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Cohort Capsule: 1978 Buick Skylark – New York Brownstone
OK, it’s not really a brownstone, but that’s what first came to mind when I saw this shot posted at the Cohort by William Oliver. And although New York’s brownstones, graystones and brick row houses...
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Cohort Wordless Outtake: Gives New Meaning to the Term “Plastiwood”
posted at the Cohort by Michael Courtney
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MM-QOTD: We’re Time Traveling Back to the 1980s; Which Big American Car Will...
The 1980s were not exactly the golden years for the big American RWD car. The second energy crisis in 1979 really put the kibosh on the genre, and throughout the ’80’s, market share for the sector was...
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Cohort Classic: 1973 AMC Matador Wagon – Green On Green
posted by chrisjcieslak You Cohort posters have been batting 1000 lately, especially with the color-coordination. Great shot, Chris! On Friday, it was this brown Skylark in front of a brownstone, and...
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Egg Cars Of All Kinds, Even Edible
(first posted 3/29/2013) Sometimes it’s fun to just type in something at google images and see what comes up. Seeing that it’s Easter, how about “egg car”? This one is apparently popular in the UK;...
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CC Outtake: Subaru XT – Subarus Then and Now
Not only are Subaru XTs becoming a bit scarce, but this one posing with a more recent Outback compelled me to take a few shots. They both have boxer fours, but thats about where any similarities end....
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Cohort Outtake: 1995 Daewoo Super Salon 2.0 – The Well Disguised Opel
Rivera Notario shot this in Santiago, Chile, and posted this at the Cohort. Probably many of you wouldn’t likely recognize it if you saw one in traffic; I did a double take when I first saw it at the...
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Curbside Classic: 1984 Toyota Corolla Diesel – Latecomer To The Diesel Party
(first posted 4/4/2013) Toyota is an interesting company. Sometimes, they’re comfortable being pioneers, as with their hybrid technology. But when it comes to their bread-and-butter cars, they lean to...
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Cohort Outtake: The Painted Cars of Mill Valley – Porsche 911 and Tesla Model...
I’ve shown you scads of painted cars of Eugene, but they’re always typical Eugene-mobiles: cheap old cars. But in tony Mill Valley, CA, which started out as something of an artist’s enclave, folks...
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Cohort 9C1OAL: “My Chevy”– From Russia With Love
CC Contributor Stanislav Alexeyev posted this single shot at the Cohort, titled “My Chevy”. The subtitle is “’87 Caprice 9C1”. Nothing more. But that pretty much says it all, as the 9C1 Chevy is...
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Automotive History: The Curious F-Head Engine
(first posted 9/2/2013) The recent Jeep FC-150 and Jeep Commando CC with their Hurricane Four engine that featured an F-head (Intake Over Exhaust – “IOE”) cylinder head gave me the impetus to re-visit...
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Road Trip Outtakes: Where Old Saab Come To Die; Or Live, in Some Cases
My younger son and I took a road trip in the van last week, which took us out to Eastern Oregon, then north through Central Washington along the eastern side of the Cascades, across the Northern...
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Curbside Classics: 1976 Plymouth Volare and Dodge Aspen: From an A to an F –...
(first posted 7/29/2013) While the human Seven Deadly Sins – lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride – clearly play a part in any automaker’s fall from grace, Detroit cultivated its...
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CC Outtake/News: Smart Exits North America – With A Rooftop Luggage Box
Here’s a new variation of the CC Effect: Yesterday I saw this Smart with two guys in it and a big rooftop carrier heading out. My big regret is that I couldn’t get a shot of it from the side, as the...
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CC For Sale: 1974 Chevrolet Nova Six – Your Chance To Relive High School,...
Is there a better time capsule for so many men of a certain age than a Nova coupe? It isn’t the Nova you wanted then, which had at least a 350 under the hood, and not a wheezy six. But when it comes...
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Cohort Outtake: 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie – The Missing 1959 Ford CC
Seeing this single shot of a ’59 Ford Galaxie posted at the Cohort by Simon White reminded me theta we’ve never done a proper CC on the ’59 Ford. How did theta happen? It’s quite a story too, as it...
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Curbside Classic Lite: 1970 Ford Club Wagon Camper Van – Here’s What I Really...
I’ve written the story of how my life might have been had I absconded with a 1971 Econoline from my employer, Towson Ford. That was a bare-bones work van. But this new addition to the neighborhood,...
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CC For Sale: 1986 Mazda 323 Wagon with 32,241 Miles – For $5,988 You Can...
Been pining about the good old days of nifty little Japanese wagons? CC reader Matt Z. sent me the link to Timber Ford in Hayward, WI, which has the answer: this like-new 1986 Mazda 323 wagon. It’s in...
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Cohort Museum Outtake: The Original Bullitt Mustang – Worn Tires and Patina
nifticus posted a couple of shots of one of the two genuine Bullitt Mustangs. It’s an icon, but I have to admit I haven’t seen what these look like nowadays. Nice; just the way I like my cars. It’s at...
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Brochure Outtake: 1969 Dodge D200 Crew Cab Pickup with Large Camper – No,...
It’s good to remind ourselves once in a while that big pickups are not strictly a recent phenomena. Yes, the numbers are much higher than they used to be, but then so are the incomes of a whole lot of...
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