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Curbside Classic: 1995 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe – GM’s Deadly Sin #31...
Cadillac knew it had a serious problem with its buyers’ demographics already back in the ’70s; they were well on their way to becoming an old geezer’s car. In other words, terminal decline, as the...
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Curbside Outtake: “Hello, Is This A-1 Auto Glass? Do You Have a Driver’s Side...
It was just a bit over a year ago when this unicorn showed up in the ‘hood. I hadn’t seen one in ages, and wrote it up here. And now its driver’s side window is gone, probably one of the not...
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Looking For One or Two COALers, Again
We had a couple of COALers off to a good start, but they appear to have gone AWOL. COAL-fatigue, apparently contagious. So we sure could use some able-bodied replacements. Here’s your chance to share...
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Curbside Classic: 1975 Opel Manta 3100 (That’s Not A Typo) – The German Camaro
(first posted 11/23/2013) Given that this was originally sold as a Manta 1900, you can safely assume something other than its original 81 hp 1897cc four lurks under its hood, despite the lack of...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Peugeot 404 – 1963 The Oldest Working Taxi in Berlin
Taxi! I want to ride in this one… Wouter Bregman posted this at the Cohort, stating that this 1963 Peugeot 404 is the oldest taxi in Berlin. I certainly don’t doubt that, and it’s a treat to see it....
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Curbside Outtake: Two Little Japanese Cars and a Big Old Cadillac In Front of...
We don’t often get visiting Cadillacs in our part of town, so I decided to document this rather odd assemblage of vehicles. My neighbor’s blue Prius C is heading up the parade, and my xBox is boxing...
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Curbside Classic Capsule: 1991 Plymouth Voyager Motor Home – Home (Built)...
When I retired last July, I also decided to stop shooting cars. Yeah; I was that burned out. But then only a few days later we were out at the coast with my nephew and his wife, and we stumbled into...
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On The Go Outtake/Update: 1982 Isuzu I-Mark Diesel – Still Clattering Away...
One of my biggest treats as I wander the streets of Eugene is to run into a CC from way back. And this I-Mark diesel coupe is my favorite, as it just keeps on clattering along, despite the fact that...
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Quote Classic: Why Didn’t I Think of That PR Scam First?
I’ve been doing a lot of catch up reading of auto industry classics I should have read ages ago. I finished David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning” a couple of days ago. It’s a superb in-depth look at the...
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Curside Newsflash: GM to Revive Hummer Name for Electric Pickups and SUVs –
It’s not a big surprise, really, but according to the WSJ, the Hummer name will reappear in GMC showrooms as a line of EV pickups and SUVs. And no, the Hummer HX in the picture above, which is...
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Curbside Outtake: Generic Late-70’s Dodge Class B Motorhome – Tin Boxes
This old Dodge motorhome caught my eye, for several reasons. One, I just have a soft spot for the genre, and have shot many over the years. And then there’s the fact that this is on the swb Dodge van...
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Automotive History: Why Fords Were the Worst Rusters in the Mid-Late ’60s and...
not the best picture, but the best that Google could find It’s always very satisfying to get a proper explanation to phenomena that has been described repeatedly. The endless stream of comments here...
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Automotive History: The Ford Taurus Almost Had Rear Wheel Drive
(More from David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning”) Having excoriated Ford’s finance guys for skimping out on E-Coat, today we turn the tables and find a very unlikely hero in the battle over whether the...
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Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda – Better Than A...
(first posted 7/11/2011) Pity the poor Barracuda. It beat the Mustang to market in 1964 by 16 days, but was utterly trounced by that seminal (and genre name-giving) pony car. In their first full...
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Welcome to CURBSIDE – A New Logo, Menu, and More To Come
After eleven years, the site was pretty badly in need of a makeover. That includes a new logo that better represents what we’ve become, as well as a number of new functional features and options to...
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Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford Ranchero: The Anti-Paternity Mobile
(first posted in 2011) It’s long overdue to bust out a Ranchero, especially on a day after we’ve done farm tractors. Not that there’s really much correlation: I’d love to know what percentages of...
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1978 (?) Ford Ranchero – Defying Death
posted at the Cohort by Matt Z This Ranchero typifies why Ford almost went bankrupt in 1980: Henry Ford II was convinced that big cars were the only ones that Ford could make a profit on in the US, and...
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Curbside Outtake: C3 Corvette with Big Trailer
The other day I showed you pictures of a little Mazda pickup with a big Silver Streak trailer. It reminded me of this Corvette I shot with a big double axle trailer. Just as unlikely a pairing, if...
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QOTD: Do You Associate Certain Cars With Certain Colors?
I know it’s a variation on confirmation bias, but I swear 86.392% of the Trailblazers in Eugene are all this color. Are there other cars that you invariably associate with a specific color?
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Nickel-Plated Toyota Van-up
How did I miss this one posted at the Cohort by Tim Finn a while back? It must have been during my “retirement”. This is double awesome, as not only is it of course a Toyota van converted into a...
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