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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Finned and Furious”

by Simon White

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Peugeot 403 Cabriolet – Columbomobile

posted by Bruno Ferlito

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: No Wonder There’s a Diagram To Remind One Of the...

photo by Simon White What caught my attention to this familiar sight was the piece of paper taped to the left side of the dash. It’s a rather unusual shift pattern for Ford, or any American pickup....

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Car Carrier of the Day: Volkswagens (and a Coupe of Porsches)

Let’s take a look at some Volkswagens on the roll. Here’s another one of those 105′ long rigs operating under a special permit in Washington. Undoubtedly they arrived in the port of Seattle and are on...

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Vintage SCI Review: 1957 Thunderbird – Do We Detect a Wee Bit of Corvette Envy?

Given the Corvette’s miserable sales in its first few years, it was a very good move on Ford’s part to reposition their sports car project Thunderbird as a “personal car”. Although one could argue...

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Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Simon White – A Gallery of American Cars in the UK

Simon White, based in the UK, has been posting at the Cohort for some time, and we’ve featured a few of his shots before. But I’ve picked out a few others that all feature vintage American iron found...

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Vintage SCI Review: 1957 MGA – New Body, Familiar Sensations

“MG” was synonymous with “sports car” for several decades. It all started with the spidery TC, a 1920’s style roadster that American GIs discovered while stationed in the UK during WW2. A fair number...

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Car Carrier of the Day: Mixed Load of 1966 Mopar C-Bodies

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Cohort Sighting: The smart Spare

(first posted 6/23/2014)   Why carry a spare tire on the back of one’s RV when a spare car fits almost as well? Posted at the Cohort by Johnh875.

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Car Carrier of the Day: 1968 Pontiacs

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Curbside Outtake: #VanLife In The Seventies

VanLife is hotter than ever, as the pandemic has made them the way to go, just about anywhere. I’m seeing more older camper vans from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s back on the street and cleaned up, having...

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: VW Golf Country – The German Subaru That Never Made...

posted by mncarspotter In addition to the Golf Syncro, VW also made a version with high ground clearance, bull bar and a few other off-road accoutrements. The 4WD system in both was co-developed with...

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Car Carrier of the Day: A Mixed Load of ’64s from FoMoCo

I’m pretty sure this is a “roll-on” transporter, which were used for short distance trips, as they were much quicker to load and unload, but could carry fewer cars.

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Driveway Outtake: The Glaring McLaren Exception In My Neighborhood

I showed you dozens and dozens of driveways in my neighborhood a few months ago, a sea of boring Corollas, Subarus, Volvos, Hondas, and a few old pickups and such. But there’s one I missed, rather...

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Got Airplane Parts Too?

posted by Don Kincl

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Vintage SCI Review: 1956 Porsche Speedster 1600 –“…One of the most...

This review written by Cliff Borgeson at Sports Car Illustrated was a treat, as it’s the first vintage review I’ve read about the Porsche Speedster. Like certain other automotive icons, its...

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Might This Be The Ultimate Plodge?

posted by Don Kincl   Or is it a proto-Coronoroc?

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Car Body Carrier of the Day: M-Body Hauler

In around 1987, AMC was building Chrysler M-Body cars in its Kenosha plant. As had been the case at Nash and AMC almost forever, the body plant was across town from the assembly plant, hence bodies...

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CC For Sale/Save/Parts: Anybody Willing To Adopt a Rusty Clark Cortez Motor...

an older picture before the roof rust set in My CC on the revolutionary FWD Clark Cortez motor home has become the focal point for the Cortez community, as it’s small, and getting smaller. This is why...

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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Two Rotund Convertibles, One Even More Compelling...

I don’t know if the composition of this shot of two rotund convertibles by Fred Oliver was intentional, but it’s sure working for me. The shape of their tops is almost identical, and there’s a few...

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