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About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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CC Outtake: We Don’t Need A Giant Modern Pickup!
Posted on April 30, 2012 | 25 CommentsMy uncle once again delivers the goods. He spotted this late ’60s or early ’70s Transporter pickup earlier this week. Apparently it is a fleet vehicle for a storage company […] -
CC Clue: No Need To Tread Lightly
Posted on April 29, 2012 | 13 CommentsWhile GrangeRover didn’t identify the Country Squire as a CS, he gets the nod with his guess of a 1973-78 LTD. Well, what do we have here? Those are some […] -
CC Outtake: LSC In Seclusion
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 4 CommentsIt’s funny, whenever I do a CC on a particular car, oftentimes I’ll see another version of that same car. Last weekend I found yet another LSC SE, a different […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Porsche 912 By Mebetoys
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 11 CommentsToday’s mini CC is for early Porsche fans. How many scale models have been made of the Porsche 911? Who knows for sure, but ‘a lot’ would be a good […] -
CC Clue: Y Do You Say That?
Posted on April 25, 2012 | 7 CommentsThe Prelude remained unidentified. Jack Lord, one of our CC Contributors, found our next CC after tracking it for months. What is it? -
Curbside Question: What Was The Broughamiest Brougham That Ever Broughamed?
Posted on April 25, 2012 | 270 Comments1974 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Pop quiz time! Now, we know that Detroit changed a lot between the 1960s and 1970s. The Great Brougham Epoch, ushered in with the 1965 […] -
CC Clue: Not Your Average Clue
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 9 CommentsOkay campers, time for something a little different. This Clue is for a Mini CC to run tomorrow. Yes, I was running a little late tonight – we had gorgeous […] -
CC Outtake: Cuban Cadillac Park Avenue?
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 29 CommentsNow we all know that Cadillac made a short-deck version of its Series 62 sedan from 1961 to 1963, the Park Avenue. But there was never a 1959 version. Or […] -
Wordless Outtake: Mark PT?
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CC Clue: White Sale
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 11 CommentsGoogootz got the T-Bird right off the bat, he sure knows his ’70s land yachts! Our next CC is quite a bit newer than the 1974 Thunderbird, but that’s the […] -
CC Outtake: 1995 Dodge Ram…In Aqua?
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 44 CommentsIn the early to mid Nineties, there was a brief interest in pastel colors for new cars, resulting in baby blue Tempos, metallic mint green Tauruses, and apparently, metallic aqua […] -
CC Outtake: Hillman Avenger Alpine – Sunkist Down Under
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 16 CommentsHere’s another great find from Bryce, who stumbled upon this pristine Hillman Avenger and posted it to the Cohort. How about that color combination? -
CC Capsule: 1972 Volvo 1800E – Got Fins?
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 21 CommentsSo what do we have here? Why, it’s a classic Volvo 1800E, the original “souped-down Ferrari”, as Volvo called it. This is an especially rare ’72 version, last year for […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Volga Ambulance – Enter ‘In Soviet Russia…’ Joke Here
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 20 CommentsTime for another Miniature Curbside Classic. Today’s model is pretty unique, a Volga ambulance from the ’80s, complete with Cyrillic graphics and removable stretcher! -
Curbside Classic: 1984 Volvo 240GL – Sensible Luxury
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 45 CommentsThe Volvo GL was a stroke of genius for Volvo. Adding a little luxury and exclusivity to its tough-as-nails 240 series gave you the option of a luxury Volvo without […]