The CC Cohort has put up some 1500 Curbside Classics in the past year, and I have failed to give them proper recognition and consistent exposure. My bad. But that’s going to change in the new year. Instead of an irregular, or even weekly compilation of some of the finds, we’re going to feature one car at a time, but much more often: Cohort Classics.
That means not all of of them are going to be Cohort Classics, but we’ll try to do one per day, and even two, depending on what’s being posted and how much content the site has otherwise. One of the factors of course is how complementary a given car is to what’s either recently run or will be running soon on the site. And here’s some other things to help make this work better:
Shots: We’re going to be using between two to four shots per car, if there are that many. It’s generally best if you can do at least a front and rear quarter shot. I realize that’s not always possible.
Identification: Please include Make Year and Model, if you can. Often, that’s obvious, but not always, especially with foreign cars, particularly those from Australia and such.
Photographer ID: If you would like to be identified by something other than your flickr handle, please include that in your posting comment, or send that to me in an e-mail to keep on file.
Commentary: I welcome you to add any commentary with your subject car. We may or may not use that directly, all, or in part, depending on the nature of the post. But we’re more likely to if it helps put the car in context, either historically or personally.
Notification: Would you like to be given a heads-up when or before we use your photos? By leaving a comment with your picture? Or if you’re a regular Cohort poster and want to send me your e-mail to keep on file, I could do that.
Any other issues/questions?
I always see vehicles that I would like to share with this community…. but I generally pass up the snap shot since my BB cam is mediocre. But that 3.0 CSi was too beautiful to pass up.
Who knew that going to the mall to get my 3 yr. old some gym time would be some fortuititous. Worked out well…. Gabi even took a 2 hr. nap that afternoon!
Thanks for the shout out, Paul.
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What kind of cars are you looking for particularly? I have tons of different types that I’ve shot over the years.
Impossible to answer, except for a 1976 Buick LeSabre, (preferably coupe). I wouldn’t know where to start. It’s not so much about wanting or needing cars, as I still have a lot in the can. It’s more just about sharing our finds, but here in a new way.
Generally speaking, I’m going to be more attracted to cars we haven’t done or found yet. But there’s a fundamental randomness to CC…
How about “interesting cars”?
Paul I think dropping a comment as a way of notifying the photo has been used is a great idea
How to define “interesting”?
Ah, that is the trick, if you can make the case then it is! Obviously opinions will vary, but I don’t think anyone said we all had to agree – obviously you have the casting vote.
As a rule of thumb, the older, the rarer, the more obscure or the quirkier the better. Of course, once a car has featured as a CC, it becomes less eligible especially for mainstream cars from the post chrome bumper era.
My suggestion for the Flickr group would be to replace that gray icon at the top with an interesting graphic.
Seriously, I’m always looking forward to new developments and new ways of engaging contributions. I just took the liberty of moving in my library of first-gen Mercury Tracer pictures…that’s a subject I’d love to hear a CC about.
Icon fixed!
I’m looking forward to this, particularly those from outside of the US.
I have a whole heap I shot at Southwards tother day some very unusual cars and some off the wish list ever heard of a Mitchell I hadnt but I saw one, I was going to send you the whole file Paul as well as post on the cohort I found a Stutz Blackhawk for JPC as well but its a museum and they dont let you circle the cars.
oh, another distraction. you’re killing me! actually, i’ve already posted a few under my flickr handle, wooriegi. my cell phone camera is really pitiful so i’ll have to drag out my real camera one of these days. i see all kinds of interesting stuff here in new york city. today i saw a rough street parked trans-am survivor. yesterday, it was a k-car le baron.