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Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Charger SE – Let’s Take A Muscle Car And Turn It Into A Brougham!
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 21 CommentsThe redesigned 1971 Dodge Charger was introduced right at the knife’s edge of the muscle car’s salad days. Within a year, the party would be over, as insurance, new tastes […] -
Vintage Snapshots: American Cars In The Soviet Union – 1950s-1970s
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 50 CommentsI believe that many here at CC enjoy the glimpses of cars away from their expected habitat. JDM Kei cars in the US, the 1950s American survivors in Cuba, and […] -
Curbside Classic Update: 1975 Plymouth Valiant – Looking Ready to Retire
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 45 CommentsTime and age catch up to all of us. Except some people manage to not show much sign of that pesky aging, until it comes on them all of a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 ASA 1000 GT – Feeling A Little Blue?
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 8 CommentsA poor little orphan, all alone and so very blue. Makes your heart melt, doesn’t it? The story of the ASA 1000 GT is kind of tragic. Its father, Enzo […] -
Childhood Classic: Following Cliff Around
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 28 Comments(first posted 3/24/2015) Dad gave me this photo he’d scanned from a slide. It epitomizes my childhood; mop of blonde hair, patched knees on pants, messing […] -
Curbside Classic: 1949 Dodge Special De Luxe – What the Plodge?!
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 23 CommentsSo probably the first thing to get out of the way is just what exactly a Plodge is. It is, like the name suggests, the combination of a Plymouth and […] -
My Nissan Trucks Of A Lifetime
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 16 CommentsNissan Trucks are a part of me and have been since 1985 when I bought my first Datsun King Cab; a 1981 model. It was very similar to this one, […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Mustang People In The ’60s & ’70s
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 35 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. On this day in 1964 the Ford Mustang was unveiled at the World’s Fair in New York City and in Ford dealers across the country. In […] -
CC In Scale: The Cars Of 1967
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 26 CommentsSometimes inspiration comes from strange places. Often these days I’m finding a model I build is inspired by a car I saw online; ever more frequently that’s in a CC […] -
1965 Chevrolet Caprice Vs. 1965 Buick Electra 225 Custom – Working-Class Luxury Takes On The Establishment
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 53 CommentsRecently, I ran across a 2022 listing for an unusual 1965 Chevrolet Caprice, the light purple (“Evening Orchid”) four-door hardtop pictured above. The original Caprice, Chevrolet’s response to the popular […] -
Curbside Classic Review: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 – Dripping With Fat
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 93 Comments(first posted 8/24/2013) The gen2 and gen3 Camrys are from the heart Toyota’s “fat” years, when seemingly no expense was spared to make them tower over the competition in terms […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Honda Accord Wagon – Peak Accord
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 62 Comments(first posted 2/13/2019) This is my favorite generation Accord, as it was still a very lithe and light and nippy car, yet quite refined too. And it […] -
Car Show Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 25 Comments“Honey, does this make my rear end look too big?” This is a question that, when asked by his sweetheart, strikes fear into the heart of every male. The problem is that the question cannot […] -
Auction Classic: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, part 2 of 4 – 1914-1919
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 21 CommentsThis is the continuation of a look at many of the amazing very early automobiles I was privileged to see in Arizona this January. See Part 1 if you missed […] -
1963 Ferrari 250 GTO – The $50,000,000 Question
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 22 CommentsAlthough they are objectively beautiful, rare and very fast, I’m totally out of my depth when it comes to older Ferraris. Especially the 250 – there were just too many […]