Curbside Classic: 1959 Chrysler AP2 Plainsman – Happy Accident
(first posted 9/28/2018) One day a while back I took a long stroll to the beach. On my way I managed to capture a host of CCs, but this one in particular stuck out. First I’ve ever seen of this...
View ArticleCurbside Classic: 1972-79 Australian ‘Super’ Premium Fords – Parsing FoMoCo’s...
(first posted 4/9/2014 – with comments left by the daughter of this car’s owner) Last week I caught myself an Aussie beast rarer than the Tasmanian Tiger: a Ford Landau. This example was being driven...
View ArticleCurbside Classics: Two Out Of Three Camargues
(first posted 10/3/2018) My musical tastes match my taste in car shapes, insofar as sitting primarily between 1950 and 1980. But there’s an essential difference between these two life-affirming...
View ArticleAutomotive History Capsule: Rolls-Royce SX Proposal
(first posted 10/4/2018) Yesterday’s piece on the Camargue garnered a lot of query around a prototype Rolls-Royce it featured. It was hardly familiar to me as well, so I did a bit of digging....
View ArticleCC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van
(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for the production of...
View ArticleCurbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt
(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car...
View ArticleAutomotive History: Nissan Cedric – When The Pupil Becomes A Master
(first posted 5/5/2014) I’d like to introduce you to my favourite Japanese car; the Datsun 260C sedan, aka Nissan 330 Cedric. For this article, I’m going to look at the intermingling of the...
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