Another Broughamish artifact from the late ’70s/early ’80s? You betcha!

On behalf of Jack, Bark and myself, Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s an oldie from that other turkey, the Curbside Prune’s website, that I wrote years ago. Cheers! -TK

By now I think most of you know of my land-yacht refurbishing friend in Spokane, Jason Bagge. He’s had pretty much one of every ’70s gunboat, sometimes more than one! For instance, I conservatively estimate he’s had at least fifteen 1971-76 Chevrolet Caprices, Impalas and Bel Airs. His latest acquisition is today’s subject, affectionately termed…

Land Yacht. Parade Float. Passes everything but a gas station. Yes, yes and yes. But still. What a compelling way to travel! You see one of these, then you see the sad sacks driving Sorentos, CR-Vs and xBs and think, geez, what the hell happened?

Car show season has ended. Oh sure, there may yet be a couple of stragglers, but essentially they are done for the next six months. Although today it was 71 degrees when I walked out of the office. Not bad for the second day of November in the Midwest.

In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the FirePower V8) line of cars. But at the same time, boring and staid. They weren’t nearly as smooth and sexy as, say, a ’50 Coupe de Ville. Not that they were ugly, but they were…

I’ve posted about it in the past, but twice a year in Chicagoland, there’s a great model car and promotional model show in Countryside at the IUOE Local 150 hall in Countryside, IL. My buddy and fellow Brougham aficionado Jim Smith always has a table of promos, and I help him out, so I get…

So the Friday before last, September 30, was the last car cruise in Coralville, Iowa, and the last car show of any size until next spring. Naturally, I went. I’m trying something a little different, transcribing texts I sent to my friend in Texas, Jayson Coombes, on the show. He’s a fellow car nut and…

You know I love these. I think it goes back to two events. One, that my Aunt Candy and Uncle Don loved watching TBS back in the early ’90s, and two, the generosity of my dad.

So if you follow Jack’s new venue, you have heard how he and Bark both are ordering the “Final Edition” Chrysler 300s. Which got me thinking about the Chryslers I loved: New Yorkers, LeBarons, Town & Countrys (the wagons with woodgrain, not the minivans, thank you very much) and of course, the Broughamiest M-body, the…