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Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Impala – America’s Favorite Car
Posted on May 17, 2019 | 80 CommentsAll hail the King! What you now see sitting triumphantly in front of you is the king of American cars from 1969. This Impala sprang forth during that historic year […] -
Curbside Oddity: Volkswagen Jetta/Golf Mk2 combination – Jolf?
Posted on May 16, 2019 | 21 CommentsHere is something you do not see everyday. A mash-up of a Mk2 Volkswagen Jetta and Golf to create a small and unique station wagon. I suspect the main body […] -
CC Outtake: 1977 Chevrolet Vega – With A Genuine Vintage Vega Girl Aboard
Posted on May 16, 2019 | 55 Comments(first posted 9/13/2012. A follow up to yesterday’s Vega Girls post) I always keep the camera at hand (except when I don’t). You just never know when…you might look in […] -
CC Outtake: Any Family Resemblance Is Strictly Not Coincidental
Posted on May 16, 2019 | 48 CommentsHow did I end up with two white boxy vehicles with underbites, high-set eyes, and eccentric looks that a very significant portion of the public finds ugly? Coincidence or a […] -
CC Global: Volvo And Welgro – How Animal Feed Is Hauled From The Mill To The Farm
Posted on May 16, 2019 | 23 CommentsThe process of expansion, specialization and professionalization of stock farming has been going on for decades, nothing new under the sun. Way into the seventies, the animal feed was delivered […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Vega Kammback – GM’s Deadly Sexy Sin #2, Take Two
Posted on May 15, 2019 | 68 Comments(first posted 3/25/2011) A found Vega is a terrible thing to waste, so even though we’ve done one already, let’s indulge in a little Take Two. But let’s do […] -
CC Clue: Make (OK, You Got This), Model, Year, and Color Please
Posted on May 15, 2019 | 14 CommentsWe shall gather here again tomorrow at this same time and place to pay our respects. In the meantime, the make is obvious to many, some will know the model, […] -
Argentinian Man Turns a Renault Fuego Into a Lamborghini – After 14 Years It’s Finally Finished
Posted on May 14, 2019 | 17 CommentsI received an email with a link to an article at tn.com about the completion of a very drastic redo: turning an elderly Renault Fuego into a Lamborghini. The builder’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet Impala – Last Of The Impalas
Posted on May 14, 2019 | 41 Comments(first posted 7/6/2013) The role of the traditional large, rear-wheel-drive American car had changed by the mid-1980s. We’d been through the gas crisis, which led to the Japanese successfully wooing […] -
CC For Sale: 1989 Eagle Premier ES Limited – An Eagle Premier To Tow Your Eagle Premier?
Posted on May 14, 2019 | 23 CommentsSearch for an Eagle Premier on Craigslist and you’ll find dozens of listings for the Jayco Eagle Premier trailer. The defunct AMC-developed, Renault-based, Giugario-designed, Canadian-built, Chrysler-marketed product? Not so much. […] -
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Jeep-Eagle Edition, Part I
Posted on May 14, 2019 | 28 CommentsFor decades now, Jeep has been one of the most enthusiastic employers of special editions and so there was no shortage of Jeeps to choose from for the Jeep-Eagle edition […] -
Future CC Outtake: 2018 Ford EcoSport SES – Also-Ran Or Segment Pioneer?
Posted on May 13, 2019 | 33 CommentsYesterday I outlined how Hyundai’s Venue may signal the start of a new crossover segment aimed at buyers looking for something other than a subcompact sedan or hatchback. In that […] -
Trucks Of A Lifetime: 2003 Ford F350 Crew Cab
Posted on May 13, 2019 | 16 CommentsOne of the ‘For Sale’ pictures from 2015 LT Dan’s excellent piece recently on his long serving 1996 Dodge Ram got me motivated to keep resume writing the stories of […] -
CC Outtakes: The Florida Panther
Posted on May 13, 2019 | 27 CommentsThe Florida Panther is a cougar, or mountain lion, which is the state animal of Florida. According to Wikipedia, there’s a population of over 200 of these felines in Florida, […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 New York International Auto Show, Part 2: Luxury Automakers And Supercar Manufacturers
Posted on May 13, 2019 | 33 CommentsBMW and Volvo decided to skip the New York auto show this year. Can you believe that? Of all places, the two European luxury automakers decided that showing off their […]