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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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  • (Updated 9/17/2019)         At one point in the very early 1990’s, I tried to convince my father that a Dodge Shadow or Plymouth Sundance would be a very […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1994 Plymouth Sundance – Come On Down!

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 49 Comments
    (Updated 9/17/2019)         At one point in the very early 1990’s, I tried to convince my father that a Dodge Shadow or Plymouth Sundance would be a very […]

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  • The Toyota Automobile Museum contains an excellent selection of ’30s cars – pretty much every important model of the decade can be found there. This includes a Bugatti 57, a […]

    Museum Classic: 1938 Cadillac Series 60 Special – Suddenly, It’s 1940!

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 10 Comments
    The Toyota Automobile Museum contains an excellent selection of ’30s cars – pretty much every important model of the decade can be found there. This includes a Bugatti 57, a […]

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  • This is my favorite year (or two) for these Chevy pickups, because I’m particularly fond of that fine egg crate grille. It’s the best version of the three grille types […]

    Curbside Find: 1972 Chevrolet K20 4WD Pickup – Retired Camper Hauler

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 8 Comments
    This is my favorite year (or two) for these Chevy pickups, because I’m particularly fond of that fine egg crate grille. It’s the best version of the three grille types […]

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  • Recently, Paul Niedermeyer showed us a Fiat 1100 pick up, which was derived at least in terms of bodywork from the 1956 1100 saloon. It was the mainstay of Fiat’s […]

    Curbside Classic: Fiat 1100D – From 1953 To 2001; From Turin To Mumbai

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 6 Comments
    Recently, Paul Niedermeyer showed us a Fiat 1100 pick up, which was derived at least in terms of bodywork from the 1956 1100 saloon. It was the mainstay of Fiat’s […]

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  • I have noticed on some of my more challenging days, independent of anything else, how others will seem to pile on, so to speak.  Sure, sure.  I also believe that […]

    Curbside Musings: 1961 Rambler American Custom – Frowny Face

    Posted on September 16, 2025 | 55 Comments
    I have noticed on some of my more challenging days, independent of anything else, how others will seem to pile on, so to speak.  Sure, sure.  I also believe that […]

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  • What is it about a 2-door coupe that makes it inherently sexier than a 4-door sedan? Does having two fewer doors really change the entire personality of a vehicle?

    Curbside Find: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria 2-Door Sedan – Call Me Vicky

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 16 Comments
    What is it about a 2-door coupe that makes it inherently sexier than a 4-door sedan? Does having two fewer doors really change the entire personality of a vehicle?

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  • (Updated 9/15/2025)  The Volkswagen Routan is a “badge-engineered” version of the Gen 5 Chrysler Town & Country / Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, and around 58,000 units were sold in the […]

    Curbside Find: 2012 VW Routan SEL – The Orphan That Caravaned From Town to Country

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 72 Comments
    (Updated 9/15/2025)  The Volkswagen Routan is a “badge-engineered” version of the Gen 5 Chrysler Town & Country / Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, and around 58,000 units were sold in the […]

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  • Race cars in the ‘30s… Ah, those legendary Auto-Union 16-cyl. monsters and glorious Mercedes Silver Arrows… the striking blue Bugattis and Delahayes… the little green ERAs, repeatedly winning their 1500cc […]

    Car Show Classic: 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza – Chequered Black & White And Red All Over

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 5 Comments
    Race cars in the ‘30s… Ah, those legendary Auto-Union 16-cyl. monsters and glorious Mercedes Silver Arrows… the striking blue Bugattis and Delahayes… the little green ERAs, repeatedly winning their 1500cc […]

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  • We’ve got quite a thing for strippers here at CC, so needless to say, this one stopped me dead in my tracks. When’s the last time you saw a Geo […]

    Curbside Find: Geo Metro Minimalist – The Ultimate Stripper

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 17 Comments
    We’ve got quite a thing for strippers here at CC, so needless to say, this one stopped me dead in my tracks. When’s the last time you saw a Geo […]

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  • I get it. Marketing is sometimes hard. The buying public represents a moving target that is buffeted by economic fortune, fashion trends, and today, social media. Every once in a […]

    1970 Ford Econoline SuperVan – Better Than The Name Implies

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 18 Comments
    I get it. Marketing is sometimes hard. The buying public represents a moving target that is buffeted by economic fortune, fashion trends, and today, social media. Every once in a […]

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  • In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]

    All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s

    Posted on September 15, 2025 | 27 Comments
    In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]

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  • (Updated 9/14/2025)  The old saying “Make hay while the sun shines” simply means taking advantage of good conditions to ensure a quality harvest. It only takes a little rain to […]

    Hesston 6400 Windrower – The Slant Six Dons Work Clothes

    Posted on September 14, 2025 | 61 Comments
    (Updated 9/14/2025)  The old saying “Make hay while the sun shines” simply means taking advantage of good conditions to ensure a quality harvest. It only takes a little rain to […]

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  • So there I was, on my visit to Antigua Guatemala last March, when on my way to our hotel, I came across a 1954 Pontiac custom job being used as […]

    1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala

    Posted on September 14, 2025 | 6 Comments
    So there I was, on my visit to Antigua Guatemala last March, when on my way to our hotel, I came across a 1954 Pontiac custom job being used as […]

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  • What’s this?  Another Maverick?  Haven’t we covered these to death here at CC?  Let us answer your questions, rude though they may be:  Huh, Yes, and Kind Of. That last […]

    1975 Ford Maverick LDO: The Luxury Maverick – Let’s Drive Opulently

    Posted on September 14, 2025 | 23 Comments
    What’s this?  Another Maverick?  Haven’t we covered these to death here at CC?  Let us answer your questions, rude though they may be:  Huh, Yes, and Kind Of. That last […]

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