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Cohort Outtake: Vintage Autocar Hauling Vintage Car
I couldn’t exactly pass by this dramatic shot posted at the Cohort by Stacy Young. This photographer does “enhance” her photographs digitally, but looking at the truck, it does seem to be quite...
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Perry Curtis Oldsmobiles Outtakes: We Are Feeling Old
When I posted that rusting ’67 Cutlass yesterday, I failed to notice that Curtis Perry had three more in a series of Olds junkers. This one, shot in Pendelton, OR, not only features a rather rare 1973...
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Cohort Outtake: Jeepster Commando Custom Convertible
AGuyInVancouver posted a couple of shots of this very nice gen2 Jeepster. Now if you’re wondering why I made a point of writing out its full model name in the title, there’s a reason. There were two...
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CC Outtake: 1959 Thunderbird Consigned To The Trash Pile
I’ve been seeing following this ’59 T Bird for years now. I first shot about five years ago, and wrote up a full CC on it here. It used to sit in front of an older rental house near downtown. Then...
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Bus Stop Classic: GMC TDH-4523 “New Look” Transit Bus – GM’s Greatest Hit No.11
(first posted 12/29/2012) GM has built some great vehicles in its day, but nothing can top their buses. They literally owned the bus market from the late thirties through the seventies, having...
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Curtis Perry Outtakes: Eternally Young Oldsmobiles
The other day I shared some of Curtis Perry’s shots of Oldsmobiles in retirement. That is always a somewhat gloomy subject, so today let’s perk up the mood a bit with some Oldses still hale and...
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CC Outtake: 1972 Ford Econoline 200 – Big White Generic Box
Now that the Ford Econoline van has finally gone the way of so many other automotive dinosaurs, we might want to give it a bit of rear-mirror recognition. There were ever only four generations of...
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QOTD: What New Vehicle Is On Your Wish List?
We love old cars and trucks here, but sometimes the mind does wander to something brand new. Lately, mine has been wandering towards a new wandering vehicle; the old ’77 Dodge Chinook is just getting...
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Curbside Classic: 1971 IKA Torino TS – The Legendary Rambler European South...
Red Torino shot by Perry Curtis in Buenos Aires, Argentina South America, especially Brazil and Argentina, is famous for its many local adaptions and permutations of US cars. We’ve covered a number of...
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CC Outtake: Jeep Commanche – Regular Cabs Don’t Cut It Anymore
The fact that the XJ Wagoneer didn’t pan out as a replacement for the Grand Wagoneer was a minor issue, given that it was just a re-trimmed Cherokee. But the failure of the Comanche pickup must have...
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Curtis Perry’s Gallery Of Vintage Ford Trucks – Part 1
Among Curtis Perry’s many recent uploads to the Cohort are a number of Ford trucks. Let’s take a look at these great shots, starting with this moody one of a 1955 F100. This F250 looks to be a ’67,...
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Welcome To Toyota Week – The Toyota Way, Right To The Top
If one boils all of automotive history down to its most pivotal and revolutionary chapters, there are four of them, so far. And this image represents a key moment of the last one of them: Toyota,...
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Curbside Classic: 1969 Toyota Corona – It All Started Here
yellow Corona shot and posted at the Cohort by Foden Alpha How Toyota came to revolutionize the automobile industry and become the world’s largest and most profitable automaker is a very big story, but...
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Skinner Butte Outtake: Another Foggy Wet Day In Eugene
Those of you who have bene around will recognize this as the top of Skinner Butte, which overlooks downtown Eugene and is a popular destination for our urban rambles. And I make a point to shoot...
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Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Supra – Chasing Elusive Ponies
Toyota’s batting average has generally been high over the decades, but not everything carrying the big “T” has been a long-term winner. One of Toyota’s biggest challenges was in what is commonly...
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Coastside Classic Outtake: 1969 Toyota Corolla Wagon – Home Away From…No Home
I was perusing my files for Toyotas I’ve shot but not posted when I stumbled into this gem of a find from two years ago, shot on a cliff overlooking the Pacific near Big Sur. It’s my first and only...
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COAL: 2005 Scion xB – My First (And Last?) Toyota – Eleven Years Old And Only...
I’ve never properly written up my xBox, so given that it’s Toyota Week—and it really is a Toyota—now might be a good time. It’s a bit odd that this is actually my first Toyota, given that I had a lot...
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Autobiography: Driving Nirvana — In A 1975 Corolla
(an oldie, re-posted for Toyota Week) For me, driving bliss is all about the setting. Give me an empty road, spectacular scenery, good company and the freedom to explore without an itinerary or time...
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Toyota Week Finale Outtakes: Here’s Some Of The Toyotas Of Eugene That Didn’t...
Probably some of you are glad to see the last of Toyota Week. You can blame me (who else?); when I started writing the 1969 Corona CC, it really came home to me just how significant that car was. And...
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