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CC Outtake: When Cadillacs Were Smaller Than Civics
Consider this a preview, as the gen3 Seville is long overdue, and will arrive soon. Gen1 and gen2 Sevilles both earned the dreaded DS status. Want to place bets on the gen3? Here’s the kicker: I...
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Le Curbside Classic: Citroen H Van – The French Tin Goose
(This one’s an oldie; sigh, I wish I was just coming back from 10 days in Paris. And this one’s for H Man, as Mike George used to call himself here) I return from Paris fulfilled. This was a family...
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Curbside Classic: Volvo 122S – The Cult Of The Amazon
How exactly did the Volvo 122 “Amazon” achieve its mythological stature? Naming it after the eponymous nation of all-female warriors was a good start. Legendary ruggedness and durability solidified...
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1960 Corvairs Still Hard At Work In Cuba With Lada Engines In Front
Dave Rush just left this picture and comment on the ’60 Corvair Cohort post: I just got back from a month in Cuba and saw about 10 first generation Corvairs and they all had a front engine/live rear...
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Egg Cars Of All Kinds, Even Edible
Sometimes it’s fun to just type in something at google images and see what comes up. Seeing that it’s Easter, how about “egg car”? This one is apparently popular in the UK; sort of their version of...
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CC Capsule: 1954 Allard K2 – Proto-Cobra With World’s Most Contorted Shift Lever
Passing by the Sports Car Shop always requires a brief stop to see what’s currently on display. I’d seen this splendid Allard K2 through the garage windows for months, but when it finally made it out...
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Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – GM’s Deadly Sin #9
I walked well past this Corvette before I stopped and gave it a backwards glance. I wavered momentarily, gauging my feelings. Yes, it was fast and pulled impressive numbers on a skid pad. But numbers...
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Mercury Breezway Postscript: Here’s How To Really Take Advantage Of That...
Laurence Jones just took us on Breezeway Tour. But here’s the real benefit of Mercury slant backs: A slide-in camper with 23% more floor space, and as well as the access from car to camper via the...
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Quarryside Classics: Mack R-Series – Rock Solid Since 1966
I recently rented a little three-yard dump truck and used it to pay several visits to one of the local quarries–partly to haul gravel, but also as an excuse to pay homage to the dwindling number of...
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Diesel Week Finale: Diesels On The Upsurge? Would You Buy One?
Diesels are trying hard to make a comeback in the US, but it’s clearly a bit of an uphill battle. Hybrids are already well established and more are on the way, and conventional gas engines are...
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Elvis Loved The Biggest And Smallest Cars In The World
A quick visit to Shorpy shows the extremes of Elvis’ rapidly growing collection of cars in 1956, when he was just 21. In this shot, on his Harley (looks like a 750 flathead Sportster), Elvis is in...
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CC Outtake: Japanese Cars, Old And New
The employee parking area at the lumberyard has a brand new addition. It makes a nice contrast to the other Japanese car that’s been parking there for a looong time. You think he’s jealous?
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Taxis Of Eugene: This One is A Bit Of An Oddity
It’s (well) time to retire the “Getting Passed On The Right” Series, and start a new one: Taxis of Eugene. There’s quite an eclectic fleet plying the streets here. I’ve already shown and told you...
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Cohort Sighting: Someone Loves SUVs
BigPapiC (CraigInNC) posted this shot at the Cohort. His comment: Took this one week ago. No less than 8, yes eight SUVs in driveway. Midweek daytime did not appear to be a party or anything going on....
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Cohort Sighting: 1968 Buick Wildcat Found Lurking in Campground
Charkle the 2nd found this Wildcat lurking at the campground next to his over the Easter Weekend. Turns out it’s a daily driver, and has been since it was bought twenty years ago. Is this Australia or...
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Taxis Of Eugene: Dodge Caravan SWB – Ultradriver?
Speaking of transmission-challenged mini-vans in taxi duty, here’s another example. Well, maybe by the time this one was built, the infamous A604 was improved some. Our 1992 Caravan’s fourth...
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Curbside Classic: Sunbeam Tiger – The Other Cobra
The legend of how Carroll Shelby was inspired to create the Cobra–his idea was to stuff Ford’s new and very compact V8 into an elderly and underpowered little British roadster–is already well known....
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CC Outtake: Two-Tone Camry
Not exactly earth-shattering, but when was the last time you saw a two-tone Camry?
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Styling Buck For The 1957 Chrysler 300 – You Think Virgil Exner Liked Fins...
We haven’t done much with concept cars and styling proposals. So a visit to glen.h’s Photostream collection of Concept Cars, Prototypes and Show Cars provides plenty of fodder. Like this styling buck...
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