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- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- Scott McPherson (NZ) on 1962 Ford Falcon Sports Futura Hipster Found Hiding In Alley 15 Years After Its CC Debut
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
- chip on My 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Finally, I Get To Experience Cadillac Style
About Author: Jeff Nelson
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Curbside Classic: Suzuki X-90 – Barbie Would Drive One Of These
Posted on January 24, 2015 | 54 Comments(first posted 10/7/2011) The weather is way too beautiful in North Georgia to stay inside these days. Even if I have no particular place to go, I will go there […] -
Automotive History: 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Life Preserver
Posted on December 30, 2014 | 86 Comments(first posted 11/8/2011) We have spent a lot of effort debating the merits (and demerits) of economy cars on these pages. We have spent no small amount of time examining […] -
Classic CC History: “That Special Time”- The U.S. Auto Industry During The Korean War
Posted on May 24, 2014 | 64 CommentsOn December 29,1952, CBS television ran a documentary by iconic journalist Edward R. Murrow entitled “Christmas In Korea”. For an hour that evening, the few Americans that had TV sets […] -
CC Capsule: 1984 Maserati Biturbo Si – Sexy, Immobile
Posted on March 9, 2014 | 68 CommentsItaly has produced some of the most elegant, seductive, perfectly proportioned autos the world has ever seen. To drive a fine Italian car is to experience the Sine qua non–the ultimate […] -
1970½ Ford Falcon: Mission Implausible
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 145 CommentsHappy New Year ! For most of us, the turn of the calendar represents a new (hopeful) beginning. A fresh start, if you will, to take stock, begin anew or […] -
Auld Lang Syne: Ford Says Goodbye To The Ranger
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 71 CommentsSometimes an era ends and nobody is there to record it.That’s not the case here today at CC. It was old, outmoded and way past its prime, but when the […] -
CC Ad Week: Don’t Adjust Your Set … The Best Commercials In The World Are On !
Posted on December 16, 2011 | 27 CommentsWe kicked off the week by taking a look at the lesser lights of car advertising. Our wholly subjective survey revealed that what annoys us probably annoys you. But there […] -
30 Seconds Of Hell: The Worst Car TV Ads Ever (So Far)
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 74 CommentsWe’re kicking the week off with a visit to another world. We’re going to travel to Advertising Planet, where the beer is always cold, (and served up by morally casual, […] -
Heavy Lies the Head That Wears The Crown – Hits and Misses in The Car Of The Year Award
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 88 CommentsI couldn’t help notice that it’s that time of year again – Motor Trend has awarded the Car Of The Year trophy to the new for ’12, made in the […] -
1968-1972 Austin America – Yankee Doodle Disaster
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 61 CommentsFor a car that was derided in its day as slow, noisy and underpowered, the VW Beetle survived more assassination attempts than Fidel Castro. In its quarter century plus in […] -
1976-1981 Triumph TR 7- America Gets A Wedgie
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 52 CommentsWhen British Leyland introduced the replacement for the much loved TR6 in 1975, all of America became a great big Missouri – The Show Me State. Buyers rightly wondered if […] -
CC Outtakes: The Fall Closeout Sale Continues!
Posted on October 13, 2011 | 10 CommentsThe leaves are falling and we are dangerously close to our first frost here in North Georgia. As we have noted, that means that you can snag a bucket list […] -
Automotive History: Three Pot Stew – America’s Brief Fling With The Supermini
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 49 CommentsAutomobile manufacture is like the world’s most out of sync movie, where the dialogue and the action on screen don’t always happen in a logical sequence. Our trip in the […] -
Automotive History: The First Wave Compacts – The Pioneers Take The Arrows
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 70 CommentsIt’s always dangerous to take on economics as a writer. You run the risk that everybody’s eyes will glaze over in the esoterica that is economic theory. But economics is […] -
CC Outtake: Say Goodbye To Summer, Hello To Good Buys
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 25 CommentsSpecial interest car spotters in my corner of the USA know that this is the optimum time to see the unusual, the rare, the quirky and the downright interesting cars […]