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![(first posted 12/4/2014. An excerpt from an excerpt at Business Insider of Icons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership by Bob Lutz) Lee Iacocca had been trying to get me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-lee.jpg "When Bob Lutz and Lee Iacocca First Met: “Those Ford Potato Cars (Taurus and Sable) Are Going To Bomb!”")
![The H Conte Schwimmwagen the other day reminded me of this other genuine 1968 LeSabre land yacht. Titled “Two If By Sea” (1986) it was created by Pippa Garner (formerly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pippa-Garner-Buick-yacht.jpg "1968 Buick LeSabre Land Yacht, Backwards 1959 Chevy, and More: A Tribute To Pippa Garner")
![(first posted 13/3/2014) Stefan Marjoram is creating a documentary of the restoration of the legendary 1911 Fiat S76, which has the distinction of arguably having the largest automobile engine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Fiat-S76-color.jpg "Watch And Hear The 1,729 Cubic Inch OHC Hemi Four Cylinder ‘Beast of Turin’ 1911 Fiat S-76 Bellow And Spit Flames For The First Time In A Century")
![This town was once crawling with gen1 Foresters. They were everywhere, including the one in our driveway. But the numbers are finally receding some, although these folks appear to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-428-110.jpg "Driveway Outtake: Someone Likes Old Subaru Foresters – Me Too!")
![The photographer has now traded in his ’41 Mercury coupe for a ’53 Ford wagon, and we see it here in a variety of settings including the giant sequoia in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8887410276_773bbfccd1_h.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Exploring the Southwest and Mexico in a 1953 Ford")
![It’s something of a given that Chrysler’s sales and market share tanked starting in 1958 due to poor quality in the new ’57 models. But was that the real or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chart-Big-Car-market-share-Big-3-1955-1984.jpg "Charts and Analysis: Big Three Full Size Car Market Share, 1955-1984 – Did Quality Sink Chrysler After 1957?")
![CC reader and Cohort poster Chris Cieslak sent me an overlay he made in Photoshop of a current Buick Encore and a more recent car, inspired by seeing the two […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-77chevvs18Buick2-1.jpg "The Changing Shapes of Cars, 1932-2020: The Buick Encore Overlaid On Some Earlier Cars")
![It’s time to head back to that alter automotive universe of South America, and check out a couple of big Ford LTDs that Alberto Simon posted. First up is a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50663910601_f430a6c116_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: 1973 Ford LTD Landau and 1973 Galaxie 500 – Brazilian Style")
![Dman sent me another vintage shot of an early Peterbilt, and this one is a monster, in more ways than one. It’s an extra-heavy duty model 354DT, part of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Peterbilt-Hall-Scott.jpg "Vintage Truck: Peterbilt 354DT Hauling Load Of Giant Logs Powered by OHC Hemi-Head Hall-Scott Gas Engine – More Power Than A Wimpy Diesel")
![Our neighborhood is graced with alleys, and they’re one of my favorite places for taking the dog for our morning walk. Lots of interesting things to see in folks’ back […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CC-432-008.jpg "Curbside Outtake: The Skinny Home-Built Trailer")
![curbside shots posted at the Cohort by LDeren (first posted 11/30/2014) The story of Detroit’s alter-universe overseas operations is full of surprises. We’ve been unraveling the Australian story here for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a-fair.jpg "CC Global: Argentine Ford Fairlane With 292 V8 – The Y-Block Gets A High-Performance Second Act In Argentina")
![These are from the same collection as the ’41 Mercury coupe, but in this case it’s the 1951 Ford pickup owned by the poster’s grandfather, the photographer’s father. And the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8588728234_a6f6891590_h.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Exploring the Grand Canyon In A 1951 Ford Pickup – Don’t Try This Today")
![What is it about the Germans and amphibious cars? Some kind of national neurosis obsession? Sure, the VW Schwimmwagen acquitted itself rather superbly in WW2, but being able to cross […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/conte-bw-promo.jpeg "Automotive Oddity: 1979 Herzog Conte Schwimmwagen – So Why Didn’t This Succeed?")
![(first published 11/21/2011) You want to talk turkey? Let’s start with the only vehicle where the manufacturer tried to buy back every single one that had been sold, to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CC-15-038-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Nissan Van – How Did This Turkey Escape The Crusher (Or Oven)?")
![I stumbled into a collection of scanned old Kodachrome slides that really sucked me in. They’re all by or of the poster’s father, in various cars that he drove in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/8809538517_a213b5bcc5_h.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Exploring The Scenic Southwest in a 1941 Mercury Coupe")
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