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  • Some cars are difficult to find. Others are difficult to import. The 2001 Toyota Origin managed to be both. Toyota built just 1,073 of these peculiar little luxury sedans, none […]

    My 2001 Toyota Origin: Heavy is the Crown — A Rare Japanese Luxury Car Comes to America

    Posted on September 27, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Some cars are difficult to find. Others are difficult to import. The 2001 Toyota Origin managed to be both. Toyota built just 1,073 of these peculiar little luxury sedans, none […]

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  • The 1965 full-size Ford was as new as it had been since 1949, with a brand-new coil spring chassis beneath its crisp new styling. While 87.8 percent of these cars […]

    1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback: Bench Seat And Rare 4-Speed With A Z-Code 390

    Posted on September 27, 2026 | 26 Comments
    The 1965 full-size Ford was as new as it had been since 1949, with a brand-new coil spring chassis beneath its crisp new styling. While 87.8 percent of these cars […]

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  • (Updated 9/26/2026)     Speaking positively of the GM10 platform is a hard sell given our well-informed audience and given the many well-documented reasons it was such a serious misstep in GM’s […]

    1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Rehabilitating The GM10 Cutlass

    Posted on September 26, 2026 | 70 Comments
    (Updated 9/26/2026)     Speaking positively of the GM10 platform is a hard sell given our well-informed audience and given the many well-documented reasons it was such a serious misstep in GM’s […]

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  • (Updated 9/26/2026)         I found this 1960 Rambler Six sitting curbside in Arvada, Colorado. Those odd looking 7″ sealed beam headlights caught my eye, so I grabbed my […]

    Curbside Find: 1960 Rambler Six Deluxe With Single Headlights – The Buyer Saved $23.50

    Posted on September 26, 2026 | 89 Comments
    (Updated 9/26/2026)         I found this 1960 Rambler Six sitting curbside in Arvada, Colorado. Those odd looking 7″ sealed beam headlights caught my eye, so I grabbed my […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. It has been said that people look like their dogs, and I think that can apply to their cars as well. Today’s gallery pairs people with […]

    Me And My Car – Vintage Photos 1950s-1960s

    Posted on September 26, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. It has been said that people look like their dogs, and I think that can apply to their cars as well. Today’s gallery pairs people with […]

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  • (2007, updated and expanded 2026)    It was a successful launch, and I was going for the record books. The 534 cubic inch Ford Super Duty V8 bellowed and roared […]

    Auto-Biography: Super Duty Truckin’

    Posted on September 26, 2026 | 61 Comments
    (2007, updated and expanded 2026)    It was a successful launch, and I was going for the record books. The 534 cubic inch Ford Super Duty V8 bellowed and roared […]

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  • With only 280 gross horsepower and a 2-speed automatic, this 1968 Buick GS 350 hardtop wasn’t going to run with GM’s big-engine A-body muscle cars, but when equipped with the […]

    1968 Buick GS 350 Sport Coupe: Not Quite A Muscle Car, This Junior GS Was The Best-Handling Buick Of Its Time

    Posted on September 26, 2026 | 23 Comments
    With only 280 gross horsepower and a 2-speed automatic, this 1968 Buick GS 350 hardtop wasn’t going to run with GM’s big-engine A-body muscle cars, but when equipped with the […]

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  • (Updated 9/25/2026)     At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked headlamps […]

    Curbside Classic: Facel Vega Facel II – Franco-American Lust Object

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 90 Comments
    (Updated 9/25/2026)     At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked headlamps […]

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  • (Updated 9/25/2026)          I’ve had GMC and Chevy trucks on the brain lately (along with Ferdinand Porsche’s war-time work, 1955 Hot Rod Magazines, and some vintage Road […]

    Curtis Perry Gallery: A GMC “Cannonball” And A Whole Lot More

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 19 Comments
    (Updated 9/25/2026)          I’ve had GMC and Chevy trucks on the brain lately (along with Ferdinand Porsche’s war-time work, 1955 Hot Rod Magazines, and some vintage Road […]

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  • Ken Rambler-Jaguar, Paramus, NJ.

    Vintage Postcards: Rambler Dealers In The 1950s-1960s

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 13 Comments
    Ken Rambler-Jaguar, Paramus, NJ.

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  • It doesn’t take a whole lot to give a car a little character. The way Carroll Shelby did it with the 1967-68 Mustangs involved a little fiberglass, different taillights, a […]

    1967 Shelby Mustang G.T. 350 – California Screamin’

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 14 Comments
    It doesn’t take a whole lot to give a car a little character. The way Carroll Shelby did it with the 1967-68 Mustangs involved a little fiberglass, different taillights, a […]

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  • General Motors surely earned its lousy reputation in the 80s and early 90s. Some might say it’s never recovered. Pushing out half-baked products — the X cars, Oldsmobile diesels, multiple […]

    My 1991 Chevrolet Corsica — Better Than Its Reputation

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 26 Comments
    General Motors surely earned its lousy reputation in the 80s and early 90s. Some might say it’s never recovered. Pushing out half-baked products — the X cars, Oldsmobile diesels, multiple […]

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  • The Honda S2000 has a stronger following today than most any twenty something year old car. You could safely call it a cult car, though that is not to imply […]

    2005 Honda S2000: Honda’s High-Revving Cult-Favorite RWD Sports Car

    Posted on September 25, 2026 | 13 Comments
    The Honda S2000 has a stronger following today than most any twenty something year old car. You could safely call it a cult car, though that is not to imply […]

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  • (Updated 9/24/2026)    Welcome to the second installment from Como Park. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you a selection of exquisite and rarely seen Alfa Romeos. For some […]

    Car Show Classics: The Alfas Of Como Park, Part 2

    Posted on September 24, 2026 | 28 Comments
    (Updated 9/24/2026)    Welcome to the second installment from Como Park. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you a selection of exquisite and rarely seen Alfa Romeos. For some […]

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  • (Updated 9/24/2026)         The place: Dearborn, Michigan.  The date: March 1, 1994.  “We here in the Ford organization (that we like to think of as a big family) […]

    Curbside Classic: 1998 Ford Windstar – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan (part 7)

    Posted on September 24, 2026 | 66 Comments
    (Updated 9/24/2026)         The place: Dearborn, Michigan.  The date: March 1, 1994.  “We here in the Ford organization (that we like to think of as a big family) […]

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