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Blog Archive
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CC Outtake: Three Paths to Longevity
Posted on November 25, 2014 | 25 Commentsclick image for full size It looked a lot like 1979 on my street one Monday morning, but it’s 2014. How did that happen? -
CC Outtake: Bulgemobile
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 145 CommentsAt certain angles and with the light just so, a gen2 Monte Carlo can look downright bizarre, like the victim of a botched breast and hip augmentation. -
eBay Find: 1941 Ford Business Coupe – Not a Hot Rod
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 45 CommentsGoodness gracious me. A pre-war Ford that hasn’t been chopped and beaten to within an inch of its life, then resprayed in the brightest hues of orange and red with […] -
QOTD: What Car Had the Most Attractive Dashboard?
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 329 CommentsLike moths to a flame, car people are naturally drawn to an elegantly sketched and pressed body line, or the smells and sounds of an internal combustion engine, but it’s the […] -
Car Show Capsule: BMW 840i – Let’s Take A Grand Tour.
Posted on November 23, 2014 | 22 CommentsI’ll just start by stating the obvious, the E31 BMW 8-series is one of the best designs ever to come out of Bavaria. Indeed, in your author’s opinion it’s one […] -
CC Capsule: 1970 Dodge Double Cab Pickup, 2012 GMC Single Cab Pickup – Role Reversal
Posted on November 23, 2014 | 74 CommentsThis is a shot I’ve been hoping to take for a long time. How many times have we seen (or shown) little old single cab pickups next to a great […] -
Broughams Go Vroom, 1984 Goody’s 500
Posted on November 22, 2014 | 32 Comments(first published 8/19/12) I couldn’t believe it! Rummaging through my stuff in Salt Lake last week I uncovered a treasure trove of slides that I had forgotten about, including […] -
Cohort Classic: Steyr 380 – Austria’s Favorite Truck
Posted on November 22, 2014 | 40 Commentsposted at the Cohort by T-Minor This face brings a flood of memories. It’s so deeply imprinted in my memory from my childhood, it might as well be my mother’s […] -
CC Outtake: A GT With No Spoiler? What Gives?
Posted on November 22, 2014 | 37 CommentsSomething a bit odd: What appears to be a Mustang GT convertible sans spoiler. It seems all Mustangs from the 1998-2004 period had a spoiler; even my sister’s first car, […] -
CC Clue
Posted on November 20, 2014 | 8 CommentsSo the clue is a little late. And maybe a little generous. Congratulations to Yanns Morhtennssen for correctly guessing the Cadillac from earlier today. -
CC Clue
Posted on November 20, 2014 | 24 CommentsRoger 628 jumped right out front with the correct answer to Sunday afternoon’s Clue for the ’66 Lincoln. Today might see another of our astute readers grab this Clue by […] -
QOTD: 1998 Lincoln Navigator – Did It Kill The Town Car?
Posted on November 20, 2014 | 70 CommentsHere it is: The original Lincoln Navigator. I remember seeing these at the 1997 Chicago Auto Show, and thinking of it as a 4WD Town Car. But, lo! Today the […] -
1954 Sorrell-Manning: Hot Six-Carb GMC Straight Six Under Sexy Early Fifities Fiberglass Roadster
Posted on November 20, 2014 | 39 Comments(first posted 12/18/11) This Sorrell-Manning Roadster from 1954 is utterly stunning, and if someone had told me it was a special-bodied Aston from Italy, I’d have been convinced. Bob Sorrell […] -
CC Outtake: 1963 Mercury Monterey – Red is the Color of Love’s Unheeded Call
Posted on November 19, 2014 | 75 CommentsThis is precisely the kind of unloved old car that calls to me, and precisely the kind of unloved old car I know I have to stay away from. -
Reader Ride: Dodge Mowag 4×4 B350 Van – Rare Swiss Mopar Mowagen
Posted on November 19, 2014 | 24 CommentsCC reader Kartner G. sent me this picture of his rather rare Dodge Mowag 4×4 B350 van, formerly used by the Swiss Fire Department as a brigade transport. Kartner says […]

![eBay Find: 1941 Ford Business Coupe – Not a Hot Rod Goodness gracious me. A pre-war Ford that hasn’t been chopped and beaten to within an inch of its life, then resprayed in the brightest hues of orange and red with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1.jpg)
![QOTD: What Car Had the Most Attractive Dashboard? Like moths to a flame, car people are naturally drawn to an elegantly sketched and pressed body line, or the smells and sounds of an internal combustion engine, but it’s the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/074.jpg)
![Car Show Capsule: BMW 840i – Let’s Take A Grand Tour. I’ll just start by stating the obvious, the E31 BMW 8-series is one of the best designs ever to come out of Bavaria. Indeed, in your author’s opinion it’s one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/15385424112_7edac3ac32_z.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1970 Dodge Double Cab Pickup, 2012 GMC Single Cab Pickup – Role Reversal This is a shot I’ve been hoping to take for a long time. How many times have we seen (or shown) little old single cab pickups next to a great […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CC-238-026-1200.jpg)
![Broughams Go Vroom, 1984 Goody’s 500 (first published 8/19/12) I couldn’t believe it! Rummaging through my stuff in Salt Lake last week I uncovered a treasure trove of slides that I had forgotten about, including […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/01-Pace-Lap-s.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: Steyr 380 – Austria’s Favorite Truck posted at the Cohort by T-Minor This face brings a flood of memories. It’s so deeply imprinted in my memory from my childhood, it might as well be my mother’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Steyr-380-sightseeing-T-Minor.jpg)

![CC Clue Roger 628 jumped right out front with the correct answer to Sunday afternoon’s Clue for the ’66 Lincoln. Today might see another of our astute readers grab this Clue by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/141125Clue-crop.jpg)
![QOTD: 1998 Lincoln Navigator – Did It Kill The Town Car? Here it is: The original Lincoln Navigator. I remember seeing these at the 1997 Chicago Auto Show, and thinking of it as a 4WD Town Car. But, lo! Today the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Lincoln-Navigator-e1416524798917.jpg)
![1954 Sorrell-Manning: Hot Six-Carb GMC Straight Six Under Sexy Early Fifities Fiberglass Roadster (first posted 12/18/11) This Sorrell-Manning Roadster from 1954 is utterly stunning, and if someone had told me it was a special-bodied Aston from Italy, I’d have been convinced. Bob Sorrell […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SM-Side.jpg)

![Reader Ride: Dodge Mowag 4×4 B350 Van – Rare Swiss Mopar Mowagen CC reader Kartner G. sent me this picture of his rather rare Dodge Mowag 4×4 B350 van, formerly used by the Swiss Fire Department as a brigade transport. Kartner says […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=4,height=4,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Dodge-Mowag-B350.png)


