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Blog Archive
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Classic History Outtake: Let’s Go Hunting, In My Porsche
Posted on August 24, 2014 | 42 CommentsThere was once a time when folks used their Porsches for the every-day sort of affairs, like boar hunting. That’s why many had a luggage rack over the engine compartment: […] -
QOTD: What Domestic “Mid-Size” Car Would You Buy In 1978?
Posted on August 23, 2014 | 169 CommentsIt’s 1978, and you’re a Baby Boomer with a wife and a little kid or two, and you just got a promotion. Time to dump that hulk of a Pinto […] -
Welcome To 1978 Mid-Size Day
Posted on August 23, 2014 | 15 CommentsThe CC time machine somehow got stuck in 1978. We had the 1978 Grand Am yesterday, and the Olds Cutlass scheduled for this morning. And to keep the disco party […] -
Automotive History Outtake: FDR’s 1938 Ford Convertible – Hiding In Plain Sight
Posted on August 22, 2014 | 25 CommentsThough his paralytic illness is widely known today, FDR invested significant effort into minimizing its visibility during public appearances. To that end, pictures of his 1938 Ford V8 Convertible, submitted […] -
Cohort Capsule: 1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”
Posted on August 22, 2014 | 141 Comments(photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […] -
Car Show Photo Album: The 2014 Monmouth, Illinois Car Show
Posted on August 22, 2014 | 46 CommentsThere are few things in the world quite as invigorating as a road trip. Taking a leisurely trip to a new area is always high on my list of things […] -
Cohort Sighting: 1965 Ford Country Sedan – Why Not “Country Wagon”?
Posted on August 22, 2014 | 35 CommentsWikipedia’s definition of a sedan: A sedan /sɨˈdæn/ (American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand English) or saloon (British and Irish English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1976 El Camino – Be Home By Ten
Posted on August 21, 2014 | 28 CommentsA question for our readers with kids: how would you like it if your child’s love interest picked him or her up for a date in this? Okay, okay, I’d […] -
COAL Twofer: Renault 8 And Peugeot 204 – Life In La Francophonie
Posted on August 21, 2014 | 25 CommentsRecent posts on the Renault 10 prompted me to search through my sister’s collection of slides from her years in Africa for pictures of her family’s Renault 8. My sister […] -
Walk and Talk: The Missouri State Fair – Panthers, Bulldogs, and Rams
Posted on August 21, 2014 | 22 CommentsAh, there is nothing quite as much fun as the state fair. Not only can one find nearly any supposedly unhealthy food pickled and/or deep-fried, there are often a goodly […] -
CC Outtake: Delivery Vans, Then and Now
Posted on August 21, 2014 | 75 CommentsWho could have guessed forty years ago that Mercedes vans would one day be plying our streets? Of course, that goes for a whole lot of things that have changed […] -
CC For Sale: This 1984 Lincoln Town Car Is Going Begging For $700 – I’m Going To Pass
Posted on August 21, 2014 | 73 CommentsWe’ve been walking past this boxadelic Town Car for a few years now, on our most common route into the big city center. I’ve never given it a second glance, […] -
Wordless Outtake: Nissan Patrol – Worked To Death
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 31 Comments(Submitted by donandreina) -
CC Outtake: Testagrigia?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 10 CommentsI remarked in a post a while ago that Bloomington is home to a surprising number of BMW E30 convertibles and though I only managed to snag pictures two of […] -
CC Outtake: Whoa, A SportCross!
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 47 CommentsHere’s a Future CC you will likely never see–the wonderful but totally disregarded when new Lexus IS300 SportCross. When they debuted, I blasted into the local Lexus showroom and questioned […]
![Classic History Outtake: Let’s Go Hunting, In My Porsche There was once a time when folks used their Porsches for the every-day sort of affairs, like boar hunting. That’s why many had a luggage rack over the engine compartment: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/porsche-hunting.jpg)
![QOTD: What Domestic “Mid-Size” Car Would You Buy In 1978? It’s 1978, and you’re a Baby Boomer with a wife and a little kid or two, and you just got a promotion. Time to dump that hulk of a Pinto […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ford-Fairmont-ES-1978.jpg)
![Welcome To 1978 Mid-Size Day The CC time machine somehow got stuck in 1978. We had the 1978 Grand Am yesterday, and the Olds Cutlass scheduled for this morning. And to keep the disco party […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-130-021-1200-tile.jpg)
![Automotive History Outtake: FDR’s 1938 Ford Convertible – Hiding In Plain Sight Though his paralytic illness is widely known today, FDR invested significant effort into minimizing its visibility during public appearances. To that end, pictures of his 1938 Ford V8 Convertible, submitted […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_1130.jpg)
![Cohort Capsule: 1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am” (photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GrandAm1978front.jpg)
![Car Show Photo Album: The 2014 Monmouth, Illinois Car Show There are few things in the world quite as invigorating as a road trip. Taking a leisurely trip to a new area is always high on my list of things […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lincoln-town-car-burnout.jpg)
![Cohort Sighting: 1965 Ford Country Sedan – Why Not “Country Wagon”? Wikipedia’s definition of a sedan: A sedan /sɨˈdæn/ (American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand English) or saloon (British and Irish English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ford-1965-country-sedan.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1976 El Camino – Be Home By Ten A question for our readers with kids: how would you like it if your child’s love interest picked him or her up for a date in this? Okay, okay, I’d […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screenshot-2014-08-20-18.23.34.png)
![COAL Twofer: Renault 8 And Peugeot 204 – Life In La Francophonie Recent posts on the Renault 10 prompted me to search through my sister’s collection of slides from her years in Africa for pictures of her family’s Renault 8. My sister […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ld-picture-1.jpg)
![Walk and Talk: The Missouri State Fair – Panthers, Bulldogs, and Rams Ah, there is nothing quite as much fun as the state fair. Not only can one find nearly any supposedly unhealthy food pickled and/or deep-fried, there are often a goodly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_0493.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Delivery Vans, Then and Now Who could have guessed forty years ago that Mercedes vans would one day be plying our streets? Of course, that goes for a whole lot of things that have changed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-231-017-1200.jpg)
![CC For Sale: This 1984 Lincoln Town Car Is Going Begging For $700 – I’m Going To Pass We’ve been walking past this boxadelic Town Car for a few years now, on our most common route into the big city center. I’ve never given it a second glance, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-231-141-1200.jpg)

![CC Outtake: Testagrigia? I remarked in a post a while ago that Bloomington is home to a surprising number of BMW E30 convertibles and though I only managed to snag pictures two of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-20-10.53.08.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Whoa, A SportCross! Here’s a Future CC you will likely never see–the wonderful but totally disregarded when new Lexus IS300 SportCross. When they debuted, I blasted into the local Lexus showroom and questioned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/6-27-6-29-2014-007-e1405291523923.jpg)


