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Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Brougham’s Brougham
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 168 Comments(first posted 8/6/2012) The Fleetwood Brougham. The top-of-the-line Cadillac. Luxurious in space, in gadgets, and in power. The best “owner-driven” Cadillac money could buy. While Cadillac wasn’t necessarily the top […] -
CC Global: 2021 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 10×4 With Schwing Stetter Concrete Pump – Spreading Its Tentacles
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 11 CommentsThe outriggers of this concrete pump are so massive that the Mercedes-Benz carrier seems hardly equal to its task, as if it’s undersized. Yet the 10×4 chassis and the Schwing […] -
Vintage Ad: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz – The Ultimate Eldorado, But There’s Something Wrong With The One Shown
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 35 CommentsIt was the ultimate Eldorado, by size, as the 1979 would be quite substantially downsized. But it’s not ultimately correct, in terms of one detail, which sharp-eyed readers will find, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Chevy Van 90 – Just The Thing For A Snowy Day
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 18 CommentsWe don’t see snow in Eugene very often, but that did happen on December 27th, when we measured a good six inches at our house. It tends not to stick […] -
The Best And Worst Selling Cars Of 1985 (And All 159 In Between)
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 122 CommentsThe best selling passenger car in 1985 (first posted 1/30/2013. I can’t vouch for its accuracy or completeness) In addition to documenting the best selling cars from some 170 […] -
Vintage R&T Feature: Ten Best Enthusiasts Bargain Cars In 1978
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 31 Comments(first posted 1/20/2016) If you remember, R&T used to do Ten Best issues from time to time- actually, my first Ads’ Post of June 1978 was such an issue. […] -
Vintage Ad: 1959 Daihatsu Trimobile – I Had No Idea These Were Sold Here
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 18 CommentsThis is a new one for me. Three wheel trucks were a big thing in Japan in the fifties, as they would be in China in more recent years. And […] -
CC Capsule 1962 Toyota Corona – Feeling The Blues
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 8 CommentsIt was midafternoon Sunday in San Salvador. While waiting for my wife to finish some extracurricular activities I decided to go for a stroll around the block. The streets were […] -
Truck History: 1973 Freightliner Powerliner – Its Massive 1150 Cubic Inch Cummins KTA Made It The First 600 HP Diesel Highway Truck
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 66 CommentsMuscle cars were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. Truck owner-operators wanted in on the action too, given the low price of fuel and the ability […] -
COAL Capsule: So…This Is What Filming A Movie Is Like?
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 39 CommentsIn September of last year someone approached me at a small car meet and asked if I would be willing to show my Lincoln in a few movie shots for […] -
Curbside Classic: 2000 Honda Z UM-4 — Umm … What Is This?
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 31 Comments(first posted 1/19/2016) When I first spotted the rear view of this Honda Z UM-4 I thought it was some sort of electric vehicle I had not yet heard […] -
Automotive Histories: When The Old Names Died (Part 1)
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 96 Comments(first posted 1/19/2016) In the 1990s, flagging sales had led GM to orchestrate a complete rebranding of the Oldsmobile line. The venerable Eighty-Eight, Cutlass and Ninety-Eight nameplates were scrapped, […] -
Vintage Ad: 1962 Ford Fairlane Police Defender – What My Father Would Have Driven If He Had Been A Cop
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 24 CommentsWhenever I see a black 1962 Fairlane just like we used to have , like this ad for a Police Ranger (or is it “Defender?) it inevitably makes me think […] -
CC Capsule: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport Convertible — Behind the Bar and Grill
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 19 CommentsEver since I was five, which was 50 years ago, I’ve known how to tell the model year of a first-generation Camaro. I imagine you know the signs as well. […]