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Overloaded CCs In Africa: A Gallery of Use and Abuse
Picture: Facebook/Bruce David Kellock/Africa, this is why I live here (first posted 9/2/2014) Stephanie loves the photo galleries at the Telegraph.co.uk site. She forwards some of them to me, and...
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Car Carrier of the Day: The Legendary Dodge Big Horn – One Of Only 261 Ever...
The Dodge Big Horn’s legendary status is even bigger than the actual truck. It was Dodge’s last attempt at building a big Class 8 conventional tractor, and only 261 were built between 1973 and 1975,...
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Cars From the Movie “Mood Indigo”: The Peugeot 40404 and 40104, and a Few More
lark4dr posted this double-ender Peugeot 40404 wagon at the Cohort, with a link to hemmings that has the story on it and a few more below. They’re just two of a number of Peugeots constructed for the...
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Curbside Outtake: 1965 Chevrolet C30 Flatbed – Still Hauling Appliances
Why can I relate to this? How many refrigerators, stoves, washer and dryers have I hauled over the past 24 years since I bought my first rental? At least 13 each, as that’s how many units I have, but...
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Curbside Outtake: 1977 Buick LeSabre – Happy 44th Birthday!
You know time’s been rolling by when you do the mental math and realize it’s been 44 years since the downsized GM B/C Bodies appeared and shook up the industry. We’ve written so much on these over...
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Curbside Classic: 1968 Winnebago F-17 – The Model T Of Motorhomes
(first posted 10/15/2011) I know some of you are probably a bit weary with my obsession with RVs. But only once since the Model T revolutionized the car industry, has a similar revolution taken...
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Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Merchant’s Row, Rutland, Vermont – From the 1880’s...
Fran Duskiewicz posted this shot that he identified as Merchant’s Row, Rutland, Vt., 1958? Looks about right; maybe 1957. It got me intrigued to find some other vintage shots of this location, and I...
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Car Carrier of the Day: Three Skyliners and One Country Squire – A Load of...
More: My CC on the ’57 Skyliner
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Opel Manta (A) 1900 – There’s A Good Reason Why I...
I can’t ever resist stopping for a Manta, like this one just posted at the Cohort by William Oliver. Yes, they were based on the Opel 1900/Ascona sedan’s body, so they’re kind of the equivalent of the...
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Car Carrier of the Day: The Invasion of the Beetles
I love this shot of these big old American cars with a train load of VW’s on Trailer Trains. I should point out that these trailer train cars made a huge impact on car transport starting in about...
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CC Design Shoot-Out: 1977 Chevrolet B-Body vs. 1979 Ford LTD – The Boxing Match
(first posted 9/10/2014) There’s been a long-simmering debate here about the respective designs of the all-new downsized Chevy/GM 1977 B-Bodies and Ford’s response-imitation in 1979. It’s time to...
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Curbside Camper: 1960s Cabana FG 23 Motor Home – A Survivor
This vintage Cabana motor home showed up in our neighborhood about a year ago, and it’s still around. I saw it parked by the local hardware store just the other day. It’s a bit out of the ordinary;...
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Classic Ad Classic : The Cars Of The Soviet Union – Nyet
(first posted 12/12/2011) The real reason the Soviet Union imploded? No good advertising agencies! OK, these cute twins in the ZAZ 966 are fetching, but not exactly up to Western standards for the...
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Curbside Outtake: 1963 Ford Ranchero With Fresh Air Intake
I ran into this in my neighborhood earlier this year, and forgot to share it sooner. It’s a bit odd, but I suppose fairly mild compared to a few other oddities I’ve found over the years. It’s not so...
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Car Carrier of the Day: Another Dead Brand Truck Hauling Dead Brand Cars
Another Reo, this time hauling 1951 Kaisers.
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Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200 – Two Door Sedan, Size XS
(first posted August 28, 2014) Once upon a time, the two-door sedan was essentially the default body style in much of the world. It was a bit cheaper, and cars were often very small, and they...
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Van-Tripping Journal: Dodging Wildfire Smoke On the Peaks Of Eastern Oregon
(more appropriate for Facebook, but I don’t do FB) Some of you have emailed me with concerns about the massive wildfires raging in Oregon (and California) and of any possible impact on us...
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