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Cohort Capsule: ZIL-117 Convertible – Russia’s Big-Wig Ragtop
Stanislav Alexeyev posted this shot of a ZIL-117 convertible in the comments the other day. Since he also posted it in the Cohort, I thought I’d share it here in case you missed it. It’s an impressive...
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Cohort Outtake: But Shouldn’t the License Plate Frame Be “Cimarron by Cadillac”?
Foden Alpha left this comment with these pictures of his 1986 Cimarron: Finally decided to put on my custom made license plate frame for my Cimarron that I ordered last year. I think now curious...
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CC Newsstand: Cadillac Shows New CT5 Sedan – Goodbye Arts and Science – And...
It’s likely to sell reasonably well in its biggest market, China, but I’m having a hard time seeing the new Cadillac XT5 find a lot of traction in the US, where the sedan market just keeps on...
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Cadillac Day Finale: This Is the One For Me – 1955 Series 62 Convertible
It’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a bit too conservative. Then from ’50-’53, they...
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Cohort Outtake: A Study In Contrasts
Tim Finn posted some shots from a recent Cars and Coffee event in Portland, and this is what caught my eye. It takes the typical low sedan – high 4×4 pickup theme to another level. Now that’s a...
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Cohort Outtake: 1966 Ford LTD –“Remarkable! I Do Believe Your Ford Is Quieter!”
All these years, and we’ve never had a proper ’65 or ’66 LTD four door. I wrote my ’65 LTD CC “It Launched the Great Brougham Epoch” using a two door hardtop, which was really all wrong, as the...
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Cohort Capsule: 1973 Toyota Corona – Rare Survivor
And here’s another car making its debut at CC, thanks to Cohort poster Owen Smith. This is the third generation of Corona to arrive on our shores, but since the first was called Tiara, and not many...
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Boeing’s Deadly Sin: Making Basic Safety Features Optional – Taking A Page...
I’ve written numerous articles about bad old GM’s Deadly Sins, including such transgressions as making the most basic safety items optional, such as disc brakes on the new FWD 1967 Eldorado (and...
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CC Capsule: Ford Courier – A Survivor of the The Lesser Pickup Epoch
The whole mini-pickup boom is quickly becoming another historical era, like the Great Brougham Epoch. Pickups are of course more in than ever, but even the descendants of the mini pickups are now...
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Cohort Outtake: El Camaro
Now here’s an appropriate utilization of an F Body of this era: Turn it into a hauler, or something like that. Tim Finn posted it at the Cohort, shot at Portland’s Red Door Meet. I’m not sure what’s...
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Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin
(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some...
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CC 100: AMC Eagle SX/4 – Flying Higher
(CC 100 = 100 words about a car) Why do young guys like jacked up vehicles? Because old guys can’t get in them. It can be hard to find traction in life when you’re young. Hopefully this helps....
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Cohort Outtake: A Rover Lover Lives Here – Does His Wife?
Owen Smith found a stash of P6 Rovers at this house. These aren’t the only ones there either. At first, I assumed the one in the back with the tarp on it was one too. You know, the more, the merrier,...
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Cohort Sighting: Ford Falcon XP Wagon – Shorter Than The American Version,...
(first posted 8/31/2013) Bryce, our intrepid man in New Zealand, has uploaded a raft of shots at the CC Cohort. So many to chose from, so little time… But this Falcon XP wagon caught my eye, as...
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Curbside Newsstand: European Automakers To Slash Costs, Once Again – The...
The news from Europe is like a broken record: cut costs; cut costs; cut costs…and cut them again. And issue profit warnings, as BMW did last week, warning that pre-tax profit is set to drop 10% or...
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Movie Outtake: Is It a ZIL? A Honqi?
When this picture popped up on a Google Image search I was doing, I did a double take. A Soviet or Chinese limo? Nope. Take a closer look… It’s a 1976 Argentine Ford Landau stretch limo. The 1966 bog...
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CC Outtake: There’s a New Mitsubishi Van In Town – This Is What Keeps Me Going
I’ve been struggling with CC fatigue. After ten years of this, it’s getting harder to be inspired to write about another old car; it seems like we’ve done them pretty much all. But then something...
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Curbside Classic: 1968 Oldmobile 442 – It’s All In The Numbers
(first posted 8/28/2013) The Pontiac GTO generally gets bragging rights as the first of its kind: the classic intermediate-sized Detroit muscle car. The GTO first appeared in 1964, and pretty much...
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Curbside Newsstand: Renault Wants To Merge With Nissan and FCA; Pickups...
Renault once bailed on Jeep, after having bought a controlling stake in AMC. They ended up selling AMC to Chrysler, but now Renault wants it back. According to this story in autonews, the Financial...
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Brochure Classic: 1971 Plymouth Fury I Coupe – The Rarest Of All The Fuselages?
(first posted 8/26/2013) Three cheers for oldcarbrochures! I was looking for a shot of the 1971 Fury III 2-door Formal Sedan to add to a comment I left on today’s CC, when I stumbled into a car I...
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