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  • For drivers, the steering wheel is our closest and most permanent connection to our cars. We might not pay much attention to them, but they set the tone for our […]

    From Chrome To Clear Plastic: Bold Steering Wheels Of The 1950s & 1960s

    Posted on October 24, 2025 | 31 Comments
    For drivers, the steering wheel is our closest and most permanent connection to our cars. We might not pay much attention to them, but they set the tone for our […]

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  • If the GM B-Body in general is hallowed chassis here at CC, then the B-Body wagon must be even more sacred.  After all, what vehicle was ever made worse by […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1983 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Goodbye, Jumbo

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 16 Comments
    If the GM B-Body in general is hallowed chassis here at CC, then the B-Body wagon must be even more sacred.  After all, what vehicle was ever made worse by […]

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  • (Updated 10/23/2025)      It was high noon in the sweltering humidity of the city of Tokyo (or was it Bangkok?). I trundled along, whistling a merry tune (sweating so […]

    1979 Toyota Corona T130 Sedan & Liftback – Forty Years Young, Forty Years Old

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 18 Comments
    (Updated 10/23/2025)      It was high noon in the sweltering humidity of the city of Tokyo (or was it Bangkok?). I trundled along, whistling a merry tune (sweating so […]

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  • Is time slowing down? Just fifteen years separate this 1960 Imperial and the Horizon’s birth. Or was it just that Detroit was terribly slow to embrace the inevitability of modern […]

    Curbside Classics: Plymouth Horizon And Dodge Omni – Detroit Finally Builds A Proper Small Car

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 24 Comments
    Is time slowing down? Just fifteen years separate this 1960 Imperial and the Horizon’s birth. Or was it just that Detroit was terribly slow to embrace the inevitability of modern […]

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  • Last week, I shared a custom 1980s Ford Ranger that had been fixed up with Lincoln Continental looks — sort of. With that one out of the way, I felt, […]

    1971 Lincoln Continental “Ranchero” – Neoclassical Luxury Meets Utility

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 24 Comments
    Last week, I shared a custom 1980s Ford Ranger that had been fixed up with Lincoln Continental looks — sort of. With that one out of the way, I felt, […]

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  • I spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […]

    1974 Maserati Merak: Waiter, There’s A Truffaut In My Fellini – Where Citroën Meets Maserati

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 20 Comments
    I spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […]

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  • Pontiac had been a pioneer in the muscle car field in the early ’60s, with its highly competitive big-displacement H.O. and SD V-8 engines. By the latter 1970s, that whole […]

    Vintage M/T Road Test: 1979 Pontiac Firebird Formula – Last Call For The Hot L78/W72 Pontiac 400 V8

    Posted on October 23, 2025 | 16 Comments
    Pontiac had been a pioneer in the muscle car field in the early ’60s, with its highly competitive big-displacement H.O. and SD V-8 engines. By the latter 1970s, that whole […]

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  • Identifying the origin of species can be a precarious business, as Darwin found out. When it comes to motor homes, it’s easy: one Ray Frank built himself a crude one […]

    Travco Motorhome: The Granddaddy Of The Motorhome Name And Genre

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 3 Comments
    Identifying the origin of species can be a precarious business, as Darwin found out. When it comes to motor homes, it’s easy: one Ray Frank built himself a crude one […]

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  • Usually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […]

    The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 19 Comments
    Usually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […]

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  • GTI, ah what a magical trio of letters. You could put anything in front and it would sound faster. Let’s try that, in fact: Fiat Panda GTI. Morris Ital GTI. […]

    Curbside Classic: 1993 Peugeot 309 GTI – Neutered Lion

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 8 Comments
    GTI, ah what a magical trio of letters. You could put anything in front and it would sound faster. Let’s try that, in fact: Fiat Panda GTI. Morris Ital GTI. […]

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  • This picture was recently posted on the Facebook group “Cape Rewound” and it’s too good to not pass along. Presented as being from the June 14, 1959 issue of the […]

    Vintage Photo: A Floating Fleet Of Fins – 1959 Chevrolets On the Mississippi River

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 30 Comments
    This picture was recently posted on the Facebook group “Cape Rewound” and it’s too good to not pass along. Presented as being from the June 14, 1959 issue of the […]

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  • The 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […]

    1994–1999 Cadillac DeVille: How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 14 Comments
    The 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […]

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  • Rust Never Sleeps is the title to a legendary 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which has been cited by some as the seminal proto-grunge record. I also […]

    My 1982 Datsun (by Nissan) 280ZX: Rust Never Sleeps (Part 2)

    Posted on October 22, 2025 | 18 Comments
    Rust Never Sleeps is the title to a legendary 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which has been cited by some as the seminal proto-grunge record. I also […]

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  • (Updated 10/21/2025)      We remember the famous mountaineers like Sir Edmund Hillary but, apart from Tenzing Norgay, less well-known are the dedicated, dependable sherpas who complete the same ascent. […]

    1983-89 Subaru Sherpa – Tiny Subaru Carrying Its Weight

    Posted on October 21, 2025 | 20 Comments
    (Updated 10/21/2025)      We remember the famous mountaineers like Sir Edmund Hillary but, apart from Tenzing Norgay, less well-known are the dedicated, dependable sherpas who complete the same ascent. […]

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  • (Updated 10/21/2025)        We here at CC do love us some art cars, so what better than a really big one in van form and in the junkyard!  […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1997 Dodge RAM2500 Maxi Art Van – From The Urban Jungle To The Caged Yard

    Posted on October 21, 2025 | 39 Comments
    (Updated 10/21/2025)        We here at CC do love us some art cars, so what better than a really big one in van form and in the junkyard!  […]

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