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- Aaron on Garage Find: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – A Less Remembered ‘Bird?
- kiwibryce on Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
- kiwibryce on Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
- kiwibryce on Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
- kiwibryce on Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
- kiwibryce on Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
- Jose Delgadillo on Garage Find: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – A Less Remembered ‘Bird?
- la673 on Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders
- XR7Matt on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
- XR7Matt on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
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COAL: 1980 VW Rabbit – Hellish Ride in GTI Guise via Westmoreland!
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 29 CommentsEdmund S. generally avoided performing work for others, instead staying busy on his own cars; a couple of 1980 beige Rabbits, and a faded black one of same vintage. […] -
Curbside History: Millbrook Proving Ground, 1972 – Where Vauxhall Got Tough on Quality
Posted on February 19, 2022 | 17 CommentsHere’s something a little different. A promotional film produced by Vauxhall in 1972 for the then new proving ground at Millbrook, just 30 minutes from the Engineering Centre in Luton, […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1962 Chevy II 300 Station Wagon – Give Me Novacaine
Posted on February 17, 2022 | 22 CommentsGive me a long kiss goodnightAnd everything’ll be alrightTell me that I won’t feel a thingSo get me Novacaine. — “Get Me Novacaine”, American Idiot, Green Day (2004) (Because Billy […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1987- 90 Dodge Colt Station Wagon – Imported, Twice Over
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 15 CommentsThere’s been some love on CC recently for the second generation Mitsubishi Colt/Mirage hatchback and its derivatives. It came in many forms, under various model names – as the Colt, […] -
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 28 CommentsWe now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […] -
Vintage Ad: 1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer – “The Swing Out Seat Says ‘Please Come In'”
Posted on January 27, 2022 | 30 CommentsSo was this the ultimate pickup-mobile of 1959? -
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 58 CommentsSo here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […] -
QOTD: In What Year Was This Picture Taken In Fort Collins, Colorado?
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 100 Comments(first posted 1/21/2016) I was at my local Title Company today and had time to admire this print in their lobby while waiting for a file. It appears to depict […] -
COAL Capsule: So…This Is What Filming A Movie Is Like?
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 39 CommentsIn September of last year someone approached me at a small car meet and asked if I would be willing to show my Lincoln in a few movie shots for […] -
Future Classic: 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe – Magic Mirror, Who’s The Fairest Modern Cadillac Of Them All?
Posted on January 17, 2022 | 39 CommentsWhen I spotted a Cadillac CTS coupe recently, I was unexpectedly taken aback by how pretty the car was, parked nose out, clean and detailed and seeming to look just […] -
Flookerang Funnies: One Fine Day in a Detroit Office
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 31 CommentsThis cartoon was hanging on a wall at the -
Wordless Outtake: Curbside Diversity Under Cover (Mostly)
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Wordless Outtake: Rare V-Twin Front Engined VW Beetle
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CC Karaoke: Škoda
Posted on December 27, 2021 | 28 Comments[Originally published on 26 June 2021 @ 14:00] »strum, pluck-pluck-pluck, strum« aHEM! »strum« In 1970, the Kinks had a giant hit with “Lola”, a song about a young man’s -
Magazine Rewind: CAR, September 1977 – Which Is The Best Car In The World?
Posted on December 4, 2021 | 27 CommentsLast week, CC saw a drive story piece from CAR from August 1977 which took the Jaguar XJ5.3C from London to Budapest. Aside from a mechanical failure in a bought […]