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Cohort Outtake: When Was the Last Time You Saw a Nissan Pulsar With the...
I’ve been looking for years, but no luck. There’s still a few of these Pulsar coupes around, but none with the optional Sportback. But JWFlynn found this one in Malden, MA. Obviously, not a lot of the...
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Vintage Snapshots: Can You ID the Imports On Main Street USA?
In the Buick-themed vintage snapshots the other day, it was noted in the comments on how few imports there were to be seen. So I just wasted a lovely hour perusing Dave Gelinas’ “Main Street USA”...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1976 Volvo 265DL –“The World’s First Mass-Produced...
It’s easy to forget that Mercedes wasn’t yet building station wagons in 1976. That long overdue body style would arrive a few years later, so in 1976, when Volvo built their first six cylinder wagon,...
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CC Outtake: 1974 (or so) Dodge D100 Step Side Pickup – How’d You Get Those...
On our urban hike to the river and Skinner Butte the other day, I noticed this older Dodge pickup in the parking lot, with a gentleman sitting in the cab reading. What also caught my attention were...
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Curbside Classic: 1972 Rokon Trail Breaker – The Two-Wheel Drive Motorcycle...
(first posted 9/3/2013) Californian Charlie Fehn first had the idea to design and build a two-wheel drive motorcycle in the late fifties, and was eventually granted a patent in 1963. It’s been a...
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Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevy II Nova SS – Saved By the Stock Wheel Covers
I saw this Nova coupe swing into the gas station as we were headed out to Mt. Pisgah for our daily postprandial hike. If it had been wearing big aftermarket wheels like 99.9% of the Nova SS coupes out...
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CC Outtake: Lincoln Town Car Succumbs to Renaultitis
That headline is not meant to be taken as if I’m saying it with glee, despite the fact that I’m not exactly a big fan of these. It’s always a bit sad to see any car take a K-O punch in the face, and I...
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The Cars Of Tintin: Can You Identify Them All?
(first posted in 2011, and expanded in 2013) Perhaps the Belgian comic books Tintin by Hergé were not so big in most American households, but they certainly played a significant role in ours. And...
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QOTD: What’s Your Favorite Console With Automatic Transmission Floor Shifter?
In today’s ’63 Nova SS CC, I waxed eloquently over its console and floor shifter for the automatic Powerglide. There’s something very un-gimmicky about it, with that rubber boot, straight stick, white...
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Pontiac GTO – How To Create a Legend and Build a Brand
How does one build a brand, propelling it from near-obscurity to the hottest one on the market? How does one create a legend, one that became the icon of a whole era? Ask John DeLorean and Jim...
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Vintage Car & Driver Review: 1964 Pontiac GTO – The Ultimate Ringer
Here it is, the Car and Driver review of the ultimate ringer, in the form of a so-called 1964 Tempest GTO. 0-60 in 4.6 seconds? Sure! 1/4 mile in 13.1 @115mph? Why not? C&D did acknowledge that...
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CC Outtake: 1977 (or so) Dodge Maxivan Camper Van – The DodgeMaster High Roof
I shoot vintage vans, especially old camper vans, for obvious reasons. This extended length Maxivan with a high roof is as close as it gets to my ProMaster in configuration. Maybe I should have just...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1976 Lincoln Continental Limo – By Henry N. Manney III
Road and Track tended to be a bit dry and serious, but their writer Henry N. Manney III compensated for that with his antics and humor. Here he takes on a review of a Lincoln limousine.
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CC Outtake: A Honda Lover Used to Operate a Garage Here
This used to be an active repair shop specializing in Hondas, but sometime in the past, things just kind of ground to a halt. But there’s still plenty of vintage Hondas around, as well as some other...
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Ad Watch Classic: Damsel in Distress, Or?
Stephen Pellegrino posted this ’59 Chevy ad at the Cohort along with some commentary: AD AGENCY CONVERSATION: OK, there’s this chick, see?” “YEAH…?” “And she drives her new ’59 Chevy into a river....
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Curbside Classic: 1970 Lincoln Continental Coupe – Hot Rod Lincoln
(first posted 2/7/2013) Ever since I found this relatively rare 1970 Continental Coupe, I’ve been trying to find something good to say about it. Don’t get me wrong; I love it, in its intrinsic...
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CC Outtake: 1977 (or so) Chevy C10 Pickup – It’s Not Only Old Ford Pickups...
The ratio of old Ford to Chevy pickups from the mid-70s through the 80s here is clearly a bit lopsided. And obviously it’s not rust that’s a factor. Well, this is Ford country. And there’s just more...
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CC Outtake: A Serious Saab 9000 Lover Lives Here
The Saab 9000 is another car that’s quickly becoming rare on the streets. Well, here’s two of them, but then lovers of old cars often double up, or more. Safety in numbers, or something like that....
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CC Speechless Outtake: A Trunk Addition or Rear Impact Crash Barrier?
Sent to me by CC reader ds23pallas. Shot in downtown Calgary.
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CC For Sale: 1976 Custom Cloud –“A Car To Be Seen In”
(text from the ad at car-from-uk.com This is definitely a car to be seen in. Everywhere we drive. people ask us what type of automobile we are driving. This car is only one of hundred made and is...
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