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Automotive History: Since The 1975 Granada Was The Worst Malaise-Mobile, What Was The Best (Or Maybe Just Better)?
Posted on April 24, 2024 | 99 Comments(first posted 4/24/2018) A while back, Paul wrote a very enlightening article about the 250 six powered 1975 Ford Granada winning the dunce cap award for having Ford […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Renault Alliance Convertible – Ton Camembert à la Open Air
Posted on April 24, 2024 | 52 Comments(first posted 4/24/2018) Believe it or not, there was a time when the French automobile industry was the most technologically advanced in the world, the largest producer of […] -
COAL Extra: 1977 AMC Gremlin – The Dangers of Procrastination
Posted on March 13, 2024 | 34 CommentsI’m calling this one an “Extra” because this was not my car nor a car I ever drove. This was my sister’s first car, and it’s a good enough story […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1972 AMC Ambassador Brougham Station Wagon
Posted on March 4, 2024 | 52 CommentsNow here is one of 5256 Ambassador Brougham Station Wagons produced and I now own it. Eleven cars. I must be out of my mind. -
Design Analysis: 1974 AMC Matador Coupe and X – Please Go All the Way
Posted on December 11, 2023 | 50 CommentsIt was July, 1972 when the Raspberries released their hit song about a girl asking her guy to, well… you know. -
Vintage Motor Trend Road Test: 1970 American Motors AMX – Distinct, Potent And Rough
Posted on December 6, 2023 | 14 Comments“What can we say? The AMX is a great machine in so many ways but in others, it wants.” – MT ’69 That basically sums up just about every period […] -
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – Iconic
Posted on July 31, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 7/31/2017) In today’s world where SUVs/CUVs come in all shapes and sizes, with everything from car-based, front-wheel drive, inline-3s to truck-based, four-wheel drive, V8s and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – The Not-So-Grand Wagoneer
Posted on July 6, 2023 | 28 CommentsThe early 1990’s was a big decade at Jeep, in all kinds of ways – including making changes. After almost thirty years of continuous production, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer was […] -
Car Show Classic: 1970 AMC Rebel Machine – A Tale Of Two Machines, Only One Of Them Sexy
Posted on June 29, 2023 | 39 CommentsSome cars are immortalized in music. The cool cars, mostly. From the rockabilly classic Hot Rod Lincoln to the Beach Boys’ T-Bird (that was so Fun Fun Fun) to Prince […] -
Curbside Movie Review: The Junkman
Posted on May 8, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 12/19/2012) Once upon a time, a person could watch a movie that contained actual car chases. Yes, there are still car chases in movies, but the computer-generated stunts […] -
Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Concord – The Underdog Learns One More New Trick
Posted on April 21, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 8/23/2014) Everybody loves the underdog, so how can we not love this Concord? Or everything else that AMC kept coming up with in its increasingly desperate attempts to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 121 Comments(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […]