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Vintage Car & Driver Review: 1964 Pontiac GTO – The Ultimate Ringer
(first posted 6/25/2018, updated 6/24/24 with the full text of the review) Here it is, the Car and Driver review of the ultimate ringer in the form of a so-called 1964 Tempest GTO. 0-60 in 4.6...
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Andrew Bush’s Amazing Photos Of Vintage Cars And Their Drivers Caught On The Go
How have I never come across these before? Not only are they superb photographs of drivers caught on the go by Mr. Bush’s camera mounted on the side of his car, but the cars are all CCs too. These...
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Curbside Classic: 1970 Lincoln Continental Coupe – Hot Rod Lincoln
(first posted 2/7/2013) Ever since I found this relatively rare 1970 Continental Coupe, I’ve been trying to find something good to say about it. Don’t get me wrong; I love it, in its intrinsic...
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Curbside Find: 1975 Toyota SR-5 Sport Truck – How Toyota Won The Compact...
Datsun (Nissan) was the pioneer in selling compact pickup trucks to Americans, starting way back in 1957. The Datsun 211 filled a small niche that no one else had identified, and sales grew slowly but...
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Vintage Photos: New York In Very Different Times
Stephen Pellegrino posted this shot by Camilo Jose Vergara shot in the South Bronx in 1970. I decided to add a few more, to remind us how times and cities change over the span of time. Avenue C,...
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Curbside Find: 1977 (or so) Chevy C10 Pickup – It’s Not Only Old Ford Pickups...
(first posted 6/25/2018) The ratio of old Ford to Chevy pickups from the mid-70s through the 80s here is clearly a bit lopsided. And obviously it’s not rust that’s a factor. Well, this is Ford...
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Curbside Classic: 1989 Vixen 21 Motorhome – The DeLorean Of Motorhomes,...
The Vixen 21 TD (top) was hailed as a bold and radical motorhome when it arrived in 1986. It was sleek and beautiful, aerodynamic, fuel efficient with its rear mounted BMW turbo-diesel and 5-speed...
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Curbside Find: 1961 VW Transporter – Van Life Survivor With No Cosmetic Surgery
It’s almost as if the VW Transporter/Bus was conceived as a camper van from the very beginning. It just lent itself to the task better than anything before, and it arrived at a time shortly after the...
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Vintage Snapshots: Buicks – In Their Best Decade, The 1950s
Buick’s golden decade was the 1950s, when its market share was at its all-time highs. They were the number three selling brand in ’55 and ’56, and typically a close number fourth behind Plymouth...
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Curbside Find: 1986 (or so) Lincoln Town Car Short Stretch Limo – Retired In...
Beatty, Nevada is only a bit more than a hundred miles from Las Vegas, but it might as well be in a different universe. Of course that applies to much of Nevada, once outside the two main metro area...
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Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge A108 Van – Still On The Job at Age 51
(first posted 7/2/2018) This is what really turns my crank, seeing a 51 year old Dodge van still doing the work it was designed to be doing 51 years earlier. Of course, I have a rather special...
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Vintage R&T Review: 1975 VW Rabbit 36,000 Mile Long-Term Test Update –...
(first posted 7/2/2018) To say that the all-new VW Rabbit (Golf Mk1) arrived half-baked is stating the obvious. After building essentially the same cars for some 30 years, retooling for a...
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Curbside Classic Lite: 1967 Jeep Commando – Rough And Ready
(first posted 2/3/2013) For some odd reason, on this (another) gray day, I have summer on the brain…so let’s dig out something apropos. Like this gnarly Jeep Commando, to take is into the woods...
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Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler American – The Hip Ugly American
(first posted 9/6/2011) This car made me embarrassed to be a newly minted American in the fall of 1960. We had just arrived for the unveiling of Detroit’s spectacular new 1961 models, and I was in...
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Curbside Classic: 1957 Blue Bird All American Bus: The All American Dream...
(first posted 3/19/2011) It’s no secret I’m a big fan of big old buses. The challenge is what direction to take with them. Given today’s weather, that would be South. You see; it’s already...
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Cohort Classic: Moskvitch 2142 Prince Vladimir – If You Think This Is Bad,...
(first posted 2/3/2013) In the history of the Russian automobile industry, there were moments of light that punctuated the years and decades of drab. Clearly, this Moskvitch 2142 Prince Vladmir is...
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Cohort Sighting: 1979 Chrysler 150 GT (C6) – A Rare Survivor From Spain
(first posted 2/2/2013) coopey shot this in Spain, and has a bit of commentary on the Spanish version of the Simca 1307/1308GT, which in its day was a quite advanced car, very much in the VW...
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The CC Logo-mobile 1950 Cadillac Is Aging, Like Mike And The Rest Of Us
How should we treat our automotive soulmates? Nag them about how they’re aging? Tell them to get cosmetic surgery, go to the gym, get Botox and dyed hair? Or embrace the natural aging process and...
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CC Outtake: 2003 Olds Alero La Femme Edition – Pretty In Pink
It’s always a treat to find a special edition version of one of my favorite cars. The Alero La Femme was one of Olds’ last ditch efforts to carve out some territory in the market. I’m afraid it wasn’t...
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Cohort Classic Capsule: 1962 Chrysler Saratoga – Canada’s Mid-Line Chrysler
posted at the Cohort by robadr This would be a very fine original specimen of a 1962 Chrysler, but it’s even more fascinating by being a Saratoga, a model that was last sold in the US in 1960. With the...
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