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Curbside Classic/Alter-Autobiography: 1961 Ford Starliner 390-375 – Yes Pop,...
(first posted 11/9/2012) Fathers can be hard to figure out sometimes, and none more so than mine. Now you might be willing to argue that point, but those who knew my father likely wouldn’t. He...
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Cohort Classic: 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline Special Two Door Sedan – Your Choice...
1949 Chevrolet images posted by William Rubano We commonly talk about the “aero era” of car design, one that started roughly with the 1982 Audi 100/5000, and really kicked into high gear with the 1986...
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Cohort Outtake: 1970 (Plymouth) Coronado 8 Passenger Sedan – Built In...
CC Cohort T.Minor has posted a couple of shots by Yaniv Ouzana of a very unusual and highly rare automobile, quite possibly the only one left in the world: A 1970 Coronado extended-wheelbase 8...
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QOTD: What Car From 1985 Would You Chose To Drive For Thirty Years?
We tend to live a bit in the past here at CC, so the question today is which car from 1985 would you pick to drive for the next thirty years? Given how late it is in the year, either 1985 or 1986...
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Design History Capsule: Pininfarina’s 1955 “Nomad”– Everybody Cribs
(first posted 11/11/2011) The one universal and infallible truth about the automotive design business is that everyone copies. Now obviously, someone has to innovate from time to time for others...
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Since Cadillac Didn’t Build This 1971 Eldorado Wagon, Everyone Else Did –...
(image source stationwagonforums.com) (first posted 12/8/2011) And no, that’s not photoshopped, but a genuine GM Design concept/clay. Some serious consideration must have been given to it. Or did...
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Curbside Classic: 1980-1984 Pontiac Phoenix – A Short (And Feeble) Second Life
According to mythology, the phoenix is a very long lived bird that is cyclically re-born, arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Well, the Pontiac Phoenix was neither long lived nor...
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Cohort Outtake: 1963 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon On A Trip To Ellat, Israel
It’s always a treat to see old cars making excursions, especially in far-away lands. T.Minor posted some shots of this ’63 Falcon Squire wagon that was on a trip to Ellat, Israel, and shot by Benni...
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Buick Wildcat – Sabre Tooth Cat Or Dodo Bird?
(first posted 12/13/2011) What were the sabre tooth cat or dinosaurs really like? We’ll never know what it was like to actually encounter one in the wild. We can re-create them up to a point, and...
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Legendary Automotive Artist Art Fitzpatrick Dead At 96
Art Fitzpatrick, who along with his partner Van Kaufman created the most memorable automotive commercial art in the form of renderings for GM, passed away at 96. Although their joint work (Fitzpatrick...
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Taxis Of Eugene Outtake: The Last Previa?
At one time, Oregon Taxi had a big fleet of nothing but Toyota Previas, bought used, repainted and put to hard work. They had their own maintenance building, where one could see parts cars sitting...
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Cohort Outtakes: Autumn Encounters
Gene Herman has shared the results of several of his outings in his lovely 1949 (first series) Dodge coupe. On the fourth of Novemeber, he went for a drive and encountered a few other old cars all...
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Automotive History: The Bucket Seat Era Started Modestly In 1958 And Now...
I happened to notice bucket seats in the 1960 Bonneville rendering that was at the top of the Art Fitzpatrick post the other day, which got me thinking: just what was the first post-war American...
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Woodside Classics: Man’s Handiwork vs Nature – The Best Cars-In-The-Woods...
(first posted 4/15/2011) There are no less than 220 photos by Michal Meduna in this amazing gallery of junked cars being reclaimed by nature. Stephanie and I got totally lost in them; they are all...
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Cohort Outtake: 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – Even The Standard Of...
I make it a point to check the Cohort daily after (if) I finish everything else for the next day. And in today’s batch of new photos is this terrific shot of a ’64 Fleetwood Sixty Special, by C....
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Curbside Classics: Plymouth Reliant And Chrysler PT Cruiser – The Past Meets...
The last Dodge Aries was built in December 1989. The PT Cruiser was launched in April of 2000. In that span of just over ten years, a lot of change took place, obviously. These two almost perfectly...
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Vintage Ad: GM’s Hybrid Stir-Lec 1 – 1969 Chevy Volt Predecessor
GM experimented with a number of electric cars in the 60s (as well as other alternative propulsion systems). Although they tried all sorts of exotic (expensive) battery technologies, such as the...
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Auto-Biography: How I Came To Be A Professional Pre-Production Test Driver...
I was never big on cigars, though (first posted 10/26/2011) In a recent Nova CC, I lamented the fact that I’d never had the pleasure of a direct encounter with a four cylinder Chevy II or Nova. GM...
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(Former) Cabs Of Eugene Outtake: Want To Buy A Whole Panther Cab Fleet (With...
When I first drove by this CV for sale, I only caught the “CabCo./Fleet….$7500” part, and assumed that it was just one former taxi for sale. Seemed mighty expensive to me, for an old tired taxi. So I...
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1958 Jeep FC-150 Mini-Van Color Photos Discovered
(first posted 2/23/2011) For a longtime lover of this vehicle, this is hot news indeed. Hemmingsblog has laid their hands on the original color photos of the Brooks Stevens designed 1958 Jeep...
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