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  •   I grew up in northernmost New Jersey near the Palisades, which are the tall cliffs that overlook the Hudson River above the George Washington Bridge. I was 13 or […]

    My 1972 Datsun 1200 – An Early Affinity To The Affordably Different

    Posted on July 5, 2025 | 11 Comments
      I grew up in northernmost New Jersey near the Palisades, which are the tall cliffs that overlook the Hudson River above the George Washington Bridge. I was 13 or […]

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  • (first posted 7/3/2019)      I don’t know about you, but I usually avoid talking about cars with most people, as I find most people don’t care much about these […]

    Curbside Classic: 1966 Porsche 912 – I Must Make Amends

    Posted on July 4, 2025 | 35 Comments
    (first posted 7/3/2019)      I don’t know about you, but I usually avoid talking about cars with most people, as I find most people don’t care much about these […]

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  • The seventies were the first golden age for vans; they were everywhere, although their use and function was typically a bit different than when we think of #VanLife nowadays. They […]

    Curbside Find: 1979 Chevrolet Trans Van – #VanLife In The Late ’70s

    Posted on July 4, 2025 | 12 Comments
    The seventies were the first golden age for vans; they were everywhere, although their use and function was typically a bit different than when we think of #VanLife nowadays. They […]

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  • Oftentimes finding something to say about a particular car is rather simple as thoughts usually spring forth with wild abandon; harnessing them into a coherent assemblage is the challenge.  Such […]

    Curbside Find: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – Going Home?

    Posted on July 4, 2025 | 11 Comments
    Oftentimes finding something to say about a particular car is rather simple as thoughts usually spring forth with wild abandon; harnessing them into a coherent assemblage is the challenge.  Such […]

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  • It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit a holiday for […]

    1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”– Bicentennial Fever

    Posted on July 4, 2025 | 21 Comments
    It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit a holiday for […]

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  • text by Paul Niedermeyer     Americans have been celebrating the 4th of July with parades and other festivities since 1777. The nature of those celebrations has changed somewhat over the […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Parades In The ’50s to ’70s – Celebrating the 4th Of July And More

    Posted on July 4, 2025 | 30 Comments
    text by Paul Niedermeyer     Americans have been celebrating the 4th of July with parades and other festivities since 1777. The nature of those celebrations has changed somewhat over the […]

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  • Ferruccio Lamborghini founded his namesake company in 1963 to challenge Ferrari’s dominance in GT and high performance sports cars.  The Italian industrial magnate (known for building tractors prior to founding […]

    Vintage Review: Lamborghini 350 GT – Car and Driver Assesses A Ferrari Challenger

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 14 Comments
    Ferruccio Lamborghini founded his namesake company in 1963 to challenge Ferrari’s dominance in GT and high performance sports cars.  The Italian industrial magnate (known for building tractors prior to founding […]

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  • Volvo sports car?  An oxymoron, if ever there was one.  For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of safety and durability […]

    Curbside Classic: 1970 Volvo P1800E – About Lars, Who Bought a Stylish Italian Suit and Wore it for Twelve Years

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 14 Comments
    Volvo sports car?  An oxymoron, if ever there was one.  For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of safety and durability […]

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  • Ever since I did a post on the ’68 Chrysler Newport (here), something has been bugging me.  Never quite able to place a finger on it, it suddenly hit me […]

    Curbside Classic: 1981 Chrysler Newport – Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 21 Comments
    Ever since I did a post on the ’68 Chrysler Newport (here), something has been bugging me.  Never quite able to place a finger on it, it suddenly hit me […]

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  • This find by IdiotKing at the CC Cohort is something that doesn’t show up often, especially in the US; a 1960s Nissan Patrol, the maker’s counterpart to Toyota’s Land Cruiser. […]

    Curbside Find: 1960s Nissan Patrol – Nissan’s Early Off-Roader

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 13 Comments
    This find by IdiotKing at the CC Cohort is something that doesn’t show up often, especially in the US; a 1960s Nissan Patrol, the maker’s counterpart to Toyota’s Land Cruiser. […]

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  • Let’s end this edition on a high, shall we? Various Volvos, juicy Jaguars and delicious Dinos… Well, one delicious Dino GT4, anyway. So I guess that means we’ll kick things […]

    T87’s Singles Collection, Spring 2025 Edition – Part 3: Italian, British & Swedish Cars

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 17 Comments
    Let’s end this edition on a high, shall we? Various Volvos, juicy Jaguars and delicious Dinos… Well, one delicious Dino GT4, anyway. So I guess that means we’ll kick things […]

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  • How did the Ford Thunderbird stack up against its personal luxury competition in 1968? Ford Division tackled that question in this intriguing 1968 booklet for Ford salespeople, which highlighted the […]

    1968 Ford Thunderbird Versus Rivals – How Ford Ranked The T-Bird’s Competition

    Posted on July 3, 2025 | 24 Comments
    How did the Ford Thunderbird stack up against its personal luxury competition in 1968? Ford Division tackled that question in this intriguing 1968 booklet for Ford salespeople, which highlighted the […]

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  • (first posted 7/4/2019)      The bulbous nose of this tank, it turns out, is a great disguise. Inside this ’46 Pontiac Torpedo couple, there’s a GTO itching to climb […]

    Curbside Classic: 1946 Pontiac Torpedo

    Posted on July 2, 2025 | 33 Comments
    (first posted 7/4/2019)      The bulbous nose of this tank, it turns out, is a great disguise. Inside this ’46 Pontiac Torpedo couple, there’s a GTO itching to climb […]

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  • These shots of a ’65 Biscayne posted at the Cohort by robadr are the perfect follow-up to a post on a ’59 bat-wing Biscayne we had before at CC. In […]

    Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne – Voluptuous Hips For Cheapskates

    Posted on July 2, 2025 | 25 Comments
    These shots of a ’65 Biscayne posted at the Cohort by robadr are the perfect follow-up to a post on a ’59 bat-wing Biscayne we had before at CC. In […]

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    Vintage Postcards: Main Streets And Downtowns Across The US – 1950s-1960s

    Posted on July 2, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Irvington, New Jersey.

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