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  • (Updated 7/30/2026)         One of my primary missions at CC has been to document the decline and death of the big American car. I identified women (and their […]

    Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 DeLuxe Hardtop Coupe – Goldilocks

    Posted on July 30, 2026 | 38 Comments
    (Updated 7/30/2026)         One of my primary missions at CC has been to document the decline and death of the big American car. I identified women (and their […]

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  • The Indianapolis Motor Speedway thought enough of the new-for-1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible to choose one for pace-car duties in that year’s 500-mile classic. Similarly, someone in the 500’s home […]

    1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible For Sale: It’s Had The Same Owner For 31 Years, But The Next Owner Will Have A To-Do List

    Posted on July 30, 2026 | 29 Comments
    The Indianapolis Motor Speedway thought enough of the new-for-1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible to choose one for pace-car duties in that year’s 500-mile classic. Similarly, someone in the 500’s home […]

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  • We’re back at the Toyota Automobile Museum for a substantial slice (make that a slab, even) of all-American cheesecake in the elongated shape of an open-topped Packard Twelve that used […]

    Museum Classic: 1939 Packard Twelve Presidential Phaeton by Rollson – The Four-Wheeled Head Of State

    Posted on July 30, 2026 | 9 Comments
    We’re back at the Toyota Automobile Museum for a substantial slice (make that a slab, even) of all-American cheesecake in the elongated shape of an open-topped Packard Twelve that used […]

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  • This, without a doubt, was my craziest idea. Fly from Pittsburgh to LA, buy a vehicle, then drive it back over the course of a week. All in the pursuit […]

    My 2000 Cadillac Escalade – GM Does Badge Engineering Right For A Change

    Posted on July 30, 2026 | 17 Comments
    This, without a doubt, was my craziest idea. Fly from Pittsburgh to LA, buy a vehicle, then drive it back over the course of a week. All in the pursuit […]

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  • (Updated 7/29/2026)    We tend to talk about Ford’s brilliant segment-defining new cars of the 60s, like the Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang. But in the excitement of all of those new […]

    Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible – Straight-Laced In A Curvaceous New World

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 47 Comments
    (Updated 7/29/2026)    We tend to talk about Ford’s brilliant segment-defining new cars of the 60s, like the Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang. But in the excitement of all of those new […]

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  • (Updated 7/29/2026)                I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […]

    Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën HY Van – Corrugated Irony

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 13 Comments
    (Updated 7/29/2026)                I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […]

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  • The 1950 Buick has always been a “take-it-or-leave-it” kind of car, but Buick fans, especially fans of postwar models of the late 1940s and early 1950s, clearly love it. This […]

    1950 Buick Super Riviera Sedan For Sale: Grandma’s “Lovingly Restored” 47,000-Mile Super

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 24 Comments
    The 1950 Buick has always been a “take-it-or-leave-it” kind of car, but Buick fans, especially fans of postwar models of the late 1940s and early 1950s, clearly love it. This […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. We are taking a tour today to some small to medium towns around the U.S., plus one north of the border.  The itinerary is vintage views […]

    Cars And Storefronts Downtown And On Main Street, 1950s and 1960s

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 19 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. We are taking a tour today to some small to medium towns around the U.S., plus one north of the border.  The itinerary is vintage views […]

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  • Text submitted by Cal Sexsmith. By the spring of 1960, change was in the air. The family’s well-worn 1952 Buick was beginning to show its age, a second child was […]

    My Father’s Cars Adventures — The Wagon Years, Part 1

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Text submitted by Cal Sexsmith. By the spring of 1960, change was in the air. The family’s well-worn 1952 Buick was beginning to show its age, a second child was […]

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  • Last time we looked at the origins of San Francisco’s remarkable fleet of restored PCC streetcars and several of Muni’s own historic cars. This time, we continue the tour with […]

    The Historic Streetcars That Still Roam San Francisco, Part 2

    Posted on July 29, 2026 | 9 Comments
    Last time we looked at the origins of San Francisco’s remarkable fleet of restored PCC streetcars and several of Muni’s own historic cars. This time, we continue the tour with […]

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  • (Updated 7/28/2026)     There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory:  the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […]

    Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor

    Posted on July 28, 2026 | 66 Comments
    (Updated 7/28/2026)     There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory:  the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […]

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  • (Updated 7/28/2026)    The hardtop was one of the pillars of American automotive design. It originated in the heady post-war years, an extravagance that reflected America’s breezy optimism and one […]

    1984 Subaru GL Hardtop Coupe – A Requiem For The Affordable Hardtop

    Posted on July 28, 2026 | 104 Comments
    (Updated 7/28/2026)    The hardtop was one of the pillars of American automotive design. It originated in the heady post-war years, an extravagance that reflected America’s breezy optimism and one […]

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  • On a recent visit to family in northwestern Oregon, I walked several times on a logging road with wonderful views, at least when it wasn’t gray and rainy. I had […]

    Logging Road Find in Oregon Has Me Stumped: Can You Identify This Wreck?

    Posted on July 28, 2026 | 30 Comments
    On a recent visit to family in northwestern Oregon, I walked several times on a logging road with wonderful views, at least when it wasn’t gray and rainy. I had […]

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  • As we slowly and inexorably transition to a future of clean electricity powering almost everything, the nostalgic pull of a chuffing steam or gas engine seems to become greater than […]

    The Great Oregon Steam-Up 2026 – Steam Tractors, Stationary Engines, Vintage Tractor Pulls, Machinery And Much More (With Many Videos)

    Posted on July 28, 2026 | 13 Comments
    As we slowly and inexorably transition to a future of clean electricity powering almost everything, the nostalgic pull of a chuffing steam or gas engine seems to become greater than […]

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  • There’s been a lengthy discussion on the AACA forums recently about changing attitudes toward restoration, the subject of debate being a pair of long-dormant 1955 Packard Caribbeans. A couple decades […]

    1955 Packard Four-Hundred For Sale: A No-Reserve Driver That “Could Definitely Use Some TLC”

    Posted on July 28, 2026 | 12 Comments
    There’s been a lengthy discussion on the AACA forums recently about changing attitudes toward restoration, the subject of debate being a pair of long-dormant 1955 Packard Caribbeans. A couple decades […]

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