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1954 Chrysler Crown Imperial: The Widest Production Car Ever
(first posted 2/10/2013) Not only does the 1973 Imperial hold the record for the longest production (non-extended) sedan and coupe, but another Imperial also holds another record as well. The...
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1904-1909 Fiat 60 HP: The Tallest Production Passenger Car Ever
(first posted 2/10/2013) It’s common to associate Fiat with tiny Italian buzz-bombs. But Fiat was a pioneer in the early days of the automobile, and quite on the opposite end of the spectrum. In...
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Curtis Perry Outtakes: Interiors
Curtis Perry has lumped some shots of car and truck interiors at the Cohort, so let’s take a look inside. I’ve always loved the way interiors deteriorate in old abandoned cars, since the materials...
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CC Outtake: Chevy Trans Van
As you all know, I have a thing for vintage van campers. And the Trans Van was one of the more enduring ones, although I’m not sure of their production beginning and end dates. It was probably the...
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Corpse-side Classic: 1987 Buick Hearse: The Ultimate (B)Body Wagon And...
(first posted 10/29/2011) B-Bodies are mighty popular with the CC crowd; every article on them generates peak readership and comments. Since I’m a long-range thinker (maybe medium-range is more...
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Curbside Classic; 1975 Plymouth Sport Fury – Suddenly It’s 1962
When I found this Sport Fury, I had two immediate reactions. Wow! I sure didn’t expect to find this. Wow! It sure reminds me of another Sport Fury. The first reaction was a fleeting one. The second...
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CC Neighborhood Outtake: Two Evergreens
Like seemingly everything else, new car and truck cycles have sped up. Cars and trucks used to stay in production for much longer, at least in the 80s and 90s. These two are stellar examples of that:...
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Engine History: The Quickest And Slowest Chevy Turbo-Thrift Sixes
(first posted 2/8/2013) The legendary Turbo-Thrift Chevy inline six first appeared in 1962, on the new 1962 Chevy II. Actually, that first version, a 120 hp 194 CID was called “Hi-Thrift”. But the...
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Cohort Capsule: 1963½ Ford Falcon Futura Sports Coupe – Not Quite a Sprint,...
This fine 1963 Falcon Sports Coupe was posted at the Cohort by mtwilda, and it caught my attention. It’s the non-Sprint version of the new semi-fastback hardtop coupe roof style that appeared in...
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CC Outtakes: Malibu With Racing Stripes
These are not the kinds of cars that get me to stop walking (or biking) to take a shot. I might take a shot at it, but that’s another story. But when a Malibu of this very milquetoast generation is...
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CC Outtake: Nissan “Hardbody” Pickup – The Genius of Marketing
This pickup is utterly unique. Of all the generations of all the different Japanese mini-pickups, only this generation of Nissans has an instantly recognized and remembered name: Hardbody. Which...
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CC Outake/QOTD: How Far Was This Century Driven On Its Steel Rim?
This Buick Century showed up at the curb (on the wrong side of the street) one morning just down the block from my cluster of rentals. I’d never seen it around before, and it continued to sit there,...
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Leata Caballero: The Chevrolet Mini Carlo Broughamette – It’s Looking For...
(first posted 1/14/2013) Since today has become Brougham Appreciation day, we need give this brown baby brougham a bit of love. I don’t take credit for finding it; Richard Bennett sent me the...
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CC For Sale: 1969 Firebird 350 Convertible – Worth It?
We’ve walked by this yellow Firebird ragtop numerous times on our walk down to the river and back. But then one day this past summer a For Sale sign appeared on it. $25K. Well, I really don’t follow...
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Kurbside Kapsule: Olson Kurb Van – Energy-Packed Bread
This Olson Kurb Van has a special place in my heart. It has sat here for as long as I’ve been shooting CCs; in fact it sat right behind the ’72 Cadillac that was the subject of my first CC, until the...
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CC Outtake: Van Culture War – Or Reinforcing Stereotypes
Ok; I’m not trying to flame the culture wars with my headline. But if ever two examples of vans represented the two stereotyped sides of the so-called culture wars, these have to be the ones. As in a...
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CC Outtake: 1996 Jaguar XJ6 – Reinforcing Stereotypes
A Jaguar looking forlorn, immobile, partly disassembled and with weeds growing up all around it. Now is that a stereotype, or what? Yes, this one does check off all the wrong boxes. It doesn’t get...
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Portlandia Outtake: Mercedes 450SLC and Bonus 1973 Ford F250
I never got to all the cars I shot in Portland a few months back, but this set needs to be released from the digital vault. I’m in the throes of an absurdly long article, so this one is going to be...
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QOTD: Would You Like More “CC For Sale” Posts? Anybody Willing To Do Them?
The occasional “CC For Sale” posts here always seem to generate quite a bit of interest. So how about a regular/daily CC For Sale post? All we need is someone who likes perusing craigslist, Ebay, or...
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Portlandia Outtake: Chevrolet “Advanced Design” 3100 – My Favorite Pickup
We’ve had lots of them here over the years, but I just can’t not stop and shoot when I see one of these. Especially when it’s such a nice one, spotted a couple of blocks from the Mercedes SLC, and...
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