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Vintage Photo & Video: 1940 Checker Model A Landaulet – Open Top, Bizarre Front End
Posted on April 4, 2021 | 53 CommentsHaving taken a good look at the Junkyard Checker Marathon, let’s step back a few more decades and check out the Model A, which arrived in 1939. It was available […] -
Vintage Photo: Fleetwood Square, Tarzana, CA – World’s Biggest Cadillac
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 25 CommentsHow did I miss this when I lived in LA? It’s because I hated shopping, and shopping malls most of all. And then it was built in 1986, just a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1999 Lincoln Navigator – Give Them What They Want, Pt.1
Posted on April 1, 2021 | 66 Comments(first posted 4/1/21. Comment numbers don’t necessarily equal “best”, but this drew some of the most comments of my articles this year) Businesses traditionally have made their money and kept […] -
Curb-Hopping Classic: The Lannom Buggy – An Original From West Texas
Posted on March 31, 2021 | 27 CommentsIf you live in the Big Bend of West Texas, the Trans-Pecos- Pecos, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties- and especially if you live/work on one of the vast ranches […] -
Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 20 CommentsIn today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […] -
Step-By-Step Instructions On How To Flip A Tatra T87 at 20 MPH
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 42 CommentsThe Lane Motor Museum in Nashville is my favorite one, and was the scene of our memorable 2016 CC Meet-Up. One of the main draws for me was their collection […] -
Vintage Ad: 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline Fastback Limo-Airport Bus – Now That’s More Like It
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 31 CommentsThat stretched Olds yesterday was just sad; but finding this really perked me up. Wow; never seen anything quite like this before. Sure, plenty of Chevy sedans were stretched in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Lancia Fulvia Berlina Series II – The State Of The Art
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 19 CommentsItaly and art go together, like England and cricket, France and wine, Germany and sausages, Sweden and pickled herring, Spain and bull fighting. And art is an endlessly varied thing […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Triumph Vitesse 2 Litre – The Smallest Post-War Six Cylinder Engine Gets A Displacement Boost
Posted on March 15, 2021 | 37 CommentsHere’s another of the ever-shrinking number of cars yet to enjoy their 15 minutes of CC fame. The Triumph Vitesse is a somewhat curious car, one that has fascinated me […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1982 Rolls-Royce Corniche – Bringing A Slice Of Fantasy To Suburbia
Posted on March 11, 2021 | 64 CommentsOne expects to see certain things in suburban driveways during wintertime… but a Rolls-Royce Corniche? Not so much. Even back in the 1980s when this example was built, I considered […] -
Vintage Ad: 1984 Mustang Police Pursuit: Solving The Malaise-Era Police Pursuit Problem
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Vintage Brochure: 1972 Stageway 12-Passenger Pontiac Wagon/Coach and Pontiac Executive Limousine
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 21 CommentsLet’s take a look at a couple of more Stageway (by Armbruster) long-boys. Here’s a ’72 Pontiac “clamshell” wagon converted into a 12-passenger coach. I assume that means there’s no […] -
QOTD: Traveling With Animals
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 52 CommentsRecently COAL contributor RetroJerry told us a story about traveling with a cat in a Chrysler PT Cruiser. In the comments, Oh!Gust made mention of driving a cat from Czechoslovakia into […] -
Rampside Classic: 1968 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 – When It Is Easier To Stop And Land Than It Is To Land And Stop.
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 2/27/2015) Here’s a thought for the day: Ever since man achieved powered flight, pilots and engineers have dreamed of taking off and landing vertically, but there has only […] -
Curbside Classic: Volkswagen Quantum – The Bad Old Days
Posted on February 24, 2021 | 110 Comments(first posted 2/24/2015) Those of our readers who keep current on automotive news may have noticed snippets about Volkswagen’s lackluster sales growth. Some bloggers have expressed vindication by the sales […]