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CC Colt Chronicles Part 2: 1974-1977 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Galant) – The...
For 1974, the Dodge Colt got a bit of an American-style make-over. Whereas its gen1 predecessor was very clean, reflecting the Italian influence that had been so prominent in mid-late sixties Japanese...
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Cohort Outtake: 1961 Ford “NASCAR Homologation Special” Truth In Advertising...
pictures by Triborough I was walking down the Cohort sidewalk, when I came across this black ’61 Ford sedan. Galaxie Club Coupe; looks pretty decent, for what was undoubtedly an old family hauler. Six...
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Cohort Outtake: Which Side Do You Prefer?
It was hard not to notice this rather bright and brash mildly-customized 1970 Corvette posted by Triborough, especially the wheels. But I hadn’t expected a certain asymmetry. Rightfully so, this side...
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CC Colt Chronicles Part 4: 1978-1981 Dodge Colt Station Wagon (Mitsubishi...
In Part 3 of our CC Colt Chronicles, we covered the fragmentation of the Colt name, as it was applied to both the Lancer and Galant-based Colts starting in 1977. By 1978, the little Corolla-fighter...
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CC Colt Chronicles Part 5: 1979-1983 Dodge Colt and Plymouth Champ/Colt...
The oft-repeated apologia for the travails and downfall of GM during the eighties is that they were just so darn overwhelmed converting their traditional RWD cars to modern front-wheel drive...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1969 Mustang Mach 1 – Sliding Down The Slippery...
Ford was hot on new trends during the sixties. The Falcon, T-Bird, Continental, Mustang and LTD all plowed new ground in their respective categories. And although Ford didn’t exactly instigate the...
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CC Colt Chronicles Part 6: 1984-1991 Colt Vista Wagon (Mitsubishi...
Mitsubishi was on a roll in the early eighties. Not only was their trend-setting new FWD econobox Mirage-Colt a success in every measure, but then Mitsubishi followed that up with a highly innovative...
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CC Outtake: The Trooper Trailer II
I’ve seen plenty of trailers made out of pickup beds, and even van back-ends, but this is the first time I’ve ever noticed an SUV re-purposed like this. My nephew EN shot this in Florida, and what...
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Cohort Outtake: VW Buggy, With Kiddie Seats
Daddy; make it go faster! Now this is way to get taken to pre-school, on a nice warm morning in San Diego, where Craig Dickson spotted this bright orange family hauler. The kids get the full aural...
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Mountainside Classics: AMC Eagle And “New Look” GMC Buses Still Working on...
I make the trek up to Mt. Hood (near Portland) once or twice per winter for a day of skiing with son Edward. The season has been a bit iffy this year, but all last week the snow really piled up....
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Curbside Classic: 1975 Opel 1900 (Ascona) – What The Vega Could Have Been
In a parallel universe, where GM made only rational decisions, this car would have a bowtie on the front grille instead of the Opel Blitz. Rather than pissing away billions (in today’s money) on the...
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1972 Ford LTD Sold To Germany – The Europeans Are Buying Our CC Jewels On The...
I predicted it (except for a minor detail). In the post where I announced that this pristine 1972 LTD was for sale, my very last line was this: “Watch it end up in Sweden!“ Close; it’s headed for...
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CC Capsule: Dodge LCF Truck Motorhome – A Dodge Lover Lives (in)Here
Dodge was a pioneer in motorhomes, but they didn’t exactly look like this. These big Dodge LCF (“Lower Cab Forward”) trucks are getting rather rare, but someone has re-purposed this one into a motor...
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Cohort Sighting: Heinkel Tourist Scooter with Sidecar – The Mercedes of Scooters
The British called this “The Rolls Royce of Scooters,” but it seems to me that “The Mercedes of Scooters” seems more apt, especially since Cohort Hannes captured it in front of a very lovely Pagoda...
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CC Outtake: Custom Peugeot 404 – Pininfarina Would Spin In His Grave
Peugeotphile Dawid Botha sent me shots of this customized 404, from the Caribbean Island of Guadalupe. Breathtaking! It’s something I might expect to meet in a dream after reading too many Brougham...
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Curbside Classic: 1983 Dodge Aries – The K-Car Saves Chrysler
Chrysler had its first brush with bankruptcy in 1978-1979. And like it would again later, it reached out to Uncle Sam, but then in the form of government loan guarantees. And just how did Chrysler...
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Cohort Sighting: 1953 Willys Pickup Still Hauling
In front of Sunny’s Bar in very hip Red Hook (NYC) sits this splendid survivor ’53 Willys pickup obviously still doing the work it was designed to do: haul loads. Triborough has been documenting its...
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CC Outtake: If You’re Interested In Selling Your Pickup…
It’s not the first time I’ve seen notes like this on cars I stop to shoot. Can you guess what they’re interested in? Or more like why they’re interested in an old Datsun that recently had its face...
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CC Outtake: Bus With Penthouse Chicken Coop – Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Converted school buses are a common sight in and around Eugene. Perhaps they come to Eugene to pay tribute to the grandaddy of the genre, Ken Kesey’s Further. Or maybe just because of the tolerant,...
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Our New (Future) CC: 2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon – Not An Impulse Buy (For A...
Does getting older blunt one’s tendency toward impulsivity? It might seem so, given the months-long process of research and endless test drives that finally resulted in the purchase of this new Acura...
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