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About Author: Perry Shoar
Posts by Perry Shoar
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![Americans love their pickup trucks and Indiana is full of them. So it’s little surprise that the day before I saw a Cummins Diesel Ram hauling Monday’s crushed demo derby […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-03-18.08.31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Summer’s A Drag")
CC Outtake: Summer’s A Drag
Posted on August 7, 2014 | 12 CommentsAmericans love their pickup trucks and Indiana is full of them. So it’s little surprise that the day before I saw a Cummins Diesel Ram hauling Monday’s crushed demo derby […] -
![Like most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic?")
QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic?
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 38 CommentsLike most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […] -
![As we’ve been on the topic of non-US GM products recently, with the Kadett and Holden Ute pieces running last week, the sighting of this Bitter SC is quite timely. Though […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screenshot-2014-08-01-00.51.00.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: Bitter SC – Hard Feelings All Around")
Cohort Classic: Bitter SC – Hard Feelings All Around
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 42 CommentsAs we’ve been on the topic of non-US GM products recently, with the Kadett and Holden Ute pieces running last week, the sighting of this Bitter SC is quite timely. Though […] -
![We already had a QOTD for today, but the sight of this demo derby car got us thinking about what our preferred contender might be. Perhaps a Big Bird (72-76 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-04-13.38.27.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Painkiller")
CC Outtake: Painkiller
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 41 CommentsWe already had a QOTD for today, but the sight of this demo derby car got us thinking about what our preferred contender might be. Perhaps a Big Bird (72-76 […] -
![Thirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/happybirthdaytome.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites?")
QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 52 CommentsThirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […] -
![This 1981 Town Coupe is said to be one of the rarest cars built on the Panther platform. Though very clearly related to the contemporary Continental Mark VI, the Town […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Cohort Outtake: The Rarest Of Panthers")
Cohort Outtake: The Rarest Of Panthers
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 44 CommentsThis 1981 Town Coupe is said to be one of the rarest cars built on the Panther platform. Though very clearly related to the contemporary Continental Mark VI, the Town […] -
![This shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14782152796_4066f541d9_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer")
Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer
Posted on August 2, 2014 | 22 CommentsThis shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […] -
![“The best looking Italian to show up in this country since my mother came over,” is how Mr. Iacocca describes the infamous TC by Maserati in this December 1985 interview […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SCAN0170.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Scoop: Chryslerati – The Shape Of Madness")
Vintage Scoop: Chryslerati – The Shape Of Madness
Posted on August 1, 2014 | 65 Comments“The best looking Italian to show up in this country since my mother came over,” is how Mr. Iacocca describes the infamous TC by Maserati in this December 1985 interview […] -
![These two has-been rivals were spotted out on the Great Plains by jmg3rd during a rare moment of harmony. Like spotting Larry Bird and Magic Johnson out on the town together, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-30-14.53.14.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Ranchero And El Camino – Mutual Respect")
Cohort Sighting: Ranchero And El Camino – Mutual Respect
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 77 CommentsThese two has-been rivals were spotted out on the Great Plains by jmg3rd during a rare moment of harmony. Like spotting Larry Bird and Magic Johnson out on the town together, […] -
![Yellow on sedans doesn’t usually work; no one told Mazda such when they offered the new Mazda6 in yellow during the 2003 season. That car’s image, for all its Zoom-Zoom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/14735671466_7d651d9897_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series – Most Likely To Succeed")
Cohort Outtake: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series – Most Likely To Succeed
Posted on July 29, 2014 | 32 CommentsYellow on sedans doesn’t usually work; no one told Mazda such when they offered the new Mazda6 in yellow during the 2003 season. That car’s image, for all its Zoom-Zoom […] -
![…not really. This uncommon black coupe, another rare find by r0b0tr10t, doesn’t enjoy quite the reputation one might expect of a Jensen, owing to what are widely perceived to be bizarre […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-29-13.22.57.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1964 Jensen CV8 MkII – Nice Specs…")
Cohort Outtake: 1964 Jensen CV8 MkII – Nice Specs…
Posted on July 29, 2014 | 16 Comments…not really. This uncommon black coupe, another rare find by r0b0tr10t, doesn’t enjoy quite the reputation one might expect of a Jensen, owing to what are widely perceived to be bizarre […] -
![Detractors of the fourth-generation Thunderbird might criticize its mass and nautical handling, but this shot, taken by cjarcher2, highlights its functional side. As heavy it might be, that overbuilt pre-CAD unibody has what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-28-13.06.46.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1964 Flairbird Towing A Mercury – Who Says Classics Are Impractical?")
Cohort Outtake: 1964 Flairbird Towing A Mercury – Who Says Classics Are Impractical?
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 46 CommentsDetractors of the fourth-generation Thunderbird might criticize its mass and nautical handling, but this shot, taken by cjarcher2, highlights its functional side. As heavy it might be, that overbuilt pre-CAD unibody has what […] -
![Okay now, pipe down AMC fans, I’m not suggesting equivalence but rather, a similar role within AvtoVAZ’s corporate history. Developing new cars costs a lot of money, and a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lada112a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Lada 112 – The Russian AMC Hornet?")
Cohort Sighting: Lada 112 – The Russian AMC Hornet?
Posted on July 26, 2014 | 31 CommentsOkay now, pipe down AMC fans, I’m not suggesting equivalence but rather, a similar role within AvtoVAZ’s corporate history. Developing new cars costs a lot of money, and a lot […] -
![Well, sorta. Paul posted a few years back about wanting to find an end-of-the-line 1957 Nash Ambassador; is this 1956 close enough? If so, let’s give EricClem a big cyber […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/14543919960_9a98239d60_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1956 Nash Ambassador Eight Custom – Christmas In July")
Cohort Capsule: 1956 Nash Ambassador Eight Custom – Christmas In July
Posted on July 25, 2014 | 66 CommentsWell, sorta. Paul posted a few years back about wanting to find an end-of-the-line 1957 Nash Ambassador; is this 1956 close enough? If so, let’s give EricClem a big cyber […] -
![…though that would depend on one’s definition of art. Do playful decals count as art? Does Ghostbusters? Well, WilliamRubano might argue that they do, and I wouldn’t disagree. And where better […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/14719732334_56a988de97_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Nissan Ghostfinder – Art Imitating Art")
Cohort Outtake: Nissan Ghostfinder – Art Imitating Art
Posted on July 24, 2014 | 35 Comments…though that would depend on one’s definition of art. Do playful decals count as art? Does Ghostbusters? Well, WilliamRubano might argue that they do, and I wouldn’t disagree. And where better […]
