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  • (Updated 10/9/2025)    In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […]

    1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance

    Posted on October 9, 2025 | 93 Comments
    (Updated 10/9/2025)    In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […]

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  • Sanders Oldsmobile, La Brea & Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA.

    Vintage Photos: Oldsmobile Dealerships In The 1970s and 1980s

    Posted on October 9, 2025 | 23 Comments
    Sanders Oldsmobile, La Brea & Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA.

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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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