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  • It took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […]

    1965 Prince Skyline (S54) 2000 GT-B – Red Hot Royalty

    Posted on November 2, 2026 | 12 Comments
    It took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […]

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  • (Updated 11/1/2026)    There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it.  The […]

    Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 86 Comments
    (Updated 11/1/2026)    There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it.  The […]

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  • (Updated 11/1/2026)        Sometimes the best press cars are the ones you never asked for. I originally requested a Land Rover Discovery for a 500-mile family-moving expedition, but […]

    Classic CARmentary: 2001 Volvo V70 T5 – A a Luxury Wagon With 247 Turbocharged Horses

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 11 Comments
    (Updated 11/1/2026)        Sometimes the best press cars are the ones you never asked for. I originally requested a Land Rover Discovery for a 500-mile family-moving expedition, but […]

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  • If there’s one conversation from my college days in the early 1990s that I still vividly remember, it’s one I had with my classmate Michelle. “Have you seen all those […]

    Teal Was So 1990s: A Junkyard Gallery of Cars in the Color of the Decade

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 31 Comments
    If there’s one conversation from my college days in the early 1990s that I still vividly remember, it’s one I had with my classmate Michelle. “Have you seen all those […]

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  • Just about everywhere, there are old roads that have fallen into disuse or lost their relevance as newer, more efficient routes came along. No blame there; we all like getting […]

    Route 66 in Its Heyday: Vintage Postcards From America’s Mother Road, 1950s-1960s

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 17 Comments
    Just about everywhere, there are old roads that have fallen into disuse or lost their relevance as newer, more efficient routes came along. No blame there; we all like getting […]

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  • There are still places on the California coast where one is not surprised to find something like this: a 1964 Buick Electra 4-door hardtop with its roof hacked off pulling […]

    Found: 1964 Buick Electra 4-Door Convertible Towing A Travel Trailer – Living The Beach Bum Lifestyle

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 17 Comments
    There are still places on the California coast where one is not surprised to find something like this: a 1964 Buick Electra 4-door hardtop with its roof hacked off pulling […]

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  • New year. New car. Same me. January 2014 in Portland, Oregon.   Sometimes you see a new car come out and immediately think, “I want it!” Then you see the […]

    My 2010 Cadillac CTS — The Dream Car I Actually Got to Own

    Posted on November 1, 2026 | 9 Comments
    New year. New car. Same me. January 2014 in Portland, Oregon.   Sometimes you see a new car come out and immediately think, “I want it!” Then you see the […]

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  • (Updated 10/31/2026)        Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera […]

    Curbside Find: Mazda AP Cosmo – Rotary Relic

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 42 Comments
    (Updated 10/31/2026)        Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera […]

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  • (Updated 10/31/2026)          Where have all the old hearses gone? There was a time when these body haulers were a common alternative to the VW bus (conveniently […]

    Graveside Classic: 1970 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach – Got Corpse?

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 67 Comments
    (Updated 10/31/2026)          Where have all the old hearses gone? There was a time when these body haulers were a common alternative to the VW bus (conveniently […]

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  • There aren’t many cars that can compete with a Beetle when it comes to fun displays. A pumpkin-themed Halloween getup? Well, naturally, it suits the model just fine, particularly when […]

    Car Show Finds: Pumpkin Beetles And Killer Clowns

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 3 Comments
    There aren’t many cars that can compete with a Beetle when it comes to fun displays. A pumpkin-themed Halloween getup? Well, naturally, it suits the model just fine, particularly when […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is a gallery of vintage experiences that for the most part were not fondly remembered, but were part of our lives nonetheless.  Thankfully, […]

    Flat Tires and Roadside Trouble: When Motoring Went Wrong in the 1950s-1970s

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 38 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is a gallery of vintage experiences that for the most part were not fondly remembered, but were part of our lives nonetheless.  Thankfully, […]

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  • (2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. And they were […]

    Auto-Biography: Wildcat!

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 51 Comments
    (2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. And they were […]

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  • Almost 10 years before Buick’s Dynaflow, the first mass-produced torque converter transmission for passenger cars, GMC transit coaches were already using fully automatic Spicer Model 90 and 91 hydraulic transmissions. […]

    The World’s First Successful Torque Converter Automatic Transmission Was In A Bus: The 1938-1948 Yellow Coach/GMC Spicer Hydraulic Transmission

    Posted on October 31, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Almost 10 years before Buick’s Dynaflow, the first mass-produced torque converter transmission for passenger cars, GMC transit coaches were already using fully automatic Spicer Model 90 and 91 hydraulic transmissions. […]

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  • (Updated 10/30/2026)             Twenty-six years ago, in 1994, Mercedes unveiled a study of a small roadster at the Turin autoshow. It immediately caught interest because it […]

    1997-2004 Mercedes SLK 200/230/320AMG (R170): A Little Roadster That Made a Big Impression

    Posted on October 30, 2026 | 53 Comments
    (Updated 10/30/2026)             Twenty-six years ago, in 1994, Mercedes unveiled a study of a small roadster at the Turin autoshow. It immediately caught interest because it […]

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  • (Updated 10/30/2026)           When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro; however, the concept of coming home […]

    Dealer Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z – “Ten With A Two”

    Posted on October 30, 2026 | 30 Comments
    (Updated 10/30/2026)           When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro; however, the concept of coming home […]

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