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Cohort Classic: 1977 Subaru GL FWD Wagon – The Early Days of the Biggest...
Are you aware of just how successful Subaru has been in the US? As in, by far the fastest and most consistent growing mainstream brand in the past couple of decades, with an unbroken string of 83...
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The Painted Cars of Eugene Outtake: The Stud Bus
Sharing with you the colorful painted cars and buses of Eugene has been a staple here at CC. Today’s featured work of art is this Ford Econoline mini-bus, formerly in the fleet of First Student, a...
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Curbside Classic: 1966 Buick Riviera – The Ultimate Bill Mitchell-Mobile?
(first posted 6/9/2013. I still see this Riviera being driven regularly. We saw it at a trail head parking are just the other night. It’s not quite as pristine as it was then) Before we test our...
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Reader Sighting: 1957 Mercury Montclair in Yosemite – Full Dome
One goes to Yosemite for the sights, but this is not one of the more typical or expected ones. CC reader Edward H. sent me these shots of a ’57 Mercury he saw while visiting that august national park...
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Auto-Biography/QOTD: The Dodge Chinook Finally Drives Off – What Do You Miss...
This should have happened a year ago, but you know how it is. I’ve been so engrossed with our new van, I rather forgot about the old Dodge Chinook moldering away in the lot behind our house (out of...
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Curbside Classic Lite: 1977 Olds Cutlass – Better a Colonnade Than a Colonoscopy
Since I’m going to be having a colonoscopy while you’re reading and analyzing this, I assumed a colonnade would be an analogous subject for this morning. Sadly, they’re not exactly common on the...
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Car Show Outtake: Opel Monza – The Other, Other Monza
(first posted 6/7/2013) When we think of Monza, it’s likely either the Corvair or the Vega-offshoot. But there’s a third (are there more?) GM coupe that bore that name, and our man in the UK,...
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QOTD: Got Any Childhood Car Photos You’d Like To Share?
Seeing this shot that John Lloyd posted at the Cohort of himself and his siblings in front of the family 1955 Pontiac station wagon inspires me to ask if you all have some old photos of yourself with...
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Bus Stop Outtake: Crown Bus – The Well-Schooled Bus
Jim Brophy is taking a well-deserved break from his seemingly endless Bus Stop Classics series, which is one of the best things to happen at CC. We know have what I consider the most comprehensive...
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Vintage 48,000 Mile Test: 1976 VW Rabbit – How VW Handed Over The US Import...
Here’s the final installment of Road and Track’s long term test of a first year 1975 Rabbit. The plan was to test it only to 24,000 miles, but since the car required extensive upgrading to 1976 specs...
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Cohort Classic: 1975 Mazda Rotary Pickup – One Of A Kind
(first posted 4/3/2013) Here’s a find that I’ve long hoped to bag myself: a rare Mazda Rotary Pickup. improbocat found this one, and just posted it at the Cohort. It was an audacious vehicle at...
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Curbside Classic: 1954 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan – GM’s Greatest Hit #2
(first posted 3/27/2013) Trying to pick the best Cadillac is an exercise in futility, or even worse, masochism. I’ve obsessed over the brand since my earliest encounter with one in Innsbruck, and...
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Cohort Outtake: 1960 Corvairs Still Hard At Work In Cuba With Lada Engines In...
(first posted 3/30/2013) Dave Rush just left this picture and comment on the ’60 Corvair Cohort post: I just got back from a month in Cuba and saw about 10 first generation Corvairs and they all...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Lada 1500 –“…soon to be imported to the US”
Here’s something a bit different. Road and Track drove a Lada 1500 in the UK due to the expectation that it “..is the model soon to be imported to the US”. I’d rather forgotten about that, but it...
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Curtis Perry Outtake/Auto-Biography: 1966 Ford Custom 500 – Nunmobile
The Niedermeyers’ move from Iowa City to Towson, MD. in the summer of 1965 was not a happy one for me. Compared to that little cosmopolitan and progressive university town, Towson was insular,...
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Vintage Parking Lots: Back When Cars All Looked So Different and Were Easy To...
Yeah, I know: if you were young when these cars were new or newish, you’ll have no problem. Or of course if you’re an ace car spotter. But when folks complain that today’s cars all look alike, they’re...
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CC Outtake: Fiat X1/9 – Stripped To The Essentials
Spotting this X1/9 at a Walmart parking lot took me by surprise, especially when I took a closer look. It’s a genuine beater, which is not how one typically sees X1/9s these days. They’re usually in...
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Vintage Snapshots: Two Dockside Classics With Mopar Photobombers
I’ve been perusing another trove of vintage snapshots, and these two, presumably shot on the same day, rather grabbed me. It took me a couple of minutes to identify this splendid superliner, as...
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In Memoriam: David Pearson – The Best Stock Car Driver Ever
I only followed stock car racing somewhat peripherally back when it was a lot more interesting. But in the summer of 1965, I became very aware of the fact that a certain David Pearson was tearing up...
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