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QOTD Archive
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QOTD: What Were The Ten Worst Car Engines Ever?
Posted on September 8, 2021 | 399 Comments(first posted 9/7/2015. We don’t normally rerun QOTD posts, but the 372 comments in this one make for some fine reading) The article the other day on the gen2 […] -
QOTD: What Happened To My Headlight Switch?
Posted on July 31, 2021 | 121 CommentsI took my Audi A3 into the dealership for scheduled service the other day. I usually request a loaner, not because I need it (I work and home and have […] -
QOTD: Did The 1956 Cadillac DeVille 4-Door And 2-Door Hardtops Share The Same Roof? (Updated With Answer: No)
Posted on July 24, 2021 | 35 CommentsI decided to finally resolve an issue that I first wondered about as a kid: did the new for-1956 Cadillac 4-door hardtop use the same roof pressing as the existing […] -
QOTD: Which One Of Your Former Cars Would You Bring Back?
Posted on July 16, 2021 | 100 CommentsI’ve just told you why it’s the Peugeot 404 wagon for me. How about you? Which one of your former cars would you have the genie bring back to you? -
CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?
Posted on June 10, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […] -
QOTD / CC Clue: So, What’s Under The Tarp?
Posted on May 7, 2021 | 33 CommentsI’ve had many an encounter with an enticing shape hidden by a tarp, as have many of you I’m sure. Sometimes, the shape makes the identity of the covered conveyance […] -
QOTD: What Was The Last Car Sold In The US With Front Drum Brakes?
Posted on May 4, 2021 | 64 CommentsI was just at the parts store picking up some new rear drums for the xB, and the young guy at the counter (whose first car was a ’62 Comet […] -
QOTD: Where Have All The Radio Controls Gone?
Posted on May 2, 2021 | 46 CommentsIt has been an accepted idiom for generations that the dashboard of modern cars had two distinct head units – one for climate control, and one for entertainment (radio/CD/cassette, etc.). […] -
CC Tech/QOTD: How Old Are Your Tires? How to Check the Age of Your Tires.
Posted on April 28, 2021 | 65 CommentsThis past Saturday was a beautiful warm spring day with the sun shining. It was a perfect day to go for a cruise in one of my old cars. I […] -
QOTD: How many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year?
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 80 CommentsHow many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year? Examples that come […] -
QOTD: Can Anyone ID This Streamliner?
Posted on April 22, 2021 | 13 CommentsCC reader Jeff B. sent me scans of two slides taken by his dad at the Expo 86 in Vancouver, BC. It’s clearly of a streamliner prototype from the 1930s, […] -
Curbside Outtake/Auto-Biography/QOTD: 1971 Ford F250 Pickup – Exactly Like The First Pickup I Ever Drove – What Was the First Truck You Ever Drove?
Posted on April 12, 2021 | 57 CommentsWhen I encountered this almost pristine ’71 F250 on a walk, I was instantly taken back to Towson in the fall of 1970 when I drove one identical to this, […] -
QOTD: Edgardo Michelotti Asks If Anyone Knows Of A Hino Contessa In Europe To Exhibit?
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 28 CommentsI received this email today: I’m Edgardo Michelotti, from Italy son of Giovanni the designer who made the Contessa range early ’60. I’m looking to a car to show to […] -
QOTD: Len’s Top Five Engines – What Are Yours?
Posted on April 9, 2021 | 102 CommentsI’ve spent a lot of years behind the wheel of various cars and over that time, a few motors have really stood out. This is completely unscientific and is really […] -
QOTD: Advertising Outtake: How To Sell A BMC 1100 Across The World – Which One Works?
Posted on April 1, 2021 | 12 CommentsI’ve been researching a Curbside Outtake on an unusual BMC 1300 (ADO16, Austin or Morris 1100, Austin America and many others) variant and inevitably have come across some period advertising […]