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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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  • If you read car magazines of the late ’60s and early ’70s, you can’t help but notice the tunnel vision: It’s all about straight-line acceleration over distances up to a […]

    1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible With L66 Turnpike Cruising Option: The Ultimate Road Trip Olds

    Posted on September 19, 2025 | 12 Comments
    If you read car magazines of the late ’60s and early ’70s, you can’t help but notice the tunnel vision: It’s all about straight-line acceleration over distances up to a […]

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  • (Updated 9/14/2025)       It’s been a while since we haven’t had a Mitsuoka sedan on CC. I’ve been one of the main purveyors of these fascinating machines on this […]

    Curbside Find: 1998 Mitsuoka Galue (Series I) – Downhill From There

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 28 Comments
    (Updated 9/14/2025)       It’s been a while since we haven’t had a Mitsuoka sedan on CC. I’ve been one of the main purveyors of these fascinating machines on this […]

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  • The second-generation Camaro and the Fox-body Mustang have one fundamental similarity–their unlikely longevity.  Both cars trembled under the long ax of their respective corporations at some point during their tenures, […]

    1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra–Two Right Answers to the Same Question

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 14 Comments
    The second-generation Camaro and the Fox-body Mustang have one fundamental similarity–their unlikely longevity.  Both cars trembled under the long ax of their respective corporations at some point during their tenures, […]

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  • Some time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […]

    Technobus Gulliver U520 – World’s Shortest Bus?

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 7 Comments
    Some time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to wish David Dunbar Buick a belated Happy Birthday.  He was born on September 17, 1854, in Scotland, and moved to Detroit […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Buick Style In The 1950s-1970s

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 20 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to wish David Dunbar Buick a belated Happy Birthday.  He was born on September 17, 1854, in Scotland, and moved to Detroit […]

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  • Let another praise you, and not your own mouth. – Proverbs 27:2 That lesson wasn’t learned by Chevrolet’s 2002 Monte Carlo SS, at least if it was a Dale Earnhardt […]

    Curbside Classic: 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS – Not Very Intimidating (M.E.SS #3)

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Let another praise you, and not your own mouth. – Proverbs 27:2 That lesson wasn’t learned by Chevrolet’s 2002 Monte Carlo SS, at least if it was a Dale Earnhardt […]

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  • Based on the compact Opel Kadett, but looking like a miniature C3 Corvette, the Opel GT offered decent performance and exotic looks for under $3,500, with the promise of easy […]

    Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Opel GT – “The Mini-Brute’s Mini-Vette”

    Posted on September 18, 2025 | 27 Comments
    Based on the compact Opel Kadett, but looking like a miniature C3 Corvette, the Opel GT offered decent performance and exotic looks for under $3,500, with the promise of easy […]

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  • (Updated 9/18/2019)           It’s fascinating to discover the bigger JDM cars, but there are many, many kei cars, vans and trucks around that also want a little […]

    Curbside Find: 1985 Honda Acty 4WD Pickup – ¡Kei Suerte!

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 16 Comments
    (Updated 9/18/2019)           It’s fascinating to discover the bigger JDM cars, but there are many, many kei cars, vans and trucks around that also want a little […]

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  • Do I love Chevy Advance design pickups/trucks? I’ve called them America’s and my favorite truck before, and I haven’t changed my mind yet. We’ve seen dozens here before, but I […]

    1951 Chevrolet “Advance Design” 3804 1 Ton Pickup With 9′ Bed – Heavy Hauler

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 10 Comments
    Do I love Chevy Advance design pickups/trucks? I’ve called them America’s and my favorite truck before, and I haven’t changed my mind yet. We’ve seen dozens here before, but I […]

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  • If Chrysler’s products of the early ’60s were flamboyant, doesn’t a stretched one turn them into even bolder statements? I certainly think so. Exactly, how long are those fins now? […]

    The Chrysler And Pontiac Limousines Of Hawaii – Cruising Paradise In The 1960s

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 10 Comments
    If Chrysler’s products of the early ’60s were flamboyant, doesn’t a stretched one turn them into even bolder statements? I certainly think so. Exactly, how long are those fins now? […]

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  • Humans can certainly be cruel – how else could you explain the enjoyment so many of us derive from junkyard pictures? As sad as the subject matter always is, there’s […]

    Ralf K Junkyard Photos: To All The Cars I’ve Loved Before

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 17 Comments
    Humans can certainly be cruel – how else could you explain the enjoyment so many of us derive from junkyard pictures? As sad as the subject matter always is, there’s […]

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  • In the first installment of this rapid-fire overview of the shifting winds of my car enthusiasm, I covered the early years. I had gone from a high schooler not particularly […]

    My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 2 – Finally, A Classic of My Own

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 14 Comments
    In the first installment of this rapid-fire overview of the shifting winds of my car enthusiasm, I covered the early years. I had gone from a high schooler not particularly […]

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  • I found the sale listing for this Turino Turquoise 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible by accident, the result of a very unhappy battle with unhelpful search engines. However, when I […]

    1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – Search Engine Snafu Returns A Magnificent Special Order Treat

    Posted on September 17, 2025 | 45 Comments
    I found the sale listing for this Turino Turquoise 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible by accident, the result of a very unhappy battle with unhelpful search engines. However, when I […]

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  • (Updated 9/16/2025)       It’s difficult to make sweeping generalizations about Japanese cars, especially those that you actually find on the streets and parking lots of Japan. Take these two, […]

    Curbside Finds: Daihatsu Copen / Toyota Crown Comfort – Japan, Land Of Paradoxes

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 27 Comments
    (Updated 9/16/2025)       It’s difficult to make sweeping generalizations about Japanese cars, especially those that you actually find on the streets and parking lots of Japan. Take these two, […]

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