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About Author: Don Andreina
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Design Capsule: Some Weird and Wonderful Chrycorp Wagons.
Posted on April 20, 2021 | 38 Comments(first posted 4/20/2015) Came across some interesting creations from the Chrysler Corporation while researching for Wagon Week. First up is the Plymouth Cabana II from 1958. Can’t tell you much […] -
Automotive History: Who Actually Styled the 1952 Bentley Continental?
Posted on March 10, 2021 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/8/2015) Recently I brought you an overview of the career of Rolls-Royce stylist John Blatchley. In that article I made mention of his posited involvement with the […] -
CC Biography/Design: John Blatchley of Rolls-Royce
Posted on March 7, 2021 | 56 Comments(first posted 3/7/2015) For 24 years John Blatchley was responsible for the styling of Rolls-Royce automobiles that were decidedly stately, always proper and sometimes quite beautiful. He brought to the […] -
CC Biography: Ian Fleming – The Man Who Loved Thunderbirds
Posted on October 27, 2020 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/23/2014) “I like a car I can leave out in the street all night and which will start at once in the morning and still go a hundred […] -
Automotive History: The Short Life And Personal Times Of The 1955-1957 Thunderbird
Posted on October 20, 2020 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/20/2014) The first generation Thunderbird has never been a car I’ve paid much attention to, but seeing this one outside a European car show in its patinated […] -
Indigestion Part Four: The Miscellany Of Como Park
Posted on October 6, 2020 | 28 Comments(first posted 10/6/2014) I present to you the final installment in this series which began September first. I’ve been lucky enough to have covered single marques in the previous three […] -
Indigestion Part Three: The Ferraris Of Como Park
Posted on September 29, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted 9/29/2014) Como Park is located across a narrow road from the very exclusive Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club. So a Ferrari-only day is an apt fit […] -
Car Show Classics: Indigestion Part 2 – The Alfas Of Como Park
Posted on September 8, 2020 | 26 Comments(first posted 9/8/2014) Welcome to the second installment from Como Park. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you a selection of exquisite and rarely seen Alfa Romeos. For some […] -
Car Show Classics: Indigestion Part 1 – The Fiats of Como Park
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 81 Comments(first posted 9/1/2014) I’ve been to exactly three car shows since I got a cameraphone two years ago. All at the same place; beautiful Como Park nestled in a crook […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1959-63 Simca Ariane
Posted on July 28, 2020 | 28 CommentsFrom the Cohort by Benoit -
Curbside Classics: Ranchero Supreme – Australian and American
Posted on June 10, 2020 | 40 CommentsI haven’t seen nearly as many Rancheros as I have El Caminos. Stumbled across this one not long back, and it marked my first ever 1972 Ford intermediate in the […] -
CC Outtakes: El Camino Deluxe (1959-1987)
Posted on June 3, 2020 | 41 CommentsIt’s a bit coals to Newcastle here at CC, but I’ve been shooting a lot of elk lately. Most of these are glossy, unlike next week’s hero Ranchero, but this […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Datsun 240Z
Posted on May 27, 2020 | 14 Commentsposted at the Cohort by David Edwards -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: First Series Toyota Crown S40
Posted on May 18, 2020 | 6 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Dean Edwards -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Citroen DS
Posted on May 15, 2020 | 8 CommentsFrom the Cohort by Bruno Ferlito