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  • Older big Hondas like this Vigor are objectively awesome. Dynamic design, interesting technical solutions, great performance – it’s the full package. And that’s certainly what a lot of folks in […]

    1994 Honda Vigor (CC2) 25S – Bigger By Name, Minor By Nature

    Posted on October 9, 2025 | 8 Comments
    Older big Hondas like this Vigor are objectively awesome. Dynamic design, interesting technical solutions, great performance – it’s the full package. And that’s certainly what a lot of folks in […]

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  • The Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […]

    1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday

    Posted on October 9, 2025 | 44 Comments
    The Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […]

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  • Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a small British sports car with a lusty American V-8 engine crammed under the hood. When MG installed the ex-Buick Rover V-8 […]

    Vintage Wheels Review: 1974 MGB GT V8 – An MGB And A Buick Engine Walk Into A Bar …

    Posted on October 9, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a small British sports car with a lusty American V-8 engine crammed under the hood. When MG installed the ex-Buick Rover V-8 […]

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  • How often does a truly revolutionary car appear? Let’s disqualify uranium powered flying cars on the cover of Popular Science and other quirky eccentrics from consideration, but focus on mass […]

    Curbside Classic: 1973–1979 Honda Civic – The Second Little Revolutionary

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 10 Comments
    How often does a truly revolutionary car appear? Let’s disqualify uranium powered flying cars on the cover of Popular Science and other quirky eccentrics from consideration, but focus on mass […]

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  • (photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]

    1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 9 Comments
    (photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]

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  • MAN is one of those truck manufacturers that can offer factory 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 chassis with in-house front and rear drive axles. Often, a chassis-cab with such a drivetrain […]

    CC Global: 2025 MAN TGS 46.520 8×8 Wide Spread – The Traton Group’s King Off The Road

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 4 Comments
    MAN is one of those truck manufacturers that can offer factory 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 chassis with in-house front and rear drive axles. Often, a chassis-cab with such a drivetrain […]

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  • It was a vintage ad that sent me down the peculiar rabbit hole of American models built in South America — that alternate reality where familiar things appear as if […]

    1969 IKA-Renault Rambler Ambassador – Argentina’s Take On American Luxury

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 8 Comments
    It was a vintage ad that sent me down the peculiar rabbit hole of American models built in South America — that alternate reality where familiar things appear as if […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Henry Ford was all about basic transportation, and I think he would have been pleased with the Falcon, especially the black ones.  We are highlighting the […]

    Ford Falcon Memories: The 1960s Everyday Car In Vintage Photos

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 22 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Henry Ford was all about basic transportation, and I think he would have been pleased with the Falcon, especially the black ones.  We are highlighting the […]

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  • Back in January of this year, I relayed the trials and tribulations of car shopping.  In that report, I disclosed how we had specific criteria mixed with a touch of […]

    My 2025 Subaru Outback Premium – Of Anniversaries, High Elevations, and Utility

    Posted on October 8, 2025 | 52 Comments
    Back in January of this year, I relayed the trials and tribulations of car shopping.  In that report, I disclosed how we had specific criteria mixed with a touch of […]

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  • (Updated 10/7/2025)   After yesterday’s Checker post, it seems only fitting to take a look at the legendary London Taxi, the ultimate living dinosaur. The Austin FX4/Fairway design was built from […]

    Kerbside Classic: Austin FX4 London Taxi – 6th And Charnelton In Eugene, Please; Via Siberia

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 30 Comments
    (Updated 10/7/2025)   After yesterday’s Checker post, it seems only fitting to take a look at the legendary London Taxi, the ultimate living dinosaur. The Austin FX4/Fairway design was built from […]

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  • (posted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry) Jim Cavanaugh’s CC on a 1964 Dodge Custom 880 pointed out that the 880 was the last relic of Chrysler Design Chief Virgil […]

    1966 Dodge Dart GT and Dart 270 Hardtop Coupes – The Last Exner-mobiles

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 14 Comments
    (posted at the Cohort by Curtis Perry) Jim Cavanaugh’s CC on a 1964 Dodge Custom 880 pointed out that the 880 was the last relic of Chrysler Design Chief Virgil […]

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  • In today’s small field of minivan offerings, brands cover a broad spectrum from spartan to luxurious, with numerous trim levels all under one model. Yet when the minivan was a […]

    1990–1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette – An O.G. Luxury Minivan, But By No Means A Cadillac

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 20 Comments
    In today’s small field of minivan offerings, brands cover a broad spectrum from spartan to luxurious, with numerous trim levels all under one model. Yet when the minivan was a […]

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  • I have to admit that I’ve a personal fondness for the compact Japanese trucks of the 1970s. They were curious things in my childhood, much different from the American-built trucks […]

    Chevrolet LUV and Toyota HiLux – 1970s Compact Trucks Still At Work

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 7 Comments
    I have to admit that I’ve a personal fondness for the compact Japanese trucks of the 1970s. They were curious things in my childhood, much different from the American-built trucks […]

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  • Pity the poor Daihatsu. In some parallel universe, the feisty company’s Campagno would have sold well in export markets, enabling it to maintain its independence in spite of the pen-pushers […]

    1992 Daihatsu Mira (L200) Gran Limited – Not Exactly Gran, But Not That Limited Either

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 5 Comments
    Pity the poor Daihatsu. In some parallel universe, the feisty company’s Campagno would have sold well in export markets, enabling it to maintain its independence in spite of the pen-pushers […]

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  • I was on the third stop on my Great Michigan Adventure 2025 road trip this past August when this beautiful ’73 Mustang came into view.  I was visiting Keri, a […]

    Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – At A Canter

    Posted on October 7, 2025 | 45 Comments
    I was on the third stop on my Great Michigan Adventure 2025 road trip this past August when this beautiful ’73 Mustang came into view.  I was visiting Keri, a […]

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