![One tends to forget how much experimentation was done by those early automotive pioneers; for example, take the clutch. Although most of the industry eventually settled on the single-disc “dry” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Hudson-and-Wet-Clutch-115x115.jpg "Hudson’s Wet Clutch: An Independent Idea For Smoother Shifting")
![The idea of using an overdrive gear for fuel economy is such a good one that it’s shocking it didn’t catch on earlier in America, but in the land of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/62-Ford-1-115x115.jpg "Overdrive-Equipped 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Club Sedan For Sale: A Classy Ford For The Frugal")
![One of the best ways to learn about your classic car is to find its build sheet, which is often located under the seats or even above the fuel tank […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/T-Bird-and-Continental-115x115.jpg "Deciphering The Build Sheets Of A 1960s Ford Thunderbird And Lincoln Continental")
![It’s 1983. You’re a Midwestern middle-class man, mid-thirties, with two kids and a wife. You’ve always driven Fords, but your wife’s rusty 1974 Pinto is in desperate need of an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Buick-vs.-Thunderbird-2-115x115.jpg "1983 Buick LeSabre Vs. 1983 Ford Thunderbird: My Family Chooses Between The Brougham Look And The Aero Bird")
![Is there any automotive feature more misunderstood than vacuum advance? It’s unobtrusively been doing its job of increasing fuel mileage, sharpening throttle response under light loads, and keeping down engine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Vacuum-advance-distributor-with-graph-115x115.webp "Vacuum Advance Basics: One Of The Most Misunderstood Mechanical Components In Automotive History")
![Few carburetors are as simple and effective as the Autolite 2100 two-barrel. Introduced in 1957, it uses innovative annular venturi boosters, a float that can be adjusted with the lid […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mustang-and-Autolite-115x115.jpg "Ford Autolite 2100 Two-Barrel Carburetor: A Circuit-By-Circuit Look At Ford’s Better Idea")
![Ford Motor Company and its “family of fine cars (and trucks)” have been powered by so many different engine families that it’s sometimes hard to keep them all straight. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=4,height=4,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1962-Ford-F100-4x4-Academy-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-55-front-3q-insets-115x115.webp "1962 Ford Trucks: A Mix Of Forgotten And Obsolete Engines, Including The “Other” 302")
![For good or for bad, the 1970s will never happen again. Say what you will about the clothing and furniture, but it was the only decade in which a marketing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1977-Honcho-BaT-e1778369737400-115x115.webp "1976–1983 Jeep J-10 Honcho Pickup: Wild Decals, Attitude, And Levi’s Interior In A “Mucho Macho” Jeep Special Edition")
![The 1948 Cadillac was the first true postwar design from the “Standard of the World.” Descended from a bulbous prototype called the C.O., it and its 1949-model successor have been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cadillacs-1-115x115.jpg "1948 and 1949 Cadillac Series 62 Sedans: One Great Design, Two Very Different Faces")
![The Pontiac Trans Am and four-on-the-floor went together like the Bandit and Frog, but by 1981, as the second-generation Firebird was making way for the third, only one engine option […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/81-Trans-Am-12-115x115.jpg "1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am: The Four-Speed Option Prepared Buyers For A Chevy-Powered Future")
![Think back on all the time you’ve spent in “penalty boxes”: Cavaliers, Citations, Escorts, and the like. You probably have some fond memories of those old days, but just as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Disposables-115x115.jpg "Salvage Yard Photos Of Cars That Used To Be Everywhere: Citation, Cavalier, Escort, And G6")
![While there’s a chasm of difference between a 668-horsepower 2026 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing and a 1985 Cadillac Cimarron, they do have one thing in common: an available manual transmission. Both […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cimarron-1-115x115.jpg "1985 Cadillac Cimarron With Rare 5-Speed: Shifting For Yourself In Cadillac’s Most Notorious Misfire")
![Few automotive engineers have had to work so hard for so little credit as those who worked for OEMs in the early 1970s, when they were designing complex systems to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1974-Firebird-A-115x115.jpg "Understanding General Motors Transmission Controlled Spark System (TCS): Balancing Emissions And Driveability The Hard Way")
![Did any of these 1980 Ford products truly make your heart race? Perhaps they do if you have a keen sense of nostalgia, but professional photographers had to sell them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a-gran-tile-115x115.jpg "1980 Ford Catalog Photography: Making The Most Mundane Rides Look Sublime")
![Could a gas V8 designed for heavy-truck usage and weighing more than half a ton have been the ideal engine for a Bonneville streamliner in the 1950s? Rod & Custom Magazine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a-reo-1-tile-vert-115x115.jpg "Could The REO Gold Comet V8 Have Been A Record-Beating Land Speed Racing Engine? Rod & Custom Magazine Thought So")
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