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CC Outtake: Busting Stereotypes: A Camry That Needs Wrenching?
Old Camrys run forever without ever needing any work done to them, even their brakes; right? 1986 Camry CC here
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford LTD – It Launched The Great Brougham Epoch
(updated, expanded, and a good follow-up to our Mustang coverage) Headline superlatives are a slippery slope, but I’m standing on pretty solid ground here: this is the car that completely changed...
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The Ultimate CC Road Trip: 1989 Cadillac Limo On Two Year Trip From Patagonia...
What are the odds? Of someone from Argentina driving CC’s favorite car (GM B-Body) on an extended multi-year meandering voyage from Patagonia in Argentina to Alaska? And of me just happening to be...
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CC Outtake: A Streetscape Snapshot From Eugene: Can You ID Them All?
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CC Outtake: Three Old Japanese Cars At The Kiva And An American Interloper
The Kiva is downtown Eugene’s health food store (do they call them that anymore; there’s just about nothing else but that around here anymore). As such, it attracts higher quotient of old Japanese...
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Auto-Biography/Curbside Classic (And Bonus Trackside Classic): 1972 Cadillac...
Five years ago, I encountered this 1972 Coupe DeVille on one a walk near downtown Eugene. It inspired a story, which became the first Curbside Classic, in March of 2009 at TTAC. Little did I know that...
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CC Outtake: Getting Ready For Planting Season
VW Pickups (“Caddy”) are still a fairly common sight hereabouts. I’ve done several as Outtakes, but never yet as a proper CC. One of these days… What also caught my eye was the VW’s load; if I didn’t...
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Classic Truckstop Classic: 1960 Studebaker Champ – Just Needs Some Fresh...
No, this multi-hued Studebaker Champ is not trying to be artistic. Its cab appears to have been stitched together out of a number of junkyard Champs (Anderson Bros. is a truck junkard, after all). And...
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CC Outtake: Drooping 2002
This sweet small-bumper 2002 lives just a block down the street from me, and has ever since we moved here in 1993. It spends its days outside in the driveway, and seems to be holding up quite well,...
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CC Capsule: Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear 4×4 Van – It Checks All The Right...
In my younger years, I used to indulge in a lot of MMing about the ultimate vehicle, the one that encompassed all the following qualities: a compact van body, for maximum space utilization and...
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CC Outtake: The Eclectic Driveway
Well, maybe “eclectic” isn’t really the right word, as there’s only one Chevy and two Toyotas. But there’s quite the age spread; the truck is a ’37; the Toyota van from the 80s, and, well, the Prius...
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CC Outtake: A Former Mercury CC Daily Driver Has Been Usurped
Just a few years back, this 1961 Mercury Meteor 800 was the owner’s daily driver. I shot it and wrote it up (CC here), but it’s been relegated to the far end of the driveway. But the Mark VII is a CC...
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Perry Shoar: Now CC’s Executive Editor
I purposely left off “New” from the title because Perry has actually been CC’s Acting Executive Editor for a couple of months now. But it’s time to go public, and give Perry the recognition he...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 – Family Carma
We’re on the homestretch of a family hike in the Appalachian mountains, the way so many fall Sundays were spent. I’m running ahead, and there it is, sitting by the side of the road in the leaves…the...
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CC Roadtrip: CA Hwy 1 Revisited; Part 1 – Cambria To Half Moon Bay Via Big Sur
California’s legendary Hwy 1 has played a defining role in my relationship to the Golden State. In the spring of 1972, I left chilly Iowa and hitchhiked out to to sunny California for the first time,...
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The Zündapp Janus: Mid-Engined, Double-Ended Production Car
The CoronoroC prototype wasn’t exactly the first time that a double-ended car was envisioned. In 1957, German motorcycle builder Zündapp unveiled their Janus, intended to improve upon the flimsy...
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Bill Mitchell’s Parting Shot: 1977 Pontiac Phantom
Mitchell retired from GM in 1977, and left a parting memorial to his love for the long, sleek, nostalgic and racy. He knew it was the (temporary) end of the road for his kind of car: “Realizing that...
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CA Vacation Walk and Talk: Nephew Aidan Shows Me The CCs On His Walk Home...
One of the benefits of our current vacation spot is the proximity to Stephanie’s sister’s house in San Mateo, barely twenty minutes away on the other side of the mountains. That means we get to visit...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – GM’s Greatest Hit...
Olds Vista Cruisers and their corresponding twin, the Buick Sportwagons hold a special place in the history of the American station wagon. It was a highly unusual concept (for America): take an...
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