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Curbside Musings: 1968 Ford Mustang Convertible – Bionic Replacements
Posted on August 15, 2023 | 27 CommentsOne of my favorite television rediscoveries of this year has been of the original Bionic Woman series of the 1970s, starring the great Lindsay Wagner as the title character, Jaime Sommers. I’m […] -
CC Cinema And QOTD: Egregious Car Switcheroos – What’s The Worst One You’ve Ever Seen?
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 88 CommentsA few months ago, I briefly mentioned the movie Used Cars in a post. One of Robert Zemecki’s earlier films, with the zany traits and pacing that would characterize his […] -
CC TV: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 And Chicago’s “Stay The Night” Music Video
Posted on July 20, 2023 | 26 CommentsThere was a time when music videos were kind of a cultural thing. Cable was fairly new, and with it, MTV launched a 24-hour music video channel in 1981; an […] -
CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 49 Comments(First posted 7 February, 2017. Reposting today in honour of Tina Turner, who died yesterday.) The American half of yesterday’s Chrysler/Dodge Spirit CCC raised eyebrows with its yeah-no-that-didn’t-happen factor. Plymouth, […] -
CC TV: Cars Of The Flintstones
Posted on April 1, 2023 | 45 CommentsToday is a good day as any to attend pending matters at CC. While a good deal of automotive history has already been covered in these pages, there’s been a […] -
CC Video: Animagraffs – How An 18th Century Sailing Battleship Works
Posted on March 25, 2023 | 20 CommentsI ran into this the other night and was totally sucked in. I’ve always had a thing for old sailing ships and been on a few, but there’s nothing like […] -
CC TV: 1974 Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3 – “Selling The Chevelle”
Posted on January 23, 2023 | 70 CommentsIt’s clear by my fairly consistent COAL updates that I have no problem buying cars and figuring out storage later, but I think all of us have a list of […] -
Curbside Cinema: “Tribute To Fangio” – The Greatest Driver Ever?
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 7 CommentsPeriscope Film, a YouTube channel I subscribe to, recently posted this documentary about Juan Manuel Fangio that was produced by British Petroleum in 1959, soon after Fangio retired from driving. […] -
CC TV: “Deadliest Roads” – What I’ve Been Watching, And I Highly Recommend It
Posted on May 20, 2022 | 15 Commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coyaVoVkhVw&t=365s I was a bit harsh on poor Mr. Ed yesterday. But the reality is that I have almost invariably had difficult relationship with typical tv, which is why I […] -
CC TV: Cars of The Avengers – Mrs. Peel, We’re Needed
Posted on April 28, 2022 | 35 CommentsAs we all know, last couple of years brought endless hours of forced ‘stay at home’ entertainment. During the height of such days, I got lucky (?) the cultish British […] -
CCTV: “Not Sure How Much More Niedermeyer I Can Take” – Video Livestream With Ed and Paul (Replay Available)
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 16 Commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbOxGI8Oww (Update: if you missed it and want to see it, click on the “Watch on Youtube” for the replay) My son Ed is branching out with several projects including […] -
CC Videos: How Automatic Transmissions Work
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 8 CommentsAt our recent post of videos showing how manual transmissions work, there were a few commenters saying that it was the workings automatic transmissions that were still something of a […] -
CC Video: Do You Know How A Manual Transmission Really Works? 1936 And 2015 Videos Explain It
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 19 CommentsI’m not sure what got me to peruse these two excellent videos, but I admit that gearboxes are not my forte and I learned something or fortified my existing knowledge […] -
CC Cinema: The First Car Chases
Posted on February 27, 2022 | 25 CommentsIf you ask almost any car guy (or girl I guess), they will mostly likely have knowledge of the 1968 “Bullitt” chase with the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Charger, […]