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  • (Updated 11/6/2026)     What do you get when you cross the marketing savvy of Lee Iacocca, the star power of Frank Sinatra, and an attractive personal luxury coupe with tried and […]

    Curbside Classic: 1981 Imperial by Chrysler – It’s Time For You. Or Not.

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 149 Comments
    (Updated 11/6/2026)     What do you get when you cross the marketing savvy of Lee Iacocca, the star power of Frank Sinatra, and an attractive personal luxury coupe with tried and […]

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  • (Updated 11/6/2026)            Even though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of […]

    Curbside Finds: Air-Cooled Volkswagens I Have Recently Known

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 27 Comments
    (Updated 11/6/2026)            Even though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of […]

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  • The diminutive Subaru 360 (1958-70) was, without a doubt, the most successful of the first wave of kei cars. They remain beloved in their home country as a symbol of […]

    1966 Subaru 360 Custom – Bigger Bug For Your Yen

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 8 Comments
    The diminutive Subaru 360 (1958-70) was, without a doubt, the most successful of the first wave of kei cars. They remain beloved in their home country as a symbol of […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Station wagons are the feature today, the family cars that have all but disappeared from the roads.  We have many that were very common, and a […]

    Before Minivans and SUVs: Family Road Trips in the Station Wagon Era — 1960s-1970s

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 13 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Station wagons are the feature today, the family cars that have all but disappeared from the roads.  We have many that were very common, and a […]

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  • As I sat contemplating a room full of General Motors Motorama dream cars, I said to my lovely bride, “I don’t want to live a life where I don’t get […]

    1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special: A GM Motorama Dream Car With The Last Pontiac Straight-Eight

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 14 Comments
    As I sat contemplating a room full of General Motors Motorama dream cars, I said to my lovely bride, “I don’t want to live a life where I don’t get […]

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  • By the mid-1960’s, White Motors offered a very wide range of commercial trucks.  Thanks to their acquisitions of Autocar, Diamond T, and REO, along with their marketing agreement with Freightliner, […]

    The Trend: Diamond-Reo and White Build A Plastic Cab Truck That Was Convertible Into A Motorhome – This Trend Never Took Off

    Posted on November 6, 2026 | 19 Comments
    By the mid-1960’s, White Motors offered a very wide range of commercial trucks.  Thanks to their acquisitions of Autocar, Diamond T, and REO, along with their marketing agreement with Freightliner, […]

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  • Just a quick reminder that we are still looking for new voices to help keep our Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) stories going. Here’s your chance to tell the stories […]

    COALers Needed

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 3 Comments
    Just a quick reminder that we are still looking for new voices to help keep our Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) stories going. Here’s your chance to tell the stories […]

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  • (Updated 11/5/2026)           If you’re growing up a car nut today, you have all sorts of information at your fingertips, with as much detail and context as […]

    Bookshelf Classics: Car Books of Youth

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 101 Comments
    (Updated 11/5/2026)           If you’re growing up a car nut today, you have all sorts of information at your fingertips, with as much detail and context as […]

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  • (Updated 11/5/2026)          In 2000, the Nissan Xterra was one of the hottest new SUVs around, promising a back-to-basics alternative to the increasingly plush and expensive sport-utilities […]

    Classic CARmentary Finale: 2000 Nissan Xterra SE 4X4 — When Rugged SUVs Had Little Use for Comfort

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 21 Comments
    (Updated 11/5/2026)          In 2000, the Nissan Xterra was one of the hottest new SUVs around, promising a back-to-basics alternative to the increasingly plush and expensive sport-utilities […]

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  • One of my favorite things about being obsessed with cars is realizing you’re in love with something that’s been in front of you all along, and my recent four-wheeled crush […]

    1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special: A Prewar “Full Classic” That Is Well Suited To Today’s Driving

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 21 Comments
    One of my favorite things about being obsessed with cars is realizing you’re in love with something that’s been in front of you all along, and my recent four-wheeled crush […]

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  • After I got my driver’s license in 1984, one of my favorite things to do was exploring country roads.  I would get out my Hagstrom maps and look for interesting […]

    1957 Chrysler Windsor Near Reading, Pennsylvania–Back To Another Time

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 24 Comments
    After I got my driver’s license in 1984, one of my favorite things to do was exploring country roads.  I would get out my Hagstrom maps and look for interesting […]

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  • When the 1979 model year began, Cadillac was on top of the world, commercially speaking, with its popular downsized De Ville line, the handsome new Eldorado, and the aging but […]

    1979 Cadillac Seville: Extremely Popular, But Teetering On The Brink Of The Abyss

    Posted on November 5, 2026 | 17 Comments
    When the 1979 model year began, Cadillac was on top of the world, commercially speaking, with its popular downsized De Ville line, the handsome new Eldorado, and the aging but […]

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  • (Updated 11/4/2026)           Far removed from its luxury pony car origins in 1967, the Mercury Cougar had become something quite different by the late Seventies. For 1977, […]

    Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The First Thundercat

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 61 Comments
    (Updated 11/4/2026)           Far removed from its luxury pony car origins in 1967, the Mercury Cougar had become something quite different by the late Seventies. For 1977, […]

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  • (Updated 11/4/2026)             If you were to name a British sports saloon in the late 1970s that included the qualities of traditional sports cars, history, familiarity, […]

    1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus: All The Right Ingredients

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 24 Comments
    (Updated 11/4/2026)             If you were to name a British sports saloon in the late 1970s that included the qualities of traditional sports cars, history, familiarity, […]

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  • CC has had the pleasure of entertaining the ol’ shovel-nose T40 here a number of times. Which makes sense, as it’s probably the marque’s first real global hit. Corona has […]

    1967 Toyota Corona (T40) Deluxe – Glide To Meet You

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 17 Comments
    CC has had the pleasure of entertaining the ol’ shovel-nose T40 here a number of times. Which makes sense, as it’s probably the marque’s first real global hit. Corona has […]

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