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Cohort Outtake: 1963 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon On A Trip To Ellat, Israel
Posted on November 19, 2015 | 39 CommentsIt’s always a treat to see old cars making excursions, especially in far-away lands. T.Minor posted some shots of this ’63 Falcon Squire wagon that was on a trip to […] -
Wordless Outtake: 1959 Morris Mini-Minor – Makes Parking Easy
Posted on November 18, 2015 | 48 Comments(My co-worker, Barbara’s first year Morris Mini-Minor, affectionately named “Buffy”) -
Since Cadillac Didn’t Build This 1971 Eldorado Wagon, Everyone Else Did – Just Not As Well
Posted on November 17, 2015 | 41 Comments(image source stationwagonforums.com) (first posted 12/8/2011) And no, that’s not photoshopped, but a genuine GM Design concept/clay. Some serious consideration must have been given to it. Or did the […] -
CC Capsule: 1970 Ford F-250 – Montana To Indiana Or Bust
Posted on November 17, 2015 | 52 CommentsI go back to my alma mater for Homecoming every couple-three years. I had a great, life-building experience at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an engineering school on the outskirts of […] -
Design History Capsule: Pininfarina’s 1955 “Nomad” – Everybody Cribs
Posted on November 16, 2015 | 21 Comments(first posted 11/11/2011) The one universal and infallible truth about the automotive design business is that everyone copies. Now obviously, someone has to innovate from time to time […] -
Cohort Classic: 1994 Ford Bronco – The Roof Goes Away
Posted on November 16, 2015 | 28 CommentsIn the interest of actually talking about the car and not covering familiar ground, let’s get the elephant out of the way: O.J Simpson drove one. There. Now the reason […] -
QOTD: What Car From 1985 Would You Chose To Drive For Thirty Years?
Posted on November 15, 2015 | 275 CommentsWe tend to live a bit in the past here at CC, so the question today is which car from 1985 would you pick to drive for the next thirty […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1970 Plymouth Fury Eight Passenger Sedan – Used In Israel, And Possibly The Only One In The World (Updated)
Posted on November 14, 2015 | 65 Comments(Update: CC Contributor Johannes Dutch has confirmed that this is not an actual Coronado, as they were built by Chrysler’s Rotterdam only through 1962. So this extended sedan was apparently […] -
CC Outtakes: Passing, Then Getting Passed By A 1990-1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo On The Right
Posted on November 13, 2015 | 25 CommentsI don’t need to tell you that the fourth and final generation (1986-1992) Oldsmobile Toronado was not a very popular vehicle. Between its infamous downsizing with somewhat corporate generic styling, […] -
CC Capsule: 1979-83 Toyota Corona (T130) Wagon – Mint Mediocrity
Posted on November 11, 2015 | 17 CommentsThe wagons featured yesterday were a little rough for wear. As packhorses for young travelers, they were likely bought cheap and rode hard, and one of them was even loaded […] -
CC For Sale: 1978 Ford Fairmont – Rare Base Sedan With Three Speed Floor Shift
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 70 CommentsI came across this classic on Kijiji classifieds and it immediately caught my attention. The Fairmont and Zephyr are already extremely rare to come across these days and usually if you […] -
CC Outtake: Hot Rod Lark
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 8 CommentsBy pure coincidence, and following hard on the heels of Paul Niedermeyer’s speculations on a hot-rodded ’59 Studebaker Lark, here’s an actual one, photographed by a good friend in a […] -
Classic Magazine Ads (And More): Road & Track, January 1980
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 23 CommentsWe’re officially into the Eighties, fittingly starting with January. -
CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less Traveled
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 14 CommentsThere’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […]
![Cohort Outtake: 1963 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon On A Trip To Ellat, Israel It’s always a treat to see old cars making excursions, especially in far-away lands. T.Minor posted some shots of this ’63 Falcon Squire wagon that was on a trip to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Falcon-1962-wagon-Israle-r.png)

![Since Cadillac Didn’t Build This 1971 Eldorado Wagon, Everyone Else Did – Just Not As Well (image source stationwagonforums.com) (first posted 12/8/2011) And no, that’s not photoshopped, but a genuine GM Design concept/clay. Some serious consideration must have been given to it. Or did the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cadillac-eldorado-wagon-1971-.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1970 Ford F-250 – Montana To Indiana Or Bust I go back to my alma mater for Homecoming every couple-three years. I had a great, life-building experience at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an engineering school on the outskirts of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_1955-rawproc.jpg)
![Design History Capsule: Pininfarina’s 1955 “Nomad” – Everybody Cribs (first posted 11/11/2011) The one universal and infallible truth about the automotive design business is that everyone copies. Now obviously, someone has to innovate from time to time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Pinin-Nomad-800.jpg)
![Serendipity Strikes Again: The Hidden Cars of Eugene If you’ve spent any time around CC, you’ve undoubtedly heard about and seen an abundance of cars from Eugene. Well, I recently found a conglomeration of cars in Eugene the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0225.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1994 Ford Bronco – The Roof Goes Away In the interest of actually talking about the car and not covering familiar ground, let’s get the elephant out of the way: O.J Simpson drove one. There. Now the reason […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1997_ford_expedition_4dr-suv_eddie-bauer_fq_oem_1_500.jpg)
![QOTD: What Car From 1985 Would You Chose To Drive For Thirty Years? We tend to live a bit in the past here at CC, so the question today is which car from 1985 would you pick to drive for the next thirty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1985-a-tile.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1970 Plymouth Fury Eight Passenger Sedan – Used In Israel, And Possibly The Only One In The World (Updated) (Update: CC Contributor Johannes Dutch has confirmed that this is not an actual Coronado, as they were built by Chrysler’s Rotterdam only through 1962. So this extended sedan was apparently […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Plymouth-1970-Coronado-limo-Israel.png)
![CC Outtakes: Passing, Then Getting Passed By A 1990-1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo On The Right I don’t need to tell you that the fourth and final generation (1986-1992) Oldsmobile Toronado was not a very popular vehicle. Between its infamous downsizing with somewhat corporate generic styling, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_2191.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1979-83 Toyota Corona (T130) Wagon – Mint Mediocrity The wagons featured yesterday were a little rough for wear. As packhorses for young travelers, they were likely bought cheap and rode hard, and one of them was even loaded […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/toyota-corona-t130-wagon-1.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1978 Ford Fairmont – Rare Base Sedan With Three Speed Floor Shift I came across this classic on Kijiji classifieds and it immediately caught my attention. The Fairmont and Zephyr are already extremely rare to come across these days and usually if you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fairmont1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Hot Rod Lark By pure coincidence, and following hard on the heels of Paul Niedermeyer’s speculations on a hot-rodded ’59 Studebaker Lark, here’s an actual one, photographed by a good friend in a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Hot-Rod-1959-Lark-Rt-side.jpg)

![CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less Traveled There’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ford-falcon-holden-camira-nissan-pintara.jpg)


