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Curbside Classic: 1988 Opel Senator 3.6i Irmscher – Political Machine
Posted on May 16, 2025 | 16 CommentsWhat with all the (Studebaker) Dictators, (Studebaker and Nissan) Presidents, (Mercury) Marquis and (Daimler) Sovereigns, cars with overt political ambitions have been around for a good while. Usually, we’re talking […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Panthers Run In The Family
Posted on May 16, 2025 | 5 Comments(First posted in 12/5/2011. Original links, follow-up on the story, and a general update added further down.) The Panther-platform Grand Marquis (and Crown Victoria) is/was an accidental car on so […] -
Vintage Car Life Review: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Convertible With 440 Six Pack – “Genghis Grape”
Posted on May 16, 2025 | 25 CommentsDodge was decidedly late to the pony car party, waiting more than five years to join the fray with the new E-body Dodge Challenger. The Challenger was just as […] -
Curbside Classics: Mitsubishi Delica & Pajero – Awesome Cherry Blossoms
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 10 Comments(first posted 5/15/2019) Here in Northern Virginia, our favorite Japanese import is typically considered the cherry blossom. Nearby Washington, DC is famous for its Japanese cherry trees […] -
1963.5 Falcon Futura Sports Coupe – The Un-Sprint
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 36 Comments(first posted 7/9/2013) So this is what I stopped to shoot the other day, before I got distracted by the ’65 Ranger F-250. When I first spotted it, I thought […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1985-87 Holden Gemini SL/E – Missing The I-Mark
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 15 Comments(first posted 5/15/2019) It’s almost Gemini Season. I’m no astrologer but this is apparently a period of tremendous energy, motion and change, sometimes unpredictable. That likely doesn’t […] -
1983 Volkswagen Golf GTI Oettinger – GTIs Are Just Too Common
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 11 CommentsThe hot hatch par excellence, the one that is always claimed to have invented the concept, was the Golf GTI, launched in 1976. The competition, as is its wont, did […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Early Jeep Adopters – 1950s-1970s
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 13 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We are viewing Jeeps and their operators for today’s feature. Some of these folks got to know the Jeep through their service in World War II, […] -
Curbside Find: 1976 Toyota Celica – Still Attracting Young Women First Time Owners
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 19 CommentsI try to avoid stereotypes as they inevitably don’t hold up, but early Celicas did rather seem to appeal to young women. And they obviously still do, even 50 years […] -
1965 Cadillac Comparison: Cadillac Calais Sedan Vs. Coupe De Ville – Was The Budget Caddy A Bargain Or A Bust?
Posted on May 15, 2025 | 32 CommentsIn 1965, Cadillac replaced its long-running Series 62 line with the new entry-level Calais, which could theoretically put you in a new Cadillac for around $5,000 — only a little […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 SAAB 96 – Healing The Emotions, If Not The Company
Posted on May 14, 2025 | 21 Comments[first posted in 2011, when Saab’s seemingly endless series of crises first started] It’s hard to look at this old Saab and not get choked up. And it’s not just […] -
Electronic Ignition History – Losing the Points, Part 1
Posted on May 14, 2025 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/7/2019) Earlier this year Daniel Stern wrote an article that looked at General Motor’s HEI ignition system. The GM HEI ignition is well known among car […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Buicks On The Road – 1950s-1960s
Posted on May 14, 2025 | 12 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we have another gallery featuring Buicks, GM’s medium priced nameplate that has a long history and is still with us. There is a wide variety […] -
Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #1: 1976 Plymouth Volare And Dodge Aspen – From An A To An F
Posted on May 14, 2025 | 33 CommentsWhile the human Seven Deadly Sins – lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride – clearly play a part in any automaker’s fall from grace, Detroit cultivated its own […] -
The DougD Reruns: Updates and Reflections
Posted on May 14, 2025 | 16 CommentsAs you may have noticed CC ran a second look at the DougD series of COAL articles, so it’s time for an update and some self reflection. I first encountered […]