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CC Outtake: Merry Christmas, And A Note From The Resident Luxury Car Guy
Posted on December 25, 2014 | 38 CommentsIt has been quite a year, has it not? Lots of great posts, interesting commentary, a visit to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in October, and sharing cool old cars […] -
How “The Fast and the Furious” Ruined My Teens.
Posted on December 19, 2014 | 87 CommentsAlright, the title may be a bit overdramatic and I perhaps may be giving far too much attention to a movie franchise that’s harmless at best. Still, it certainly has […] -
The Reverse Mercedes Law
Posted on December 12, 2014 | 54 CommentsAs anyone with more than a passing interest in cars, I often find myself looking at strange and interesting things that lurk within auction sites. I look at them and […] -
CCCCC Part 14: 1999 Oldsmobile Cutlass – The Walking Dead
Posted on November 21, 2014 | 46 CommentsThis is a Chevrolet Malibu. There is no hiding that fact; there is not even an attempt to hide that fact. Fortune magazine called it in 1983 and we’re seeing […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: The Ghost Of Harley Earl
Posted on November 14, 2014 | 15 Comments -
Future Curbside Classic: 2014 Cadillac XTS – How To Say Fleetwood In The 21st Century
Posted on October 15, 2014 | 134 CommentsCadillac sure has had a crazy roller-coaster ride in the automotive marketplace since about 1980, no? In 1980, Cadillac was still aspirational, despite the fact that BMW and Mercedes-Benz had […] -
Junkyard Classics: Panther Scavenger Hunt!
Posted on September 24, 2014 | 54 CommentsMy Lincoln Town Car has been doing very well in the near-year I’ve had it, but shortly after purchase, I noticed one of the trim pieces covering the seat frame […] -
Car Lot Classic: 2000 Cadillac Eldorado ESC – Press Escape To Return To Main Menu
Posted on September 15, 2014 | 54 CommentsThe 1990s were the last stand for the American Personal Luxury Coupe. At the beginning of the decade, there were luxo-coupes aplenty to choose from: Lincoln Mark VII (and the […] -
CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Castilian Estate – Custom Wagons Ho!
Posted on September 2, 2014 | 37 CommentsAs long as there have been Cadillacs, there have been custom and coach-built bodies for them. We are most familiar with hearses and other funeral cars today, but all manner […] -
Brochure Classics: The Ladies of Broughamville
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 179 CommentsI got the car brochure bug very early in life. One reason was that I came from a family of gearheads, so it was partially due to genetics. At a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Cadillac Eldorado – On The Dark Side
Posted on July 13, 2014 | 92 Comments(first posted 5/27/2011) I drive past this car almost every day. I’ve gotten into a habit of quickly glancing in the direction where she’s usually parked. She’s almost always there. […] -
CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – A Vision in Amberlite Firemist
Posted on July 2, 2014 | 54 CommentsAt first, I thought it was another mid-70s Olds Ninety Eight. I found one of those in this very parking lot a year before (see it here). Because really, the […] -
Railroad And Museum Classics: The St. Louis Museum Of Transportation, Revisited
Posted on June 20, 2014 | 43 CommentsDuring one of my recent and seemingly frequent trips to the St. Louis area, my child and I stopped by the St. Louis Museum of Transportation to while away some […] -
CC Capsule: 1990 Cadillac Allante – Oh, How the Mighty Have Depreciated
Posted on May 27, 2014 | 83 Comments$7,750 is all this Allante owner is asking for his Pininfarina-bodied Cadillac. It was a little sad to see that price taped to the window of this car, which stickered […]