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CC Capsule Archive
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Cohort Classic: 1977 Mercury Cougar Wagon – Extinct Megafauna, Not Mythical Beast
Posted on July 19, 2022 | 116 Comments(first posted 7/19/2016) I’ve spoken before about the seemingly mythical beast that was the 1977 Mercury Cougar wagon. Available in either base or Villager trim, it was the latter that […] -
The Curbside Classic Home: Spartan Trailer – The Big Aluminum Trailer
Posted on July 9, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 10/16/2012) Don’t ask me why, but I love these big old aluminum trailers from the ’40s and early ’50s. Actually, I just remembered why: there were a couple […] -
Car Show Capsule: 1956 Lincoln Premiere: Roses Are Red, Lincolns Are Wisteria
Posted on June 24, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 11/21/2012) While there’s no doubt summer’s over, I still have quite a cache of car show pics to keep you entertained throughout the long winter ahead. To wit: […] -
CC Capsule: 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback – The Very First Of Many
Posted on June 24, 2022 | 42 Comments(first posted 8/21/2013) No, this Corolla is not the first generation of that long line; this is the very first picture in my first series of many files I’ve shot […] -
CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open
Posted on June 24, 2022 | 11 CommentsWell, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […] -
CC Capsule: 1964 Porsche 356C – Happy Ending
Posted on June 21, 2022 | 3 CommentsSome might call it daring, others inauspicious, but I’m going to start this post by claiming that CC has probably said everything that could be said about the Porsche 356. […] -
CC Capsule: Monday Morning Rarities – Jaguar XJC, The British Personal Car
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 37 Comments(first posted 6/20/2016) This may not be on the street, but surely a public carpark is fair game? I came across this great-looking XJC recently, and knew it had to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Ford Mustang II Notchback – Mustang II, Recognition Zero
Posted on June 16, 2022 | 170 Comments(first posted 6/16/2016) It was a real “Whoa! What’s that?” moment when I spotted this ’74 Mustang II on a Sunday afternoon, six years ago. I was on my way […] -
CC Capsule: 1999 Bentley Azure “Spyder” – Mulliner-Park Weird
Posted on June 15, 2022 | 16 CommentsI’m rarely at a loss for words when cars are concerned. Whether it’s utterly misguided BS or well-researched information is sometimes a matter of some debate, but that’s never stopped […] -
CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi
Posted on June 10, 2022 | 17 CommentsWas this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […] -
CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags
Posted on June 9, 2022 | 70 Comments(first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […] -
Car Show Classic : 1964 Plymouth Fury Convertible – Bridging the Great Divide
Posted on June 8, 2022 | 49 Comments(first posted 6/8/2016) In a desirable combination of white and red, this 1964 Fury convertible stands like an elegant stone arch between the outlandishness of Exner’s 1962 and ’63 Chryslers […] -
CC Capsule: 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Convertible – Fancy Some Bubbly?
Posted on June 7, 2022 | 24 CommentsThey really have broad tastes, in this city. Classic kei cars, German luxobarges, French hatchbacks, Italian racers – you can find anything on the street if you look hard enough […] -
CC Capsule: 1938 Steyr 200 – It’s Not Polite to Steyr
Posted on June 4, 2022 | 21 CommentsOne sunny afternoon in the third week of September 2007, I arrived at my hotel near the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) after a train ride from the airport; a […] -
CC Capsule: Gremlins
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 62 Comments(first posted 6/2/2016) The AMC Gremlin’s quirky styling and name have become increasingly rarely seen and heard more than three decades after the demise of the Gremlin and its similarly […]
![Cohort Classic: 1977 Mercury Cougar Wagon – Extinct Megafauna, Not Mythical Beast (first posted 7/19/2016) I’ve spoken before about the seemingly mythical beast that was the 1977 Mercury Cougar wagon. Available in either base or Villager trim, it was the latter that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/daniel-lucy-mercury-cougar-wagon-2.jpg)
![The Curbside Classic Home: Spartan Trailer – The Big Aluminum Trailer (first posted 10/16/2012) Don’t ask me why, but I love these big old aluminum trailers from the ’40s and early ’50s. Actually, I just remembered why: there were a couple […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CC-127-038-800.jpg)
![Car Show Capsule: 1956 Lincoln Premiere: Roses Are Red, Lincolns Are Wisteria (first posted 11/21/2012) While there’s no doubt summer’s over, I still have quite a cache of car show pics to keep you entertained throughout the long winter ahead. To wit: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/8879.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback – The Very First Of Many (first posted 8/21/2013) No, this Corolla is not the first generation of that long line; this is the very first picture in my first series of many files I’ve shot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pictography-1-002-800.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open Well, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220520_143107-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1964 Porsche 356C – Happy Ending Some might call it daring, others inauspicious, but I’m going to start this post by claiming that CC has probably said everything that could be said about the Porsche 356. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220401_155521-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: Monday Morning Rarities – Jaguar XJC, The British Personal Car (first posted 6/20/2016) This may not be on the street, but surely a public carpark is fair game? I came across this great-looking XJC recently, and knew it had to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Jaguar-XJC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Ford Mustang II Notchback – Mustang II, Recognition Zero (first posted 6/16/2016) It was a real “Whoa! What’s that?” moment when I spotted this ’74 Mustang II on a Sunday afternoon, six years ago. I was on my way […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1974-Ford-Mustang-II-2.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1999 Bentley Azure “Spyder” – Mulliner-Park Weird I’m rarely at a loss for words when cars are concerned. Whether it’s utterly misguided BS or well-researched information is sometimes a matter of some debate, but that’s never stopped […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220424_101450-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi Was this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220602_104723-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags (first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/dddbv.jpg)
![Car Show Classic : 1964 Plymouth Fury Convertible – Bridging the Great Divide (first posted 6/8/2016) In a desirable combination of white and red, this 1964 Fury convertible stands like an elegant stone arch between the outlandishness of Exner’s 1962 and ’63 Chryslers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yyytyy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Convertible – Fancy Some Bubbly? They really have broad tastes, in this city. Classic kei cars, German luxobarges, French hatchbacks, Italian racers – you can find anything on the street if you look hard enough […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220501_123400-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1938 Steyr 200 – It’s Not Polite to Steyr One sunny afternoon in the third week of September 2007, I arrived at my hotel near the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) after a train ride from the airport; a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Steyr_200_rear-wiki.jpg)
![CC Capsule: Gremlins (first posted 6/2/2016) The AMC Gremlin’s quirky styling and name have become increasingly rarely seen and heard more than three decades after the demise of the Gremlin and its similarly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gggrmnn.jpg)


