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Blog Archive
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CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 6 CommentsLast month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road […] -
In Motion Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – And The Survivor’s Prize Goes To…
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 58 Comments(Updated 10/12/2025) If there were a prize for cars that have gone from Being Everywhere to Being Nearly Extinct, GM’s N body may win first place. Not […] -
1986 Lincoln Ranger Continental – The Luxury Truck You Didn’t Expect
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 25 Comments“I want something different, I want something special…” is the kind of expression that’s not rare in our consumerist culture. And today, to please such desires, how about a 1986 […] -
Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsThat’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […] -
1981 Buick Skylark Convertible – On The Chopping Block
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 8 CommentsCanadiancatgreen has an unusual find posted to the CCohort, a 1981 Buick Skylark convertible. Such a thing being created back in the dark days of factory built convertibles being taboo […] -
Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 5 CommentsCC readers are likely aware that friend and fellow Japan cohort Tatra87 and I are both expats living here in Tokyo. The difference is he lives near the center of […] -
1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth”
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 25 CommentsAnyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […] -
Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum
Posted on October 10, 2025 | 13 CommentsThis past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […] -
1964 Chrysler New Yorker – Hardtop Heaven
Posted on October 10, 2025 | 20 CommentsI had not looked through the Cohort in awhile, but am I glad I did. There to greet me was this gorgeous 1964 Chrysler New Yorker shot by Mike Hayes. -
1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Posted on October 9, 2025 | 44 CommentsThe Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […] -
1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”
Posted on October 8, 2025 | 9 Comments(photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […] -
CC Global: 2025 MAN TGS 46.520 8×8 Wide Spread – The Traton Group’s King Off The Road
Posted on October 8, 2025 | 4 CommentsMAN is one of those truck manufacturers that can offer factory 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 chassis with in-house front and rear drive axles. Often, a chassis-cab with such a drivetrain […] -
1966 Dodge Dart GT and Dart 270 Hardtop Coupes – The Last Exner-mobiles
Posted on October 7, 2025 | 14 Comments(posted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry) Jim Cavanaugh’s CC on a 1964 Dodge Custom 880 pointed out that the 880 was the last relic of Chrysler Design Chief Virgil […] -
Chevrolet LUV and Toyota HiLux – 1970s Compact Trucks Still At Work
Posted on October 7, 2025 | 7 CommentsI have to admit that I’ve a personal fondness for the compact Japanese trucks of the 1970s. They were curious things in my childhood, much different from the American-built trucks […] -
Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – At A Canter
Posted on October 7, 2025 | 45 CommentsI was on the third stop on my Great Michigan Adventure 2025 road trip this past August when this beautiful ’73 Mustang came into view. I was visiting Keri, a […]
![CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode Last month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4641.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![In Motion Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – And The Survivor’s Prize Goes To… (Updated 10/12/2025) If there were a prize for cars that have gone from Being Everywhere to Being Nearly Extinct, GM’s N body may win first place. Not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Calais-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1986 Lincoln Ranger Continental – The Luxury Truck You Didn’t Expect “I want something different, I want something special…” is the kind of expression that’s not rare in our consumerist culture. And today, to please such desires, how about a 1986 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot_20251011-025007.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000 That’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251007_174114-artguru.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![1981 Buick Skylark Convertible – On The Chopping Block Canadiancatgreen has an unusual find posted to the CCohort, a 1981 Buick Skylark convertible. Such a thing being created back in the dark days of factory built convertibles being taboo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/48806532996_b1f9d7a930_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra CC readers are likely aware that friend and fellow Japan cohort Tatra87 and I are both expats living here in Tokyo. The difference is he lives near the center of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20251005_063258371.NIGHT_-1-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1956 Delco Station-Seeking Radio Ads: “Touch The Wonder Bar, Dilworth” Anyone familiar with older GM cars has probably encountered the Delco signal-seeking radios that GM cars began offering in the early ’50s. I recently came upon a very strange 1956 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LIFE-1956-04-23-crop.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum This past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rsz_alfa_show_06_2025_009.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday The Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20250628_150424493-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am” (photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GrandAm1978front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2025 MAN TGS 46.520 8×8 Wide Spread – The Traton Group’s King Off The Road MAN is one of those truck manufacturers that can offer factory 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 chassis with in-house front and rear drive axles. Often, a chassis-cab with such a drivetrain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4345.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1966 Dodge Dart GT and Dart 270 Hardtop Coupes – The Last Exner-mobiles (posted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry) Jim Cavanaugh’s CC on a 1964 Dodge Custom 880 pointed out that the 880 was the last relic of Chrysler Design Chief Virgil […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/158249461_a3ca22868f_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Chevrolet LUV and Toyota HiLux – 1970s Compact Trucks Still At Work I have to admit that I’ve a personal fondness for the compact Japanese trucks of the 1970s. They were curious things in my childhood, much different from the American-built trucks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/47953637738_ee6175be17_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – At A Canter I was on the third stop on my Great Michigan Adventure 2025 road trip this past August when this beautiful ’73 Mustang came into view. I was visiting Keri, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/126-1973-Ford-Mustang-convertible-for-CC-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


