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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

![CC Outtake: Ford Bronco and Land Rover Discovery 3 / LR3 – From Start to Finish Walking 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BroncoLandRover1K.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: 1959 – Powerful…That’s for Sure! It’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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/a2005-001-675-ne-union-ave-and-hancock-southeast-1959_crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CCOTY 1962 Nomination #5: Ferrari 250 GTO – The Ultimate On 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Ferrari-250-GTO_27.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule Comparo: 1968 Mercedes and Mustang Convertibles 1968 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/68Mustang280SE6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Clue When 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/IMG_20120825.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: Presidential Motor Pool Two 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/62jfk-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Takeout: Coffee in Portland Here’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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/WholesomeBlends_21Aug12_1K.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Kurbside Kathryn: Maker Faire Detroit – The Girl Who Plays with Fieros As 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/maker_kathryn-with-wire-wheel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Follow-Up: The Flying Lady Drops Her Top Remember 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TopDown.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Custom: Not Your Grandfather’s Buick Lily 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HHRWoody3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Compulsions: The Cars We Hate To Love Ok, 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/schmitt-55-01-00.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)




