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COAL: 1985 Chevrolet El Camino – Life Finds A Way
Posted on June 7, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhen one door closes… Open it. That’s how doors work. -
D-Day History Classic: The Harley-Davidson WLA In The Second World War
Posted on June 6, 2019 | 46 Comments(first posted 6/6/2014) The 75th anniversary of D-Day is as good a day as any to take a look at an increasingly common but widely misunderstood classic vehicle of […] -
CC Kids: Blaine H. On the Big Road Trip Out West in the New ’66 Chevelle
Posted on June 6, 2019 | 20 CommentsTaken in Yakima, that’s a barefoot, 11-year old me with my Washington cousins Peter and Paula in front of my older sister Jane’s brand-new 1966 Chevelle Malibu. We were on […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Toyota Camry Returns to Europe – Only as a Hybrid – And Has Eyes on Taxi Market
Posted on June 6, 2019 | 53 CommentsIn case you didn’t know it, in a very challenging European market Toyota is bucking the odds and growing its market share quite nicely. And it’s all on the back […] -
CC Global: Heavy Brick Haulers Photoreport – The River Delta Is Their Home Base
Posted on June 6, 2019 | 18 CommentsDown through the ages, our rivers have brought us sand and clay, among others. So logically and historically, brickworks have always been situated on or nearby river banks. Consequently, our […] -
Cohort Outtake: Coincidence, or the Same Owner? Somebody Likes Big Old GM Hoopties
Posted on June 6, 2019 | 16 CommentsWhoa! As soon as I saw this tired old Cadillac at the Cohort posted by tbm3fan, I instantly wondered if it was owned by the same person that owns the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 82 Comments(first posted 6/12/2013) Today’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Honda #1 In US Retail Passenger Car Sales; 55% Of First Time Buyers and 70% of Gen Z Buy Passenger Cars
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 60 CommentsEveryone likes to toss about sales stats to prove their bias for or against certain cars or brands, but they’re often quite misleading, as fleet sales skew those numbers, sometimes […] -
CC Capsule: 1989-92 Holden Apollo – Small Things
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 9 CommentsI used to bounce myself out of CC every time I came across it. And that happened quite often. Time was, I started off my internetting at Barnfinds.com. Great hosts […] -
CC Outtake: The Cars of North Sioux City, South Dakota
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 35 CommentsEverybody needs to have their basic operating procedures. A new one I’m implementing is to chronicle the cars from towns I visit where there are contradictory terms in the name. […] -
CC Rental Car Review: 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD – The Last Mediocre Hyundai?
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 49 Comments“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” That single declarative statement succinctly defined the stakes established in HBO’s Game of […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser S – The Station Wagon’s Last Gasp?
Posted on June 4, 2019 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/9/2013) Here’s another find from our excursions yesterday. Pinpointing the exact vintage of this Olds Cutlass (Ciera) Cruiser S would have been quite difficult had I not spoken […] -
CC Cinema: The GT40 Gets The Hollywood Treatment In Ford V Ferrari, In Theaters This November
Posted on June 4, 2019 | 42 CommentsFord’s desire to crush Ferrari at Le Mans is one of the most well known stories in the history of automotive racing, and later this year you’ll be able to […] -
CCs In Israel: May 2019 – From Electric Basic To Locomotive Majestic
Posted on June 4, 2019 | 9 CommentsWelcome to another edition of classic and interesting vehicles, captured in the Holy-land. As per usual, variety rules as you’ll find all sorts in this post. -
CC Capsule: 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII & 2013 Lincoln MKZ – Linkin’ Lincolns
Posted on June 4, 2019 | 35 CommentsThis past Friday evening, I eschewed my normal, low-key, indoor routine for a bus trek up to the neighborhood of Rogers Park, which is the one just north of […]