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Tiny Titans: Scale Models Of 1960s Full-Size Power Cars
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 23 CommentsWe’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 […] -
1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 9 CommentsEdsel 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 […] -
Curbside Musings: 1961 And 1962 Plymouth Valiant V200 – The Wrong Toilet Seat
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 54 CommentsWe 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 […] -
1977 Datsun F-10: It Got An F In Beauty School
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 22 CommentsThe 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 […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1997 Eagle Vision TSi – One Of The Last To Be Shoved Out Of The Nest
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 7 CommentsIt 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 […] -
Golden State Memories: Vintage Roadside Photos Of Southern California – 1970s
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 24 CommentsModel Drive In-Cleaners, 12th and Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach. -
CC Global: From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones – The Kleemann Episode
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 6 CommentsLast 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 […] -
1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 (W124) Wagon – The End Of The Benz As We Knew It
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 15 CommentsIf 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 […] -
1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 14 CommentsA 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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Valiant Brougham
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 16 CommentsWhat 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 […] -
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 […] -
Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsThat’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 […] -
Why Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, And Cadillac (Mostly) Had Their Own Engines
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 41 CommentsUntil 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 […]