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Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Executive Limousine – The Ultimate Eighties...
(first posted 4/8/2011) The eighties were shaped by two very powerful divergent influences: the price of oil and the desire for the trappings of luxury and prestige. These two do tend to be...
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Design History: Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like...
(first posted 4/23/2013. Updated and expanded 3/26/2017) It’s an issue that has bugged me for way to many decades: why did the 1959 Lark and 1960 Valiant have such similar front ends? There’s the...
View ArticleCC Video: Peugeot 404 Pickup Going Strong, Or At Least Going; and Another One...
Somehow I stumbled into this last night. If you’re not familiar with the legendary indestructibility of the 404 wagons and pickups in Africa, then head here. And after this video played, another 404...
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CC Outtake: A Dark, Dull and Dreary Parking Lot (and Winter)
This apartment parking lot rather sums up our PNW winter as well as these cars: dark, dull, wet, dreary, and a dose of depressing. Yes, it’s actually been the kind of winter here in the Pacific...
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Curbside Classic: 1975 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT Coupe/GTV – A La Moda Italiana
(first posted 11/7/2012) Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, this lovely Alfa coupe was not only a feast for the eyes in that largely vulgar mid-seventies period, but was also an influential one. The...
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Cohort Outtake: “Mid 70s Coupe”– That’s A Bit Of An Understatement for a Ford...
CC Cohort highplains68 described this shot as “mid 70s coupe”. Well, true enough, but it’s a bit more out of the ordinary than that. It’s an Australian Ford Falcon or Fairmont XB ‘Superbird’. Yes,...
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CC Outtake: A Little Green Rabbit Hiding In The Parking Lot
Gen1 Rabbits (Golf Mk1) were a CC mainstay here for years, given the biodiesel boom that made them an alternative to the Mercedes w123 diesels. But they’re getting a bit scarce now, and this...
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Cohort Outtake: 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury – Eat Your Heart Out, Jim
A certain Jim Cavanaugh came to mind when I saw this fine Sport Fury posted at the Cohort by nifticus. Jim owned a Fury III sedan for four years in the late 80s-early 90s, and racked up some 40k miles...
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The Last CC Of Its Kind Still On The Streets: 1988 Mitsubishi Van (Delica)
The title “Last CC Of Its Kind Still On The Streets” is a new CC series I’m starting to document the sole survivors of their genre here in Eugene. I’m starting to notice that more and more cars that...
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Automotive History: When The New 1960 Compacts Went Racing – The 130 MPH...
(first posted 1/17/2012. Let’s keep the Valiant theme going a bit longer, and faster) The arrival of the new compacts by the Big Three in 1960 was the beginning of a major new era. The race for...
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Cohort Outtake: 1959-1961 IH B100 Pickup
nifticus caught a rare traveler on our streets these days, an International B-Series pickup (1959-1961). The B-series was a direct evolution of the the all-new A Series, which came out in 1957. The...
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Welcome To The New Curbside Classics For Hire: We All Need To Make A Buck...
(first published 4/1/2012) We tried; have we ever. But making a buck on the internet is a bitch. We’ve pounded the pavement to shoot every body worth shooting, and written up cars of all stripes...
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Curtis Perry Outtakes: Night Time – Chevy Pickup, ’64 Valiant and ’70 Cutlass
Ace photographer Curtis Perry is back with a few night time shots that really do the cars justice. First up is this always-handsome “Task Force” pickup from ’55-’56. These have always been one of my...
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QOTD: Warped By The Flames (And More) – Can You ID This Car?
I was taking a stroll through the Cohort, when this shot posted by CC reader Teddy caught my eye. The heat coming off this open flame is doing a number on those cars, but two of them are easily...
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Curbside Classic: 1961 Mercury Meteor 800 – The Beginning Of The End
(first posted 4/11/2011) There’s a reason this is the very first Mercury at the new CC. It’s the same reason why pretty much the only Mercuries at the old CC were the Comet, Bobcat and Cougar: big...
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CC Outtake: Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon Chamonix 4 Wheel Drive GLX Turbo...
The other day, we looked at what is likely the last US-market Mitsubishi van in Eugene. But now, more and more of these JDM (Japanes Domestic Market) Mitsubishi vans (Delicas) are washing up on our...
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CC News: Tesla Is Now America’s Most Valuable Carmaker – Market Cap Exceeds...
VW’s market cap is currently $68B. That should be in this chart instead of Audi We don’t generally cover much current news here, but as historians, when history is being made, it is compelling and...
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Curbside Classic: 1984 Honda Civic DX (and 1986 Si) Hatchback – Peak Civic
It’s easy to forget or understate what an absolute bombshell Honda dropped on us, GM, and the small-car market in the fall of 1983 with its all-new 3rd generation Civics. It arrived in four completely...
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Curbside Classic: Porsche 911 – Immortality Attained?
(first posted 4/6/2012) Until science makes a giant leap forward, there are two avenues through which humans can strive for some semblance of immortality. We can leave behind some of our genes, a...
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Curbside Classic: 1960 Comet – Orphan Looking For A Home
(first posted 11/2/2011) If this goofy-assed little car showed up at your premium brand’s doorstep and told you it was an unwanted orphan, would you let it in? And keep it as a foster child, or...
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