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Outtake And Question: The Family Transparent Rear End And Its Origins
Posted on March 3, 2011 | 8 CommentsI’m still waiting to find a CRX and a CRZ side-by-side to do some comparison shots, but in the meantime these two will have to do. And they do share […] -
CC Outtake: Yesterday And Today
Posted on March 2, 2011 | 4 CommentsSometimes I happen to make the same walking loop two consecutive days in a row. So it was one fine summer day (it wasn’t actually yesterday) that I stumbled on […] -
CC Outtake: Regal Brougham And The Recurring Regal Askewness
Posted on March 1, 2011 | 12 CommentsI know, I know; Broughams will never die in certain parts of the country. But here; well, that’s enough to get me to peel off a quick shot, but not […] -
CC Outtake: The Two Faces Of Eugene, Part 2, Or Reinforcing Stereotypes
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 1 CommentThis is such an exaggerated scene, that I thought I had walked unto the set of a photo-shoot, but it was just for me (and you). This is at an […] -
CC Outtake: Saturday Morning Heavy Metal
Posted on February 26, 2011 | 3 CommentsLest you think all of Eugene is littered with old Volvos, Toyotas and W123s, we are a very broad-minded bunch. We love big broad-sided heavy metal too, like these old […] -
Outtake: Family Chariots, Then And Now
Posted on February 23, 2011 | 5 CommentsWe had a blue Civic wagon exactly like this one as our family chariot in 1983. Somehow, we managed to haul our two children, stroller, shopping, and even luggage when […] -
CC Outtakes: The 1960 Pontiacs Out Back
Posted on February 23, 2011 | 15 Comments[Recommend to read this after the related 1960 Pontiac Curbside Classic] After shooting the 1960 Ventura Curbside Classic in the driveway, its owner Russ mentions that he just happens to […] -
CC Outtake: The New Small Is The Old Big
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 7 CommentsThis Fox-body Cougar is a former CC, but what caught my attention is what it was sitting next to. We think of the Scion Xd as a small car, a […] -
Outtake: Suddenly It’s 19..?
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 3 CommentsWhile I busy myself with writing up the next CC, here’s a couple of random shots that seem to suggest that automotive time stopped hereabouts in the year 19..? -
CC Outtake: In The Belly Of The Beast
Posted on February 20, 2011 | 11 Comments(first posted 2/20/2011) Oh boy, did this unleash a wave of memories that came crashing down on me…oops, wrong metaphor. Yes, the timeless ritual of youth, hopefully. And yes, those […] -
CC Outtake: The Spiky Green Beetle – Hiss, Boo!
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt’s (sort of) snowing outside, which does occasionally happen here. It rarely sticks or lasts, at least down in the valley. Folks that have to traverse the passes or live […] -
CC Outtake: Two New Cars In Fifty Years
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe driveway in this house near mine tells a fairly obvious story: we’re not big into buying new cars very often. These two stalwarts have been there since I moved […] -
CC Outtake: Twofer; Or Threefer
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 1 CommentThis was the highlight of my walk this morning. It’s always nice finding multiple CCs in one shot and this is one of my better twofer finds. Although there’s a […]