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Blog Archive
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CC Video: How Cars Are Made Today – Ride Down The Assembly Line In One of Ford’s Most Automated Plants in China
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 16 CommentsI ran across this today, and it’s a nice contrast to some of the 1930s vintage automobile factory videos we’ve looked at here today. The spread of automation is relentless, […] -
Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 1 of 3)
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 12 CommentsImage: NASA To date, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in California, have launched three successful mobile exploratory missions to the surface of Mars. A total of four wheeled […] -
Carshow Classic: 2007 Lotus Europa S – Who Wants To Grow Up?
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 16 CommentsIf you ask anyone under, say 40, to name the best handling, most driver focused, affordable sports car around, there’s a more than fair chance that they would suggest the […] -
CC Outtake: Maverick Four-Door Sedan – Student Transport, Then and Now
Posted on May 14, 2017 | 58 CommentsThis shot could have been taken near any university or college campus in the past 40 years: a slightly beat-up Maverick in front of a tired old student rental house. […] -
The Grateful Dead of Eugene Can Now Have Their Cremated Remains Be Inurned In A VW Bus
Posted on May 14, 2017 | 17 CommentsThe funeral business just isn’t what it used to be, especially in a place like Eugene. Folks just don’t seem to care to spend any money on a final resting […] -
CC’s Detroit Meet-Up: The Details, So Far
Posted on May 13, 2017 | 56 CommentsThe CC Meetup in Detroit is only three weeks away, and it’s time to pin down some of the key details. Here’s what we have so far, and what’s left […] -
CC Outtake: Draggin’ Woodie Wagon – Ford Fairmont
Posted on May 12, 2017 | 34 CommentsA Ford Fairmont station wagon with fake wood panels probably would not be most people’s first choice of a drag racing platform but that is exactly what I recently came […] -
Cohort Outtake: Lexus SC Pimpmobile
Posted on May 12, 2017 | 57 CommentsWilliam Rubano posted this at the Cohort with the caption “another sighting of the Lexus pimpmobile”. Well, I don’t remember having seen it posted before, because it would undoubtedly have […] -
Cohort Capsule: Autobianchi Bianchina Panoramica – Hey! Look At Me and Not That BMW!
Posted on May 11, 2017 | 19 CommentsYes, it’s hard to keep ones eyes from a BMW E12 coupe, especially such a fine example as this one. But there’s something much more exotic across the street, that […] -
CC Humor: MAD Gives it to the Automakers
Posted on May 10, 2017 | 34 CommentsImage: MAD Once again, we reach back into the MAD archives to find the “humorists” there taking another swipe at the auto industry during an era when it was cranking out […] -
Future CC Outtake: Lamborghini Gallardo – High Society At Society On High
Posted on May 9, 2017 | 22 CommentsA recent Saturday night found me leaving Society On High, a downtown Boston nightclub, with a friend en route to a quieter nearby bar for a nightcap when I came […] -
Car Show Classics: More Eclectic Mix This Way – And Some Minis
Posted on May 9, 2017 | 14 CommentsLast Friday I headed northwards once more, to that regular meeting I was once before and wrote about here. The reason? To capture classics that may have slipped my lens […] -
In-Motion Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 Convertible – In Season
Posted on May 9, 2017 | 13 CommentsAfter what is usually a long, drawn-out winter season here in Chicago (though not this year), the first several, consecutive days of nice weather seem to bring a sense of […] -
CC Outtake: VW With Third Degree Burns
Posted on May 8, 2017 | 38 CommentsWhen I first saw this burn victim VW, I assumed it had been abandoned here. But not so. -
Cohort Outtakes: Teddy Visits Eugene
Posted on May 8, 2017 | 20 CommentsI took my daily visit to the Cohort, and I was instantly greeted with a bunch of very familiar cars and scenery. CC reader Teddy, who lives in Portland and […]
![Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 1 of 3) Image: NASA To date, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in California, have launched three successful mobile exploratory missions to the surface of Mars. A total of four wheeled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mars-pathfinder-1.jpg)
![Carshow Classic: 2007 Lotus Europa S – Who Wants To Grow Up? If you ask anyone under, say 40, to name the best handling, most driver focused, affordable sports car around, there’s a more than fair chance that they would suggest the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/europa3.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Maverick Four-Door Sedan – Student Transport, Then and Now This shot could have been taken near any university or college campus in the past 40 years: a slightly beat-up Maverick in front of a tired old student rental house. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-322-032.jpg)
![The Grateful Dead of Eugene Can Now Have Their Cremated Remains Be Inurned In A VW Bus The funeral business just isn’t what it used to be, especially in a place like Eugene. Folks just don’t seem to care to spend any money on a final resting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/VW-Bus-columbarium.jpg)
![CC’s Detroit Meet-Up: The Details, So Far The CC Meetup in Detroit is only three weeks away, and it’s time to pin down some of the key details. Here’s what we have so far, and what’s left […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Greenfield-village-T.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Draggin’ Woodie Wagon – Ford Fairmont A Ford Fairmont station wagon with fake wood panels probably would not be most people’s first choice of a drag racing platform but that is exactly what I recently came […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34248115242_c29929ec66_c.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Lexus SC Pimpmobile William Rubano posted this at the Cohort with the caption “another sighting of the Lexus pimpmobile”. Well, I don’t remember having seen it posted before, because it would undoubtedly have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lexus-SC-pimp-mobile.jpg)
![Cohort Capsule: Autobianchi Bianchina Panoramica – Hey! Look At Me and Not That BMW! Yes, it’s hard to keep ones eyes from a BMW E12 coupe, especially such a fine example as this one. But there’s something much more exotic across the street, that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34379015612_e1277855bc_k.jpg)
![CC Humor: MAD Gives it to the Automakers Image: MAD Once again, we reach back into the MAD archives to find the “humorists” there taking another swipe at the auto industry during an era when it was cranking out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-MAD-Mfg-1.jpeg)
![Car Show Classics: More Eclectic Mix This Way – And Some Minis Last Friday I headed northwards once more, to that regular meeting I was once before and wrote about here. The reason? To capture classics that may have slipped my lens […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/P5050091.jpg)
![In-Motion Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 Convertible – In Season After what is usually a long, drawn-out winter season here in Chicago (though not this year), the first several, consecutive days of nice weather seem to bring a sense of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/015-1967-Pontiac-Firebird-convertible-CC.jpg)

![Cohort Outtakes: Teddy Visits Eugene I took my daily visit to the Cohort, and I was instantly greeted with a bunch of very familiar cars and scenery. CC reader Teddy, who lives in Portland and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34356314412_47db84bcf8_k.jpg)


