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  • Last weekend, I did a post on a ’53 Ford Ranch Wagon found in San Salvador. With that, I thought I was done with the “Hey look, an old American […]

    CC For Sale: 1955 Pontiac Wagon Found Down South – Old American, In Need Of Rescue In The Tropics

    Posted on July 24, 2025 | 5 Comments
    Last weekend, I did a post on a ’53 Ford Ranch Wagon found in San Salvador. With that, I thought I was done with the “Hey look, an old American […]

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  • Can you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […]

    Curbside Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – A Stick-Shift Supreme

    Posted on July 24, 2025 | 30 Comments
    Can you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […]

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  •   In the mid-’60s, Ford Motor Company studied the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout and declared, “We can do that!” The result: the 1966 Ford Bronco, a boxy little SUV […]

    Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Ford Bronco – Ford Joins The Compact 4X4 Market With A “West Of The Pecos Rodeo Aura”

    Posted on July 24, 2025 | 16 Comments
      In the mid-’60s, Ford Motor Company studied the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout and declared, “We can do that!” The result: the 1966 Ford Bronco, a boxy little SUV […]

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  • I once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.”  At the time, I sagely […]

    Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 23 Comments
    I once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.”  At the time, I sagely […]

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  • Here’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […]

    Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 12 Comments
    Here’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […]

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  • photo from the CC Cohort by William Oliver   What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […]

    Curbside Find: 1968 Beaumont – SD396? Maybe, But With the Wrong Badging

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 11 Comments
    photo from the CC Cohort by William Oliver   What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […]

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  • The open road calls and today we have a good gallery of adventuresome souls from the past who heeded the call, plus a few who were called towards the water.  […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Trailers – Traveling And Vacation Fun As It Used To Be

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 28 Comments
    The open road calls and today we have a good gallery of adventuresome souls from the past who heeded the call, plus a few who were called towards the water.  […]

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  • I’ve written before about cars that aren’t mine, or that I didn’t buy- my ex-wife’s Protege, and my current wife’s Sentra. They have their own personal auto-histories, of course, and […]

    Our 2003 Honda Element, 2011 Nissan Cube, And Other Cars Of My Other Halves

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 20 Comments
    I’ve written before about cars that aren’t mine, or that I didn’t buy- my ex-wife’s Protege, and my current wife’s Sentra. They have their own personal auto-histories, of course, and […]

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  •   In June 1960, CARS magazine presented their picks for the best cars available in the U.S. in each price segment, from compacts to luxury cars. They also presented their […]

    Vintage Review: CARS Magazine Asks “What Car Should You Buy?” For 1960

    Posted on July 23, 2025 | 36 Comments
      In June 1960, CARS magazine presented their picks for the best cars available in the U.S. in each price segment, from compacts to luxury cars. They also presented their […]

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  • (first posted 7/25/2019)       The first Honda Civic was the car that got Honda well and truly noticed for its car-making abilities. With a steady diet of sales and […]

    Curbside Find: 1981-86 Honda City – They Grow Up So Fast!

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 22 Comments
    (first posted 7/25/2019)       The first Honda Civic was the car that got Honda well and truly noticed for its car-making abilities. With a steady diet of sales and […]

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  • I was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […]

    1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Not Your Father’s Lighting Setup

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 19 Comments
    I was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […]

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  • Chrysler Sebring photo from the CC Cohort by canadiancatgreen.   The joy of riding a motorcycle cruising through the country must be experienced. If not into bikes, then drop the […]

    My Convertible Cars of a Lifetime

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 23 Comments
    Chrysler Sebring photo from the CC Cohort by canadiancatgreen.   The joy of riding a motorcycle cruising through the country must be experienced. If not into bikes, then drop the […]

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  • 1965 was the last really big year for the big American car, and no car embodies that better than the 1965 Chevrolet. Never again would so many be sold: 1.67 […]

    1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – The Peak Chevrolet Experience; The Peak Full-Size American Car Experience

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 14 Comments
    1965 was the last really big year for the big American car, and no car embodies that better than the 1965 Chevrolet. Never again would so many be sold: 1.67 […]

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  • Even at the time (and I vividly remember these being launched), the Audi A2 always struck me as a “Let’s call the whole thing off” type of car. You said […]

    Curbside Classic: 2000-05 Audi A2 – Pushing Tin

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Even at the time (and I vividly remember these being launched), the Audi A2 always struck me as a “Let’s call the whole thing off” type of car. You said […]

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  • I did something at the beginning of this month that I haven’t done for twenty years: I went to an amusement park to which I had never been before.  I […]

    Curbside Musings: 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo – Just Hanging Out There

    Posted on July 22, 2025 | 22 Comments
    I did something at the beginning of this month that I haven’t done for twenty years: I went to an amusement park to which I had never been before.  I […]

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