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Classic Automotive History: Ford’s Déjà Vu Moment – How Donald Petersen Saved...
Oil prices have just hit record highs, and the nastiest recession since WWII has the country in its grip. Ford’s line-up of bloated, heavy vehicles is piling up like cord-wood on the dealer’s lots....
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CC Outtake: Porsche 928 Ownership Requires Certain Sacrifices
What more can I add? Except that we have two splendid 928 CCs in the archives, so indulge yourself in some big butt love: Don Andreina’s 928CC: Blasphemy With A Big Butt My 928 CC: The Future of...
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Classic Outtake: The Lada Scenicruiser
Leave it to the ever-creative Cubans. I’ve seen pictures of three-row Lada (Fiat 124) “limos”, but nothing like this. Wonder if the folks in the rear compartment get a break on the fare? Related...
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Minor Housekeeping Note: No More “Classic” Prefix For Re-Runs
I’ve decided that adding the word “Classic” in front of the title of re-runs was not such a hot idea. It’s easy to overlook, and it means the title has been revised for perpetuity, unless it gets...
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet
(originally posted 5/24/11; updated and revised with new pictures shot in historic Harper’s Ferry, WVA. along with the original car shot in Eugene) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity,...
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Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F600 Dump Truck – Still Hard At Work
(first posted 3/4/12) Since we’re wallowing in old Ford dump trucks, how about a little pictorial on one that showed up at my house demolition party this summer? A couple of days late actually, to...
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What If: 1962 Fury Commando Sport (And Actual 1962 Plymouth Super Sport Concept)
(My appreciation of what Virgil Exner was trying to do with the 1962 Plymouth has been growing on me for years. I’ll show a couple of images from the early clays after the jump. But this “improved”...
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CC Outtake: Unlucky Number 13 – Should CCs Be Exempt From Parking Fees?
This Firebird is a regular downtown, always parked at a meter and a (presumed) steady contributor to Eugene’s city coffers. But maybe they’ve been accumulating too many unpaid tickets, because his or...
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CC Capsule: 1989-1992 Nissan Stanza (Bluebird U12): The Shrinking Violet
A couple of months ago, Perry shared his thoughts on the first generation of the Nissan Stanza, in a post titled “Queen Dork”. This is the third and final generation, and the kind of car you have to...
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Hat tip to “BillHaven”
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Automotive History: Panhard – Back To The Future
(Jean Panhard, the last Panhard actively involved in the firm that bore his family name, recently died, aged 101. His great uncle René Panhard and Emile Levassor founded the pioneering firm in 1887....
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Thank You Perry! (And A Note About Submissions)
Perry shopping for his next ride When I hired Perry Shoar last spring to help me run CC, it was understood to likely be a temporary gig to give me more time for my other projects during the spring and...
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Curbside Classic: 1967 Buick Skylark – Big Little Car
You’d be forgiven for thinking this actually is a full-sized Buick. Although Buick jumped whole-heartedly into the compact ring in 1961, it didn’t take long for them to realize that what Americans...
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Global CC: Hongqi CA 7465 C8 and CA 7460 – The Chinese Lincoln Town Cars
images: carchinanews.com We’ve had a spate of Chinese posts in the past few weeks, including the legendary Hongqi “Red Flag” limousine, which is now again in production in its modern (RR...
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Trackside Rental Car Review: 2014 Toyota Camry SE – All Aboard!
Today has turned out to be Camry day at CC, not by planning but through sheer coincidence. Since Mr. Shafer and I both ended up with Camrys as our rentals on recent trips, it only seems right that we...
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CC Outake: CCs Heading To The Scrapyard – How Many Can You ID?
CC reader SteveE peeled off a shot of this load of CCs heading for an unavoidable fate, in the Portland, OR. area. We all know what the top rear one is, but how about the others.
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Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures
(first posted 8/4/12) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the sixties, but...
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Welcome to Thunderbird Week – The Shape Shifter
The Native American Thunderbird is a mythological supernatural winged creature of extraordinary power and strength, capable of shape-shifting. The Ford Thunderbird had none of those qualities, except...
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Hot Springs Outtake: VW Diesel Rabbit – Tough Little Bunny
Since we discovered the (semi)secret south side McCredie Hot Springs on the edge of Salt Creek near Hwy 58, it’s become a predictable stop on the way home after a hike in the Cascades. Such was the...
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Vintage Postcards: Thunderbirds Of A Different Kind
I suppose there weren’t as many as the four-wheeled variety, but “Thunderbird” once graced many a motel, hotel, lodge or casino. “Imperialist” sent me a vintage postcard of the Thunderbird in Las...
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