There’s not much doubt that this is the rarest find Curbside Classics, at least so far. And there it was, right under my nose, on Main Street. In fact, it’s so rare that I didn’t really recognize it at first. I’d caught a glimpse of it once before, in the back of a typical used car lot in Springfield, Eugene’s blue-collar neighbor. Given its location, size, shape, and paint job, I initially thought it was some kind of amusement park ride car, or a former Shriner-mobile. Or at best, some kind of garage-built sports car special from the fifties. I drove on, but made a mental note, and on my next sojourn to the inspiration for Homer Simpson’s hometown, I decided it was worth a quick stop and closer look. What I found totally blew me away: a Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster. (Read More…)
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NoGoYo - The Brougham society sounds like a great place to be, man. Lots of comfortable big cars with good old V8 power.
highdesertcat - mikey, I had a reply to your comment and when I pressed the “Submit Comment” button it disappeared into the ttac universe of...
Kyree S. Williams - As I said, I think the best solution might be for Chrysler to instead drop the Town & Country and replace...
MK - Thank god it wasn’t using the new refrigerant! That could’ve been horrendous!
wmba - Looks like a mildly restyled 2008 Impreza from that lead photo pic.
nrd515 - Tearing of fuel lines, would be my best guess. I saw a car burn like this one did on I15, East of LA about...
wmba - If Toyota is to be believed, as reported by Bertel, 60% of car building cost is investment in plant, 20% in parts, 20% in labor and miscellaneous. In...
redav - It won’t be more than a year. They’ve said their goal is to get to market this fall as a 2014 model year. However, they had a similar goal with the 6, which...
Kyree S. Williams - I see quite the opposite–far greater numbers of *non-fleet* Chrysler Group minivans than Toyota or Honda...
Detroit-Iron - Get a Toyota and let nature (or magic floor mats) take its course.