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Convertible Week Finale: Jensen-Healey on Skinner Butte
An exciting Saturday night out for the Niedermeyers? Take the dog and walk into town, stopping off for a bite to eat at a side walk seating cafe, drop in a friend’s party (briefly), and then head up...
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CC Outtake: Subaru Justy – Just About All Gone?
Dear readers; I have shocking news to share. Time actually doesn’t stand still here in Eugene, although it does sometimes seem that way. I am starting to see a definite drop-off in the number of...
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Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Diplomat SE: Absolution Granted
(first posted on CC’s first day, 2/13/2011. And dedicated to Educator Dan, a long-time reader and fan of these cars) Starting all over again is like going to confession; all your sins are magically...
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Cohort Outtake: 1959 Cadillac In Traffic – Still Turning Heads
Cohort William Oliver finally caught this black ’59 Caddy that he had seen a number of times before. And what a catch it is. No matter what you think of it, it’s a car that never fails to turn heads,...
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Curbside Capsule: 1970 Ford Maverick – The Car To Send Your Kid Off To...
The Maverick was the the perfect car to send a college student off with in 1969 or 1970. Instead of that Mach 1 Mustang junior was salivating over, he got a car that was terminally slow, with steering...
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Cohort Outtake: Citroen Mehari – Minimalist Motoring, Or The Anti-1959 Cadillac
How’s this for the perfect counterpoint to the ’59 Cadillac in city traffic we saw yesterday? S. Forrest just posted some shots at the Cohort of a couple savoring the joys of minimalist motoring in...
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CC Outtake: 1968 Lincoln Continental Coupe – At Last
(first posted 1/16/2012) One of these days, we’ll have to take up the 1961 – 1970 Lincoln Continental story again, in more detail (update: we did, here). Curiously, the coupe version doesn’t play a...
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Curbside Classics: 1979 Chevrolet Caprice – GM’s Greatest Hit #2
In the long, strange and sometime tortured evolution of the classic large American sedan since WWII, there are exactly two moments when that species really hit the mark: The 1955 and 1977 Chevrolets....
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Cohort Classic: 1971 Ford Falcon (XY) 351 GT – The Australian Four-Door...
(first posted 1/15/2012) Our prolific and eagle-eyed New Zealand-based Cohort Contributor Bryce has posted this sighting of a rather rare and legendary machine indeed, the 1971 Falcon 351 GT, Ford of...
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Cohort Outtake: 1966 Dodge Coronet Two Door Sedan – A Splendid CC Find
Attention all CC Cohorts: If you want to be almost guaranteed to have your finds end up on the CC home page, this is how to do it. I have a major thing for two-door sedans, which pretty much...
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Auto-Biography: 1969 Dodge Dart Two-Door Sedan – The Neurologist’s Car Of Choice
There are still a number of chapters of the Niedermeyer Auto-Biography still unwritten. Some of you might greet that news with yawns, groans, or worse. But I consider it a familial obligation to...
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CC Outtake: The Two Most Disparate Cars of 1969
The ’69 Camaro and the VW Westfalia; were there two more different cars at the time? And they’ve both become among the most collectible cars of the time too, although the T2 bus lags the T1 bus in...
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Cohort Outtake: 1958 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Not Just A Coupe
The 1958 Chevrolet Impala has become an icon in its own regard, but when inevitably conjures up an image of the hardtop coupe with its distinctive roof. It’s easy to forget that it came as a...
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Cohort Outtake: Puch G – The Austrian G-Wagen
Strictly speaking, all G-Wagen (G Class) vehicles are Austrian, as every one ever made was built in Graz, Austria at Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s (now MagnaSteyr) factory. But until 2000, as part of the...
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CC Outtake: Toyota Woody Camper – Eugene Encapsulated
Here’s a classic Eugene street scene a couple of blocks from my house. The old Toyota pickup with a beautifully-built wood camper is perfectly complemented by a Prius and a Jeep. Eugene is eclectic,...
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Car Show Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova SS – Fast Yet Restrained
This past Saturday, CC Contributor amazonray and I drove up to the Portland area to see the new World of Speed Museum in Wilsonville. And there just happened to be a drive-in car show in the parking...
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CC Outtake: The Very Eclectic Driveway – With A Rare Audi V8, No Less
We like to change up our our daily urban hike routine for a little variety in scenery, automotive and otherwise. Heading up Crest Drive took us past this driveway, which is very occupied by a very...
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CC Outtake: 1976 Pontiac Ventura SJ – Still Kicking
It may be hard to tell, but it was getting dark when I ran into these in a nursing home parking lot. My old camera tried hard to make it look like day, but the result was…fuzzy pictures. But...
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On The Go Cohort Outtake: 1993 Toyota MR 2 Turbo – The Affordable (and...
This fine shot posted at the Cohort by A. Kwanten really shows off this MR2 Turbo to its best advantage. The base version had rather pathetic little steel wheels with plastic covers and very modest...
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On The Go CC Outtake: Eagle Kammback – I Didn’t Catch It
The Eagle (Series 50) Kammback is a rare bird; only some 6k were ever made in 1981 and 1982. I’ve found and written up the SX-4 version here, and just saw that one near my hose the other day. And...
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