![While the 1973 Dodge Polara is arguably the scene stealer here, this shot by tbm3fan captures a scene that could have been found in countless places in North America – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1974-suburbia.jpg "Cohort Outtake: 1974 Suburbia")
![One of the periodic comments that emerge when seeing a vehicle on these pages having corrosion, cracked glass, and so forth is speculation about it passing a safety inspection. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/inspections-station-sign.jpg "Is Safety Subjective? A Sampling Of Vehicle Safety Inspection Requirements")
![I recently finished John Toland’s excellent biography of Adolf Hitler. Going into scorching detail on many things, one of the statements about Neville Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler struck a highly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_1176.jpg "CC For Sale: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – After Nearly 32 Years, It’s Time For Different Adventures")
![Some recent emails among us contributors generated conversation about a Midwest gathering for 2018. Thus we would like to invite you to a fun-filled gathering in the St. Louis area […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stauntonfire.jpg "2018 CC Midwest Gathering: Let’s Meet In St. Louis")
![My post earlier today on the 1973 Plymouth Road Runner I dished some praise on the ability of the Chrysler slant six and 318 (5.2 liter) V8 to withstand all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/225-slant-six.jpg "QOTD: What Engine Is The Most Resilient and Unfazed By Abuse and Neglect?")
![(Author’s Note: This actually started off as a CC, but inspiration took me in a different direction.) (first posted 4/3/2013) Seventeen-year-old Rodney was excited. It was the first weekend […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/miss-jane.jpg "Curbside Saturday Night: 1971 Buick Riviera – Papa Was A Rolling Stone")
![This past Christmas, Santa brought a wildlife camera to Casa de Shafer. We recently had reason to mount it on the front porch (you’ll soon see why) and we inadvertently […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WGI_0915.jpg "The Critter Cam Captures The Cars Of My Neighborhood")
![Recently, when I posted a long-term update on our 2014 VW Passat, I alluded to the tires not being the best I’ve ever experienced. Those tires can now be viewed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gt4.jpg "QOTD: How Much Life Have You Realized From Original Equipment Tires?")
![Oftentimes finding something to say about a particular car is rather simple as thoughts usually spring forth with wild abandon; harnessing them into a coherent assemblage is the challenge. Such […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_7547.jpg "CC Capsule: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – Going Home?")
![For a while I’ve been wondering about when would be a good time to prepare a long term report on the VW Passat we purchased new in September 2014. We’ve […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_7558.jpg "Long Term Ownership Report and Future CC Road Trip: 2014 Volkswagen Passat – All In The Family")
![Author’s Note: It’s been quite a while since we’ve visited with Louis Broderick, the delightfully shrewd and unpolished driving savant who made an inadvertent splash in the underworld. While I’ve […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thumb_IMG_8442_1024.jpg "CC Fiction: The Insightful Passenger")
![Think that title is some cheap attempt to grab your attention? It is, but it’s also true – I did decline a BMW in favor of a Toyota Sienna. There was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/enterprise.jpg "Curbside Rental Service: 2017 Toyota Sienna – I Declined a BMW in Favor of a Toyota Minivan")
![Many times your humble scribe has espoused the abundance of GM’s durable W-body in his home location of Central Missouri. It seems it’s also alive and doing well in Central […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_7384.jpg "The Road To Detroit Outtakes, Part 4: Indianapolis, Indiana")
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