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Kickstand Classic: Honda Hobbit — From a Tiny, Vanished Race of Motorbikes
Well known as the titular small human-like race of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, made even more famous by Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations, Hobbits lent their name to a far less known small motorcycle-like...
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CC Outtake: 1973 Pontiac GTO — Here Come Da (Mis)Judged!
Yesterday’s CC of a 1976 Pontiac LeMans found in Canada came one day after a sighting of another Colonnade A-Body by Pontiac that has received little recognition, despite bearing a famous name: a 1973...
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CC Outtake: Washing the Wienermobile
Having spotted the famous Wienermobile and profiled it here just over a year ago, I thought that it was about time for another sighting of one of America’s most famous vehicles. On Monday, a...
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Curbside Classic: 1973-74 Porsche 914 2.0 — Entry Level Porsche 1.0
“It’s complicated.” This 21st Century catchphrase sums up the origins of the Porsche 914 and the relationship between it and Porsche enthusiasts that began upon its introduction in 1970. Porsche’s...
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CC Outtake: Basket Handles and More, From the Sears Catalog
The 1977 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau profiled this morning, with its prominent basket-handle B pillar, prompted pulling out a photo of a 1977-79 Thunderbird side by side with a smaller user of the...
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CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1970 and 1980!
The inner city is a tough environment for cars, with stop-and-go driving, potholed streets, lack of garages, and break-ins conspiring to send most cars to early deaths, but on one street in...
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CC Capsule: 1965 Chrysler New Yorker Town Sedan — The Better Last Great...
Earlier this year, Paul declared the 1965 Chrysler New Yorker to be “The Last Great Chrysler” for its distinctive style, fine engineering, and solid build quality, and it is impossible to disagree...
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CC Outtake: Archival Quality 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency
The 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency was part of the last generation of full size rear wheel drive sedans from Oldsmobile, and now is a relic of a very different time in the history of the American...
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Advertising Outtake: 1966 Ford Fairlane — Fashion Ambassador
Anyone who has walked through a shopping mall or downtown shopping district recently has seen H&M stores multiply like rabbits in recent years. From Sweden, H&M is a pioneer in inexpensive...
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Curbside Classics and Neoclassics: Honda CRX Si, Yamaha Maxim, Triumph...
Curbside parking your collection of four red classics in a space just long enough for a 1960s Cadillac is possible when your classics are a Honda CRX and three motorcycles. This group is the most...
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CC Cinema Outtake: Ford Mustang II Photobomb
Sweden’s Ingmar Bergman is world-renowned as one of the greatest movie directors of all time, the creator of The Seventh Seal and other classics in a career that spanned more than half a century. The...
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Curbside Classic: 1967-69 Lancia Flavia Coupe — Rare Classical Artefact
A Lancia of any era and model is not a common sight in the U.S. The Lancia Beta of 1972-84 was the first and only Lancia marketed heavily in the U.S., and although it was fairly successful in initial...
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CC Outtake: Båck To The Future
Now that the hoopla over the 30th anniversary of Back To The Future and the DeLorean’s moment in the spotlight has started to subside, Curbsiders can appreciate the 30th anniversary of another car...
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CC Outtake: Firebird Feeder
If you find a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with its “screaming chicken” hood decoration to be so overdone that the sight of one makes you want to vomit, in this instance that instinct could be a...
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CC Clue: When in Romania, Do As The Romanians Do
Romania has become a significant part of the global automobile industry, with its industry leader Dacia producing the Renault/Dacia Logan that has been one of Europe’s top selling cars since its...
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Curbside Classic: ARO 244 — AROmanian 4×4
Among the many products of the oft-maligned automobile industries of the Soviet bloc of the Cold War era, the 4×4 trucks have garnered a considerable amount of respect worldwide. Whether military...
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Kickstand Classic: 1979-82 Honda CB750F — The Second Wave Starts The Mopping...
The Honda CB750 of 1969-78 has already become a universally recognized milestone in motorcycle history and a blue chip collectible classic. The same cannot be said yet about the original CB750’s...
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CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1950! (Again!)
After months of seeing the “Dodge Brothers” television ads showing the Roaring Twenties hijinks of fictionalized versions of John and Horace Dodge, who actually each died in 1920, do you yearn for...
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CC’s Best Of 2015 – Curbside Classic: Jaguar XK120 — Rare Sighting in the Wild
A street, curbside or parking lot sighting of a sports car from the 1940s or early 1950s is a rare occurrence, and such sightings of coveted high-end icons such as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL or Jaguar...
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CC’s Best Of 2015 – Road Trip History: Dodge Power Wagon True Tales of Adventure
Epic road trips are close to the heart of every automobile enthusiast, and among road trips, venturing into uncharted territory has been an ultimate experience achieved by very few. Doing such a...
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