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CC Outtake: I Stop For All Vegas (And My Full Vega Bibliography)
Well, who wouldn’t? On our way back home from our three days of seclusion in the Coast Range, I spotted this Bit-O-Honey ’73 coupe on the main drag in Mapleton. Is it still running? With the original...
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Cohort Outtake: Fiat 600 Multipla – Found In Berkeley, Natch
What a great shot: the Ur-minivan Fiat 600 Multipla along with America’s Ur-minivan, the Dodge Caravan. And where is a ratty but running 600 Multipla to be found curbside? In Berkeley, of course....
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So Just How Many Camaro Sixes Were Built (1967-1976)? And How Many Camaro Six...
There’s few things that reflect our collective interests here at CC more clearly than our coverage of Camaro sixes. We have had…well; wait for it. certainly more than any other website. Joseph Dennis’...
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Cohort Outtake: No Parts Deliveries Until Further Notice
Posted at the Cohort by Ralf K. Shot in Puyallup, WA. a few years back. Wonder if it’s been fixed yet?
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Curbside Classic: 1972 BMW 2002 Tii – Fifty Years Of Unbeatable Success
There’s a wise old saying that warns not to propose marriage to a woman until you’ve met her mother. What if potential MIL is out of the country for an extended period, and you’re in a hurry? You...
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On The Go Outtake: The Great Sunfire Race
Sadly, I didn’t have a dash-cam to take a video of how the order of these two Sunfires came to be. Because just a block or two earlier, the silver one was ahead in the thick traffic of West 11th...
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CC Capsule: 1989 Dodge Raider (Mitsubishi Montero/Pajero)
Dodge Raider; now that’s a name that doesn’t typically pop into ones head, unless there’s a red one sitting out in front of your house. Then it’s rather hard to ignore, as these tall, boxy, old-school...
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Australia’s Edsel: The 1973-1974 Leyland P76 – Leyland Lays An Egg Of A...
(first posted 11/23/2011; revised 9/1/2016) Get out the Kleenex, because the Leyland P76 is a woeful tale. Like any turkey (defined as a car that failed in the marketplace), its easy to dismiss it...
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QOTD: Which Car Best Reflects Your Personality?
This morning Joseph Dennis did a splendid job of self-identification with a 1965 Corvair, finding numerous similarities in its qualities and life trajectory. It just begs the question for all of us to...
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Edsel “Eco-Boost”– Reversing Old Habits
(first posted in 2010 at the other site; in 2011 here at CC. I still see it in traffic from time to time) There’s a big difference between creating and re-creating. The proto-hot rodders of yore...
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Cohort Outtake: Plodge Valiant – Plug and Play
Speaking of Plodges, canadiancatgreen posted this Plodge Valiant at the Cohort. It’s the first time I’ve seen one of these A Body Plodges, and the effect is a bit disorienting. But the A Bodies were...
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Curbside Classic: 1983-1991 Audi 5000/100 (C3) – A Picture Book Story Of The...
(first posted 10/4/2011) They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, I’m off the hook, and can just stop writing right now, because this picture tells the story of the Audi...
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Curbside Classic: 1968 Camaro SS396 – The Last Original And Unmolested One Left?
CC has become CS, for Camaro Six. The underdog has gotten lots of love here; but what about the opposite end of the spectrum? As in an original, unmolested SS396? When’s the last time you saw one of...
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Concours Classic: 1936 Ford DeLuxe Coupe – The Best Of The Classic Fords?
(first posted 8/27/2011) True confession: I don’t actually like car shows very much. That may sound utterly perverse, but so be it. It’s a bit like paying $5 bucks to get into a whorehouse line-up:...
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QOTD: Will This Be My Mine? Stay Tuned
Found on our street five blocks away last night. It’s going to be for sale soon. I can have first crack at it. Those of you who have been around for a while know that I have a very special...
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Dumpside Classic Outtake: 1964 Dodge D100 – Keeping Good Company
My F100 has made several trips to the dump (transfer station, actually) this summer. And the odds are always good that it will find a kindred spirit there; I’ve documented a number of them here over...
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Why I Won’t Be Buying That VW Beetle: I Already Have One
Yes, I really wanted that Beetle when I saw it the other night, in the glow of that sunset on Sunday evening. But in the light of day yesterday, I drove it, took a closer look at it, and debated the...
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Storage Yard Classic: 1980-1981 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am – The Final...
(first posted 1/31/2013) The near-mythical Turbo TA: One of my rarest finds? Undoubtedly. Except that all I have is a couple of crappy shots though a storage yard fence. But let’s give this legend...
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Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Ranchero – Viva Tijuana!
We’re a bit overdue for some Ranchero love. And to goose the hormones some, how about that one-year wonder, the 1966 version? Yes, 1966 was the last year that the Ranchero was technically still a...
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Auto-Biography: Maserati Dreamin’
(on our hike the other day we found ripe thimbleberries, which reminded me about this, which I wrote in the summer of 2009) I find myself floating above an endless sea of thimbleberry bushes. The...
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