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  • After the hat on a hat, putting a cherry on top and the cat on a hot tin roof, the new idiotic idiom for 2026 will be: strapping a canoe […]

    1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III LWB Saloon by James Young – Whatever Floats Your Canoe

    Posted on October 23, 2026 | 14 Comments
    After the hat on a hat, putting a cherry on top and the cat on a hot tin roof, the new idiotic idiom for 2026 will be: strapping a canoe […]

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  • Today’s time-traveling wheels take us back to the mid-century era, when Googie and Modernist influences had transformed roadside restaurants and diners into architectural attractions. It’s a destination we revisit every […]

    Neon Signs & Glass Facades: Googie And Modernist Restaurants In Vintage Postcards – 1950s-1960s

    Posted on October 23, 2026 | 14 Comments
    Today’s time-traveling wheels take us back to the mid-century era, when Googie and Modernist influences had transformed roadside restaurants and diners into architectural attractions. It’s a destination we revisit every […]

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  • Classic Era locomotives notwithstanding, Cadillac’s peak probably landed somewhere in the 1955-1970 range, when their cars were so good that enthusiast publications almost had to apologize for the fact that […]

    1970 Cadillac Calais Coupe: The Least Expensive (But Rarely Chosen) Way To Become A New Cadillac Owner

    Posted on October 23, 2026 | 29 Comments
    Classic Era locomotives notwithstanding, Cadillac’s peak probably landed somewhere in the 1955-1970 range, when their cars were so good that enthusiast publications almost had to apologize for the fact that […]

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  • When the RAV4 kicked off the modern crossover era in the U.S. with the 1996 RAV4, it’s likely nobody predicted that crossovers would make up the majority of vehicles sold […]

    Rental Review: 2026 Toyota RAV4 LE AWD – America’s Second-Best Seller Is Not Thrilling, But Nice

    Posted on October 23, 2026 | 29 Comments
    When the RAV4 kicked off the modern crossover era in the U.S. with the 1996 RAV4, it’s likely nobody predicted that crossovers would make up the majority of vehicles sold […]

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  • (Updated 10/22/2026)    Fellow readers, what you see above this text, while admittedly not beautiful, is a piece of history. More unique than a Ferrari 250 GTO, though not nearly as […]

    The Compadre BTV History – The Anti-Cadillac For Developing Nations

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 44 Comments
    (Updated 10/22/2026)    Fellow readers, what you see above this text, while admittedly not beautiful, is a piece of history. More unique than a Ferrari 250 GTO, though not nearly as […]

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  • (Updated 10/22/2026)            There’s no shortage of debate among BMW enthusiasts over which generation of the 3 Series deserves the title of the last great one. […]

    Classic CARmentary: 1999 BMW 328i Sedan — When a Four-Door Sedan Drove Like a Sports Car

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 19 Comments
    (Updated 10/22/2026)            There’s no shortage of debate among BMW enthusiasts over which generation of the 3 Series deserves the title of the last great one. […]

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  • Twin-steer, a dual drive tandem with planetary drive axles, leaf springs all around, a powerful turbodiesel, and all that completed with a fully up-to-date day cab. This DAF in factory-demo-red […]

    2024 DAF XFC 530 FAD 8×4 Dump Truck – A Modern Traditionalist

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 7 Comments
    Twin-steer, a dual drive tandem with planetary drive axles, leaf springs all around, a powerful turbodiesel, and all that completed with a fully up-to-date day cab. This DAF in factory-demo-red […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. We can do some people watching today, along with our usual car spotting.  It is always fun to connect the cars to the people that own […]

    The Cars We Loved, and the People Who Drove Them: Vintage Photos 1960s–’70s

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 19 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. We can do some people watching today, along with our usual car spotting.  It is always fun to connect the cars to the people that own […]

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  • A decade is a long run for any production car, but given the changes in automotive design between 1960 and 1970, it’s amazing that the Volvo 1800, in its various […]

    1972 Volvo 1800ES: The Best-Ever Example Of How To Effectively Restyle A Car On The Cheap

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 13 Comments
    A decade is a long run for any production car, but given the changes in automotive design between 1960 and 1970, it’s amazing that the Volvo 1800, in its various […]

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  • The Studebaker Hawk got a new lease on life with Brooks Stevens’ dramatic 1962 restyling, but by the 1964 model year, that lease was running out: The Hawk would be […]

    1964 Studebaker GT Hawk: One Of Only 70 Final-Year Hawks With The R2 Supercharged Engine

    Posted on October 22, 2026 | 30 Comments
    The Studebaker Hawk got a new lease on life with Brooks Stevens’ dramatic 1962 restyling, but by the 1964 model year, that lease was running out: The Hawk would be […]

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  • (Updated 10/21/2026)    During the life of the Ford Thunderbird, it dived in many varied directions and often with staggeringly different results.  Through it all, it did manage to present itself […]

    Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe and The MN-12 Platform – More Than You Might Think

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 103 Comments
    (Updated 10/21/2026)    During the life of the Ford Thunderbird, it dived in many varied directions and often with staggeringly different results.  Through it all, it did manage to present itself […]

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  • (Updated 10/21/2026)           I’ve said it before, but the Curbside Cohort is the gift that just keeps giving. Following on from the 1960 Vauxhall Victor we saw […]

    Curbside Find: 1961 Envoy Sherwood – A Vauxhall For Canada

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 53 Comments
    (Updated 10/21/2026)           I’ve said it before, but the Curbside Cohort is the gift that just keeps giving. Following on from the 1960 Vauxhall Victor we saw […]

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  • It’s always an honour to be the first to post about a marque on this website. CC has been around for 15 years now, so there aren’t many we haven’t […]

    1962 Ogle SX1000 – Take A Good, Long Stare

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 20 Comments
    It’s always an honour to be the first to post about a marque on this website. CC has been around for 15 years now, so there aren’t many we haven’t […]

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  • Over the past couple of years, I’ve shared quite a few vintage photos of car dealerships from the 1950s. Always a chance to time-travel and wonder what could’ve been, isn’t […]

    When 1950s Chevrolets Were Brand New – Vintage Dealer Photos

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 25 Comments
    Over the past couple of years, I’ve shared quite a few vintage photos of car dealerships from the 1950s. Always a chance to time-travel and wonder what could’ve been, isn’t […]

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  • With the Millennium Bug threatening and my Fiat Coupe approaching an expensive cambelt service it seemed, however much I loved it, that it might be a good idea to move […]

    My 1999 Ralliart Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Type-S – How I Became a Japanese Turbo Nutter

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 3 Comments
    With the Millennium Bug threatening and my Fiat Coupe approaching an expensive cambelt service it seemed, however much I loved it, that it might be a good idea to move […]

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