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From the Cohort: From Simon White’s Album
Wearing it well Simon White’s excellent photographs have found their way here from the Cohort before, but it’s time to feature some of his recent postings. Except for the last three, they appear to...
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On The Go Outtake: Camry Double Dents
We did the Camry dent (singular) here a few months back. It’s not exactly my favorite subject, but I just couldn’t resist peeling off a shot of this Camry with dual dents. Could you?
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CC Capsule/QOTD: 1967 Thunderbird – What Nickname Shall We Give It?
The 1967-1971 generation of Thunderbird was the weakest in the family until the execrable 1980-1982 generation. It’s shortcomings were put forth very clearly and convincingly by Jim Cavenaugh in his...
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CC Outtakes: The CC Manor Apartments
Just a few shots from the parking lot of the CC Manor Apartments.
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Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Mazda RX4 –“The Best Mazda Yet”
The first energy crisis really took the shine off Mazda’s rotary engine cars. The timing of the introduction of its new RX-4, larger and heavier than its previous cars, was not exactly fortuitous. But...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Fiat X1/9 –“A Pleasant Surprise”
“Pleasant” is a bit mild of a word when I think of the X1/9. But then my exposure to it was not exactly with a run-of-the-mill X1/9. In a storage lot behind the little tv station in West LA where I...
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Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford Mustang SVO – A Turbocharged Tribute To Philip...
not original SVO wheels (first posted 7/18/2013) For Ford, the eighties was the most miraculous decade for any American automaker since Chrysler’s first magic ten years (1924-1933). After nearly...
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Curbside Classic: Datsun B210 – Bit•O•Honey
From some distance across the parking lot, I thought maybe I was really going to score. That mellow-honey colored peanut of a car just screamed “B210 Honey Bee” to me, something that has eluded me...
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Cohort Outtake: Dacia 1307 Double-cab Pickup (with RWD) – The Most Unusual...
Perusing the Cohort never fails to amaze, especially the more obscure vehicles that we never see here. This one, posted by Eric Clem and shot in Colombia, just might take the cake in that department,...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Mustang Mach 1 –“Neither Fast Nor Particularly...
I’ve said everything I have to say about the Mustang II, numerous times, most vociferously here. So I’m just going to let Road and Track do the talking. And you, of course. mn
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Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Fiat Sport Coupe 1800 –“A Larger Engine Keeps It...
We covered the original Fiat Sport Coupe (AC) here in rather considerable detail. It was face-lifted twice and received several bumps in engine size and power in the US, to keep up with weight...
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Curbside Classic: 1974 Buick Apollo – Back To Being a Daily Driver In Its...
This is one of my very favorite curbside classics in Eugene. Why? Because I actually know its whole story, having met its original owner; that’s not often the case. And it’s a sole daily driver again...
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Has the Overwrought Styling Era Run Its Course? Mercedes and BMW Are...
I’m not going to have to go very far out on a limb to predict that the news I’m about to pass along will be well received in these quarters, giving the perpetual bitching here about all the...
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QOTD? What Was The Greatest Era For Design?
Battista PininFarina and Bill Mitchell in Mitchell’s 1959 Sting Ray I really shouldn’t be asking this question, as I don’t think I can answer it myself. But maybe you can.
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Design Outtake: 1951 Packard Pinin Farina Coupe
My internet is intermittent and keeps going dead, so I’m going to make this fast. I stumbled into this yesterday, and can’t remember having seen it before. So i thought I’d share it with you. It...
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How To Buy A Set Of New Michelin Tires For Less Than Half Price – Take...
(first posted 1/24/2013. My response to today’s earlier post about tire wear) How many people consider their tire’s tread wear warranty when they walk in a tire store to buy a new set of tires,...
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QOTD: Anyone Know a Good WordPress Mechanic?
I’ve struck out twice now. Our long-time tech consultant no longer responds to my pleas for help, and a referral by Jim Klein turned out to be too busy. The site is limping along slowly with repeated...
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Cohort Outtake: Gen1 Renault Espace – The European Minivan Pioneer Was Going...
CC’s Yohai Rodin posted shots of this gen1 Renault Espace at the Cohort, apparently shot in Vienna. Roger Carr did a very exhaustive CC on the Espace here, but he left out the fact that AMC was quite...
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CC Global: Cohort Eric Clem Visits Colombia
I showed you the Dacia pickup shot in Colombia that Eric Clem posted at the Cohort the other day. But there’s a bunch of others from that trip, so I’m going to dump them here for your viewing and...
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CC Update: 1973 Plymouth Sebring Plus Seven Years
I first shot this Sebring in San Mateo, CA. seven years ago, very shortly after I started Curbside Classics at the old site. And on our recent January road trip, I encountered it again, near my SIL’s...
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