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Le Curbside Classic: Citroen H Van – The French Tin Goose
(first posted in 2010) I return from Paris fulfilled. This was a family trip, with a focus on culture, museums, food and window shopping; not cars. But in our walking haunts of Paris’ most...
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Cohort Outtake: 1984 or 1985 Ford Tempo – Tempo Non Fugit
William Oliver has found a near-unicorn: a first or second year Ford Tempo, with the original non-aero sealed beam headlights. Near-unicorn, you say? Well, the reality is that all-new American cars...
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Auto-Biography: 1986 Mercedes 300E and the Birth Of KVEA and Telemundo –...
Update 7/8/2019: Since this was first posted on 6/5/2013, two related things have happened. One is that Telemundo has finally become competitive with Univision, and appears to be on its way to become...
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CC Outtake: The Last gen1 Mazda MPV Hereabouts Off to the Wrecker?
I don’t know the answer, but I rather doubt it. They’re getting scarce, but they still appear from time to time. Hopefully not on the back of a wrecker. Here’s our comprehensive look at the original...
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Cohort Outtake: 1959 Ford Galaxie Skyliner – Would Have Made a Great...
Mike Hayes found a ’59 Ford Skyliner lurking in a parking lot. I thought it might make a nice bit of contrast to the Face-Vega posted yesterday. Talk about different approaches to end up with a coupe....
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Cohort Outtake: 1972 Ford Courier – Another Recycled Ford Name
kevin_xyxl found and posted this survivor Courier at the Cohort. There used to be so many of these in town, but now I can think of only a couple that I know of. And they’re not the early version, like...
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CC Outtake: Two Vintage Camper Vans on College Hill
I found this pairing of vintage camper vans a bit odd, as it’s right on the top of College Hill, one of the most upscale neighborhoods in Eugene. But then this is Eugene, and such descriptors hardly...
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Cohort Outtake: Checker Aerobus Found – No More Airport Runs
So Cal Metro found and posted this tired Checker Aerobus. I can well imagine it led a long and hard life. Not all of these were used strictly as airport shuttles, but its name does rather suggest that...
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CC Capsule: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way
It’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other early lithium ion battery EVs....
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Cohort Outtake: A Granarch Lover Lives Here – Or A Monada Lover Lives Here
posted at the Cohort by SoCalMetro
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CC For Sale: “Mercedes” Gazelle –“90% Complete!”
Now here’s you’ve been looking for, even if you didn’t know it: a Gazelle! or more accurately, a Pinto Gazelle, as compared to a VW Gazelle. No air-cooled eggbeater engines out back for this Mercedes...
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CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep Cherokee – No Offensive Badges But Complete With Bow...
(first posted 7/17/2013. Updated 7/15/2019) This Cherokee presents a bit of a puzzle to me. It’s been de-badged of all its identifying emblems and graphics, which the SJ Cherokee had plenty of....
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Automotive History: 1959-1963 Two-Speed Ford-O-Matic – Ford Builds a Powerglide
There’s a very common tendency to assume that Chevys equipped with the two-speed Powerglide were uncompetitive because the main competition all had three-speed automatics. Well, that was the case...
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Cohort Outtake: Eunos Cosmo (Mazda) – The Only Triple-Rotor Rotary Engine...
(first posted 7/16/2013) robotr10t has uploaded a raft of his sightings in Europe at the Cohort, and one of the more unusual ones is this Eunos Cosmo. Sold only through Mazda’s Japanese premium...
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CC Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet El Camino – Designed To Be Effective At Certain Tasks
(first posted 7/23/2013) Unlike Ford, which had an uninterrupted stream of Rancheros starting with the very first in 1957 (CC here), Chevrolet took a break during 1961-1963. Perhaps they considered...
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Automotive History Capsule: 1967 Corvette 427 Tri-Power PG – The Ultimate...
(first posted 9/23/2014) Chevrolet’s two-speed Powerglide automatic had a long career, and a somewhat strange one at times, especially so in its relationship with the Corvette. The first Corvette...
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Curbside Classic: 1961 Falcon – How To Build A Winning Compact
(first posted 3/21/2011) That could be me sitting in that barber chair, for two reasons. Well, that is the exact chair I sit in when I get my hair cut. And I could see myself having driven there in...
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