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Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhile Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Skylark Custom – No, It’s Not A Chevelle…
Posted on April 2, 2019 | 99 Comments(first posted 8/20/2013) As has been oft-repeated, the A-body GM midsizers were all new for 1968, with swoopy, near-fastback styling in all Chevy, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick flavors. We’ve all […] -
CC Outtake: A Scene From Car-rier & Ives
Posted on December 13, 2018 | 35 CommentsHave you ever looked at something and had it remind you of something else? Of course you have. Howabout this snow-capped Buick? It made me think of Currier & Ives. -
QOTD: Would You take the Buick or the Mystery Car?
Posted on October 21, 2018 | 49 CommentsEarlier this summer, my wife and I were on a nice long walk in the summer in the evening. While on the walk, we went past this house, which of […] -
COAL: 1998 Buick Regal GS – Yes, As A Matter Of Fact, I Would Rather Have A Buick!
Posted on April 1, 2018 | 63 Comments(First Posted November 3, 2013) It’s weird. I very much consider myself a Ford man when it comes to the domestics, yet my buying history puts me fairly firmly in […] -
The Road To Detroit Outtakes, Part 1: Lake St. Louis, Missouri
Posted on January 8, 2018 | 57 Comments(Note: This is the first of five parts; all were taken on the road trip editor Jim Klein and I made to Indianapolis, then adding JPCavanaugh to our steed for […] -
COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
Posted on November 5, 2017 | 101 Comments(First posted 6/9/2013) After writing off my VW GTI and cycling through three different rental cars in as many weeks, the insurance check finally arrived and it was once […] -
CC Capsule: 1983 Buick Skyhawk – When The CC Effect Strikes, It Sometimes Takes Just Minutes to Act
Posted on June 10, 2017 | 34 CommentsOn the April day when Joseph Dennis’s excellent piece on the 1987 Buick Skyhawk coupe appeared, I read it, walked to lunch, and immediately came upon this Skyhawk sedan. Bam! That’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1931 Buick 96 Country Club Coupe – The Eight As Buick Built It
Posted on May 6, 2016 | 62 Comments(first posted 7/5/2012) 1931. Just to say it out loud is almost like saying 1896 or 1744. For most of us (though not for the eldest among us), 1931 lacks […] -
Curbside Fiction: The Ferryboat Passenger
Posted on February 4, 2016 | 24 CommentsThis is a continuing CC serial. The previous episode can be found here. Louis Broderick pulled the brown Coupe deVille into the freshly paved parking lot. Sighing as he turned […] -
CC Video Slideshow: The 2015 Monmouth Car Show
Posted on November 29, 2015 | 17 CommentsBack in July, I attended the 2015 Monmouth Car Show in Monmouth, Illinois. Having taken several hundred pictures, and giving a lot of attention to various automotive details, the article […] -
CC Outtake: 1965 Buick Riviera – You Got A Skinny Little Runt Named Dalton Working Here?
Posted on October 25, 2015 | 18 CommentsSpotted outside a – what else? – road house on the north side of Houston, an icon of Patrick Swayze’s greatest film.