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Vintage Review: 1965 Buick Skylark Gran Sport – Buick’s Hot New GTO-Fighter...
Pontiac’s 1964 GTO rocked the automotive world. Its formula elevated the intermediate car into an all-round performance car, one that not only scorched the pavement in a straight line but set new...
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This Week’s Gallery Of Some Of The Best Finds By The CC Cohort
As promised last week, we’re going to try to do a weekly gallery of some of the best finds posted at the CC Cohort. Now this is not a contest, and by “best” I mean just a sampling of some of the many...
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Curbside Classic: 1964 BMW 1800 “New Class”– The Tesla Model S Of Its Time
curbside BMW 1800 shot by William Oliver (first posted 12/7/2018. It’s interesting to look back at this and see how much has changed. And how Tesla proved the nay-sayers (including many commenters to...
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Curbside Find: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL “429”– Ignite The Afterburners
1964 would be the last year for the big round jet exhausts taillights on the the big Fords. They had become a trademark fixture since 1959, spreading to the Falcon, Thunderbird and Fairlane. The only...
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Driveway Find: Is This The Most Pristine 1976 Toyota Pickup? Restored Or...
Given that battered old Toyota trucks are practically an obligatory driveway fixture here, for hauling the compost for the garden and such, you’ll have to excuse my momentary shock when I saw this...
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Vintage Snapshot: Margaret Ransohoff With Her First Car (Update: She Became A...
(first posted 12/8/2018) Update: I got a lot of flack in the comments on this post by readers who thought I was being inappropriate by posting this picture but even more so by including the name of...
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Vintage Photo: ” Wanna Check Out My Hot New Ride?”
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Parking Lot Find: Battered 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Survivor
(first posted 12/9/2018) tbm3fan posted a couple of shots of this survivor, which is showing the ravages of time. Looks like some red tape or plastic wrap is being employed on the roof, and some...
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The Very Wide (and Rare) Chevy Superior Camper Van – Superior In Width If Not...
(first posted 12/14/2018) CC Cohort Owen Smith has found a unicorn, a very wide one at that. In the early 70s, Superior sold these widened Chevy vans, which kept the dash and steering wheel in...
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Curbside Classic: 1981 VW Diesel Pickup – The Most ’80s Car Ever – I Could...
What were the key ingredients that really defined the new cars of the 1980s: Compact. Front wheel drive, Diesel. Import brands. Four cylinders. Compact trucks and SUVs. Fuel efficient. Unibody....
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Curbside Classic: 1962 Ford Styleside F-100 Pickup – That Most Feminine Truck
(first posted 6/4/2011. It’s still as relevant as ever; more so, actually) The fact that men, particularly blue collar workers, have suffered disproportionately in America’s changing economy of the...
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Is This Pristine 1985 Buick Skylark Waiting To Be Crushed Or Parted Out?
hyperpak posted these shots of a pristine ’82 (or so) Buick Skylark parked at Spitz Auto Parts in North Huntington, PA with this comment: “Awaiting crushing or parting out?” At first I thought maybe...
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Curbside Find: The World’s Most Pathetic Pontiac Bonneville – Which One Was...
The words “Pontiac Bonneville” once stood for what was consistently one of the most beautiful and compelling American cars. That all ended in 1982, when that storied name was applied to this sad-sack...
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Curbside Find: Checker Marathon Pretending To Be A Taxi
The Checker cab is of course one of the all-American automotive icons, so it should not come as a surprise that folks have taken to dressing up civilian Marathons as taxis. In a vintage review of a...
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Curbside Find: 1976 Pinto Wagon Still Hauling The Groceries – Back When Cars...
posted at the Cohort by Thomas Jarvis Nowadays 21″ diameter wheels are commonplace, but once upon a time cars like this Pinto had 21″ diameter tires. I can’t tell exactly what the tire size is on...
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Curbside Classic: 1960 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan – Its Flying Wing Roof Is...
I first found and shot this splendid “flying wing” roof Impala 4-door hardtop in 2009 (top), on a visit to in-laws in San Mateo, CA., but it never got a proper write-up. This past week I found it...
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Curbside Finds: Fiat 500C & Smart – Two Of The Shortest Coupes Ever Sold In...
I spotted these two little coupe-cabrios at the curb, a Fiat 500C and a Smart Cabrio, and of course I couldn’t resist a few shots. What a great pairing. I was going to just share them but then it made...
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Curbside Find: 1965 Chrysler New Yorker Six Window Sedan – Why Do I Want One...
(first posted 12/16/2018) It’s almost bed time Saturday night, so I can’t allow myself to get too worked up at this hour. But why do these ’65-’66 Chryslers tug at me so hard? Why can I never resist...
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Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Hippie Bus – Or Is It Now a Tiny House?
(first posted 12/16/2018) This is just what I needed back in the day, as in the early 70s. I never stayed in in job or place for more than a few weeks or months. And I hated paying rent (no wonder...
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Curbside Find: 1973 Mustang RustRoof Flatback – I Ride An Old Paint
posted at the CC cohort by Thomas Jarvis The 1971 – 1973 Mustang is one of those polarizing cars; love it, or don’t. It’s a bit easier to find the love for a cherry red 429 Mach 1 or a Boss 351. But...
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