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Vintage Snapshots: Pontiacs On The Road – In The 1960s
Posted on July 24, 2024 | 30 CommentsLet’s revisit Pontiac in its heyday decade, the 1960s. On this occasion, the virtual tour covers the marque’s products in the open in various locations; on roads, driveways, and parking […] -
St. Vinnie’s Donation Car Sales Lot, Part 2: The Back Lot, Where The Really Mangy Dogs Await Likely Euthanasia
Posted on July 24, 2024 | 21 CommentsThe vibe changes palpably when one walks through the gates into the side and back storage lot at St. Vinnie’s. This is where the cars that didn’t sell end up, […] -
My Hobby Car Of A Lifetime #10: ’66 Ford F250 – Urban Farm Truck
Posted on July 24, 2024 | 8 CommentsThis was my first pick up truck. All my previous truck experience had been with my dad’s ’75 Chevy StepSide. Which I never really liked. -
CC & Vintage Review: Pontiac LeMans and Daewoo 1.5i/Cielo – Kadetts Reporting Rather Late For Duty
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 57 Comments(first posted 7/19/2018) Pity the pretty and poised Opel Kadett E, a crude facsimile of it years later having conditioned consumers the world over to wretch at the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977-1979 Ford LTD II S – The Longest Mid-Size Car Ever or The Stripper Mark V Sedan
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 105 Comments(first posted 7/23/2018) By now you undoubtedly know that I’m not exactly a fan of Fords of the seventies. Most of my vitriol (so far) has been […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Cars & Service Vehicles In Period Livery – 1950s-1960s
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 38 CommentsHere’s a slightly different series of images from the usual; trucks, cars, and other service vehicles, all in period livery from the ’50s and ’60s. Understandably, it is a rather […] -
St. Vinnie’s Donated Car Sales Lot – Where Tired Old Dogs Wait Hopefully For Another Shot At Life
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 22 CommentsWhy do folks donate their old cars to St. Vinnie’s? Surely it’s not because there’s something wrong with them and they’re facing an expensive repair. No, it’s because our local […] -
Rental Car Review: 2023 Jeep Compass Italian spec–The Big Mac of Venice
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 20 CommentsThe streets of Venice are quiet at 6AM, which is a blessed relief from the daytime hell-swarm of tourists stuffing gelato cups and Coke cans into the crevices of St. […] -
Curbside Musings: 1981 Toyota Celica GT Liftback – Marranito
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 13 CommentsOne of the things I love so much about living in Chicago’s north side is how many cultural experiences are easily within an arm’s reach. Within a relatively short amount […] -
Curbside Big Toy: 1968 Ford LTD – Hot Wheels Edition
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/11/2012) When I spotted this ’68 LTD, what came to mind were my original 1968 Hot Wheels: the tail-up stance, the big rear tire sticking out past the […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1951-61 Mercedes-Benz (MB) Type O 6600 H Coach – Mercedes First Post-War Rear-Engined Bus
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 7/21/2018) This bus caught my eye when doing a little research on European coaches – it has an interesting look, with its low slung stance and […] -
Curbside Find: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway Sedan – Boxy Breeze
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 18 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by nifticus392 “Now in the Lincoln tradition…” is how Mercury referred to their new models of 1965. One could argue buyers took to that claim. […] -
Curbside Find: 1977-1982 Toyota HiAce – Toyota’s People Mover; Round Two
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 9 CommentsHere’s a face that should be new to US readers but familiar to folks in Southeast Asia and Down Under. And of course, it’s familiar to us in Latin America. […] -
Curbside Find: 1984 Plymouth Reliant K-Car Wagon For Sale – Relive The ’80s!
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 30 CommentsThe hot collector cars these days are from the 1980s as today’s 40-something year olds want to relive their childhoods spent in the back of cars like this fine 1984 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance – Aged To Putrefaction
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 20 CommentsAs we continue our little two-week journey through Tokyo’s Most Wrecked Classics, I can state that there are two marques that (probably by sheer coincidence) are overrepresented in my files. […]