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Curbside Classic Capsule: 1985 Chrysler Town and Country – Ready For Some...
One of the great wonders of modern chemistry are plastiwoods. Think of all the beautiful old trees that have been saved thanks to Di-Noc and all the other synthetic wood-wanna-bees. And all the vast...
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Engine History: Lincoln’s Two-Barrel Carb MEL 430 Engine – Taming The Thirsty...
image source: hemmings (first posted 5/18/2012. updated 4/18/2017) The 1958 – 1960 Lincolns were all about superlatives, especially in size. These were the biggest (non-5 mph bumper) Lincolns ever...
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CC For Sale: 1958 Continental Mark III – $3500 Will Save It From The...
(Since we’ve got the MEL engine up today, might as well see what it first came in too. This was first posted 3/28/2012. I have no idea what finally happened to it. I’ve added some beauty shots of how...
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Cohort Outtake: The Very Rare 1956 Lincoln Seven Passenger Sedan
And you can probably tell where Eric Clem found and shot it. Cuba, where all sorts of strange mutations are to be seen on the streets, especially ones that can haul more than the normal sedan’s worth...
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The Curbside Classic Vacation to Cuba 2017, Part 1
We’re going to take a vacation from our usual, fare and take a virtual trip to Cuba, thanks to Eric Clem, who just posted a raft of pictures from there that he shot just earlier this month. I’m also...
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The Curbside Classic Vacation to Cuba, Part 3
All photos by Eric Clem. My apologies if there are some duplicates or certain cars are out of order. It’s Cuba!
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CC Capsule: Subaru Justy – Last Of Its Kind On the Street Here?
I’d seen, but most of all heard this Justy that suddenly appeared around my part of town a couple of weeks earlier. And then I caught up with it across the street from some of my rentals, and even...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Concord – The Underdog Learns One More New...
(first posted 8/23/2014) Everybody loves the underdog, so how can we not love this Concord? Or everything else that AMC kept coming up with in its increasingly desperate attempts to forestall its...
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QOTD: What’s The Longest You Ever Owned a Car, Or Was/Is Owned In the Family?
Our virtual trip to Cuba brought home the point how most of these cars there are precious family heirlooms, and kept going indefinitely due to the great difficulties of buying new cars or even just...
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CC’s First Commenter Appreciation Award: Bill Mitchell
(No, not that Bill Mitchell. But I don’t have a photo of CC commenter Bill Mitchell) My semi-rant about obnoxious CC commenters the other day was therapeutic, at least for me. It released some...
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The Curbside Classic Cuban Vacation, Part 5 (Finale)
We’re come to the home stretch of our Cuban virtual vacation, thanks to Eric Clem. This is a great collection of shots, and I’d like to thank him for sharing them with us. And yes, this Fiat 600...
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CC Capsule: 1982 Datsun Maxima (Nissan 810) – If You Can’t Afford a BMW
Whereas the Japanese had overwhelming success in the US with their compact and subcompact four cylinder cars, mini-pickups, and did quite well with their sport coupes, when it came to more expensive...
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Cohort Classic: 1978 Opel Rekord 2.0S (And Olympia/Rekord History) – Near The...
(First posted 6/28/2013. Revised and expanded 4/26/2017) The Opel Rekord can be best compared to the traditional full-sized Chevrolet, in terms of the role they both played in their respective...
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CC Outtake: Scrooge McDuck’s Lincoln
The University of Oregon Ducks athletic teams have cultivated a high profile, and Oregon Duck colors (yellow and green) can be seen on all sorts of vehicles, often fully repainted to drive to the...
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CC Outtakes: Two Ford C-Series Trucks Still Hard at Work
CC’s full write-up (by Ian Williams) on these trucks is titled “The Almost-Immortal Ford C-Series“. And to prove the point, I’ve shot two of them recently within a few blocks of my house. This one is...
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Cohort Outtake: 1963 Valiant – Another Canadian Plodge
shot and posted at the Cohort by canadiancatgreen Mix-and-matching Mopar A-Body front ends and main body sections is an old sport, and quite possibly someone in the US has done this very thing. But...
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Cohort Sighting: 1973 Pontiac Parisienne Brougham – As Seen From Its Worst Angle
After reveling in that glorious ’61 Impala coupe this morning, starting with its delightful and graceful front end, seeing this ’73 Canadian Pontiac posted at the Cohort by canadiancatgreen was a...
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Vintage Photography: “People In Cars”– 19 Year-Old Mike Mandel’s Street...
It isn’t just the cars from the past that looked different; their inhabitants did too. And although we still have plenty of cars from the past to gawk at and and enjoy, we don’t have the people. But...
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