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CCs In Israel: June 2020: From On to Off-Road, take your choice
Posted on July 9, 2020 | 8 CommentsLast post in this series was somewhat gloomy because of all the COVID-19 repercussions, forcing people to stay at home, and thus driving less on the road with most various […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June 2020) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 16 CommentsBlast from the past! In the mid-‘90s in France, our neighbour had an Alfa 164 and seeing one twenty-five years later in this context was very odd. His was black […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June 2020) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on July 2, 2020 | 14 CommentsAnother month, another compilation of Tokyo CC sightings. Let’s start by taking a little Cappuccino, shall we? That’ll give us a bit of pep to start the post. Bon appétit […] -
CCs In Israel: April to May 2020: COVID-19 Gloom
Posted on June 12, 2020 | 8 CommentsAs might be expected, during the aforementioned months, Israel fell under lock-down much like almost everywhere else in the world. I was lucky enough to keep my job, and as […] -
Curbside Classics: Ranchero Supreme – Australian and American
Posted on June 10, 2020 | 40 CommentsI haven’t seen nearly as many Rancheros as I have El Caminos. Stumbled across this one not long back, and it marked my first ever 1972 Ford intermediate in the […] -
CC Outtakes: El Camino Deluxe (1959-1987)
Posted on June 3, 2020 | 41 CommentsIt’s a bit coals to Newcastle here at CC, but I’ve been shooting a lot of elk lately. Most of these are glossy, unlike next week’s hero Ranchero, but this […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (May 2020) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on June 2, 2020 | 26 CommentsThese Jeeps Cherokees were very popular in Europe, back in the day. One of the few American cars that you would see pretty frequently, at least in my corner of […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (May 2020) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on June 1, 2020 | 21 CommentsHere we go again for another round of CCs caught in Tokyo. This month was the lockdown, but the government and police here decided they had no legal means to […] -
Curbside Outtakes: A Trip to Buslab – A Volkswagen Journey, Type II
Posted on May 31, 2020 | 18 CommentsOne thing you will see a lot of in Berkeley, is Volkswagen Type II’s (Transporters, Microbuses), or simply “VW Buses” as they are known colloquially in America. Not as many […] -
Curbside Contrasts: 1974 Plymouth Road Runner and 1970 BMW 1602 – A Scoop of Coupes
Posted on May 15, 2020 | 25 CommentsIn the Coronatime, I’ve had the chance to take a lot of long strolls through various Berkeley neighborhoods. Not too long ago, I wrote of an unlikely Plymouth/Beemer pair living […] -
Extreme Social Distancing Outtakes: 2015 Mitsubishi Fuso FG 4×4 or 1972 Ford Country Sedan – You Choose!
Posted on May 10, 2020 | 29 CommentsIn a recent foray into the wilds of El Cerrito, I spotted this fantastic 1972 Ford Country Sedan, and a few days later came across a quite different interpretation of […] -
Curbside Capsule: A Panda is Free in The City! Fiat Panda 4×4 in the Urban Jungle
Posted on May 2, 2020 | 14 CommentsWalking through the Portero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco sometime last year, I came across an escapee, if not from the Zoo, then definitely from across the pond. A Fiat […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (April 2020) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on May 1, 2020 | 19 CommentsFor such a recently-departed maker, there are not many Saabs about the streets of Tokyo. Even later models than this one are rare sightings. Not sure how to explain that, […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (April 2020) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on April 30, 2020 | 10 CommentsThe COVID-19 lockdown has been rather soft, in Japan – more fishnet than mosquito net, in a way. Just ask this late ‘60s Toyota Crown S50 wagon. Since the second […] -
Driveway Outtakes: Apartment Living
Posted on April 22, 2020 | 40 CommentsMelbourne-style.