its title by the VW bus. Yes, a box...
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