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The Reason Why the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon Died and the Corolla Is...
There’s been a lot of teeth gnashing over the death of the domestically-built Australian Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon. Sure, as enthusiasts, they were examples of a dying breed of sporty RWD...
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CC Outtake: The Brougham of Motorhomes
We’ve had a bit of a brougham deficit around here lately, so how about a really big one? It’s a gen-u-ine Brougham, at that; not a generic one. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to look inside to...
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GM’s Holden Plant Has New Intended Future: To Build EVs
We’ve been indulging in a lot of mourning over the shutterring of GM’s Australian Holden plant, but it looks like it has a future: to build EVs. Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance intends to use...
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Automotive History Capsule: Chrysler’s 1958 Auto-Pilot -56 Years Before...
There’s been lots of debate about Tesla’s use of the term “autopilot” for its suite of advanced driver assistance features. Some have suggested that the term is misleading, as it drivers might assume...
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CC For Sale: Mercedes 450 SL – Actually It’s Gone Already, Thankfully
Yes, you’ll have to just imagine buying this Mercedes 450SL, as it’s already gone. I do that all the time, and I highly recommend it; it’s much less stressful and expensive than actually buying old...
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Neighborhood Driveway Outtake: The Quintessential Eugene Driveway
There’s three quintessential Eugene-mobiles: any Subaru, the Prius and the VW Vanagon. The Subaru is the compromise-mobile, for those thta can or want to only have one car. It splits the difference...
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Cohort Outtake: Wigwam Village Motel #6, Holbrook, AZ
I have been neglecting the Cohort, and I feel bad about that. But the Flickr pages stopped working properly for me a while back, and I couldn’t open any of the pictures. And there have been some great...
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QOTD: Can You ID This Vintage Hot Rod? And Its Engine?
Tim Finn posted a couple of shots of a fine vintage hot rod, and it’s not a Ford for a change. I’m inclined to say it’s a Plymouth, but the radiator surround must be from something else. It was...
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Junkyard Classics: Ralf K. Visits Hidden Valley Auto in Maricopa, AZ
Ralf K. (aka Don Kincl) has a number of uploads at the Cohort that I need to get to. We’ll start with these, taken at Hidden Valley Auto in Maricopa, AZ. Obviously, this is not your typical Pick N...
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Time For Some New COAL Deliverers
it’s a lot more fun than this Our Sunday COAL series has already wrapped up, and the Saturday series will do so in a couple of months. So we need two new COAL deliverers; one who can jump in as soon as...
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CC Outtake: Cadillac Fleetwood Six Door Sedan: The Comfortable Alternative To...
Let’s face it: three row SUVs suck, in terms of actually carrying three rows of passengers, never mind getting them in and out. And minivans are only moderately better. But there’s a better way, as...
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CC Outtake: Ford Econoline Camper Van With Front-Mounted Veggie Garden
Now here’s something I’m going to have to add to my Promaster van build: a front-mounted veggie garden. When we’re out camping in the boonies, the one thing we miss is the fresh produce from our back...
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CC Outtake: Color Coordinated
Here’s the vintage version. And there’s also the current one, below. I probably have more somewhere…but I’ll never find them now.
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Van Of A Lifetime: 1971 Ford Econoline E100 – What Might Have Been
(first posted 2/13/2013. One of the commenters at the Econoline with-a-front-garden-post today made the connection with this, so here it is again in case you’re really interested). At eight-thirty on...
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CC Wordless Outtake: Just Another Random Eugene Street Scene
And here’s a driveway scene:
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Road Trip Journal: 1972 Dodge Polara – Grand Canyon and Pumice-Crete Revisited
Memories are deeply bound up in smells, sights, touch, and for us at this website, cars. All those senses—and more—were deeply stimulated on a perfect crisp late fall day in 1976 when I drove a ’72...
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Auto-Biography: 1969 Plymouth Fury – Somewhere East of Laramie
(first posted at the other site in 2007 and in 2011 here) Somewhere east of Laramie, rocketing across the plains at 96 in a ’69 Fury, a twangy country singer on the radio lectured us with the old...
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