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![Since we’re celebrating small cars today, here’s a very unusual find posted to the Cohort John Lloyd. This is not a Fiat 850 Spider with a detachable hardtop. This is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fiat-850-Racer-berlinetta-bertone.png "Cohort Outtake: Fiat 850 Sports Racer by Bertone")
![(first posted 11/14/2012. And it’s still there, but given how Portland is booming and this neighborhood getting gentrified, I have doubts about for how much longer) If I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-181-115-1200.jpg "Alamo Volvo: Portland’s Volvo Valhalla")
![(first posted 11/23/2012) Sadly, I’m not getting in a lot of daytime scouting outings lately due to my current schedule. Fortunately, we knocked off early on Wednesday, which allowed time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-181-137-1200.jpg "In Motion CC: Scout II Soft-Top with Fifth-Wheel Trailer – Now That’s An Unusual Combo")
![(first posted 12/13/2012) What a difference a year or two makes. It’s not easy explaining the sixties if one didn’t live through them, except to perhaps suggest that each year […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/old-chevy-ads-66-Corvette-flew-the-coupe.jpg-courtesy-oldchevyads.jpg "Vintage Ads: “The Day She Flew The Coupe” – What A Difference A Year Or Two Made Back Then")
![Mike Hayes found what has become a rare thing on the road these days: an original Datsun 240Z. Original, in two ways: the first of the long Z Car series, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Datsun-1971-240-Z-fq.png "Cohort Outtake: Original Datsun 240Z – A Rare Survivor")
![(first posted 12/27/2011; updated 10/26/2022) The development of brakes pretty consistently lagged the development of engines and speed, which made most really old cars very hairy to drive. One of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Rolls-Royce-power-brake.png "Automotive History Capsule: Mechanical Power Brake Servo: Invented In 1919, RR Was Still Using It Up To 1978.")
![I stumbled into this (full document after the jump) at the GM Heritage Center site, a letter from Oldsmobile to all its dealers clarifying the retail price discounts. They’re pretty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Olds-1969-dealer-discount.png "CC History Capsule: 1969 Olds Dealer Discounts – Back When Dealers Made Serious Money From Selling New Cars")
![I’ve always had a special place in my MM garage for a 1967 Valiant two-door sedan. The one I spec’ed for myself in 1967 from the brochure was a bit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Plymouth-Valiant-1968-fq.png "Cohort Outtake: Lustworthy 1968 Plymouth Valiant Two-Door Sedan – Hot Slant Six Or V8?")
![I saw it go by as I sat at the light, and for a moment I wasn’t sure just what I’d seen: Was that a Mustang or a Maverick? Or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CC-284-001-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: Chasing (And Catching) The Elusive Mavi-Stang GT250")
![How could I pass up this highly unlikely rig, posted at the Cohort by staxman, and shot in Seattle. Not only has the Quantum become increasingly true to its definition […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/VW-Quantum-and-Airstream-s.png "Cohort Outtake: VW Quantum Syncro With Airstream Trailer")
![Spring time has hit the Pacific Northwest, and even way up in Richmond, B.C., the flowers are in full bloom, like this AMC Concord DL. Isn’t it just dazzling? Especially […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AMC-Concord-yellow.png "Cohort Outtake: AMC Concord DL – Dazzling In Daffodil Yellow")
![I hadn’t really thought about how scarce these gen1 Honda Insights are getting until I saw this on the road today, coming back from Portland. I’m pretty sure there’s one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CC-285-050-1200.jpg "In Motion Outtake: 2000 Honda Insight – The First Hybrid Is Getting Scarce")
![Curtis Perry posted this shot that he took just this past Saturday night. It’s titled “Bible Club PDX”. I had too Google it to find out that it’s a recently […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CP-1941-Cad-f.jpg "Perry Curtis Outtake: 1941 Cadillac – Bible Club PDX")
![(Update: we have a couple of new COALers signed up. Thanks.) Our two current Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) series are both heading towards conclusions, so it’s time to draft […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Coal-shovelers.jpg "Looking For A Couple Of New COALers – (Update: We’ve Found Them)")
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