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Curbside Outtake: 1950 Morris Oxford – Here To Respect The Founder
Posted on September 26, 2022 | 16 CommentsIt’s strange how things work out sometimes, isn’t it? There I was, in Lord Nuffield’s billiard room, recounting his life and times for visitors and just reaching the merger of […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1950 Ford “Custom”
Posted on September 25, 2022 | 19 CommentsThe customizing craze of the 1950s was a huge phenomena, one of the three big legs of the blooming car culture at the time, the other two being hot rods […] -
Curbside Outake: The Last Ford Festiva (Kia Pride) In The Wild?
Posted on September 21, 2022 | 41 CommentsFrom 1994-2004 I was working and living in South Korea, so this little car will always be a Kia Pride to me. Back when these little cars were new, the […] -
CC Outtake: 1966 Studebaker Wagonaire – Convertible Wayback
Posted on September 17, 2022 | 57 CommentsI’m a bigger fan of the quad-headlamp ’64-’65 Studebaker front end; this ’66 configuration seems a big downscale skid towards the generic. And -
CC Outtake: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 1
Posted on September 13, 2022 | 60 Comments(first posted 9/13/2016) The deliberately anonymous car – a tool for the non-aligned industrial supplier to circumvent an implied preference (or as we will see in a few weeks, liability) […] -
Curbside Outtake: 2008-2019 Nissan Cube Series 3 – If You’re Not Square
Posted on September 12, 2022 | 26 CommentsI’ve been wanting to share one of these for a long time, just because they’re a bit contrarian, which is something I can relate to. This may be a Nissan […] -
Curbside Outtake: The Changing Shape Of Cars, Even Mysterious Covered Ones
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 29 CommentsIn this edition of our “The Changing Shape of Cars”, we have a mystery car standing in for the classic big American car of the sixties. It won’t stay a […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1971-1972 Chevrolet Longhorn Custom Camper Pickup With 8’6″ Bed
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 7 CommentsThere is an historical arc to the length of pickup beds. They started out very short; little stubby appendages on the back of a Model T. How long was it? […] -
Lumberyard Outtake: 1981-1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TD Turbo Diesel Station Wagon – Qualified, Accomplished, Evergreen
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 16 CommentsI’ve got two pictures to tell a story. That’s all, two little pix. So this shan’t taketh too much of your precious time. Pondering this gnarled veteran, we’ve all seen […] -
Curbside Outtake: Subaru Justy – Just One More
Posted on September 7, 2022 | 9 CommentsJustys used to be so common here; where did they all go? Looks like one survived, although it appears to be a 2WD and not a 4WD. In today’s traffic, […] -
Curbside Outtake: Toyota Previa With Boat
Posted on September 6, 2022 | 12 CommentsJust a few steps away from the Subaru Legacy with a backpack that I posted yesterday was this Toyota Previa towing a smallish boat with a vintage outboard. At first […] -
Curbside Outtake: Subaru Legacy With Backpack
Posted on September 5, 2022 | 9 CommentsIt may seem like I haven’t shot any curbside cars for a while, but that’s because I don’t have ready access to my picture files in Port Orford. So I’m […] -
Curbside Musings: 1970 Cadillac Sedan deVille – I’m Not A Cadillac Man, But If I Was A Cadillac Man, This Would Be My Cadillac, Man.
Posted on August 29, 2022 | 58 CommentsAnd the snow stopped, and the sun came out, and some of the snow melted, and there for me to behold was this creature formed from molten steel over half […] -
Cohort Outtake: Fiat 600 Multipla – Found In Berkeley, Natch
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/28/2016) What a great shot: the Ur-minivan Fiat 600 Multipla along with America’s Ur-minivan, the Dodge Caravan. And where is a ratty but running 600 Multipla to be […] -
CC Outtake: 1969 Chrysler 300 Convertible – Tokyo Leviathan
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 58 Comments(first posted 8/13/2016) Walking though our suburban Tokyo neighborhood always offers the chance of running across some exquisite, rare JDM classic – so when I spotted this on a recent […]