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About Author: Mike Butts
Posts by Mike Butts
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CC Outtake: Pirates in a Prius
Posted on January 12, 2013 | 26 CommentsSeen at a local movie multiplex this week: Blacked-out Prius, not a bad look. But check out the plate. Pirates in a Prius? -
CC Outtake: Ford Bronco and Land Rover Discovery 3 / LR3 – From Start to Finish
Posted on December 30, 2012 | 16 CommentsWalking the dogs the other day, we came upon this provocative pair: a first-gen Ford Bronco, circa 1970, and a third-gen Land Rover Discovery aka LR3, circa 2005. Compare and […] -
CC Outtake: 1959 – Powerful…That’s for Sure!
Posted on December 7, 2012 | 19 CommentsIt’s an overcast winter day in Portland, Oregon, the corner of NE Union Ave. and Hancock St., 1959. I’d sure like to meet the proprietor of this humble little lot, […] -
CCOTY 1962 Nomination #5: Ferrari 250 GTO – The Ultimate
Posted on December 4, 2012 | 34 CommentsOn its fiftieth anniversary we may ask, is this the ultimate Ferrari? Many Ferrari faithful think so. The ultimate sports car? What can top it? The ultimate car? It is […] -
Cyclone Classics: Floods in New York
Posted on October 30, 2012 | 21 CommentsThis YouTube video from the Rockaway Memories website showed up on the Hemmings Blog yesterday. Thanks to the low-flow conditions at CC, I’ve succumbed to my urge to post it […] -
CC Capsule Comparo: 1968 Mercedes and Mustang Convertibles
Posted on October 21, 2012 | 28 Comments1968 was one hell of a year. Martin and Bobby were shot, riots in Chicago, Paris and many other cities, and Soviet tanks stopping the Prague Spring. Those lucky enough […] -
CC Clue
Posted on October 9, 2012 | 10 CommentsWhen is a spoiler not a spoiler? When it gives away nothing about the story. The corner of our ’82 Mustang GT’s spoiler wasn’t enough to spoil anyone’s surprise this […] -
CC Capsule: Presidential Motor Pool
Posted on August 26, 2012 | 30 CommentsTwo iconic cars eternally associated with two iconic presidents, JFK’s Lincoln Continental and Charles de Gaulle’s Citroen DS. Together at curbside to remind us of the time fifty years ago […] -
CC Takeout: Coffee in Portland
Posted on August 20, 2012 | 19 CommentsHere’s what I found at my local coffee joint this morning. We’re so serious about our coffee in Portland, even the firemen have to grab a cup on the way […] -
Kurbside Kathryn: Maker Faire Detroit – The Girl Who Plays with Fieros
Posted on July 25, 2012 | 23 CommentsAs a rule we don’t put up other sites’ features here at the Curbside, but this case deserves an exception. When Kathryn DiMaria was 12, she’d saved up enough babysitting […] -
CC Follow-Up: The Flying Lady Drops Her Top
Posted on July 9, 2012 | 13 CommentsRemember our 1982 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible from January? We saw her just after a light drizzle in the fall, top up, what turned out to be her last appearance for […] -
Curbside Custom: Not Your Grandfather’s Buick
Posted on June 23, 2012 | 42 CommentsLily and the dogs and I went to Seaside for her birthday yesterday, in spite of the clouds and rain. (The Pacific Coast is pretty great on a stormy […] -
Curbside Compulsions: The Cars We Hate To Love
Posted on May 28, 2012 | 81 CommentsOk, we all had our Two Minutes Hate the other day, and I must say I enjoyed it myself. Fascinating to hear the secret repulsions of our normally respectful and […] -
Curbside Caption: Overreaching
Posted on May 1, 2012 | 25 Comments -
Curbside Caption: The Odd Couple
Posted on April 26, 2012 | 20 Comments