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  • (first posted 10/21/2014)       The 1971-74 Toyota Crown was a watershed moment for the company; one that I believe had a significant influence on the initial success of the […]

    Toyota S60/S70 Crown Design History – The Thunderwhale

    Posted on August 21, 2025 | 109 Comments
    (first posted 10/21/2014)       The 1971-74 Toyota Crown was a watershed moment for the company; one that I believe had a significant influence on the initial success of the […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. We are going to travel around today, checking out some towns and cities from the past.  Not all locations are known, perhaps some of you can […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Vintage Traffic And City Streets In 1950s-70s America

    Posted on August 21, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. We are going to travel around today, checking out some towns and cities from the past.  Not all locations are known, perhaps some of you can […]

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  • “Soft Corinthian Leather” — an advertising phrase so famous that people who were not yet born when the advertisement was on TV know it and can attribute it to the […]

    1977 Chrysler Cordoba With Original Checkmate Interior – No Cuero Corintio?

    Posted on August 21, 2025 | 8 Comments
    “Soft Corinthian Leather” — an advertising phrase so famous that people who were not yet born when the advertisement was on TV know it and can attribute it to the […]

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  • Carl Jung, the famous psychologist, conceived the idea of the collective unconscious, and in doing so, he explained that there were archetypes and images that humans innately understood from birth. […]

    Car Show Finds: 1968 Pontiac Tempest & 1969 Pontiac LeMans – Muscle Car Flair For The Masses

    Posted on August 21, 2025 | 6 Comments
    Carl Jung, the famous psychologist, conceived the idea of the collective unconscious, and in doing so, he explained that there were archetypes and images that humans innately understood from birth. […]

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  • (first posted 8/24/2019)        Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1989 Subaru Justy GL ECVT – There Just Isn’t Any Justice

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 31 Comments
    (first posted 8/24/2019)        Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […]

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  • (first posted 8/20/2015)      The re-introduction of a full-size, body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive sedan to Buick’s lineup in the 1990s was somewhat surprising. After all, despite switching almost entirely to front-wheel-drive […]

    Curbside Find: 1992-96 Buick Roadmaster Sedan – Who Needs An SUV?

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 64 Comments
    (first posted 8/20/2015)      The re-introduction of a full-size, body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive sedan to Buick’s lineup in the 1990s was somewhat surprising. After all, despite switching almost entirely to front-wheel-drive […]

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  • We’ve spent a massive amount of time on these pages praising the 1977-up B-Body Impala and Caprice. But today, let’s turn the time machine back to 1970. That was the […]

    1970 Chevrolet Impala – The Best Big Car Of Its Time

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 30 Comments
    We’ve spent a massive amount of time on these pages praising the 1977-up B-Body Impala and Caprice. But today, let’s turn the time machine back to 1970. That was the […]

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  • Text by Victor Van Tress. Time to cover another couple of cars that have been part of my collection. Today, it’s Bug time, in Sports mode. But first, a little […]

    My 1973 1/2 VW Sport Bug – Living With The Sporty Themed Bug

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 15 Comments
    Text by Victor Van Tress. Time to cover another couple of cars that have been part of my collection. Today, it’s Bug time, in Sports mode. But first, a little […]

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  • This was something of a bothersome theme for me. Just what is a personal luxury coupe? Some are obvious candidates to include, like this Grand Prix; others less so. Where […]

    CC In Scale: Miniature Luxury – Scale Models Of Personal Luxury Coupes

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 25 Comments
    This was something of a bothersome theme for me. Just what is a personal luxury coupe? Some are obvious candidates to include, like this Grand Prix; others less so. Where […]

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  • From 1940 to 1996, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was the biggest, plushest full-size Olds model. In April 1962, Car Life magazine tried the latest Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan and proclaimed […]

    Vintage Car Life Review: 1962 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan – “Silent Splendor” For $1,000 Less Than A Cadillac

    Posted on August 20, 2025 | 20 Comments
    From 1940 to 1996, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was the biggest, plushest full-size Olds model. In April 1962, Car Life magazine tried the latest Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan and proclaimed […]

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  • In the early 1960s, Cadillac brought some short deck variants to market – known as the Park Avenue. Pictured here is the aftershock – the extended deck Cadillac Sedan DeVille […]

    In Motion Classic: Pagoda De Ville Long Island Edition

    Posted on August 19, 2025 | 6 Comments
    In the early 1960s, Cadillac brought some short deck variants to market – known as the Park Avenue. Pictured here is the aftershock – the extended deck Cadillac Sedan DeVille […]

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  • Does this Thing ever speak to me. In German, undoubtedly; which may well have something to do with the affinity I feel with it. I’m going to try not to  […]

    Curbside Classic: VW Type 181 “Thing” – It Can Be Anything

    Posted on August 19, 2025 | 11 Comments
    Does this Thing ever speak to me. In German, undoubtedly; which may well have something to do with the affinity I feel with it. I’m going to try not to  […]

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  • It’s back to the showroom with today’s short vintage photo gallery, a collection of images of ladies at Rambler/American Motors dealers in the 1960s. Background info on these was nonexistant, […]

    The Rambler Appeal: Vintage Photos Of Female Car Buyers At Rambler Dealers

    Posted on August 19, 2025 | 16 Comments
    It’s back to the showroom with today’s short vintage photo gallery, a collection of images of ladies at Rambler/American Motors dealers in the 1960s. Background info on these was nonexistant, […]

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  • In recent days, I’ve been on a mission to review Cohort material that I may have missed sharing with the larger CC readership. And here was one from a few […]

    Rare Find: 1967 Imperial With Director’s Chair Option – Chrysler’s Luxury Statement

    Posted on August 19, 2025 | 17 Comments
    In recent days, I’ve been on a mission to review Cohort material that I may have missed sharing with the larger CC readership. And here was one from a few […]

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  • Who hasn’t yearned for the wide open views of a convertible paired with the weather-tight safety and security of a hardtop?  When the Ford Motor Company offered us both in […]

    1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley: Canada’s See-Through Roof Curiosity – Canadian Bakin’

    Posted on August 19, 2025 | 20 Comments
    Who hasn’t yearned for the wide open views of a convertible paired with the weather-tight safety and security of a hardtop?  When the Ford Motor Company offered us both in […]

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