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CC Recess: Vanishing Playground Equipment of the 1950s and ’60s
Posted on December 6, 2022 | 59 CommentsAbout 30 years ago, I noticed that a lot of familiar things from my youth that I took for granted and thought would always be . . . started […] -
BOAL: 2009 Kawasaki Versys – Ugly is as Ugly Does
Posted on December 3, 2022 | 27 CommentsWhen the police came Mrs DougD was very helpful. She hollered upstairs; “Douglas! The police are here! What did you DO??“ -
Curbside Classic/Vintage Review: 1990 Lexus LS400 – Nothing To Hide
Posted on November 25, 2022 | 25 CommentsThere are certain landmark vehicles that us car nuts are naturally aware of. The Lexus LS400 is the sort of car my radar is always on for. I’ve been […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury M-100, Mostly – Heavens to Mercuroid!
Posted on November 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsThis isn’t quite still a 1964 Mercury M-100 pickup truck, but mostly it is. Certainly it faces the world that way, as -
Carshow Outtake: 1950 Citroen 11CV With Emille Tonneline Grille Profile – (At)Traction Avant?
Posted on November 10, 2022 | 9 CommentsCC has covered the Traction Avant extensively, and I maintain that technically, if not commercially, it is perhaps the most significant car of the 1930s. You could make a case […] -
CC College: Writing About Cadillacs, 1959 and 2002
Posted on November 7, 2022 | 17 CommentsBack in 2002, I was teaching a class at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison, New Jersey) called Freshman Writing Workshop. Professors were always encouraged to come up with interesting topics for […] -
Curbside Classic: 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS – The Last Of A Very American Species
Posted on November 2, 2022 | 58 CommentsAcross North America there once roamed great herds of large and unmistakable beasts, unique to the continent. I’m talking about the American Bison, of course, but I could […] -
CC Halloween Prank: “Still Waiting for Triple A . . .”
Posted on October 31, 2022 | 10 Comments“Ed” from flickr took this shot with the caption, “I’ve had a couple of lengthy waits for AAA in the past few years, but not quite this long ;-)” -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Citroën 15-Six – Double Oxymoron (Austere Luxury, Old-fashioned Avant-garde)
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 29 Comments(first posted 10/23/2016) This is the ultimate Traction, the last pre-war Citroën. The 15-Six came out in mid-1938, four years after the first Traction-Avants, and was the top of the […] -
CC Video: Rusty Italian Cars And The Myth Of Russian Steel – Nyet
Posted on October 13, 2022 | 33 CommentsI’m a natural skeptic, and the myth that bad Russian steel was the reason Italian cars in the seventies rusted so badly has always seemed dubious to me. It’s […] -
Curbside Review: Rivian R1T Electric Pickup Truck
Posted on October 8, 2022 | 52 CommentsAs someone who’s registered an interest in the Rivian R1T electric pickup with the company, I recently received an invitation for a test drive at their local Service Center, which […] -
An Unusual Threesome: 1957 Plymouth Fury, C-46, and Ford Thames Truck
Posted on October 7, 2022 | 31 CommentsI don’t know the origin of this rendering, but the artist has eclectic taste. The ’57 Fury is of course a classic, but the choice of the plane and truck […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste – Skin Deep Sportiness
Posted on October 7, 2022 | 14 CommentsIt was the mid ’90s and our immediate Supervisor had just bought a 3000GT (Dodge Stealth, GTO in Japan), Mitsubishi’s excess-for-its-own-sake sports model. At the office my pals looked at […] -
QOTD – Tell Me About This 1963 VW 1200 (Beetle) Cabriolet
Posted on October 1, 2022 | 55 CommentsA slightly different QOTD than normal. Instead of responses to a direct questions and the option to explore and digress, I’m looking for facts. -
QOTD: What Was The Best Buick Ever Made?
Posted on September 30, 2022 | 51 CommentsA couple of days ago, Jim Klein titled his 1989 LeSabre post “Was This The Best Buick Ever Made?” That does rather beg the question of which Buick was the […]