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Blog Archive
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From Simon White’s Album at the Cohort
Posted on February 26, 2018 | 16 CommentsWearing it well Simon White’s excellent photographs have found their way here from the Cohort before, but it’s time to feature some of his recent postings. Except for the […] -
CC Outtake: 1997 Saab 9000 CS – Steadfast Swede
Posted on February 26, 2018 | 18 CommentsWhen this second-to-final model year Saab 9000 CS rolled off the assembly line in Trollhättan, South Boston’s waterfront, an area that has come to be known as the Seaport District, was […] -
Cohort Outtakes: Wheels Make The Car
Posted on February 25, 2018 | 46 CommentsI took a trip to the long-neglected Cohort, and the first two shots stopped me right there. Something about the oversize tires on those steelies without wheel covers really change […] -
CC Outtake: Overloaded?
Posted on February 24, 2018 | 9 CommentsNot the first time we’ve documented an overloaded vehicle, but this is likely the first 2001-05 Volkswagen Passat (B5.5) to be so tagged. Looks like he’s a bit short of a […] -
Rental Car Of A Lifetime: 2008 Jeep Commander – I Have Met My Heros
Posted on February 24, 2018 | 41 CommentsVacations mean many things to different people. Most people are excited to experience new places and meet new people or catch up with old people and old places. For my […] -
CC Outtake: (Caprice) Classic Wagon At Work
Posted on February 24, 2018 | 63 CommentsA 40 year old station wagon still at work is a sight that will cheer most readers of this site, and this 1977-78 Chevrolet is as good as example as […] -
Car Show Classics: It’s All About MG (And More), Part 2
Posted on February 23, 2018 | 15 CommentsContinuing from last week’s report of the MG meeting, enter the post for more photos of MGs and classics in general. -
Cohort Outtake: Ford Transit Diesel Mark 1 Caravanette – Dinky Toy Camper
Posted on February 22, 2018 | 14 CommentsWhen I first saw this photo posted at the Cohort by Simon White, I did a double take: Is that a toy, or for real? -
CC For Sale: 2016 Mercedes 4×4 Diesel Sprinter “Eco-friendly RV Conversion, $110,000” – The Current Mercedes Status Symbol (And A Brief Update on My Van Conversion)
Posted on February 22, 2018 | 37 CommentsBack in the 70s and 80s, the status vehicle of choice was a Mercedes sedan, and quite often a diesel at that. And they were wickedly expensive, considerably more so […] -
CC Global: Diesel Market Share Collapses in Western Europe
Posted on February 22, 2018 | 63 CommentsThis is exactly what I predicted back in 2007. An updated version of that post ran here at CC in 2015, after the VW Dieselgate scandal hit. The only difference […] -
Affordable Classic: Assessment and Planning – 1961 Pontiac Laurentian
Posted on February 22, 2018 | 45 CommentsIn the previous installments I managed to acquire and haul home a new project car, a four door 1961 Pontiac Laurentian. I find the research and buying phase the most […] -
CC Cinema: Bud Lindemann Wrings Out a ’69 Chevrolet Impala
Posted on February 21, 2018 | 38 CommentsWe probably did this one before some years back, but it’s good once in a while to see a big American car from “The Golden Era” get wrung out a […] -
In Motion Outtakes: Pininfarina In Red, Topless
Posted on February 21, 2018 | 15 CommentsIt’s something we develop into a reflex. Many readers of this site will know those moments when you catch a glimpse of something in your vision’s periphery – a flash […] -
Swap Meet Classics -Treasures Inside
Posted on February 20, 2018 | 28 CommentsIn the first installment we took a look at the sights that the swap meet parking lot had to offer. This time around we will concentrate on the vehicles and […]
![From Simon White’s Album at the Cohort Wearing it well Simon White’s excellent photographs have found their way here from the Cohort before, but it’s time to feature some of his recent postings. Except for the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25230603907_208b5a897e_k.jpg)
![Cohort Outtakes: Wheels Make The Car I took a trip to the long-neglected Cohort, and the first two shots stopped me right there. Something about the oversize tires on those steelies without wheel covers really change […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/40361833641_2a6e57570a_k.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Overloaded? Not the first time we’ve documented an overloaded vehicle, but this is likely the first 2001-05 Volkswagen Passat (B5.5) to be so tagged. Looks like he’s a bit short of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_1052.jpg)
![Rental Car Of A Lifetime: 2008 Jeep Commander – I Have Met My Heros Vacations mean many things to different people. Most people are excited to experience new places and meet new people or catch up with old people and old places. For my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xk1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: (Caprice) Classic Wagon At Work A 40 year old station wagon still at work is a sight that will cheer most readers of this site, and this 1977-78 Chevrolet is as good as example as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1200-IMG_0233.jpg)
![Auction Classic: Chryslers in Scottsdale 2018 I love the Chrysler Corporation. It is sad to me that they have struggled so much in recent years, though really it is not just in recent years. It seems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSCF7042.jpg)


![CC For Sale: 2016 Mercedes 4×4 Diesel Sprinter “Eco-friendly RV Conversion, $110,000” – The Current Mercedes Status Symbol (And A Brief Update on My Van Conversion) Back in the 70s and 80s, the status vehicle of choice was a Mercedes sedan, and quite often a diesel at that. And they were wickedly expensive, considerably more so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ad-a.jpg)
![CC Global: Diesel Market Share Collapses in Western Europe This is exactly what I predicted back in 2007. An updated version of that post ran here at CC in 2015, after the VW Dieselgate scandal hit. The only difference […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Diesel-EU-2018-share.jpg)
![In Motion Outtakes: Pininfarina In Red, Topless It’s something we develop into a reflex. Many readers of this site will know those moments when you catch a glimpse of something in your vision’s periphery – a flash […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pu404b.jpg)
![Swap Meet Classics -Treasures Inside In the first installment we took a look at the sights that the swap meet parking lot had to offer. This time around we will concentrate on the vehicles and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ford.jpg)


