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  • (first posted 7/21/2019)      As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 35 Comments
    (first posted 7/21/2019)      As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]

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  • In 1992, Lee Iacocca practically had to be dragged out of his office at Chrysler. Presumably he got shoved into his Imperial, and told never to come back, although he […]

    Curbside Classic: 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial – The Last Imperial; The Last Iacocca-mobile

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 25 Comments
    In 1992, Lee Iacocca practically had to be dragged out of his office at Chrysler. Presumably he got shoved into his Imperial, and told never to come back, although he […]

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  • Here’s an image that should be both familiar and different for those who remember the days when these were around. Familiar, as many of these Furys often served as fleet […]

    Vintage Snapshot: ’77-’78 Plymouth Fury Fleet As Taxi Service In The Arabian Peninsula

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 7 Comments
    Here’s an image that should be both familiar and different for those who remember the days when these were around. Familiar, as many of these Furys often served as fleet […]

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  • Let’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […]

    Curbside Find: 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – The Last Good-Looking Ferrari?

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Let’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […]

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  • (I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here.  PN)       Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […]

    Driving the Original Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 16 Comments
    (I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here.  PN)       Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […]

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  •   The full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […]

    Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses”

    Posted on July 21, 2025 | 20 Comments
      The full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […]

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  • (First posted 12/18/2014)  We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – […]

    Curbside Classic: Mazda F800/F1000 – Expresso Bongo.

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 47 Comments
    (First posted 12/18/2014)  We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – […]

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  • Images of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]

    Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 9 Comments
    Images of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]

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  • Last month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […]

    Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 17 Comments
    Last month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […]

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  •   First let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […]

    Curbside Finds: The Curious World of Collector License Plates

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 45 Comments
      First let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […]

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  • The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]

    CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 8 Comments
    The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]

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  • Choices, Choices . . . If I called the shots on my car ownership journey, I would have started not with a janky ‘79 Capri, but instead a ‘64-‘72 GM […]

    My 1979 Buick Regal: Finally, Something That Runs!

    Posted on July 20, 2025 | 24 Comments
    Choices, Choices . . . If I called the shots on my car ownership journey, I would have started not with a janky ‘79 Capri, but instead a ‘64-‘72 GM […]

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  • William Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […]

    Curbside Finds: The Golden Era Of GM Design – 1963-64 Buick Riviera and 1969 Cadillac Eldorado

    Posted on July 19, 2025 | 17 Comments
    William Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […]

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  • It’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […]

    Curbside Find: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way

    Posted on July 19, 2025 | 14 Comments
    It’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […]

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  • Unlike Ford, which had an uninterrupted stream of Rancheros starting with the very first in 1957 (CC here), Chevrolet took a break during 1961-1963. Perhaps they considered the El Corvair […]

    Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet El Camino – Designed To Be Effective At Certain Tasks

    Posted on July 19, 2025 | 9 Comments
    Unlike Ford, which had an uninterrupted stream of Rancheros starting with the very first in 1957 (CC here), Chevrolet took a break during 1961-1963. Perhaps they considered the El Corvair […]

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