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Cohort Capsule: 1975 Dodge Charger — Disco Ready! – Love To Love You Baby!
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 42 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Hyperpack. My wife is a fan of dance music, particularly any made between the late ’60s and the ’70s. Be it funk, disco, or salsa […] -
CC In Scale: Another Look Inside, Part 1 – American Cars From The ’50s-’60s
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 31 CommentsThe seasons have changed. Here in my part of Australia, we seem to have only about three weeks of transitional weather between summer and winter. Year after year it happens […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Abarth-Simca 2000 GT Corsa – Turin And Poissy, Nitro And Glycerin
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 6 CommentsThe name Abarth is closely associated with several things, including scorpions, fast cars and Fiats. But Abarth didn’t work exclusively with the Fiat marque – it was just really hard […] -
Ate Up With Motor Is In Dire Need Of Financial Support – Please Consider Helping Out
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 28 CommentsAaron Severson has been writing extremely high quality in-depth automotive histories at his site Ate Up With Motor for some 15 years or so. AUWM was an inspiration to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Thunderbird – Cherries are Available for a Nominal Cost
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 87 Comments(first posted 7/26/2013) There are so many auto myths in the world–the 150 mpg carburetor, self-healing ’69 Dodge Chargers–the list is endless. However, I am proud to say I’ve found […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990-96 Infiniti Q45 – How Not To Launch A Luxury Car Brand
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 5/15/2018) Judging by that title, you might think I’m talking about Infiniti’s infamous North American launch. That launch was announced with a series of cerebral and […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Buick Owners In The 1960s – Portholes In The Swinging ’60s
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 28 CommentsThis is a chapter we’ve been missing in our vintage image galleries, the one covering the owners, drivers and admirers of Buicks of the 1960s. These images probably fit in […] -
Truck Stop Classic: MAN 26.281 DHK Dreiseitenkipper – Round-Faced And Steely-Spined
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 17 CommentsFrom 1956 to 1994, with an update in 1969, German truck manufacturer MAN offered a short-nosed conventional, generally referred to as the ‘MAN Ponton-Kurzhauber’. It was one of the heavy-duty […] -
Used Car Lot Walk & Talk: Humming An Ocean Lyriq During The Solstice
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 36 CommentsHave we ever done a Walk & Talk featuring a late model used car lot? If not, today is your lucky day! All these pictures were taken Sunday, May 5, […] -
COAL: BMW 540i — The Devil Is In The Detailing
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 11 CommentsMy aunt has pretty good taste in cars. An MGB, a Volvo 740GLE, a Toyota 4Runner and a VW Passat wagon are some of the vehicles that have passed through […] -
Car Show Classics: 1956 and 1960 Imperial Crown Convertibles – Topless Imperialism
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 56 Comments(first posted 8/3/2013) I like Imperials. I mean, I REALLY like Imperials. And I mean Imperials, not “Chrysler Imperials,” bub! So could I not do an Imperial post during Mopar Week? […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1976 Renault 5 GTL – “The Kind of Comfort Detroit Claims is Impossible” (In a Small Car)
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/14/2018) Renault had high hopes for its R5 in the US. After struggling to get back its footing after the rise and fall of the Dauphine […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: 1970 Chrysler & Other ’70s Mopars At A Yard
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 10 CommentsHere’s a bunch of photos with a good deal of Mopar iron uploaded by Hyperpack at the Cohort. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in these images, but the […] -
Auto-Biography: Lost Vintage Snapshots of Niedermeyer-Mobiles Found (1965-1982)
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 28 Commentstaking my brothers for a drive, age 12 I visited my youngest brother Franz in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and asked him about old family photos. He dug […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 OSCA 750S Barchetta by Morelli – Masterly Miniature Maserati
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 13 CommentsI wasn’t kidding when I called this “Thoroughbred Week,” was I? It’s just that they come in all shapes and sizes. Shape-wise, this one is pretty extreme – the Morelli […]