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  • Citroën Rendezvous Preview: The Citroën XM

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    A funny thing happened on my way to the 2012 Citroen Rendezvous in upstate New York. I got lost. The venue had changed from the previous year, so even though the event stayed around Saratoga Springs the new location was quite a few miles off the interstate. I vaguely glimpsed the route on The Mapquests…

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  • Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: 1973 Fiat 124TC Special

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    Continuing our preview of the 2013 Carlisle Import Nationals, here’s a crowd favorite that has appeared at this event at least twice in the last five years. This Fiat 124 Special hails from 1973, and has been resprayed in one of the most charming colors for the 124, or any other 1970s Fiat sedan or…

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  • Citroën Rendezvous Preview: Peugeot 505 STX

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    The annual Citroen Rendezvous isn’t all about Citroens, as every year a number of other French cars make an appearance, most of them from Poozhoe Province. And last year showgoers were treated to a bumper crop of Peugeots, which included the 604, 504, and 406 cars. While we’re all used to 505 sedans, at least…

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  • Greenwich Concours Preview: 1956 Fiat 1101 Campagnola

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    It’s rare to see any kind of truck at a top tier concours event, unless the truck in question is a Subaru Brat at Concours d’Lemons, so it was a real treat to see this vintage 4×4 at Greenwich Concours 2012. This of course is the 1101 Campagnolo, which was Fiat’s riff on the wartime…

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  • Volvo 343 Surprises at Rhinebeck Spring Dust Off

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    There is perhaps no classic event in the northeast that brings out more hard to find domestic cars than the Rhinebeck Spring Dust Off. But every year there are one or two foreign cars that simply reset the bar. A few years ago it was the Tatra 613 that we have since seen up close,…

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  • Greenwich Concours Preview: Rolls-Royce Silver Spur by Mulliner Park Ward

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    It’s a bit unusual to see something at Greenwich that is squarely in the Mobile Conference Room class, but in my eyes this was one of the overlooked gems of the 2012 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. Known to people outside the limousine industry as the C-pillar stretch, this Rolls-Royce Silver Spur by Mulliner Park Ward from…

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  • Greenwich Concours Preview: 1973 Momo Mirage

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    2012 was not only the year that the Mayan prophecy came true (the one about New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys combining to battle the forces of good), but it was also the year that the Momo Mirage emerged from relative anonymity from one of the dustier pages of automotive history. Specifically,…

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  • Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: 1983 Plymouth Sapporo Technika

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    If you thought that the Carlisle Import Nationals was all about European cars…. you were mostly correct. But what the Japanese car contingent lacks in numbers, it more than makes up for in content. Just take a look at this rare Plymouth Sapporo Technika owned by Brad DeSantis, which appeared at the 2012 Carlisle Import…

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  • Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: 1978 Fiat 131S Supermirafiori

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    As it has been pointed out to me many times, Sittrons and Poozhoes are all nice and everything, but what about all the cars for everyday people, ones who don’t wear birkenstocks over loud socks and who don’t have Italo-Czech-Swedish accents? Well here’s your answer to that, in the form of another Carlisle Import Nationals…

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  • Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: Volvo 145

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    Isn’t it amazing how quickly the 140-series Volvos disappeared from our roads? There are still plenty of 240s used as daily drivers to be sure, but I remember a time in the early 1990s when it was still pretty common to see a 145 station wagon. Actually, the Volvo contingent at the Carlisle Import Nationals…

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