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  • In early 2000, I was six months into my new position at a local software training materials company, having departed LCP in ‘99 after 10 years, one college degree, many […]

    My 1970 Ford Mustang Convertible: Fun To Imagine, Tough To Live With – Many Lessons Learned

    Posted on September 7, 2025 | 17 Comments
    In early 2000, I was six months into my new position at a local software training materials company, having departed LCP in ‘99 after 10 years, one college degree, many […]

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  • (first posted 12/6/2016)       Humankind is unique among animals for its need to stamp out a legacy for itself; after all, few willingly meet death’s long embrace without raging […]

    Museum Classic: 1911 Hupmobile Model 20 – Around The World For Posterity

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 25 Comments
    (first posted 12/6/2016)       Humankind is unique among animals for its need to stamp out a legacy for itself; after all, few willingly meet death’s long embrace without raging […]

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  • (first posted 9/6/2019)      Again with the Gloria?! Yep. Third time in one week. Isn’t CC-spotting a strange thing? Only one post, authored by Paul back in 2011, featured […]

    Curbside Classic: 1990 Nissan Gloria (Y31) Gran Turismo SV – In Excelsis Deo

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 33 Comments
    (first posted 9/6/2019)      Again with the Gloria?! Yep. Third time in one week. Isn’t CC-spotting a strange thing? Only one post, authored by Paul back in 2011, featured […]

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  • Why did this Mercury have to present itself?  And, to make matters worse, how was it able to present such an effective and persuasive argument for being granted the time […]

    Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Colony Park – What’s In A Name?

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 7 Comments
    Why did this Mercury have to present itself?  And, to make matters worse, how was it able to present such an effective and persuasive argument for being granted the time […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. The call of the open road can come on strong enough to get the creative juices flowing.  To avoid the expense of motels people will find […]

    Rolling Oddities: Vintage Campers Through The Years – From Mild To Wild

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 29 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. The call of the open road can come on strong enough to get the creative juices flowing.  To avoid the expense of motels people will find […]

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  • Today’s post is about two cars my daughter and I owned at different times, a PT Cruiser and a Dodge Neon. Neither has a good reputation today; both deserve better. […]

    My 2001 PT Cruiser and 2005 Dodge Neon – Underdogs That Deserve A Second Look

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 14 Comments
    Today’s post is about two cars my daughter and I owned at different times, a PT Cruiser and a Dodge Neon. Neither has a good reputation today; both deserve better. […]

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  • When most people think of GM triple-carburetor engines, they mostly think of the legendary Pontiac Tri-Power setup, but Oldsmobile actually beat Pontiac to the punch with its short-lived J-2 Rocket […]

    1957–1958 Oldsmobile J-2 Engine: Similar To Pontiac Tri-Power, It Was Developed First

    Posted on September 6, 2025 | 16 Comments
    When most people think of GM triple-carburetor engines, they mostly think of the legendary Pontiac Tri-Power setup, but Oldsmobile actually beat Pontiac to the punch with its short-lived J-2 Rocket […]

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  • I do love me an old pickup truck, and this one is a gem; I mean a GMC. And not just any old GMC, but a 3/4 ton, 4×4, four-speed […]

    1964 GMC 3/4 Ton 4×4 V6 Pickup – All The Right Numbers

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 16 Comments
    I do love me an old pickup truck, and this one is a gem; I mean a GMC. And not just any old GMC, but a 3/4 ton, 4×4, four-speed […]

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  • (first posted 9/2/2019)       I thought I’d done the 330 Cedric, then this cherrybombed my phone courtesy of AVL. A rare-these-days generation, an almost immaculate example of a rarer […]

    Curbside Classic: Nissan 330 Cedric Hardtop Sedan Brougham – Spirit of ’67

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 35 Comments
    (first posted 9/2/2019)       I thought I’d done the 330 Cedric, then this cherrybombed my phone courtesy of AVL. A rare-these-days generation, an almost immaculate example of a rarer […]

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  • NSFW warning: our little journey through the ‘30s will now take a turn for the erotic, if not outright pornographic. I mean, can you look at this delicious Delage D8 […]

    Museum Classic: 1939 Delage D8-120 Roadster by Figoni & Falaschi – Straight Eight, Curvy Everything Else

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 8 Comments
    NSFW warning: our little journey through the ‘30s will now take a turn for the erotic, if not outright pornographic. I mean, can you look at this delicious Delage D8 […]

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  • Now for something somewhat different from the CC Cohort, even if not immediately apparent. Robadr uploaded these images of a VW T3 Transporter TriStar edition, the upscale version of the […]

    Rare Find: VW T3 Transporter Double-Cabin TriStar – The 4-Door Transporter

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 10 Comments
    Now for something somewhat different from the CC Cohort, even if not immediately apparent. Robadr uploaded these images of a VW T3 Transporter TriStar edition, the upscale version of the […]

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  • I was going to make this one a “CC Wordless Outtake”, but I couldn’t keep silent.  Nope.  I realize I write a lot about having grown up in Flint, Michigan, […]

    1982 Mustang-Chevy: Fox Body, Chevy Power – Identity Crisis

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 12 Comments
    I was going to make this one a “CC Wordless Outtake”, but I couldn’t keep silent.  Nope.  I realize I write a lot about having grown up in Flint, Michigan, […]

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  • In 1977, Lincoln rolled out the Versailles, a relatively compact luxury sedan that was very plainly a dressed-up version of the workaday Ford Granada/Mercury Monarch; it was dropped after less […]

    1990–1991 Lexus ES250: Was This Junior Lexus Toyota’s Answer To The Lincoln Versailles?

    Posted on September 5, 2025 | 26 Comments
    In 1977, Lincoln rolled out the Versailles, a relatively compact luxury sedan that was very plainly a dressed-up version of the workaday Ford Granada/Mercury Monarch; it was dropped after less […]

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  • (first posted 9/6/2019)       Here’s one you don’t see every day, or indeed, except one day last summer, any day. An Innocenti Coupé. My first reaction, and maybe yours […]

    Car Show Classic: 1968 Innocenti C – Italy Builds A Better British Sports Car

    Posted on September 4, 2025 | 20 Comments
    (first posted 9/6/2019)       Here’s one you don’t see every day, or indeed, except one day last summer, any day. An Innocenti Coupé. My first reaction, and maybe yours […]

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  • Streamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […]

    Museum Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – Ford’s Streamline Revolution

    Posted on September 4, 2025 | 18 Comments
    Streamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […]

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