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Curbside Classic Lite: 1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS – Finally a Gen3 F-Body I Like
Those of you that have been around these pages for a while will know that I’m not exactly a fan of gen3 F-Bodies (1982-1992 Camaro & Firebird). An ’89 Camaro graces my GM Deadly Sin #6 – “46 trips...
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Vintage Snapshot: Me and My Borgward – Photographic Proof of the ’50s Import...
Yes, Borgwards were not uncommon in the US in the ’50s, along with a raft of other obscure European brands. Here’s the photographic proof of one of them and its proud owner.
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Vintage Snapshot: At the Races – Photographic Proof of the ’50s Sports Car Boom
Yes, there was a time when folks took their Ferraris and Corvettes and Daimler SP’s to the track on Sundays. And raced them for all they were worth, which was a lot less than they are now.
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Vintage Snapshot: Rooftop Camping in the ’60s
Mom and dad on the main floor, and the kids upstairs. And everyone’s smiling too! A camping happy trip, once the kids got their own rooftop tent.
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Edsel “Eco-Boost”– Reversing Old Habits
(first posted in 2010 at the other site; in 2011 here at CC. A 25,000 mile update is here) There’s a big difference between creating and re-creating. The proto-hot rodders of yore scoured the junk...
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Vintage Snapshot: 1929 Cadillac Tow Truck – This Is How the Classics Were Put...
This picture of a classic 1929 Cadillac, (as identified by JPC), hard at work towing a city bus is not that exceptional. I’ve read numerous times about how the big and solidly-built classics from the...
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Ford’s Torque-Drive Copy-Cat 1970 Maverick Semi-Automatic Transmission – Is...
(first posted 6/15/2013. At least two owners of these have left comments ) I’m not trying to beat this semi-automatick schtick into the ground, but in the recent Chevy Torque Drive post, Mad...
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The Cars Of Our Fathers (Or Father In Law, In This Case)
(first posted 6/16/2013. Larry Squires died a few years back) This post was inspired by Jim Cavanaugh’s moving Father’s Day homage to his father’s 1969 Ford LTD. The original idea was to list all...
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Curbside Classic: Citroen 2CV Hoffman Cabriolet – The Ultimate Chick Magnet?
(first posted 5/13/2013) What is the source of American men’s latent and easily provoked disdain for the French (and their cars)? Umm, it doesn’t exactly take a study to prove what what we...
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Curbside Classic: Mercedes W124 (1985-1996 E-Class) The Best Car Of The Past...
(first posted 6/5/2013) Superlatives make great headlines; backing them up is another story. But is it even necessary, in the case of the W124? What other car designed thirty thirty-five years ago...
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Van Chronicles: The First Ding
My attitude to the first ding in a new car has really changed. I used to get a bit upset about it; now I rather welcome it. It means I no longer have to worry about that inevitable first ding in a new...
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Cohort Outakes: “On the Beach”– Pendine Sands Vintage Hot Rod Races, Wales U.K.
Simon White posted a series of shots taken at the Pendine Sands vintage hot rod races, Wales U.K. June 2019. Some fine vintage iron of all kinds for your viewing pleasure.
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CC Outtake: VW Diesel Rabbit Overlander
I watched this red Rabbit arrive at this house last fall or so, in original condition. And then I watched it sprout overlanding gear: a suspension lift, bigger and knobbier tires, a roof rack, and,...
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Cohort Outtake: 1973 Buick Riviera – That’s One Way To Deal With Those Pesky...
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CC Cap[sule: 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente – Hot, But Not Exactly In The Best Way
(first posted 5/1/2013) Why did folks buy black cars in the pre-air conditioning era? Surely they must have understood the basic physics involved as to how much hotter a black car gets than one...
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“The Penalty of Leadership: From Cadillac to Tesla”– That Very Rare Article...
Finding a journalist, or anyone, for that matter, who is able to put Tesla into proper context is a very rare thing. The great majority of the coverage of Tesla is a pissing match about whether Elon...
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Why I Love Straight Sixes
(first posted 4/24/2013) Well, there’s a whole raft of reasons why I like straight sixes, like their intrinsic balance, better torque curve (per displacement) than a V8, and of course their...
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CC Outtakes: Alley of CCs Including the First Curbside ’58 Edsel and a Bonus...
Finding genuine CCs that we haven’t covered here is not getting any easier. It helps to change up the walking routine, as in: “let’s go down this alley”. Good call, as there was a whole fleet of CCs...
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Curbside Classic: 1961 VW Transporter – A Rolling, Hard-Working,...
(first posted 4/25/2013) This is why I live in Eugene: So that I can run into an ancient VW Transporter with a heavy load of wood at the lumberyard, just a half-dozen parking spaces over from the...
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