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  • Whenever I get that annoying pop-up on my iPhone, I know it’s time to offload a few car photos. They build up so fast and I’m darned if I’m going […]

    Curbside Finds: The Odds and Sods of Summer

    Posted on September 21, 2025 | 17 Comments
    Whenever I get that annoying pop-up on my iPhone, I know it’s time to offload a few car photos. They build up so fast and I’m darned if I’m going […]

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  • The late fifties were peak automotive excess with over-the-top styling, fins, jet and rocket-inspired details and gimmicks of all sorts. One of the more outlandish ones were hardtop station wagons; […]

    The Only Two-Door Hardtop Wagons Ever: The Unique 1957-1959 Mercury Commuter & Voyager

    Posted on September 21, 2025 | 21 Comments
    The late fifties were peak automotive excess with over-the-top styling, fins, jet and rocket-inspired details and gimmicks of all sorts. One of the more outlandish ones were hardtop station wagons; […]

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  • Just sitting in a corner, unnoted and completely ignored by the crowd at the yearly held truck-mounted cranes fest. In other words, the conditions for taking photobomb-free pictures of this […]

    CC Global: 2024 Iveco Daily 40-180 (40C18) Hi-Matic – Keepin’ a Lo-Profile

    Posted on September 21, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Just sitting in a corner, unnoted and completely ignored by the crowd at the yearly held truck-mounted cranes fest. In other words, the conditions for taking photobomb-free pictures of this […]

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  • With my ‘70 Mustang convertible sent to greener pastures, I spent the rest of 2001 and spring of 2002 replenishing my bank account and pondering my next move. I was […]

    My 2001 Toyota Solara SE V6: You CAN Sell an Old Man’s Car To a Young Man

    Posted on September 21, 2025 | 19 Comments
    With my ‘70 Mustang convertible sent to greener pastures, I spent the rest of 2001 and spring of 2002 replenishing my bank account and pondering my next move. I was […]

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  • (updated 9/20/2025)     We recently saw a rather plain Firenza sedan covered here, looking very much the antithesis of athleticism. Although the Firenza was one of Oldsmobile’s least successful model […]

    Curbside Unicorns: The Sporty FWD Oldsmobiles of the 1980s

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 69 Comments
    (updated 9/20/2025)     We recently saw a rather plain Firenza sedan covered here, looking very much the antithesis of athleticism. Although the Firenza was one of Oldsmobile’s least successful model […]

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  • No doubt the Eagle SX/4 is a joke; the only question being whether it’s a good one or a bad one, or whether the joke is on us. Did I […]

    Curbside Classic: 1982 Eagle SX/4 – The Trickster

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 11 Comments
    No doubt the Eagle SX/4 is a joke; the only question being whether it’s a good one or a bad one, or whether the joke is on us. Did I […]

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  • While doing a little motorcoach research, I came across this leviathan.  I initially thought it was one of those massive arctic glacier tour buses, but discovered it’s something quite different.  […]

    Military Classics: Lauster MF60 – Impressive Tank Towing Titan

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 9 Comments
    While doing a little motorcoach research, I came across this leviathan.  I initially thought it was one of those massive arctic glacier tour buses, but discovered it’s something quite different.  […]

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  • As a child, two of my favorite things were looking at cars and hiking in the mountains (Alps and Rockies). The common element in both was the visual stimulation, the […]

    I Took Up Backpacking At Age 72 – And Now I’m Hooked

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 28 Comments
    As a child, two of my favorite things were looking at cars and hiking in the mountains (Alps and Rockies). The common element in both was the visual stimulation, the […]

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  • Van Wyk’s Volkswagen, Santa Barbara, CA.

    Let’s Buy Something Different! – Color Snapshots Of Import Car Dealerships, 1960s–1970s

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 20 Comments
    Van Wyk’s Volkswagen, Santa Barbara, CA.

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  • In the last week of 2020 we bought a new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid for my wife. She had driven a Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon in the 1980s, so I suppose […]

    My 2021 Toyota RAV4 and 2022 Ford Maverick – Our First Hybrids, And Learning To Trust In The Magic Of New Technology

    Posted on September 20, 2025 | 25 Comments
    In the last week of 2020 we bought a new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid for my wife. She had driven a Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon in the 1980s, so I suppose […]

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  • The 928 story is a big one, given what a radical departure it was for the brand that was so deeply associated with rear-engined boxers. And although the 928 was […]

    Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – The Future Of Porsche, Twenty-Five Years Too Soon

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 18 Comments
    The 928 story is a big one, given what a radical departure it was for the brand that was so deeply associated with rear-engined boxers. And although the 928 was […]

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  • (Updated 9/19/2025)   We’ve had some really good luck with JDM Nissans recently and there will be other great ones soon, but let’s be realistic, here: there were always a number […]

    Curbside Classic: 1978 Nissan Bluebird (811) 1800 – Pilloried Sedan

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 35 Comments
    (Updated 9/19/2025)   We’ve had some really good luck with JDM Nissans recently and there will be other great ones soon, but let’s be realistic, here: there were always a number […]

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  • Ten years ago I shot and posted a Rampage and titled it “Losing The Battle To Big Pickups (and Moss)“. That clearly seemed to be the way things were going […]

    Curbside Find: 1983 Dodge Rampage – Is The Compact Truck Making A Comeback?

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 18 Comments
    Ten years ago I shot and posted a Rampage and titled it “Losing The Battle To Big Pickups (and Moss)“. That clearly seemed to be the way things were going […]

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  • Streamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […]

    Car Show Classic: 1936 MG PB Airline Coupé – Economy Plush

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 14 Comments
    Streamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […]

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  • It’s easy to forget or understate or forget what an absolute bombshell Honda dropped on us, GM, and the small-car market in the fall of 1983 with its all-new 3rd […]

    Curbside Classic: 1987 Honda Civic Four Door Sedan – The Boring Member Of A Brilliant Family

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 23 Comments
    It’s easy to forget or understate or forget what an absolute bombshell Honda dropped on us, GM, and the small-car market in the fall of 1983 with its all-new 3rd […]

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