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Cohort Classic: Moskvitch 2142 Prince Vladimir – If You Think This Is Bad,...

(first posted 2/3/2013)    In the history of the Russian automobile industry, there were moments of light that punctuated the years and decades of drab. Clearly, this Moskvitch 2142 Prince Vladmir is...

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Cohort Outtake: Capriceamino, Woody Brougham Edition

Since we’re doing oddballs today, here’s one more. Just needs a bit more wood on the body sides, to integrate that fine wood bed. Posted at the Cohort by canadiancatgreen.

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Car Show Day #1: Are Canadian Car Shows More Like The Way I Like Them?

Admittedly, I don’t go to car shows much; hardly ever, actually. Partly that’s because right around Eugene they tend to be very stereotypical hot-roddy things. I’d rather go hiking. But...

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Car Show Day #2: AMC (and Hudson)

This is so awesome! It’s the only restomod Canadiancatgreen shot, but it’s a…Marlin!  That has to be the only one of it’s kind, at least in Canada. What a…nightmare! Naw; I love it!!   lovely ’59 Amby...

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Car Show Day #3: The Studebakers

Canadiancatgreen’s car show download at the Cohort includes some very fine Studebakers. It’s past bedtime here, and I’m being kicked off the computer, but maybe Jim will jump in and ID the year and...

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Canadian Car Show Day #4: Saving Some Of The Best For Last (With an Emphasis...

In retrospect, I should have saved all of these Canadian Car Show posts for Canada Day on Sunday, but then maybe I’d be getting a late-night visit from Homeland Security. Here’s the last batch from...

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QOTD: What’s Your Lust Object Car of the Day?

I am a fickle lover of cars. If I were rich enough, I’d have a new car every day, which probably explains why I don’t have any old cars except my work truck. And my love for today would be this 1958...

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Bryce Shot and Posted a Ford AUS LTD Wagon I Can’t Quite Place – The Biggest...

Longtime CC reader Bryce has remembered how to post at the Cohort and uploaded quite a trove of pictures. But this wagon stumps me. It’s presumably a P6 LTD, but I thought they all had round...

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Industry News: Toyota Is Quite Happy To Stay in the Sedan Market and See...

Did you know there are waiting lists for the 2018 Camry XSE with two-tone paint? And that the Camry’s share has increased 5 percentage points so far in 2018? Are you surprised that Toyota is quite...

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Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge A108 Van – Still On The Job at Age 51

This is what really turns my crank, seeing a 51 year old Dodge van still doing the work it was designed to be doing 51 years earlier. Of course, I have a rather special affinity to these Dodge A...

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Vintage R&T Review: 1975 VW Rabbit 36,000 Mile Long-Term Test Update –...

To say that the all-new VW Rabbit (Golf Mk1) arrived half-baked is stating the obvious. After building essentially the same cars for some 30 years, retooling for a totally new car, in which none of...

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Cohort Classic: Polski Fiat 125p Spotted In Chile – A Long Way From Home

(first posted 2/3/2013)    I’m pretty sure this is our first Cohort posting (by RiveraNotario) from Chile, and it’s a car that’s a long way from home; in fact, short of the moon it’s probably about as...

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Curbside Classic Lite: 1967 Jeep Commando – Rough And Ready

(first posted 2/3/2013)   For some odd reason, on this (another) gray day, I have summer on the brain…so let’s dig out something apropos. Like this gnarly Jeep Commando, to take is into the woods...

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CC Photo Gallery and Video: The All-American Model A Speedster – Wishing You...

In recognition of Independence Day, we’re taking the day off.  But I do feel like sharing with you this Model A Speedster. Needless to say, the Ford Model T and A are about as all-American as it can...

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Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler American – The Hip Ugly American

(first posted 9/6/2011)    This car made me embarrassed to be a newly minted American in the fall of 1960. We had just arrived for the unveiling of Detroit’s spectacular new 1961 models, and I was in...

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Curbside Classic: 1957 Blue Bird All American Bus: The All American Dream...

(first posted 3/19/2011)     It’s no secret I’m a big fan of big old buses. The challenge is what direction to take with them. Given today’s weather, that would be South. You see; it’s already...

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CC Outtake: 1976 (or so) Toyota Corolla (E30) Wagon – And a Toyota Pickup in...

Third generation Corollas have become a bit scarce, but since they are Corollas, there will undoubtedly always be a few around, forever. Could life in Eugene exist without them? It’s questionable. And...

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CC Cinema: Car Chase Scene, Danish Style

How about a movie car chase scene with a Danish flavor? Sandra L. sent me this clip from the 1977 movie “Olsen Banden – derudaf” and although it’s a bit modest by Hollywood standards, it does capture...

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Cohort Sighting: 1979 Chrysler 150 GT (C6) – A Rare Survivor From Spain

(first posted 2/2/2013)     coopey shot this in Spain, and has a bit of commentary on the Spanish version of the Simca 1307/1308GT, which in its day was a quite advanced car, very much in the VW...

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CC Revisited: 1982 Eagle SX/4 – Found Again Seven Years Later

One of the satisfying experiences when walking the streets of Eugene is encountering a CC from the past, one that saw once and never again, and assumed to be long gone. The other night I spotted this...

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