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Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac Tempest Custom S – The Ex-Secretary’s Wanna-be...
(first posted 9/30/2011) Nope, I haven’t found a genuine Curbside Classic GTO, yet. There was a time when GTOs in this kind of condition were plentiful, but those days are pretty much gone, even in...
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Cohort Outtake: Mercedes 350, 570, or 220D 5.7?
Monteverde posted this Mercedes W115 sporting something a bit more authoritative than the 60 hp 2.2 L diesel four it started life as. Yes, it’s….an SBC (Chevy Small Block, for those very unlikely to...
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CC Outtake: 1973 Chrysler Newport – The Green Giant
It’s getting harder and harder to think that cars like this were once just another hum-drum big coupe, like so many other big cars up and down the street. Running across one of these now, especially...
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CC Outtakes: An International Line-up – Let’s See Your Papers, Please
Walking by Eugene’s The Sports Car Shop always increases the odds of something interesting in the back lot, but this line-up was decidedly better than average. Two Germans, Two Brits, and an Italian,...
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Cohort Outtakes: Me And My Dodge Encounter A Few Contrasting Cars
Gene Herman has posted a few shots that involve his vintage Dodge (1949, First series) encountering contrasting cars, like this Dodge Viper. They’re about as different as two Dodges can get. Well,...
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“Honey, If You Don’t Get Rid Of All Those Old Junkers In The Back Yard, I’m...
(first posted 12/31/2011) In 1948, classic Rolls Royces were just dusty old cars to be picked up on the cheap. Like one Lindley Bothwell, out mucking about with his “collection” of Rollers. Wonder...
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Cohort Outtake: Austin America – What This Country Doesn’t Need Is Just...
This is the first Austin America I’ve ever seen posted at the Cohort. I’ve long hoped to find one, but they’ve become unicorns. The America was a very failed attempt by BMC to reposition the ADO16 in...
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Curbside Classic: 1990 VW LT 4×4 Westfalia Camper – The Vanagon Syncro’s...
(first posted 6/20/2012) The VW Vanagon, especially the Syncro AWD version, represents an ideal that no other vehicle can quite match: the maximum amount of utility, interior living space and...
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CC Outtake: A New Member In The Short and Tall Family’s Driveway
This house is two blocks from my house, and it’s yielded a few good shots in the past, as there seem to be certain requirements to be admitted (always short; either tall or not). But there’s a new...
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CC Vintage: Brussels Street Scenes In The 1980s
CC reader Maarten sent me a link to a treasure trove of 1980s street scenes from Brussels, Belgium by Michel Huhardeaux.. The whole collection of over 200 pictures is here, but let’s sample just a few...
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Cohort Outtake: Big GMC Truck With IFS
The CC Effect works at the Cohort too. Just a couple of weeks ago we took a look at the independent front suspension on 1960-1962 Chevrolet and GMC trucks, but the featured truck was a 1966, as a...
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Curbside Classic: 1966 VW 1300 – The Best Beetle Of Them All; Or At Least The...
(first posted 11/28/2011, revised 6/6/2015) Trying to maintain some objectivity about significant cars from one’s younger years is difficult. Yes, the Beetle is practically my alter-ego; my oldest...
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Welcome To Convertible Week – And A Very Short Illustrated History of the...
Summer has arrived (at least here – it’s over 90 as I write this), and that means that lovers of open-top motoring are once again enjoying the wind in their hair. So this week at CC will be 100%...
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Curbside Classic: 1952 Buick Special Convertible – Still Quite Special
Historically Buick always occupied a special place in GM’s collection of brands. Understandably so — William Durant turned Buick into a powerhouse in the early days of the industry, and used its...
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Cohort Outtake: 1966 Mustang Convertible – Why The Rambler American Rogue...
Convertible Week wouldn’t be complete without at least a quick look at the Mustang, and this very fine example posted at the Cohort by LeSabertooth Tiger shows it off very well. It’s easy to see why...
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Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – How...
Tear the highly practical metal roof off of one the more boring big American cars like a 1963 Olds Dynamic 88, and suddenly it becomes the key ingredient of an intensely romantic scenario: a hot...
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Curbside Classic: Geo Metro Convertible – Did I Take The Autopia Offramp?
(first posted 10/3/2011) Since we’re indulging in toy cars, let’s trot out some Metrovertibles. There’s something so endearingly goofy about this little ragtop, like it somehow escaped the Autopia...
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CC Outtake: 1967 Chevelle Malibu Convertible – Another Second Year...
We had a lively debate here the other day about our preferences for the ’65 or ’66 Chevrolet. I’m solidly in the ’65 camp, as it shows that there was actually an original creative force driving its...
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Curbside Classic; 1964 Dodge Polara Convertible – Engelization Almost Complete
Poor Virgil Exner; poor Dodge. The early sixties were such a rough time for them both; they were so misunderstood. Or they just misunderstood the American buyer. Or both, realistically. But the damage...
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Curbside Classic: Pontiac Transvertible – GM’s Long Lost Prototype Rediscovered
(first posted April 1, 2011) GM’s infamous “Dustbuster” minivans were a notorious flop. In GM’s desperation to salvage the first generation Trans Sport, radical ideas were solicited from the...
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