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  • Multiple straight trucks and semis were on display at the yearly held show in the southeast of the Netherlands, organized by a local truck drivers club. Walking along a grand […]

    CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Milheeze – Regional Truckage Assortment

    Posted on August 12, 2025 | 11 Comments
    Multiple straight trucks and semis were on display at the yearly held show in the southeast of the Netherlands, organized by a local truck drivers club. Walking along a grand […]

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  • I like to think our brains are wired to enjoy contrasts, especially in pairs. Be it size, age, character or otherwise. You know what I mean; Laurel and Hardy, Harold […]

    Unlikely Pair: 1968 Cadillac Convertible and 1997 Fiat Cinquecento Found In Hungary

    Posted on August 12, 2025 | 11 Comments
    I like to think our brains are wired to enjoy contrasts, especially in pairs. Be it size, age, character or otherwise. You know what I mean; Laurel and Hardy, Harold […]

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  • The 1963–1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (C2) is a classic design whose styling holds up well today. One reason for that was the selection of attractive paint choices. Let’s take […]

    1963 to 1967 C2 Corvette Sting Ray Colors: From Rarest To Most Popular

    Posted on August 12, 2025 | 32 Comments
    The 1963–1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (C2) is a classic design whose styling holds up well today. One reason for that was the selection of attractive paint choices. Let’s take […]

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  • (first posted 8/10/2019)      The Westward Go-4 Interceptor has been produced since the early 1990s. It’s used by municipalities across the United States and Canada, predominantly as a parking […]

    Curbside Find: Westward Go-4; Where Do You Think You’re Going? – Checking Out A Retired Parking Enforcement Three Wheeler

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 23 Comments
    (first posted 8/10/2019)      The Westward Go-4 Interceptor has been produced since the early 1990s. It’s used by municipalities across the United States and Canada, predominantly as a parking […]

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  • Somebody wasn’t content with GM’s decision to not make Riviera ragtops, and took matters–or Sawzall– into hands. CJCars just posted this to the Cohort, and it certainly looked like it […]

    Curbside Find: 1970 Buick Riviera GS Roadster – Custom Sawzall Edition, Sans Top

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 22 Comments
    Somebody wasn’t content with GM’s decision to not make Riviera ragtops, and took matters–or Sawzall– into hands. CJCars just posted this to the Cohort, and it certainly looked like it […]

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  • For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve not been able to go to as many car shows as usual this summer. And I’m going to miss the National […]

    The 2025 CC Cohort Classic Car Show – The European Section

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 23 Comments
    For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve not been able to go to as many car shows as usual this summer. And I’m going to miss the National […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is cars and a few trucks, as they were seen in the neighborhoods of the mid century era. Most of them you never […]

    Classic Cars And Everyday Neighborhoods In The 1950s-1960s – Vintage Photos From A Bygone Era

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 14 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is cars and a few trucks, as they were seen in the neighborhoods of the mid century era. Most of them you never […]

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  • The other day on the way to the grocery store, I came across a motorist in need. While I’m not entirely sure that he understood that he was in need, […]

    Whereupon A Broken 1973 Bronco Getaway Leads to Your QOTD

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 45 Comments
    The other day on the way to the grocery store, I came across a motorist in need. While I’m not entirely sure that he understood that he was in need, […]

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  • In music, the concept of a summer fling was perhaps best captured in Chad and Jeremy’s “A Summer Song,” which reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October […]

    Museum Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Convertible – A Very Tempting Summer Fling

    Posted on August 11, 2025 | 14 Comments
    In music, the concept of a summer fling was perhaps best captured in Chad and Jeremy’s “A Summer Song,” which reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October […]

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  • (first posted 7/20/2019)      We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […]

    Bus Stop Classics: 1961 – 74 Neoplan NH Series Intercity Coach – The “Hamburg”

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 14 Comments
    (first posted 7/20/2019)      We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […]

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  • I was on my way to the office on a Sunday morning, and decided to stop and get some breakfast.  In the parking lot of the breakfast joint was this […]

    1986 Pontiac Grand Prix At The Parking Lot – Rare One Owner Survivor

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 11 Comments
    I was on my way to the office on a Sunday morning, and decided to stop and get some breakfast.  In the parking lot of the breakfast joint was this […]

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  • by Victor Van Tress. Honda has made a lot of really wild motorcycles in many configurations. Yet no matter the design, one thing remained constant – Their reliability. Be it […]

    A Succession Of Honda CBXs – 400,000 Riding Miles On Honda’s Legendary Inline Six, And Counting

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 26 Comments
    by Victor Van Tress. Honda has made a lot of really wild motorcycles in many configurations. Yet no matter the design, one thing remained constant – Their reliability. Be it […]

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  • The 1958 Oldsmobile.  Just to say it evokes moans, giggles or rolling eyes.  One of the most over-styled cars of the 1950s (if not of all time), it has become […]

    1958 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – OLDSmobility In The Rocket Age

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 11 Comments
    The 1958 Oldsmobile.  Just to say it evokes moans, giggles or rolling eyes.  One of the most over-styled cars of the 1950s (if not of all time), it has become […]

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  • I am on the whole an indecisive man, but put me in front of an internet auction with a car I’ve never seen, and I will never waver. That’s how […]

    My Newly Acquired 1967 Volvo 1800S – “Is That One Of Those James Bond Cars?”

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 38 Comments
    I am on the whole an indecisive man, but put me in front of an internet auction with a car I’ve never seen, and I will never waver. That’s how […]

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  • In March 1986, Honda launched a new luxury brand called Acura, which originally offered two models: the luxurious new Legend sedan and a sporty compact hatchback called Integra. Based on […]

    1986–1989 Acura Integra: Was This The Most Satisfying ’80s Honda?

    Posted on August 10, 2025 | 33 Comments
    In March 1986, Honda launched a new luxury brand called Acura, which originally offered two models: the luxurious new Legend sedan and a sporty compact hatchback called Integra. Based on […]

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