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Curbside Capsules: Four Generations of Oz Falcon Wagons
Afternoons spent wandering the Melbourne streets are never wasted; I’m always sure of finding at least one curbside classic. Over the past few years I’ve managed to catch this bevy of Australian...
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CC Outtake: Carspotting is Always Fashionable
In November 1960, this model had been around for about a year. The car, that is, not the model in the fur hat. Guesses after the jump.
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CC Vinyl: ‘The Man From Hong Kong’ Soundtrack
Today’s CC Vinyl took me a long, long time to find. The soundtrack for this Hong Kong Australian co-production was only ever released in Japan and is quite rare. It features a fantastic title track...
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Automotive History: Mazda, Bertone And The Alfa That Wasn’t
The body of the 1966 Mazda Luce is a masterpiece of sophistication and simplicity. In this extended piece, I look at a relationship between carmaker and carrozzeria that has never been sufficiently...
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QOTD: Most Egregious Body Art?
Body art. A moment of indecision, a lifetime of regret. I’ve never bought a car with a decal or any other body art. I can’t figure out why people want something like this on their vehicle – are they...
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In Motion Classics: Ozmoparloiteration
Managed to catch a selection of Chrysler products loitering around Melbourne’s streets. They’re not uncommon here, but much more visible in their hometown of Adelaide. Let’s start with a 1966-67 VC...
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Curbside Capsules: Pulsar Showdown – GTI-R / Q / Grinny
There are many names that send a pulse of adrenalin coursing through the veins; Sunny, Tiida, Q, GTI, GTI-R, NX, EXA, GXE, Ti, SSS, GL, Primera, Vector, Sabre, Arex, Langley, Cherry, Sentra, Bluebird...
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CC Cinema: YT-1300 ‘Millennium Falcon’– A Long Time Ago…
… I found a book in a second-hand shop called ‘Architecture Without Architects’ (Bernard Rudovsky, pub. MOMA, New York, 1964). It’s a superb compendium of buildings and structures from history...
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CC’s Best Of 2015 – Automotive History: Who Actually Styled the 1952 Bentley...
Yesterday I brought you an overview of the career of Rolls-Royce stylist John Blatchley. In that article I made mention of his posited involvement with the 1952 Bentley Continental. Today I’m going to...
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CC Outtake: Rover P6 3500 – Back To Work Special
With the silly season coming to an end, for many of us that means back to work. To celebrate this less than momentous occasion, I bring you a superb company car. Chad uses this Rover P6 3500 to ferry...
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Concept Capsule: Recreationism Toyota Style
Back in the early 1970s, Toyota started to put some different thinking into recreational transportation. The 1971 RV-1 was the first of a series of concept cars that seem like a dead-end in of...
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Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick Centurion Convertible – Catching Cows
With Toyota Week firing on all four cylinders, now is probably the right time for some respite in the form of a gargantuan US ragtop. To my memory, this is the first 1971-76 B- or C-bodied Buick I...
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Curbside Classic: 1962-67 S40 Toyota Crown – The Generation Gap
From some perspectives, the Toyota Crown was the car that paved the way for the great leap upwards into the Lexus brand. In hindsight, its existence seems pre-ordained but even by 1967, Toyota still...
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Curbside Classic: 1977 Range Rover – Success At Face Value
I came across this pristine Range Rover parked very close to home. This shape has long been an object of my adoration, and my eyes popped when this example presented itself. So, having captured it for...
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CC Outtake: 1967 Buick Riviera GS
This image does a lot for me. It’s the ideal combination of vantage point and subject matter. We’ve covered the Riviera quite a bit here, but CCommenter ‘jim’ has taken a superb shot worth sharing. I...
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Curbside Classic: 1977-80 HZ Holden One Tonner – A Genuine Grandpa’s Axe
The conundrum of Grandpa’s Axe, sometimes known as Lincoln’s Axe, is a simple one. The handle gets worn or broken and replaced. Then the head for whatever reason needs replacing. Over time and...
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CC Outtake: Curves Where It Counts
Parked at the rear of some mechanical workshops were these zaftig wonders. A 1975-80 Beetle Cabriolet and a 1959-67 Jaguar Mk2 3.4. Two completely different expressions of the automobile, yet joined...
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CC Caselaw: The Lincoln Futura, The Batmobile, And The Building Of Character
I recently came across a fascinating intellectual property hearing from last year. It concerns replicas of the Batmobile, and provides an interesting perspective as to what constitutes the character...
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Auction Classic: 1965-66 ‘Brown LSSM’ Lunar Rover Prototype
RR Auctions in Boston have just announced an extremely rare consignment; an actual NASA lunar buggy prototype. The Local Scientific Survey Module prepared by Brown Engineering Company never actually...
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CC Outtake: Goddesses
As many of the CCognoscenti here will know, the Citroen DS was named after a pun; ‘Déesse’ being French for ‘Goddess’. Of course this (French?) blue example may well be a lesser ID model (‘Idée’ –...
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