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My 1985 Mercury Marquis – A Gift With The Best Intentions (And When Best Intentions Go Wrong)
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 21 CommentsA little while back, I wrote about a wonderful ’81 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham that Cindy and I had received from her grandparents; Louis and Molly. Cindy’s grandparents were such wonderful […] -
CC Outtake: Honda 4WD Acty pickup
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 27 Comments(first posted 1/18/2019) On a gray morning earlier this week I had an in-town errand. As I pulled into the still mostly empty lot, I spotted a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Montego MX Convertible – End of the Road
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 67 Comments(1/18/2019) When I spotted this Montego convertible parked by the beach at Half Moon Bay, I had the thought that doesn’t come to me very often: […] -
CC Videos: French Truckin’ Wizards – Door-To-Door Transport
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 13 CommentsOne of my favorite search terms on YouTube is ‘passage (très) difficile’. Then you’ll find yourself in France, watching modern big rigs rolling through old small towns. AubeAgri_Production posted a […] -
Vintage Dealers: Oldsmobile Dealers In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 30 CommentsDunlap’s Oldsmobile, Ames, IA. -
Rental Car Review: 2024 Opel Astra Sports Tourer
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 34 CommentsBeing empty nesters (physically, if not financially) has allowed my wife and I to travel a bit more, and it’s something we very much enjoy. During the Pandemic up until […] -
My Dad’s Cars – In My Beginning, There Was a ’58 Ford… And Then A ’68 Nova
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 38 Comments’58 Ford Custom 300 photo by Stephen Pellegrino. My name is Rafael Fabius, I live in Uruguay, a small country wedged between Argentina and Brazil; a place a little bit […] -
Curbside Classic: 1996 Mercury Mystique – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 98 Comments(first posted 3/31/2014) When it comes to the domestic manufacturers, the products of Ford Motor Co taken as a whole rank low on my list of desired models. However, that’s […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1992-95 Autobianchi/Lancia Y10 – The Last Autobianchi
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 1/17/2019) Trust me to find cars in Venice. My poor brother thought he’d gotten a reprieve during our Europe trip when we arrived in Venice. No […] -
Junkyard Finds In The Snow: When Automotive Hell Freezes Over
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 30 Commentscanadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. He doesn’t even shy away from visiting junkyards in the depths of winter in Canada. So let’s tag along and see […] -
Vintage Snapshots: A Hardtop Gallery – Hardtops In The 1950s – 1960s
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 21 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to view some hardtops, a favorite for many during the fifties, sixties and part of the seventies. They have the sporty look […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsTo close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […] -
1949 Chevrolet Fleetline And Styleline – Seize The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolets
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 33 CommentsFor modern enthusiasts and nostalgists, the popularity of postwar Chevrolet cars (and trucks) is so tied up with the SBC V-8 engine that it’s almost hard to believe that […] -
1970½ Ford Falcon: Mission Implausible
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 148 Comments(first posted 1/1/2012) For most of us, the turn of the calendar represents a new (hopeful) beginning. A fresh start, if you will, to take stock, begin anew, […] -
CC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 71 Comments(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for […]