![(Updated 10/31/2025) This Opel Kadett C hatchback was an unexpected find. I’d seen an online ad for it a few months back; it was located a couple hundred kilometers away. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1978-Opel-Kadett-City.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1978 Opel Kadett City Berlina: The German Chevette")
![A good car wandered into our life one day, An unassuming machine, we didn’t know it would stay. As a fan of the odd and unusual we expected to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/52416769643_14a023716b_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2006 Hyundai Elantra: Saying Goodbye To A “Good Car” – The Changing Definition With The Seasons of Life")
![(First Posted September 1, 2013) So what would you do if you rolled your 1979 Volkswagen Van? Send it to the scrapyard? Part it out? Find a replacement body shell? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fred-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Meet Fred, The Very Customized VW Van")
![I do love the odd stuff. A mint, numbers-matching ’69 Camaro? Nice enough, but there are dozens at any given show. On the other hand, something unusual or wacky at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1958-Chevrolet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1958 Chevrolet; In Wild “Business Coupe” Body")
![Canadian cars and trucks are the mother-lode of badge engineering. Mercury trucks came about due to a quirk of the Canadian Ford dealership system due to the sparsely populated areas […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1968-Mercury-Ranger-M-250-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Canada’s Mercury Trucks – We Do Things A Bit Differently Up Here")
![(first posted 4/7/2013) We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1982-Toyota-pickup-diesel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup")
![(first posted 12/8/2013) While not nearly as popular as a few years back, there is still a steady stream of 15+ year-old Japanese market vehicles that make their way into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Toyota-Crown.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Toyota Crown – Japanese Import Royalty")
![The humble Nissan March has been a favorite target for many retro designs. Over the years Nissan has used the March as the basis for its own retro designs like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/retromix.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Many Retro Faces of the Nissan March")
![(first posted 3/29/2013) A rear-wheel drive station wagon featuring Italian styling touches and proven mechanicals shared with a contemporary sports car? Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what we have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Standard-Vanguard-Vignale-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: Standard Vanguard Vignale – The Rarest CC Find Yet?")
![So probably the first thing to get out of the way is just what exactly a Plodge is. It is, like the name suggests, the combination of a Plymouth and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "Curbside Classic: 1949 Dodge Special De Luxe – What the Plodge?!")
![This car was bought to solve a particular problem that showed up for our third son and came about in a strange set of circumstances not of his making. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2002-Saturn-SC1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2002 Saturn SC1 – Three Door Sporty Appearing Coupe for a New Driver")
![Kit cars use all sorts of vehicles as donors; for example, with Cobras and seven-esque roadsters (Lotus, Caterham, etc.) being among the most popular, there are bound to be a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Austin-Mini-based-Cobra-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Strangest Cobra like Replica Ever? Front Wheel Drive Classic Mini Based")
![While at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Daihatsu-Hijet-Jumbo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck")
![(first posted 3/13/2012) We can thank Mazda for adding a lot of spice to the automotive landscape. Their compact, smooth and high-revving rotary engine started (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mazda-Rx-4-Wagon-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary Wagon – Still Spinning")
![In the summer of 2024 I was lucky enough to visit the east coast for the first time, including the city of Halifax as well as a road trip along […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chevrolet-Chevette-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Cars of Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail")
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