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Fieldside Classics: Springtime Brings Auctiontime
Posted on May 9, 2024 | 32 CommentsWhat is so special about springtime? As winter fades away the grass greens, leaves return to trees, baby animals are born and car auctions return. I have been teaching my […] -
Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 12 CommentsWhile I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […] -
Museum Classic: 1956 International Harvester S-Series Truck – Brief Refresh
Posted on October 16, 2023 | 9 CommentsBack in 2021, just as the world was returning to normal, my wife and I decided to visit the touristy retreat of Suchitoto, a small town in the center of […] -
Curbside Classic: Dodge Li’l Red Express – Dodge Dakota Edition
Posted on March 14, 2023 | 97 Comments(first posted 2/23/2012) Most truck enthusiasts have undoubtedly heard of and perhaps seen the original Dodge Li’l Red Express sold in 1978 and 1979. Maybe a number of folks have […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Studebaker 3/4 ton Pickup – A Hoosier in King Twain’s Court
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 25 Comments(first posted 3/13/2013) Ah, a Studebaker pickup, a true piece of Americana. Does anything say apple pie, Coca-Cola and South Bend, Indiana, quite as much? -
Curbside Forbidden Fruta: 2016-2022 Renault Duster Oroch – The French Show Detroit How It’s Done
Posted on October 15, 2022 | 28 CommentsOoh la la, the forbidden (to us of Del Norte) temptresses of the Southwestern Desert locales are bountiful; every time I visit I come across new and exotic species roaming […] -
COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 43 CommentsIn the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […] -
Curbside New Car Non-Review: 2022 Ford Maverick XLT AWD – Game On…
Posted on October 27, 2021 | 58 CommentsAfter coming across and posting the first 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz I found last month, I’ve been stealthily creeping around trying to flush a new Ford Maverick out of the […] -
Car Show Classic: Time Warp 1975 Mazda B1800 Pickup
Posted on October 10, 2021 | 38 CommentsWhile selling in smaller numbers than the mini trucks from Datsun and Toyota during the 1970s the Mazda B-series still made an impact on the North American market. Admittedly some […] -
CC One Shot: 1991 Toyota Pickup – Caught On Creampuff Corner
Posted on September 6, 2021 | 13 CommentsAnother week, another sighting of a what appears to be an impeccably kept vehicle waiting to make a left turn in the same place as the Lincoln Mark VII last […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Power Wagon – A (Sort-Of) Civilized Outdoorsman
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/28/2012) As I remember the early 1970s, there were two kinds of Dads. There were the guys who were reasonably fashionable and with the times, who kept with […] -
Curbside Review: 2021 GMC Canyon 4WD AT4 Crew Cab – The Strong, Silent Type
Posted on June 2, 2021 | 52 CommentsMidsize trucks are hot. Actually, all trucks are hot right now, have been for some time, and will likely continue to be so for the foreseeable future, at least here […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1974 Dodge W200 “SNO-FITER” – Hopefully This Means We Are Done With Snow For This Year
Posted on April 7, 2021 | 30 CommentsThere’s still one small mound of snow left on the lawn that hasn’t melted away from the big storm a few weeks ago. And a lot of trees in town […] -
Curbside Review: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – The Not So Little Red Wagon
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 52 CommentsWhen I was a small kid, I thought and believed that only two types of vehicles should always be bright red, those of course being sports cars and fire engines. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 45 CommentsFord and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […]