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Cohort Outtake: 1970 Ford Fairlane 500 2-Door Hardtop – Modest, But Not Timid
If it weren’t for the dent in the rear, this great shot by CC Cohort and Contributor Mike Hayes could be straight out of the 1970 Torino brochure. Well, except maybe for the dumpster. And yes, the...
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CC Outtake: AM General Postal Van – I Want A Purple Cube Too
(first posted 11/18/2011) Anyone whose been here longer than a few days knows I have a thing for boxy vehicles, as well as practical ones. And multipurpose ones. And odd ones. So yes, this purple...
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Cohort Outtake: 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook Belvedere – Does This Make My Butt...
William Rubano posted shots of a car that I have no memory of ever seeing before: a 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook Belvedere Coupe. Needless to say, it has a quite distinctive two-tone paint treatment, with...
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Cohort Outtake/QOTD: Mustang and Z-Car – Two Of The Most Influential Sporty...
CC Cohort nifticus posted this shot of two of the most influential sporty cars of the post-war era. The Mustang brought affordable sporty style to the masses, and the Z-car brought genuine sports car...
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CC Outtake: AGS Auto Parts – Do You Miss Old School Parts Stores?
When I spotted this storefront in downtown Cottage Grove, I thought I’d fallen down a worm hole. A look inside the window was a look back in time; a living history museum still in business. Too bad it...
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CC Outtake: Chevrolet Advance Design Pickup – Advanced Patina
Yes, patina is hot, and has been for some time. And some of it is faked, but not this Advance Design Chevy; it came about it the old-fashioned way. I was into patina…decades before it became cool. In...
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QOTD/Confession Time: What’s The Worst Thing You Did With A Car?
After Matt Spencer’s true confessions of all of the sins he committed with his ’79 Accord, it’s time for the rest of you to line up at the confessional. Not to get religious here, but the Pope is...
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CC Outtake: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Nothing really, except that the stereotype would have the Rabbit up on the jack and not the Celica. Of course, we don’t actually know if the Rabbit is running or not. By the way, this Outtake is...
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Cohort Outtakes: 1966 Buick Wildcat Unleashed And On The Run
Prolific CC Cohort poster William Rubano caught a ’66 Wildcat convertible unleashed in a series of great shots, just the way it was meant to be driven. Here it comes… Its big “nailhead” V8, making its...
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Curbside Classic: 1951 Willys Jeep Truck – The Antidote To Modern Life
(first posted 12/9/2011) Twittered-out, over-Tumblered, hyper-texted and on-line OD’d? Get an old truck – the older the better – and go haul something with it. Just make sure you don’t bring your...
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Lakeside Classic: 1986 VW Golf – 360,000 Miles And Still Pulling The Boat To...
On Sunday we took advantage of Oregon’s typical crisp, clear September weather to get up into the high Cascades for a hike. After looking down at majestic Waldo Lake from summit of the The Twins, we...
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CC Vintage Video: GM Really Did Build Imperials – The Frigidaire Imperial...
GM founder William C. Durant personally invested in Guardian Frigerator Company in 1918, renamed Frigidaire in 1919. It was owned by GM until 1979, when it was sold to White sewing Machine Company,...
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Vintage Editorial: “The Truth About Diesels” (2007) – Now Truer Than Ever
(I was going to write something about the VW Dieselgate, and then realized that I had rather presciently written about it, or what helped cause it to happen, as well as the inevitable after-effects...
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CC Outtake: 1971 VW Cabriolet – Can I Take It Hiking?
There’s a healthy number of air-cooled VW Beetles on the road here, including a few convertibles. But this doubly air-cooled Super Beetle caught my eye, as it’s rather surprisingly rough for a cabrio....
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Vintage Review: Car and Driver Tests The Downsized 1978 Cadillac Coupe De Ville
CC reader GN left this period review in the comment section. It deserves a post of its own.
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1950 Chrysler Crown Imperial: Four Wheel Disc Brakes Standard – But Not Like...
(first posted 7/26/2011) One of the more obscure footnotes in automotive history is Chrysler’s premature fling with disc brakes, as fitted standard to the 1950 through 1954 Crown Imperial...
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CC Outtake: Warning – Eugene May Be About To Lose Another Tercel Wagon
The Tercel wagon, especially in the 4WD verssion, was once one of the all-time classic Eugene-mobile. Obviously, most drivers of these have moved on to…Subaru wagons, natch. But these are rugged...
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Curbside Classic: 1980 Pinto Wagon: The Pinto’s Long Colorful End
(first posted 2/27/2011) Since the other Pinto CC is a first year 1971 model hatchback, and so epitomizes the Pinto’s beginnings, it seems appropriate to bookend the Pinto’s long run with a...
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Cohort Sighting: Citroen BX – Fastback Meets Squareback
Cohort and Contributor Mads Jensen posted this shot of a Citroen BX. Here’s his comment: Citroën BX 14 E. Rare to see one of these nowadays. They used to be plentiful here in Denmark but have for the...
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Thank You For Not AdBlocking CC’s Ads – It’s One Critical Way To Help Keep CC...
What’s wrong with this picture? Maybe nothing, depending on your perspective. It’s just lacking the ads that are normally at the top and the side of the page, thanks to AdBlock software that is...
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