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Curbside Parody: I Only Need Some New Parts
Posted on March 28, 2014 | 32 Comments(My apologies to Bonnie Tyler and whomever wrote “Total Eclipse of the Heart”) Every now and then I get mighty peeved that you never drive me ’round […] -
Auto-Biography: Of Birds, Cats, First Cars And Growing Up…
Posted on October 3, 2013 | 48 Comments(ED: Sometimes a CC comment can be so interesting that a dedicated post becomes necessary. Please join me in welcoming Junqueboi’s first official article on CC! TK) I was probably […] -
Car Show Outtake: A Different Type Of Blue Chevy
Posted on July 11, 2013 | 24 CommentsWe already looked at a blue Chevrolet a few days ago, but it was a Corvette and Corvettes are hardly rare. How about a Marina Blue ’67 Impala instead? I […] -
Backyard Classics: A Saturday Afternoon Stroll at the In-Laws
Posted on April 20, 2013 | 26 CommentsWhen you marry into a family, sometimes it’s wise to not open your mouth too soon. Give it a dozen or so years. -
CC Outtake: ’67 GP – In Aqua, Yet!
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 20 CommentsI was stopped at a stop sign a couple of weeks ago when I noticed what appeared to be a late-’60s full-size Pontiac sitting in a driveway across the railroad […] -
CC Outtake: 1967 Ford F-250 – The Only Curbside Classic I’ve Ever Found in My Neighborhood
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 22 CommentsAged daily drivers are few and far between here in Indiana. Our winters are hard on cars. So it’s a real event for a carspotter like me to find one […] -
Cohort Outtake: Is It The CC Effect, Or Just A Plate Of Shrimp?
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 11 CommentsHey, didn’t we just have a Plymouth VIP (two, actually) on CC? Well, yes, but this is such a rare car that I had to share the Rock Island VIP’s […] -
Mini CC: 1967-68 Thunderbird By Johnny Lightning – Do You Like Models Of Non-Mainstream Cars? I Do!
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 49 CommentsIf you collect diecast cars these days, unless you scour the Bay of E or live in a big city, you are more or less out of luck. The diecast […] -
My Curbside Christmas Classic: 1967 Consolidated Novelty Scotch Pine – Decking the Halls for Fifty Years
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 49 Comments(First posted 12/25/2012. Updated for its 50th year) Some families are more traditional than others; I suppose mine is more traditional than most, something that is really brought out during […] -
Ebay Find: A Very Special 1967 Bonneville
Posted on December 12, 2012 | 58 CommentsI’m not one to use online auction listings as filler here at CC, but I decided to make an exception in the case of this 1967 Bonneville. While I already […] -
Moving Target: One Last Ride For The Season?
Posted on November 3, 2012 | 18 CommentsAfter a brief spell of unusual-for-the-Quad Cities warm weather, we are back to typical Midwestern autumn weather: 40s and 50s in the daytime, dipping to the 20s or 30s at […] -
(Cropped) Snapshot From 1967: Quick; What’s The First Car That Comes To Mind? (Updated)
Posted on July 28, 2011 | 33 Commentsi I can’t resist these old automobile Annuals. Today, we’re back in that magical year of 1967, when so many brilliant new cars appeared: Camaro, the second Mustang, the all-new […] -
CC Outtake: 1969 Cadillac – The Anti-Tercel
Posted on March 18, 2011 | 16 CommentsIf David Gusset the violin maker drives a Tercel Wagon, what would the proprietor of Papa’s Soul Food Kitchen drive? What else? I should say, driven, in the past tense, […]