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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1964 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible – Cadillac Tosses The Fender Skirts Once Again, To Good Effect
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 31 CommentsThis is my favorite Cadillac of this generation. Cadillac finally woke up to the fact that the 1950’s Eldorado without the fender skirts really distinguished it from its lesser stablemates, […] -
COAL: 1978 Nissan Fairlady Z – The One I Wish I’d Kept
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 13 CommentsIn 1983 I was enjoying driving my 1976 Mazda Cosmo around Tokyo, though not the frequent trips to the gas pumps, when an acquaintance who I was taking night courses […] -
COAL # 40 2007 Volvo XC90 – It’s Make or Break
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 8 CommentsIn 2018 my fiancée and I were living in Rogers in a house that I had before we were engaged. We were looking for a house to buy together, and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1998-04 Cadillac Seville – The FWD Sport Sedan’s Last Stand
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 11/6/2014) The fifth-generation Seville was the most ambitious iteration yet of Cadillac’s import fighter. Designed with an eye to export markets, Cadillac believed the Seville could take on […] -
CC Capsule: Air-Cooled Volkswagens I Have Recently Known
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 19 CommentsEven though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of all the old cars I find; it […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Most Beautiful Canadian Wagon in 1965
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 13 CommentsOf course that applies to American wagons too, but this just happens to be a Canadian Pontiac Parisienne shot by Dean Edwards. -
Driveway Wordless Outtake: He Drove the Audi To Work Today
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CC Biography: The Fitting Life and Times of Oscar Ulysses Zerk
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 37 CommentsRecently we read about the involvement of various Austrians in regard to potential parentage of the Volkswagen. Inspired by an article sent to me by reader George Ferencz, let’s explore […] -
Curbside Outtakes: A Curbside Row of Work Trucks Outside Espanola, New Mexico
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 11 CommentsLast weekend I drove down to Albuquerque to help my daughter move into a new apartment. On the way back to Denver, I decided to detour through the New Mexico […] -
Auction Site Classic: 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – All The Right Ingredients
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 12 CommentsIf you were to name a British sports saloon in the late 1970s that included the qualities of traditional sports cars, history, familiarity, relative affordability, high performance and innovation, then […] -
CC Cinema: Mrs. James Bond’s 1969 Cougar
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 64 Comments(first posted 11/5/2014) What was the most memorable Mercury Cougar of all time? For some, it may be the original 1967-68 Cougar with its clean styling. For racing or muscle […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The First Thundercat
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 57 Comments(first posted 11/5/2014) After a recent week of Ford Thunderbirds with a healthy dose of the intermediate-sized 1977-79 generation, a profile of the Mercury Cougar XR7 of the same years […] -
On The Go Outtake: VW Diesel Rabbit – Still Hopping
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 20 CommentsHow many Diesel Rabbits have I caught over the years and shared them with you? Two dozen? At least. But there’s always more. And there will be more, undoubtedly. -
Curbside Outtake: The Rather Unusual Mercedes Sprinter Flatbed – Flat As A Board
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 19 CommentsProbably not so much so in Europe, but it’s the first flatbed Sprinter I’ve seen. And a very flat bed it is. -
Classic CARmentary Finale: 2000 Nissan Xterra SE 4X4
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 17 CommentsAnother in a series of my reviews that appeared in the online version of African Americans On Wheels, a now defunct automotive magazine that was included as an insert in […]