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![The funeral business just isn’t what it used to be, especially in a place like Eugene. Folks just don’t seem to care to spend any money on a final resting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/VW-Bus-columbarium.jpg "The Grateful Dead of Eugene Can Now Have Their Cremated Remains Be Inurned In A VW Bus")
![The CC Meetup in Detroit is only three weeks away, and it’s time to pin down some of the key details. Here’s what we have so far, and what’s left […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Greenfield-village-T.jpg "CC’s Detroit Meet-Up: The Details, So Far")
![William Rubano posted this at the Cohort with the caption “another sighting of the Lexus pimpmobile”. Well, I don’t remember having seen it posted before, because it would undoubtedly have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lexus-SC-pimp-mobile.jpg "Cohort Outtake: Lexus SC Pimpmobile")
![Yes, it’s hard to keep ones eyes from a BMW E12 coupe, especially such a fine example as this one. But there’s something much more exotic across the street, that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34379015612_e1277855bc_k.jpg "Cohort Capsule: Autobianchi Bianchina Panoramica – Hey! Look At Me and Not That BMW!")
![I took my daily visit to the Cohort, and I was instantly greeted with a bunch of very familiar cars and scenery. CC reader Teddy, who lives in Portland and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34356314412_47db84bcf8_k.jpg "Cohort Outtakes: Teddy Visits Eugene")
![This is a couple of months old, taken during our unusual snow storm this winter (we seem to be having more in recent years). I’d never noticed this little blue […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-314-003.jpg "CC Outtake: What’s That Hiding in the Snow Back There?")
![Needless to say, the original VW bus was also the original camper van. Westfalia built its first conversion in 1951 at the request of a British officer stationed in Germany. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/VW-bus-T1-camper-custom.jpg "Cohort Outtake: VW Bus High Roof Wide Body Custom Camper – Hope It Has a Bigger Engine Too")
![(first posted 1/16/2013. revised/expanded 5/5/2017) “Horsey car!” Sometimes the past reappears for just a moment in all its perfect clarity, as if it just happened yesterday. You shake your head […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-104-103-800.jpg "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1984 Ford Bronco II–The Bucking-Bronco Horsey Car")
![Needless to say, I’m not the only one in Eugene who’s into converting vans (or buses) into motorhomes. It’s a big thing here, part of the whole mind-set that has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-316-011.jpg "CC Outtake: Ford E350 Minibus Conversion – With Mysterious Hood Scoop")
![Those $125/hr (or more) labor charges at the dealership aren’t all just going to the bottom line. dealers are having to pay more and more to recruit and keep qualified […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Mechanics-training.jpg "Automotive Technicians Shortage Building Despite Paying Up To $100k/Year")
![2019 Update: My complete in-depth build documentation is here. Replacing an old friend is never easy. I’ve been pondering replacing our ’77 Dodge Chinook camper for years. It’s old and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-325-009.jpg "My New Future Campsite Classic: 2017 Ram Promaster 2500 – I’m Going To Build My Own Camper")
![(This is a two-part article on our Chinook. Part 1 was originally written and posted at the other site in 2007, and documents its early years. Part 2 is new, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-Glacier-184.jpg "Auto-Biography: 1977 Dodge Chinook 18 Plus (Concourse) – The Beginning and End of a 15 Year Love Affair")
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