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Car Show Classic: 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu – There’s Something About A Chevelle
Posted on September 28, 2023 | 64 CommentsWhat is it about a Chevelle? It’s a fair assumption that an average red-blooded car-loving American will likely refer to some Chevelle in the 1968-1972 range of model years as […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau – Am I Mellowing With Age?
Posted on September 13, 2023 | 79 CommentsI like to think that I’m a “live and let live” kind of guy; any malice I feel is not really malice, but short-lived annoyance that is extinguished almost as […] -
COAL Capsule/QOTD: Is There An Engineering Decision You Don’t Understand? (1974 Firebird Content)
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 81 CommentsI spend a lot of my spare time working on cars for my own enjoyment, and also because I could never own a large fleet of cars if I didn’t […] -
Museum Classic: 1932 Ford Model 18 Convertible Sedan – To Live Outside The Law, You Must Be Honest
Posted on August 24, 2023 | 29 CommentsThere’s a letter on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn that allegedly originated from the pen of popular gangster Clyde Barrow. This letter compliments Mr. Ford on the […] -
CC Tech: 1988 Ford Mustang GT – Plastic, A Better Idea In Quarter Windows
Posted on August 17, 2023 | 40 CommentsTo me, this is a new car. My parents have owned it since 1990, and they even permitted me to drive it to school once a week when I turned […] -
CC Outtake/QOTD: 1963 Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Aurora – Holding Up?
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 30 CommentsI’ve almost completely forgotten about the Oldsmobile Aurora, but they’re still out there, even in salty Michigan. I’ll make any excuse to take a picture of my Riviera, but the […] -
CC For Sale: 1968 Chrysler New Yorker – “So If A Man’s Wit Be Wandering, Let Him Study The Mathematics”
Posted on August 7, 2023 | 57 CommentsI heard about this car before I saw it. If there’s an old car for sale, my neighbors will tell me, my parents will tell me, my wife will tell […] -
CC Car Show: Leaks and L-29s, A Car Show Where I Didn’t Know There Would Be A Car Show (COAL Thunderbird Content Included)
Posted on July 17, 2023 | 49 CommentsTo paraphrase a common saying: I am envious of those who see a Cord L-29 for the first time. One of the grand names of the Classic Age, E.L. Cord […] -
Car Show Classic: 1963 Buick Special Sedan – What I Say, What I Do
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 27 CommentsEveryone is to some degree a hypocrite, although some forms of hypocrisy are admittedly harmless. Take mine, for example. Much of my automotive picture catalog consists of wallflowers, oddballs, four-door […] -
QOTD: Do You Celebrate Car Anniversaries? (COAL 1965 Skylark Content)
Posted on July 3, 2023 | 69 CommentsThey say it’s never healthy to love something that can’t love you back, but that’s never stopped me from fostering sentimental attachments to machinery. A few weeks ago, I realized […] -
Car Show Classic: 1952 and 1953 Ford Sunliners – R.M. Clarke and the The White Album
Posted on June 27, 2023 | 30 CommentsWhat if all of existence is nothing but a twisted joke? After all, what other rational explanation could there be for my inability to remember someone’s name for more than […] -
CC Advertising: 1965 Ford Models – Ford Motor Company Is…A Little Boxier This Year
Posted on June 19, 2023 | 54 CommentsIn 1965, Ford Motor Company ran a lovely advertising campaign that was frankly a little derivative. While Ford was perhaps better at finding market niches in the 1960s than their […] -
CC Swap Meet: Monacos, Meteors, Baby Flatheads, and Autolites – Monday Swap Meet Miscellanea
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 64 CommentsWe’ve all been there. The dusty paths, the “Radio Flyer” aired up for a weekend of walking, the families with no spatial awareness, the golf carts, the DJ who thinks […] -
Car Show Classic: 1960 Mercury Commuter – There’s Nothing Wrong With A Cold Blatz
Posted on June 5, 2023 | 99 CommentsEver since I found my late grandpa’s collection of Fleischmann’s Bicentennial bourbon decanters stashed in my parents’ basement when I was 20 or so, I’ve been a bourbon sipper. I […] -
CC For Sale: Ford, GMC, and Chevy Mediums – “Low Mileage”
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 44 CommentsLady Liberty (by way of Emma Lazarus) said it best: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” There’s no other explanation for the irrational affinity I feel for […]