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CC Outtake: Chevrolet Lumina With Very Mysterious Load On Roof
In Eugene, I’m used to seeing many odd things. But this is just about the oddest and most mysterious curbside scene I’ve yet come across. At first glance from across distance, it didn’t quite...
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Concept Classic: Lincoln Continental Styling Clay From 1959 – Looking Forward...
When I ran across this Lincoln styling clay at glen.h’s collection, I was a bit taken aback. It’s dated 12-04-59, which is only some nine months or so from the production 1961 Lincoln Continental’s...
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CC Outtake: This Is Not A Great Luxury Car
I’ve always been highly challenged by the existence of the Navigator. Plunking a “classic” grille on the front of a trucky Ford Expedition was bad enough, on so many levels. But when I first saw this...
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Patina Week Classic: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark – The Failed Sneak Preview Of The...
[Another CC oldie, in case some of you missed it. The patina is a bit over the peak, but it still qualifies] If I told you this was a mid-fifties Simca, or English Ford, or a Vauxhall, or Morris, or a...
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Cohort Sighting: Auto Union 1000SP – Der Baby Thunderbird
Let’s dig some more into r0b0tr10t’s treasure trove at the Cohort. Here’s a car that was a rare sight even during the time of its production, the Auto Union 1000SP coupe. As we saw the other day with...
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Cabs Of Eugene: Scion xB gen2
In my humble opinion, the gen1 xB makes just about the perfect taxi, except for a somewhat cozy luggage space. We’ll look at it soon, as there’s several in town. But the gen2 version is also accounted...
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Concept Classic: 1961 Mercury Palomar – Holy Popemobile! Finally, A Mercury I...
At last, a Mercury that I would have been proud to ride high and mighty in. This is almost unbelievable: the rear section of the Palomar wagon’s roof slid forward, like the Studebaker Wagonaire, but...
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Kurbside Classic: 1983 Grumman KubVan – Tiny, FWD, VW Diesel Powered, And...
The early eighties was the most revolutionary and unique time in the American automobile industry ever. Thanks to exploding oil and fuel prices, and with the expectation that the increases would...
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Iowa City CC Meet-Up Next Saturday
Reminder: The CC Heartland Meet-Up is next Saturday, May 11. We have a rough agenda penciled out, so that you can join us for part or all of it. Sadly, a ride on Cedar Rapids And Iowa City “CRANDIC”...
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Cohort Sighting: Kenworth Camper
Summer has arrived early in Oregon; it’s been the driest year so far ever recoded, and now its warm too. So thoughts of hitting the road naturally come to mind, especially upon seen this fine little...
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CC Outtake: Suzuki Savage – Now That’s A Thumper
I used to read about bikes and stay pretty up to date, but that ended a while back. So when I ran across this Suzuki Savage, I thought to myself: “Whoa; look at the size of that single cylinder”. I...
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CC Outtake: Getting Passed On The Left By A Speeding 1954 GMC Pickup
Ok, I can take a hint. A number of you told me in no uncertain terms that I should stop being a left-lane bandit, and move over into the right lane, instead of forcing folks to pass me on the right....
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Cohort Outtake: 1960 Chrysler 300F – What Solar System Are You From?
Really big American cars always tend to look rather out of place in Europe, but some look like they’ve just landed from outer space. Few more so than this 1960 Chrysler 300F, caught by r0b0ter10t...
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Cohort Outtake: 1986 Honda Civic Si – Civics, Little And Not-So Little
I always like shots that show the progression of cars over the years and decades. Of course, by 1986, the Civic already wasn’t as small as it started out a couple generations earlier. But a red Civic...
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Tom Klockau sent me this video with the question posed in the title. Actually, it’s more sick-making than corny, but than that’s pretty much my automatic response to hearing the Bee Gees. Or seeing an...
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Mad Men Take On The XP-887 (Vega) –“And What The Hell Is “Hypereutectic?”
Web-wise, it’s old news already: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce take on the Chevrolet XP-887 account, in the latest episode (last Sunday) of Mad Men. I don’t have cable (believe it or not), so it might...
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Cohort Classic: NSU TT – A Legendary Giant-Killer
The NSU TT/TTS are the stuff of legends. With their high-winding OHC transverse mid-rear mounted fours (1100 and 1200 cc) in a 3/4 scale Corvair body, it made for performance that (in relative terms)...
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CC For Sale: 1969 Dodge Corey Cruiser Van Is On Ebay – Already Up To $4150
A couple of months ago, I stumbled into this Dodge high-roof van (CC here), and wondered what what it was, and whether anybody wanted to buy and save it. CC Commentator Bob identified it as a Corey...
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Curbside Classic For Sale: Purple 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau – Relive...
Now this was worth stopping for on the way to the lumberyard. Round-eye Monte’s aren’t exactly getting any more common these days, and a purple one to boot. I know someone out there needs to relive...
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Cohort Classic: Renault Fuego – Invites You To Enter The Turbo Zone
The Fuego has become almost mythical in the US. It seems to typify all of the issues that plagued Renault in its final years in the US: attractive if quirky designs that didn’t stand up to the...
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