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- Moparlee on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
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- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Ralph L on Vintage Snapshots: The Cars In Our Neighborhoods In The ’50s-’60s – Part 3
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1969 Archive
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Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 27 CommentsI have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […] -
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] -
Curbside Classic and CC Drive Report: 1969 Mercury Monterey Custom – Buy Yourself A Mercury And Cruise It Up And Down The Road
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/8/2016) As George Washington once said, I cannot tell a lie. Saying I don’t have a certain, indescribable attraction to full-sized Mercury models between roughly 1963 and 1978 […] -
Fieldside Classics & Recycling: 1964 and 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 (Plus Surprise Bonus) – Unraveling, And Finding, A Few Mysteries
Posted on December 9, 2021 | 29 CommentsIt was about three or so years ago when coworker Rand retired and that was the last time I had talked to him. In a conversation the other day, Rand’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971-ish Ford Econoline 200 – Keep On Keeping On
Posted on August 26, 2021 | 27 CommentsEarlier this spring, my daughter rekindled her relationship with Miss Carol, her dance teacher from when we lived in Hannibal. Miss Carol’s dance school seems to be as well known […] -
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
Automotive History: Dude, Your Dodge Has A Toupee
Posted on January 25, 2021 | 43 CommentsRecently, I wrote about the gradual incorporation of various creature comforts into full-sized pickups. While a vinyl covered roof doesn’t directly lend itself to creature comfort, it would have helped […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 VW Type 3 Fastback – In Good Company
Posted on July 7, 2020 | 51 Comments(first posted 7/6/2014) There it was, smiling impishly at me, like an old friend. Once upon a time, and for all too brief a time, I had one quite […] -
Cohort Capsule: 1969 Chrysler Town & Country – Course Correction
Posted on July 7, 2020 | 43 CommentsPosted at the Cohort by Nifticus Since the creation of the CC website, we’ve covered many cars. We’ve covered some cars many times. However, there are a few that have […] -
Cohort Classic: 1969 Oldsmobile 98 – Strong, Silent, And In The Classic Tradition
Posted on April 22, 2020 | 64 CommentsFor whatever reason, I keep finding myself writing various automotive recollections in lieu of delving into any technical details of my subject cars. Such is life. Maybe these recollections are […] -
Cohort Alternate History: 1969 Dodge Charger – Setting The Bar For Fifty-One Years
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 34 CommentsPosted by Nifty 43 (Nifticus) My parents married in October 1968. Sometime during the late afternoon of that particular Saturday a connecting rod in the engine of my mother’s 1962 […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1969 Buick Electra
Posted on November 23, 2019 | 34 CommentsThank you to Matt Z -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge: Here Come Da Judge!
Posted on October 24, 2019 | 107 Comments(First Posted October 23, 2013) The phrase “Here come da judge” is a good indicator of a person’s age. If this phrase means nothing to you, then you are likely […]