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Blog Archive
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Curtis Perry On The Road: Dodge Charger SE – Cordoba Impersonator
Posted on December 16, 2015 | 54 CommentsCurtis Perry, from Portland, OR., has been sharing a number of his great finds and photography at the Cohort, and we’ve seen several already. I’m going to do a little […] -
QOTD: Is The Cadillac Escalade Too Successful For The Brand’s Good?
Posted on December 15, 2015 | 190 CommentsWe’ve spent an inordinate amount of time here debating Cadillac’s painful past. But what about its present, and future? GM has spent huge amounts of money in trying to reboot […] -
Classic Magazine Ads (And More): Road & Track, August 1980
Posted on December 15, 2015 | 19 CommentsSee the Ads of another R&T issue from 1980. -
QOTD: A Nice Bimmer – Gone… Or Maybe Not…
Posted on December 14, 2015 | 26 CommentsFor the last couple of months I’ve been working as a detailer in the collision center of a huge 15 dealership conglomerate, here in Winnipeg, Canada. It is a place where […] -
CC Outtake: Ram Rebel Design Inspiration Discovered
Posted on December 14, 2015 | 53 CommentsYes, it’s hard to be original in this business. And even the ugliest of things get recycled eventually, like the mug on the front of this ’56 GMC. Who […] -
CC Outtake: 1967 & 2000 Cadillac DeVilles – A Photo-Bombing Ancestor
Posted on December 14, 2015 | 71 Comments -
QOTD: What’s Wrong With This Picture? What Other Assembly Line Glitches Have You Seen?
Posted on December 13, 2015 | 132 CommentsI almost missed the assembly line oops while appraising this 1968 Buick LeSabre 400 this summer. The second owner noticed it not long after he bought the car from […] -
CC Outtake: 1962 – 1964 Dodge D100 Pickup – A Familiar And Distinctive Face from The Past
Posted on December 13, 2015 | 61 CommentsNow here’s a face one doesn’t see in traffic too often anymore. It’s from a time when faces were a bit more distinctive. And unforgettable. And it even reminded me […] -
CC Outtake: 1965 Ford Falcon Wagon – Riding On Falkens
Posted on December 12, 2015 | 37 CommentsOn this cold, dark, wet and windy day, I’m struggling to remember what summer really feels like: Going out for a hike by the river after supper in shorts and […] -
CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1950! (Again!)
Posted on December 12, 2015 | 16 CommentsAfter months of seeing the “Dodge Brothers” television ads showing the Roaring Twenties hijinks of fictionalized versions of John and Horace Dodge, who actually each died in 1920, do you yearn for some more authentic nostalgia from […] -
Curbside Outtake/QOTD: 1997-2000 Proton M21 – Would You Buy A Brand New Old Car?
Posted on December 11, 2015 | 48 CommentsProton, the automaker formerly owned by the Malaysian government, made their name building and exporting Mitsubishi cast-offs. Indeed, they didn’t engineer their own car until 2000 (the Waja) and continued selling […] -
Don Draper Found In 1960 Cadillac Brochure
Posted on December 11, 2015 | 28 CommentsNeedless to say, there’s quite a few Don Draper (and Roger Sterling) look-a-likes in old Cadillac brochures and ads; no doubt the producers of Mad Men spent some time […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1953 Packard Clipper Two Door Sedan – A Stripper In Nevada
Posted on December 10, 2015 | 51 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry When most folks think “Packard”, this isn’t exactly what usually comes to mind. This looks more like a ’53 Ford with a bad […] -
CC Outtake: There’s A New (Old) Thing In Town
Posted on December 10, 2015 | 41 CommentsCCs come and go in my general part of town. There’s lots of younger folks here, and many are renters, so permanence is not a given. Which makes it possible […] -
Cohort Outtake: Oregon Is Awesome, But Not Quite This Much
Posted on December 9, 2015 | 26 CommentsWhen I saw this image posted at the Cohort by Stacey Young, at first my eyes just took in the the old Continental and Ford pickup. Very nice, but not […]
![Curtis Perry On The Road: Dodge Charger SE – Cordoba Impersonator Curtis Perry, from Portland, OR., has been sharing a number of his great finds and photography at the Cohort, and we’ve seen several already. I’m going to do a little […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CP-a3.png)
![QOTD: Is The Cadillac Escalade Too Successful For The Brand’s Good? We’ve spent an inordinate amount of time here debating Cadillac’s painful past. But what about its present, and future? GM has spent huge amounts of money in trying to reboot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cadillac-2016-escalade.jpg)

![QOTD: A Nice Bimmer – Gone… Or Maybe Not… For the last couple of months I’ve been working as a detailer in the collision center of a huge 15 dealership conglomerate, here in Winnipeg, Canada. It is a place where […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/14482142637431.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Ram Rebel Design Inspiration Discovered Yes, it’s hard to be original in this business. And even the ugliest of things get recycled eventually, like the mug on the front of this ’56 GMC. Who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ram-rebel-horz.jpg)

![QOTD: What’s Wrong With This Picture? What Other Assembly Line Glitches Have You Seen? I almost missed the assembly line oops while appraising this 1968 Buick LeSabre 400 this summer. The second owner noticed it not long after he bought the car from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Buick-1968-le-sabre-trunk.png)
![CC Outtake: 1962 – 1964 Dodge D100 Pickup – A Familiar And Distinctive Face from The Past Now here’s a face one doesn’t see in traffic too often anymore. It’s from a time when faces were a bit more distinctive. And unforgettable. And it even reminded me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CC-178-197-1200.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1965 Ford Falcon Wagon – Riding On Falkens On this cold, dark, wet and windy day, I’m struggling to remember what summer really feels like: Going out for a hike by the river after supper in shorts and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CC-178-034-1200.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1950! (Again!) After months of seeing the “Dodge Brothers” television ads showing the Roaring Twenties hijinks of fictionalized versions of John and Horace Dodge, who actually each died in 1920, do you yearn for some more authentic nostalgia from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1950.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake/QOTD: 1997-2000 Proton M21 – Would You Buy A Brand New Old Car? Proton, the automaker formerly owned by the Malaysian government, made their name building and exporting Mitsubishi cast-offs. Indeed, they didn’t engineer their own car until 2000 (the Waja) and continued selling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/proton-m21-1.jpg)
![Don Draper Found In 1960 Cadillac Brochure Needless to say, there’s quite a few Don Draper (and Roger Sterling) look-a-likes in old Cadillac brochures and ads; no doubt the producers of Mad Men spent some time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Cadillac-1960-conv-12.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1953 Packard Clipper Two Door Sedan – A Stripper In Nevada posted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry When most folks think “Packard”, this isn’t exactly what usually comes to mind. This looks more like a ’53 Ford with a bad […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Packard-1953-Clipper-1000.png)
![CC Outtake: There’s A New (Old) Thing In Town CCs come and go in my general part of town. There’s lots of younger folks here, and many are renters, so permanence is not a given. Which makes it possible […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CC-271-061-1200.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Oregon Is Awesome, But Not Quite This Much When I saw this image posted at the Cohort by Stacey Young, at first my eyes just took in the the old Continental and Ford pickup. Very nice, but not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Stacy-conti.png)


