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  •   It’s getting late on a weeknight, but I need to blow off a little steam. A little cathartic quick fix sure would feel good before bed. I walk outside […]

    My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 1 – How Did I Get Here?

    Posted on August 6, 2025 | 18 Comments
      It’s getting late on a weeknight, but I need to blow off a little steam. A little cathartic quick fix sure would feel good before bed. I walk outside […]

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  • After a spectacular rise and equally dramatic fall in the 1950s, Buick reinvented its model lineup for the 1960s, dropping most of the familiar model names it had used since […]

    Full-Size Buicks Of The 1960s: How Buick Reinvented Its Lineup Between 1959 And 1970

    Posted on August 6, 2025 | 24 Comments
    After a spectacular rise and equally dramatic fall in the 1950s, Buick reinvented its model lineup for the 1960s, dropping most of the familiar model names it had used since […]

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  • (first posted 7/20/2017)         This blue gen2 Subaru GL AWD wagon is parked just around the corner from my house, and is owned by one of the daughters […]

    Curbside Find: 1983 Subaru GL AWD Wagon – Crunchy

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 52 Comments
    (first posted 7/20/2017)         This blue gen2 Subaru GL AWD wagon is parked just around the corner from my house, and is owned by one of the daughters […]

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  • Imagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […]

    Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 29 Comments
    Imagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […]

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  • If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […]

    Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 10 Comments
    If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […]

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  • It’s been a minute since we’ve checked on our good friends at Flex Auto Review, who have an impressive roster of classic cars in their forecourt near on the outskirts […]

    Dealer Classics: JDM Smörgåsbord In Saitama – Round Three

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 7 Comments
    It’s been a minute since we’ve checked on our good friends at Flex Auto Review, who have an impressive roster of classic cars in their forecourt near on the outskirts […]

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  •   “Attention Walmart shoppers!  There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!”  Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […]

    1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Vintage Looks With Modern Upgrades

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 9 Comments
      “Attention Walmart shoppers!  There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!”  Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […]

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  • Some of us are born with a natural disposition to be, let’s say, very expressive.  I recently came across photos of myself taken in the late ’70s in my grandparents’ […]

    Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Toyota TownAce Super Extra – Be All Of Yourself

    Posted on August 5, 2025 | 25 Comments
    Some of us are born with a natural disposition to be, let’s say, very expressive.  I recently came across photos of myself taken in the late ’70s in my grandparents’ […]

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  • (first posted 8/10/2017)       As you well know, I’m not exactly a big fan of quite a bit that came from the Big Three during their declining decades (70s […]

    Curbside Find: 1993 Ford Escort Wagon – The American Corolla

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 65 Comments
    (first posted 8/10/2017)       As you well know, I’m not exactly a big fan of quite a bit that came from the Big Three during their declining decades (70s […]

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  • Over sixty years on from their planning stages, it’s obvious that the 1964-67 A-Body intermediates were one of the greatest hits of General Motors. In all four flavors, from the […]

    The General Motors A-Bodies Of 1964-69 – GM’s Greatest Hit #7

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 12 Comments
    Over sixty years on from their planning stages, it’s obvious that the 1964-67 A-Body intermediates were one of the greatest hits of General Motors. In all four flavors, from the […]

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  • Today’s automotive curiosity comes thanks to a couple of images shared by riveranotario at the Cohort; a 1991 Yugo Skala, a model I had no idea had reached South America. […]

    Car Show Classic: 1991 Yugo Skala – The Fiat 128 Pick Up

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 9 Comments
    Today’s automotive curiosity comes thanks to a couple of images shared by riveranotario at the Cohort; a 1991 Yugo Skala, a model I had no idea had reached South America. […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. As the 1948 sales brochure stated; “This time it’s Hudson”.  I’ve never had any experience with one, as they were all about gone in my part […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Hudsons and Their People In Their Best Era

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 29 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. As the 1948 sales brochure stated; “This time it’s Hudson”.  I’ve never had any experience with one, as they were all about gone in my part […]

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  • Being too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […]

    Curbside Find: 1977 Pontiac Ventura – Dumb Luck

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 19 Comments
    Being too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […]

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  •   I spent a lot of time recently staring at this well-preserved 1974 Imperial LeBaron hardtop, wondering again why it didn’t sell. In most respects, Chrysler’s senior make was at […]

    1974 Imperial LeBaron Crown Coupe — A Chrysler By Any Other Name, It Sold Better As A New Yorker

    Posted on August 4, 2025 | 21 Comments
      I spent a lot of time recently staring at this well-preserved 1974 Imperial LeBaron hardtop, wondering again why it didn’t sell. In most respects, Chrysler’s senior make was at […]

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  • (first posted 3/17/2012)    You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]

    Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…

    Posted on August 3, 2025 | 10 Comments
    (first posted 3/17/2012)    You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]

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