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Curbside Classic: ’67 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Falling Prey To American Luxury
Posted on August 4, 2022 | 17 CommentsFrom time to time mom and dad took the family to visit Mr. Blanco, a schoolfellow of his who resided in the same recently-built suburban quarter of San Salvador. Theirs […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1991-98 SEAT Toledo – A VW Jetta With Golf Practicality
Posted on August 1, 2022 | 8 CommentsSpain’s SEAT (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, Spanish Passenger Car Company) has a complex history for a relatively young company. Founded only in 1950, it was originally in a […] -
CC Geography Outtake: The Intersection of Ford and Fairlane
Posted on July 25, 2022 | 42 CommentsA while back my sister sent me an email at work which contained this picture. Her sole statement was: Did you know this intersection existed? No, I did not. -
Curbside Outtake: 2008- 2018 Citroen Berlingo 4×4 By Dangel – Cross Country, French Style
Posted on July 20, 2022 | 9 CommentsI know this looks like any other Citroen Berlingo van, a sight as familiar in France and much of Europe as any other vehicle. Berlingos, and the Peugeot Partner twin, […] -
Guardrail Outtake/QOTD: A Car Lost Its Outer Door Skin Here; Can You ID It?
Posted on July 11, 2022 | 33 CommentsI was down in Southern Oregon visiting some friends, and we went for a morning walk to a nearby lake. Along the way, I noticed this outer door skin wedged […] -
Mt. Pisgah Outtake: Two Handsome Old Dogs Still Going Strong
Posted on July 9, 2022 | 9 CommentsWe head out to Mt. Pisgah and Buford Park almost religiously on summer evenings right after supper. There’s the summit to climb via numerous trails, or the vast open space […] -
CC Outtake- A Future Parts Car for Us All
Posted on July 9, 2022 | 21 CommentsI saw this Cutlass Ciera last month, and it presented so nicely I felt compelled to take a picture. It’s really a nice car- clean, straight, and complete. We’ve documented […] -
Car Show Classic: 1937 Peugeot 302 – Art Deco Meets French Suspension
Posted on July 7, 2022 | 43 Comments(first posted 6.7/2016) A pre-war Peugeot is a rare sight, even in France, and almost exclusively at car shows. But French car shows can be different, and this one certainly […] -
CC Outtake: 1960 Studebaker Lark VI – The Next Generation
Posted on July 5, 2022 | 40 CommentsAs I was talking to my daughter on the telephone, looking at the emails she had just sent, the conversation went something like this… -
Curbside Outtake: “Box” GMC Pickup With Caveman Camper – The Mobile Man Cave
Posted on June 30, 2022 | 8 CommentsAs you all know, I’m a fan of older campers. I always thought that “Caveman” was a curious choice for a pickup camper. I guess it was targeted to bachelors? […] -
Curbside Classic: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air – Get Shorty
Posted on June 28, 2022 | 32 CommentsI remember growing up there was a local auto journalist that owned a green and shortened ’57 Chevrolet wagon that I would see from time to time. It was likely […] -
CC Outtake: Blue-On-Blue Corvette
Posted on June 22, 2022 | 26 CommentsI don’t really think of Corvettes as two-tone cars. Okeh, the early ones from the ’50s, sure, but not ’80s models like this one. And yet…there it is, resplendent in […] -
CC Global: Disparate Darts, Variant Valiants – Alternate-Universe A-Bodies
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 54 CommentsGood morning, what’s this? There’s nothing such as what it looks like, a -
Wordless Outtake: Jeep Cherokee XJ – Face to Face
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 3 Comments -
CC Outtake: 1993 Asüna Sunfire – It’s a Bïrd! It’s a Pläne! It’s an Isüzü!
Posted on June 18, 2022 | 30 CommentsAsüna was a fine, fabled old Marqüe of Excellence from GM Canada. Oh, wait a minüte, that’s not trüe; it lasted all of 27 whole, entire months