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  • We’ve looked at Muscle cars, in the sense of big block intermediates. But today I thought we’d take a look at where those powerful big blocks came from, the cars […]

    Tiny Titans: Scale Models Of 1960s Full-Size Power Cars

    Posted on October 14, 2025 | 23 Comments
    We’ve looked at Muscle cars, in the sense of big block intermediates. But today I thought we’d take a look at where those powerful big blocks came from, the cars […]

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  • Edsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […]

    1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac

    Posted on October 14, 2025 | 9 Comments
    Edsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […]

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  • We car people just want to be right.  Maybe it’s because of the many hours we had spent reading and re-reading our favorite books, magazines, or sections of automotive encyclopedias about […]

    Curbside Musings: 1961 And 1962 Plymouth Valiant V200 – The Wrong Toilet Seat

    Posted on October 14, 2025 | 54 Comments
    We car people just want to be right.  Maybe it’s because of the many hours we had spent reading and re-reading our favorite books, magazines, or sections of automotive encyclopedias about […]

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  • The driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: Is ugliness in the eye of […]

    1977 Datsun F-10: It Got An F In Beauty School

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 22 Comments
    The driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: Is ugliness in the eye of […]

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  • It may sometimes seem as if this series is predominantly focusing on defunct brands but they do tend to be interesting and sometimes produce oddballs that seem like they should […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1997 Eagle Vision TSi – One Of The Last To Be Shoved Out Of The Nest

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 7 Comments
    It may sometimes seem as if this series is predominantly focusing on defunct brands but they do tend to be interesting and sometimes produce oddballs that seem like they should […]

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  • Model Drive In-Cleaners, 12th and Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach.

    Golden State Memories: Vintage Roadside Photos Of Southern California – 1970s

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 24 Comments
    Model Drive In-Cleaners, 12th and Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach.

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  • Last month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road […]

    CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 6 Comments
    Last month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road […]

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  • If Mercedes-Benz objectively still has quite a lot of brand equity in 2025, it’s certainly not thanks to the cars they’ve been making over the past quarter century. The story […]

    1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 (W124) Wagon – The End Of The Benz As We Knew It

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 15 Comments
    If Mercedes-Benz objectively still has quite a lot of brand equity in 2025, it’s certainly not thanks to the cars they’ve been making over the past quarter century. The story […]

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  • A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […]

    1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer

    Posted on October 13, 2025 | 14 Comments
    A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […]

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  • (Updated 10/12/2025)      Cities need lungs. New York and London have their parks. The great cities of Northern England have the moors and dales of Yorkshire and Northumberland. But […]

    Dockside Classic: 1947 Paddle Steamer Waverley – The Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer In The World

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 30 Comments
    (Updated 10/12/2025)      Cities need lungs. New York and London have their parks. The great cities of Northern England have the moors and dales of Yorkshire and Northumberland. But […]

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  • (Updated 10/12/2025)        If there were a prize for cars that have gone from Being Everywhere to Being Nearly Extinct, GM’s N body may win first place.  Not […]

    In Motion Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – And The Survivor’s Prize Goes To…

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 58 Comments
    (Updated 10/12/2025)        If there were a prize for cars that have gone from Being Everywhere to Being Nearly Extinct, GM’s N body may win first place.  Not […]

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  • What really separates the hardcore car freaks from the semi-pros is in what mental image they conjure up when you say “early Dodge Dart”. Even those of us who were […]

    1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Valiant Brougham

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 16 Comments
    What really separates the hardcore car freaks from the semi-pros is in what mental image they conjure up when you say “early Dodge Dart”. Even those of us who were […]

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  • “I want something different, I want something special…” is the kind of expression that’s not rare in our consumerist culture. And today, to please such desires, how about a 1986 […]

    1986 Lincoln Ranger Continental – The Luxury Truck You Didn’t Expect

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 25 Comments
    “I want something different, I want something special…” is the kind of expression that’s not rare in our consumerist culture. And today, to please such desires, how about a 1986 […]

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  • That’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust.  I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […]

    Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 11 Comments
    That’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust.  I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […]

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  • Until the 1970s, GM automotive divisions made most of their own engines, leading to a confusing array of completely different engines of similar displacements. For example, Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and […]

    Why Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, And Cadillac (Mostly) Had Their Own Engines

    Posted on October 12, 2025 | 41 Comments
    Until the 1970s, GM automotive divisions made most of their own engines, leading to a confusing array of completely different engines of similar displacements. For example, Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and […]

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