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- Chris Williams on Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1200 (Sunny B110) — The Sunny, Yet Not Sunny Enough, Early Days Of The Nissan Sunny
- -Nate on CC Capsule: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – It’s the First Chevy of the 80s
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- Peter Wilding on CC Capsule: 1958 BMW Isetta 300 – Take It Ee-zetta
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Truckshow Classics – Big Rigs from a Small Island
Posted on February 9, 2014 | 46 CommentsAmerica can do many things, including Big Rigs. But other places can do them just as well, so with apologies to Bill Bryson of Des Moines, Iowa and Norfolk, England, […] -
Junkyard Outtake: Mikhail Krasinsets’ Auto USSR – Museum or Junkyard?
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 25 CommentsSome years ago, Mikhail Krasinets, former pilot and mechanic of the Moskvitch factory racing team, and star of Russian TV shows, began curating one of the largest automobile collections […] -
Street Scenes: Olympic Era Sarajevo
Posted on February 7, 2014 | 26 CommentsThe opening ceremonies of the 22nd Winter Olympics took place earlier today, marking the second time the Games are being held on (now capitalist) Russian soil. As this is also […] -
Cohort Sighting: Fiat 124 Coupes
Posted on February 7, 2014 | 36 CommentsWhen posting about the all-Italian junkyard I found in the Cohort last month, there were two different cars I asked the commentariat to help identify. True to form, they quickly […] -
CC Outtake: The End of the Line
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 20 CommentsWhich is worse–wrecking a truck, or wrecking a borrowed truck? This is my Uncle Donald Shafer, who originally owned my 1963 Ford Galaxie. Despite it being a warm Sunday morning […] -
Heavy Duty Classic: 2004 Sterling Condor – A Truck of a Different Stripe
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 21 CommentsThere are a number of things in life most of us simply don’t think about. Like, say, how the centerline is painted on the highway. This 2004 Sterling is in […] -
Vintage Ad: Mazda Centerfold
Posted on January 31, 2014 | 34 CommentsMazda’s ads over the past ten years have seemed almost desperate to play up sportiness, reminding me of Pontiac in the ’90s. This rather prominent layout in the January 1979 […] -
CC Capsule: 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 – Jet Age Generic
Posted on January 30, 2014 | 45 CommentsMaybe that’s a harsh assessment, but bear with me. The mid-to-late sixties was a great time for American car design and it was difficult to find an unattractive model from […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Dodge Ram 2500 – Despite His Protests, Ruby Took Her Love To Town Anyway
Posted on January 30, 2014 | 20 CommentsSince the advent of Curbside Classic, Paul and Company have been able to capture and chronicle a vast array of automobiles. We have also been able to document a number […] -
Cohort Outtake: Employees Must Provide Own Transportation
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 21 CommentsThis Accord’s light bar and security livery identify a business which can’t afford a lawsuit. SoCalMetro uploaded this rather amusing specimen recently; maybe he can tell us where he found […] -
CC Capsule: VW Adventurewagen – So Cal’s Version Of The Westfalia
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 18 CommentsFor those of you back East still recovering from a week of bad weather, here’s a shot of sunny Southern California, complete with a local resident. We’re all familiar with the […] -
The Cars of the Shafer Dynasty
Posted on January 28, 2014 | 27 CommentsEvery once in a while, a blind pig will find an acorn. Such was the case with these pictures. My father, the youngster in the picture above, turned seventy in […] -
CC Outtake: Design Lexicon, Courtesy Of Ford
Posted on January 28, 2014 | 30 CommentsI’m in the middle of doing a big cleanup in my garage and keep tripping over boxes marked “car mags.” I’ve been wasting time researching the magazines and rediscovering some […] -
Vintage Ad: Chevy Eater
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 5 CommentsWhile looking through the January ‘68 issue of Hot Rod magazine (20 Year Anniversary Issue), I ran across this ad for Grant Piston Rings. Hayden Proffitt had made a name […]