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Curbside Classic Lite: 1981 Honda Prelude – A Prelude to Greater Things To Come
(first posted 6/20/2018) The Prelude was a highly pragmatic move on Honda’s part to expand into the then large and lucrative sporty coupe market. The Celica was making hay and Nissan’s latest...
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Cohort Classic: GAZ 13 Chaika – Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
(first posted 3/7/2013) That the Russians were big fans of Packard’s designs is indisputable. The famous ZIS-110 was a heavily cribbed 1942 Packard Super (the story of Packard sending its body dies...
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Road & Track Vintage Road Test: 1976 Lamborghini Countach –“Fastest Car We’ve...
(first posted 6/20/2018) We’re now entering the era when “The Fastest Car(s) In The World” became increasingly common on the covers of R&T, C&D and Motor Trend. It was the newsstand...
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CC Find of the Day: “No Dude, It’s Not A Chevelle; It’s A Beaumont”– What I’d...
posted at the Cohort by nifticus A 1960s Chevelle coupe is one the most recognizable “classic” cars. Everyone knows a Chevelle; or they think they do. It would be fun to take this 1967 Beaumont Sports...
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Curbside Classic: 1951 Chrysler New Yorker – The Legendary Hemi V8 Is Born
shot and posted at the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg HEMI. Chrysler trademarked that name for good reasons, as it’s the only engine name that has become a genuine legend, a veritable automotive god. It...
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Vintage Truck of the Day: GMC DFR8000 “Crackerbox” With Tiny Dual Exhaust...
I’m always drawn to old photos of GMC’s “Crackerbox” COE units, although I’m not quite sure why. Maybe it’s because I rode in one once when hitchhiking and the deafening roar of the Detroit Diesel is...
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Vintage Snapshots: The San Onofre Surfing Club – 1940s-1960s
click on images for maximum size The San Onofre Surfing Club is legendary in the surfing world, and as a result, there’s a number of vintage snapshots that can readily be identified, thanks to its...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1976 Volvo 265DL –“The World’s First Mass-Produced...
(first posted 6/22/2018) It’s easy to forget that Mercedes wasn’t yet building station wagons in 1976. That long overdue body style would arrive a few years later, so in 1976, when Volvo built...
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Curbside Find: 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Hard-Wearing Classic Chevy
What’s more appropriate than finding a classic B-Box Chevy at the hardware store? Finding one at a rock store? This Caprice is still in fine nick too; let’s take a closer look. By 1988, the box-B was...
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Vintage VW Dealer Postcards: Interesting Assortment Of Trade-Ins, And A Minor...
This one is from Erie, PA. from about 1960 and features some fine Detroit iron out front, along with a Karmann-Ghia and a Renault 4CV. A Thunderbird convertible traded for a VW? Maybe a K-G...
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Auto-Biography: My ’66 F100 Finally Gets A Roof Over Its Head After Spending...
Better late than never? In a sign of mellowing that seems to come inevitably with old age, I’ve become a bit less harsh on my cars (and people?). I was determined not to ever pamper my old truck, and...
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Vintage Snapshots: Can You ID The Imports On Main Street USA In The ’50s And...
(first posted 6/21/2018) In a recent Buick-themed vintage snapshot gallery the other day, it was noted in the comments on how few imports there were to be seen. So I went looking for shots from the...
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Vintage Review: 1980 Cadillac Seville Diesel –“Seems To Serve Little Purpose...
Car magazines from back in the day tend to get stereotyped, with Road & Track commonly being called out for being very anti-Detroit. Well, it wasn’t quite as simple as that, as they had their set...
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Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevy II Nova SS Coupe – The Only One Left Wearing Its...
When I saw this Nova SS coupe swing into a gas station I was literally shocked to see it had its original wheel covers still on. Let’s face it; probably 99.9% of all the Nova SS coupes out there still...
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Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Corvair – The Ultimate Corvair Album
(first posted 7/10/2017) The Corvair may have been outsold by the dishwater-dull Falcon, but good luck finding so many vintage snapshots of Falcons with their doting owners. Americans loved the...
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Curbside Classic: 1972 Rokon Trail Breaker – The Two-Wheel Drive Motorcycle...
(first posted 9/3/2013) Californian Charlie Fehn first had the idea to design and build a two-wheel drive motorcycle in the late fifties, and was eventually granted a patent in 1963. It’s been a...
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The Cars Of Tintin: Can You Identify Them All?
(first posted in 2011, and expanded in 2013) Perhaps the Belgian comic books Tintin by Hergé were not so big in most American households, but they certainly played a significant role in ours. And...
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Curbside Find: 1980 Fiat Brava – Showing Its Best Side
shot and posted at the CC Cohort by Ralf K (Don Kincl) When was the last time you saw a Fiat Brava (131) at the gas pumps. Don had this to say about it: Driver’s side looks good, passenger side was...
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Vintage Photos: Wild Op Art “Auto Art” Cars Shot In 1966 By A Twelve-Year Old...
David Buckley was twelve in the fall of 1966 when he shot these three Chrysler and Plymouth “Car Art” cars with his new cheap plastic 35mm camera in a mall in Chicago. He recently sent me these shots...
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Pontiac GTO – How To Create a Legend and Build a Brand
How does one build a brand, propelling it from near-obscurity to the hottest one on the market? How does one create a legend, one that became the icon of a whole era? Ask John DeLorean and Jim...
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