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Innsbruck’s Maria Theresien Strasse 1840 – 2015: From Pedestrians To Cars To...
(click on images for full size) Having stumbled into a trove of vintage photographs of my birth city Innsbruck, Austria, I’ve decided share the ones that have vintage cars on the streets. I’ll start...
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How To Buy A Set Of New Michelin Tires For Less Than Half Price
(Update: This post first ran two years ago. I’ve just been contacted by Consumer’s Reports, which is doing a tv segment on this subject (to be aired as a consumer spot on various networks) and wants...
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Curbside Classic: 1991 Dodge Ram 250 Cummins – Direct Injected Life Support
Until fairly recently, when it came to pickups, it wasn’t “The Big Three”, but “The Big Two”, and Dodge (and International). I don’t have ready stats, but the gap between GM/Ford and Dodge was always...
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CC Outtake: VW Beetle Harlequin – The Non-Factory Version
This used to be a more common sight back in the day, one of the great advantages of the VW Beetle’s glacial evolution. After I had my nasty accident with my white ’63, I found an old black ’56 sitting...
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CC Outtake: Chrysler Royal AP3 (AUS) Hearse – GRAVEDGR
CC Contributor William Stopford posted pictures of this very impressive Chrysler Royal (AP3) hearse at the Cohort. These late fifties Australian Royals are unusual enough as it is, what with their...
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Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Montego – Another Mercury Moment
(first posted 1/24/2012) I really was rather excited to find this Montego at BiMart the other day; I can’t even remember the last time I saw one of this vintage. And just in the condition that I...
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Automotive History Capsule: 1952-1954 Libelle (“Dragonfly”) – The Only Car...
image via microcars.ch In an e-mail exchange with my older sister this morning about microcars we used to see in Innsbruck back in the 50s, she brought up the Libelle. Yes; the Libelle! Long dormant...
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Auto-Biography: Getting Religion
Eugene’s Lew Williams Chevrolet 1960 (first published in 2007; new and revised images) Three days after our psychedelic nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa...
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Cohort Outtake: 1973 Mercury Cougar Convertible – Suave Cat
Here’s another of Joseph Dennis’ fine urban jungle wildlife catches, this time a 1973 Cougar on the prowl. Here’s his own commentary: “At the same intersection I got my morning picture, this...
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Curbside Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – A Modest Beginning To A Huge...
GM’s US market share peaked at 51% in 1962, thanks to Chrysler’s implosion that year. During the rest of the sixties and early seventies, its market share declined gently but steadily as Chrysler...
View ArticleCC Video: Some Old (427) Ford
CC reader David Lawson sent me the link to this excellent video of one man’s old 1964 Ford Galaxie XL 427, very well used (bought from a moonshiner back in 1975). A genuine CC if there ever was one....
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CC Outtake: Porsche 356C – Air Cooled Pleasures Can’t Always Wait Until Summer
Up here in the gray Pacific North West winter, a rare sunny day needs to be properly appreciated. How better than this? I consider my photography skills to be serviceable, at best. I just don’t have...
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Cohort Outtake: 1982 Lancia Beta Coupe – Lancia Goes Mainstream
So many cars; not enough time. Yohai Rodin has a seemingly endless stream of finds at the Cohort; they all deserve more time than I can give them at this hour, but I just can’t let this pristine...
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Cohort Outtake: 1967 Dodge Charger – The Un-Taxi Coronet
I’d like to imagine that I found and shot this curbside Charger, as I’ve been on the prowl for one since this treasure hunt began. Bu it was shot and posted by LeSabrethoothTiger, which I believe...
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QOTD: What Were The Worst Japanese Cars?
We’ve been slagging pretty hard on GM lately, so let’s try something a bit different today. Obviously, Japanese cars overall have a better than average rep for reliability (although I’m sure some...
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CC Outtake: Two Veterans From The 80s – Opposites Attract
True confessions: I’ve been without a camera for about two months. After I lost the latest of my numerous Lumix compact cameras, I decided I was tired of having them repeatedly go bad on me, because...
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Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Everyone Needs Some Love,...
What a difference five years makes. In 2010, I found and wrote up an almost identical red Malibu Classic Coupe, and called it a Deadly Sin. Not today. What’s changed? Quite a bit; but for starters, I...
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CC Outtake: Toyota Previa Taxis Still At It In Eugene
A couple of years ago I had a little Outtake series of the Taxis of Eugene. And a Previa was of course one of them. At one time, Oregon Taxi had large fleet of these, and nothing else. They bought...
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CC Tech: Why Gasoline Engines Intrinsically Make More Torque and Power Than...
If I haven’t learned something new each day here, it’s been a waste. A couple of days ago, at the V5 diesel post, I got into a spirited debate about diesel versus gas engines. The issue was that every...
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Curbside Classic: The Incredible 12 Second Quarter Mile 75 MPG Steam-Injected...
(first posted 12/22/2011) My gig is to wander the streets of Eugene and hopefully stumble onto something worthy of your attention. Sometimes, my wildest expectations are exceeded, and then exceeded...
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