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CC Outtake: I See Only One Lard-Ass Here, And It Ain’t The Lincoln
Posted on May 31, 2014 | 44 CommentsI never thought of the early Oughts version of the Hyundai Santa Fe as a large vehicle, but was recently floored at how giant it looked next to this 1986 […] -
Curbside Outtakes: Alfa Romeo Milano – Yet Another Invisible Italian Car
Posted on May 24, 2014 | 42 CommentsThe Milano deserves the full Curbside Classic treatment, but when I encountered one at Bonello’s Pizza on a Tuesday lunch run, I didn’t have a camera, just my cell phone. The […] -
Cohort Capsule: 1993 Asüna SE – Daewoo With An Ümlaut
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 21 CommentsImage by S. Forrest from the Cohort This homely red sedan, once a familiar sight in the USA, is a rare remnant from one of GM’s more bizarre marketing adventures in […] -
Mustang Week Outtake: 1972 Mach 1 – Am I Seeing Things?
Posted on April 19, 2014 | 56 CommentsWhen I saw this red Mustang parked in front of a neighbor’s house the other day, I was pretty surprised. Was this an actual Mustang Mach 1 casually parked on […] -
CC Outtake – The Elusive Palos Verdes Land Rover
Posted on April 15, 2014 | 11 CommentsSomething about Land Rovers brings to mind Marlin Perkins on “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.” In the back of my head, I can picture Marlin venturing out into the African […] -
Classic CC Outtake: The Im-Poster Jeep Mail Truck – The Mystery Is Still Not Solved (Update: It Is Now)
Posted on April 12, 2014 | 34 Comments(Update: Thanks to CC reader Leon, it’s been identified, as a Model 88 Custom Diesel Dispatcher made by Total Automotive, presumably on a Jeep Dispatcher chassis) (When this first ran […] -
Classic CC Outtake: My Next Truck
Posted on April 8, 2014 | 33 CommentsI do like the little toy cab-over-engine trucks the rest of the world has access to. We have lots of little alleyways and small yards, so something compact with a […] -
Curbside Outtakes: Ford Cortina Mark I- Practicing My Rolling Photography Technique
Posted on March 25, 2014 | 52 CommentsLast Friday, as I drove north on the 605 towards the 91 (that’s California speak for Interstate 605 and California State Highway 91), I rolled past this Ford Cortina Mark […] -
Mercedes Purgatory: Where W123s Awaited Their Bio-Diesel Reincarnation
Posted on March 13, 2014 | 23 CommentsThe height of the W123 Bio-Diesel boom here was a few years back; it’s subsided since then, undoubtedly for the very reasons that Perry has laid out in his CC […] -
Mountainside Outtakes: Citroen GS And Renault 4CV On Mont Ventoux
Posted on March 2, 2014 | 25 CommentsMont Ventoux in Provence in southeast France reaches to 1912m (6273 ft) and is a regular feature of the Tour de France cycling race. Inevitably, it is also a regular […] -
CC Outtake: Workplace Classics Part 2
Posted on February 22, 2014 | 18 CommentsAs promised, this is the follow-up to my previous blog about CCs at my job. The mouth-watering selection continues… -
Cohort Sighting: 1971 Corolla 1600 Wagon – Shrunken Coke Bottle
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 36 CommentsThis might be the nicest Corolla anyone’s come across at CC. With the condition it’s in, I would be surprised if it were all original, but perhaps Passin’Gas, who uploaded […] -
CC Outtake: A Smorgasbord Of Workplace Classics
Posted on February 15, 2014 | 42 CommentsMy greatest passion after cars is food, and I found this sampling of daily-driven CCs as pleasing to the eye as a Chinese buffet is to the tummy… -
Cohort Outtake: The Decades Edition
Posted on February 10, 2014 | 23 CommentsThis highly diverse assortment of Curbside Classics was spotted and photographed by Whatnext2010. It’s a very interesting comparison of cars from both different decades and different continents. Starting from left to […] -
CC Outtake – How About a Couple of Topless Swedes?
Posted on January 9, 2014 | 15 CommentsIt has been downright frigid here in the midwestern U.S. Record-breaking cold weather has had us all bundled up like, well, Canadians. I figured that we could all use a […]