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CC Outtake (with Video): The Human-Powered Pub Crawl-Mobile
Starting with the explosively-growing Ninkasi Brewery some years back, Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood has seen an influx of numerous other breweries and pubs. And here’s the safe to explore them all,...
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Automotive History: Two-Speed Automatics vs. Three-Speed Manuals – When 2 =...
In this day of nine-speed automatics and CVTs, a two-speed automatic transmission may seem downright antediluvian. Not infrequently, comments here express shock, surprise or disdain for the fact that...
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Cohort Sighting: VW Hearse – The People’s Hearse
SoCalMetro has been busy snapping hearses in Mexico. Perry showed you the odd “Ford 300″ mashup the other day. Today, it’s a bit more downscale, a hearse based on the VW Saveiero pickup/vanlet. And...
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Automotive History Capsule: 1967 Corvette 427 Tri-Power PG – The Ultimate...
Chevrolet’s two-speed Powerglide automatic had a long career, and a somewhat strange one at times, especially so in its relationship with the Corvette. The first Corvette (1953) was only available...
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CC Outtake: 1968 Chevelle 300 Hardtop Coupe – The Un-Malibu Chevelle
I’d like to tell you that I took this picture on the go because I instantly recognized it as a rather rare Chevelle 300 hardtop coupe. But I didn’t; I took it because it’s so endearingly scruffy and...
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Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Marquis Brougham – I’m Off To The CC Meet-Up,...
The Second Annual CC Heartland Meet-Up is in Auburn, IN, on Saturday, October 4th. Now you don’t think I would squeeze into one of those flying sardine cans along with 250 other packed-in folks who...
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CC Outtake/QOTD: The Lost Hubcap – Did You Collect Hubcaps?
This was once a quite common sight on the sides of our roads and highways, but not so much anymore. So when I saw this genuine metal hubcap laying near an intersection close to our house, I had to...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix – The Fairest Pontiac Of...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest Pontiac of them all? Pontiac’s golden decade, starting in 1963, has plenty of contenders. The ’63 full-size Pontiacs, headed up by the mile-stone Grand...
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Cohort Sighting: The Other-Worldly Skylark
A goodly number of spleens have been vented on donks here, on more than one occasion. I try to see them in the same light as all customization trends since that concept was invented in the 1910s or...
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Cohort Wordless Outtake: Air Force Chevrolet F60
Posted at the Cohort by LeSabrethoothTiger
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Cohort Sighting: Zimmer Quicksilver – The Fiero Brougham
I’ve been wondering when one of these would show up at the Cohort, and thanks to LeSabretoothTiger, it finally has. And now that it’s here, I’m a bit unsure as to what to say about it. All I can come...
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Classic CC Capsule: VW 1500 Type 3 Notchback – A Few Notches Short
Davo found one of these VW notchbacks before I did. I know there’s one or more in Eugene, but I just never caught up with it, which is hardly a reflection on their speediness. Unless they’ve had...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1989 Daihatsu Charade – Treat And Retreat
What a difference twenty years makes. The eighties was the Japanese decade, when they were going to take over the US, if not the world. They bought prime real estate assets like Rockefeller Center and...
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Greetings From The CC Auburn Meet-Up!
The CC Meet-Up in Auburn, IN, was a great success, a celebration of the CC spirit at its finest: Enjoying our companionship and love of old cars, but in the flesh and steel instead of virtually. Over...
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CC Outtake: A White Luxury Car Buyer That Switched Allegiance A While Back
My days visiting family in Towson, MD. weren’t exactly fruitful for CCs in the old neighborhood, but this one collection of white cars was worth a shot. Unfortunately, the bright garnet red XTS with a...
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On The Go Outtake: GMC Envoy XUV – Xtra Unsaleable Vehicle
Seeing a Studebaker Wagonaire with a tall refrigerator standing upright in its open-top rear cargo area at the NATMUS museum this weekend reminded me of this Envoy XUV I had shot just the week before....
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CC Exclusive: Genuine Vintage Chinese Curbside Classic Found In Eugene! –...
As recounted in my recent post on the elusive The East Glows, I’ve been on the hunt for a genuine Chinese CC for decades. And then there I was, working in my front yard, when a sparkle of light down...
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QOTD: What’s The Optimum Number Of Posts Per Day At CC?
Not including this question, we’ve had four new posts published today, two fewer than the six we more typically have, sometimes even more. Of course, some of those are Outtakes and other short posts;...
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Curbside Classic: 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus – Chrysler Jumps The...
From the end of WWII until the minivan-Cherokee era, Chrysler rode a stylistic see-saw—as well as a financial one. One minute its designs were too conservative, the next they were aliens from another...
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Classic Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I...
Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a journey into the unknown, but this one had a serious surprise for me,...
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