CC Cinema: Impact 1966 – Chevrolet Is Best! (According To Our Own Tests)
BuzzDog left this Chevrolet dealer sales promo film in the comments, as the first part shows the San Diego Yellow Cab facility I once worked from. Obviously SD Yellow went back to buying full-size...
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Dodge Dart GT – The Elemental MoPar
(first posted 4/9/2011) Chrysler Week has barreled by as fast as a hemi Ramcharger; so many cars still left for another day. But let’s wrap it up with what I consider to be a fine example of the...
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Cohort Outtake: Do Peugeot 404s Inspire Religious Fervor?
There’s something about Peugeot 404s that bring out fervor, even the religious kind. Finding a 404 on the street in Eugene was the peak experience for me so far, and I called it the “Holy Grail”. I...
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CC For Sale: 1992 Subaru Loyale Wagon – Already Gone
Subarus are the official car of Eugene. I can’t find the statistics, but there’s no doubt that it’s the best selling car in Lane County, and Oregon, for that matter. Subarus are the top selling...
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Curbside Classic: 1926 Ford Model T Coupe: T Stands For Tall
(first posted 7/11/2011) I have two regrets about taking on this CC. One, I couldn’t shoot myself standing in front of it. And two, I won’t be able to do the Model T full justice in the short time...
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CC Outtakes: There’s A Car Hoarder In My Neighborhood
Being tall has its advantages, such as being able to see over six foot fences. When we walked down a street in my neighborhood that we usually avoid, I couldn’t help but notice the tops of some cars....
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Hard Drive Swap In Progress: In Case We Go Down For A While
Thanks to all the heavy traffic, you all have worn out the hard drives in our server in just two years. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I’ll accept that as a good thing, mostly. The first one croaked a...
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CC Outtake: The Missing 1986 Chevrolet Sprint – Somebody Got Their Money’s Worth
In the eight years I’ve been shooting cars in Eugene, I’ve seen many come and go. And it appears that one of my favorites has finally gone. I first shot it almost six years, when it lived in my...
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Curbside Turkey Enjoying A Meal On Thanksgiving Day
We were just a couple of blocks from downtown on our Thanksgiving Day walk to Skinner Butte, when I spotted this wild turkey on the curb strip. Real turkeys, as opposed to automotive turkeys, are a...
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CC For Sale: 1987 Honda Civic Wagon With 42,557 Miles – Here’s Your Chance To...
It’s not too uncommon to find ‘grandma’ cars from the 80s with low mileage and that have led a very pampered existence. But Honda wagons are not common in this genre; more likely a Buick Century or...
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‘Unsafe At Any Speed’ Turns 50: The Most Influential Book Ever On The...
We drive phenomenally safe cars today. Safety factors into just about every aspect of car design and engineering. The number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles driven in the US has dropped by 80%...
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Automotive History: 1960-1963 Chevrolet Corvair – GM’s Deadliest Sin?
(first posted 11/24/2012) Every silver lining has a cloud, and the Corvair’s is a deadly thunderhead. We’ve reveled in our love for the Corvair on these pages repeatedly, (here, here, and here),...
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Cohort Outtake: 1956 Dodge Coronet – Making Its First (Superb) Appearance Here
Curtis Perry has posted another superb night-time shot taken in Portland, Oregon. It’s getting to the point where quite few post-war American cars haven’t yet had their 15 minutes of fame at CC. The...
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Curbside Classic: Australian Ford Falcon XC GT 351 Ute Found In Oregon – This...
(first posted 9/11/2012) True confession: I lied about the ZXGLQ-FU Australian Ford Fairlane I claimed to have found in Eugene. I was so desperate to impress you all with my car-finding prowess...
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Cohort Outtake: AMC Concord Wagon – How Not To Do Wood
When I spotted this Concord wagon posted at the Cohort by nifticus, I assumed it was an aftermarket or home-brew woody job. It just doesn’t work well, being so low, and so poorly integrated with the...
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CC Outtake: Jaguar XJS – Still Iridescent Five Years Later
You’re still around! I was a bit surprised to see this the other day, parked against an apartment building. I wouldn’t necessarily have expected that, given that the projected future lifespan of an...
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1930 Burney Streamliner: Worst Case Of Rear Weight Bias Ever?
The recent conversations here about the Corvair’s excessive rear-weight bias (64%) got me thinking about what car had the most excessive rear weight bias ever. And this is what came to mind; a picture...
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Cohort Outtake: 1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Sedan Delivery – Another Cheviac, But...
posted at the Cohort by nifticus Unless you just joined the CC party, by now you should be well versed in the “Cheviac” story line; Pontiacs built in Canada that were actually Chevys under the skin....
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Automotive History: 1897 De Dion-Bouton Motor Trike – World’s First Sexy Ad...
There’s a few other pioneering firsts that go along with the De Dion-Bouton motor trike, one of the most important early internal combustion vehicles. But this wonderful ad, one of the oldest in the...
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The Amazing Miniature Streets Of Ken Rouet
(click images for larger size) These images were left the other day at an older 1978 Toronado CC in the comments section. The name given was “rouet ken”. I left a reply and sent him an e-mail telling...
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