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  • While the 1971-73 Ford Mustang may look nothing like the car that captured America’s heart a mere handful of years beforehand, it has a charm all its own; besides, how […]

    1973 Ford Mustang Convertible: The “Last” Mustang Convertible (For 10 Years) Has A Charm All Its Own

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 16 Comments
    While the 1971-73 Ford Mustang may look nothing like the car that captured America’s heart a mere handful of years beforehand, it has a charm all its own; besides, how […]

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  • Sometimes the most memorable purchases begin with the least sensible intentions. I went to Porsche Cambridge hoping for a test drive and perhaps a free coffee, with no real plan […]

    My Three Years With a 2001 Porsche Boxster S: One Impulsive Purchase and Three Years of the Cold Shoulder

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 17 Comments
    Sometimes the most memorable purchases begin with the least sensible intentions. I went to Porsche Cambridge hoping for a test drive and perhaps a free coffee, with no real plan […]

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  • If you spend a lot of time reading car magazines, it’s easy to absorb their preoccupation with performance statistics: top speed, quarter-mile elapsed times, lateral acceleration on the skidpad, or […]

    1963 Lincoln Continental Sedan: When Interior Upholstery Choices Mattered More Than 0–60 Times

    Posted on November 4, 2026 | 29 Comments
    If you spend a lot of time reading car magazines, it’s easy to absorb their preoccupation with performance statistics: top speed, quarter-mile elapsed times, lateral acceleration on the skidpad, or […]

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  • (Updated 11/3/2026)                 I present to you the final installment in this series which began in September. I’ve been lucky enough to have covered […]

    Car Show Classics: The Miscellany Of Como Park

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 30 Comments
    (Updated 11/3/2026)                 I present to you the final installment in this series which began in September. I’ve been lucky enough to have covered […]

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  • (Updated 11/3/2026) “What is that big old car?” A passerby asked that question as I was taking the above photo… timely, since I was transfixed by seeing a 1940s-era car […]

    Curbside Classic: 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster – What’s New Became Old; Now It’s New Again

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 59 Comments
    (Updated 11/3/2026) “What is that big old car?” A passerby asked that question as I was taking the above photo… timely, since I was transfixed by seeing a 1940s-era car […]

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  • Jeremy Clarkson has said that you can’t be a “petrolhead” unless you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. Obviously, that’s an exaggeration (I’m as much a gearhead as anyone), but I’m finding […]

    1967 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider: Everyone Should Own At Least One Alfa; Maybe This “Duetto” Is For You

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Jeremy Clarkson has said that you can’t be a “petrolhead” unless you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. Obviously, that’s an exaggeration (I’m as much a gearhead as anyone), but I’m finding […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Nashville, Tennessee, is where we are headed today to visit the E. B. Smith Chevrolet dealership.  They bought the Coggin Chevrolet shop in May of 1968, […]

    Dealer Time Travel: Z-28 and Mod Top Camaros at E.B. Smith Chevrolet in 1968

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 9 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Nashville, Tennessee, is where we are headed today to visit the E. B. Smith Chevrolet dealership.  They bought the Coggin Chevrolet shop in May of 1968, […]

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  • I was browsing Facebook Marketplace, which is what I tend to do when what I’m watching on television is not terribly interesting.  It’s something that, unfortunately, happens more often than […]

    1995 Chrysler Concorde: At 79,000-Mile, This 1995 Example Is a Time Capsule

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 11 Comments
    I was browsing Facebook Marketplace, which is what I tend to do when what I’m watching on television is not terribly interesting.  It’s something that, unfortunately, happens more often than […]

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  • If someone mentions the Pontiac Ventura, you probably think of the Chevrolet Nova-based compact of the ’70s, but for a brief two-year period in the early 1960s, the Ventura was […]

    1961 Pontiac Ventura: Short-Lived B-Body Bubbletop With 4-Speed, 425A Tri-Power, And A Fabulous Tri-Tone Interior

    Posted on November 3, 2026 | 20 Comments
    If someone mentions the Pontiac Ventura, you probably think of the Chevrolet Nova-based compact of the ’70s, but for a brief two-year period in the early 1960s, the Ventura was […]

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  • (Updated 11/2/2026)    The first generation Thunderbird has never been a car I’ve paid much attention to, but seeing this one outside a European car show in its patinated glory […]

    The Short Life And Personal Times Of The 1955-1957 Thunderbird

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 49 Comments
    (Updated 11/2/2026)    The first generation Thunderbird has never been a car I’ve paid much attention to, but seeing this one outside a European car show in its patinated glory […]

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  • (Updated 11/2/2026)             The Carina was a somewhat curious addition to Toyota’s lineup in 1972, as it squeezed into the rather modest-sized gap between the smaller […]

    Vintage R&T Review: 1972 Toyota Carina – Toyota’s First “Hybrid”

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 30 Comments
    (Updated 11/2/2026)             The Carina was a somewhat curious addition to Toyota’s lineup in 1972, as it squeezed into the rather modest-sized gap between the smaller […]

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  • The Metropole Druten car and truck museum in the Netherlands is the only museum within walking distance of my place. How convenient! Late October, some owners of old and not […]

    Small-Scale Event – Full-Scale Classics

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 12 Comments
    The Metropole Druten car and truck museum in the Netherlands is the only museum within walking distance of my place. How convenient! Late October, some owners of old and not […]

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  • Let’s do the ‘Ten favourite kits’ theme again, but this time we’ll look at kits of fifties cars. We all like the fifties, don’t we?

    The Fabulous Fifties in Scale: Ten Favorite American Car Model Kits

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 17 Comments
    Let’s do the ‘Ten favourite kits’ theme again, but this time we’ll look at kits of fifties cars. We all like the fifties, don’t we?

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  • It’s impractical and expensive to buy everything you want, such as a 1977 Buick LeSabre, especially if it’s only because your grandpa owned one and drove you to elementary school in […]

    1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe: A Big (Downsized) Buick Just Like Grandpa Used To Have

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 30 Comments
    It’s impractical and expensive to buy everything you want, such as a 1977 Buick LeSabre, especially if it’s only because your grandpa owned one and drove you to elementary school in […]

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  • It took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […]

    1965 Prince Skyline (S54) 2000 GT-B – Red Hot Royalty

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 12 Comments
    It took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […]

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