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About Author: Jason Shafer
Posts by Jason Shafer
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Museum Capsule: 1974 Volkswagen SP-2 – The Brazilian Porsche
Posted on September 27, 2013 | 11 CommentsThe car gods have smiled upon me. With VW week coming along, my picture folders were remarkably scant of any VW of any variety. Then this little number came along. -
CC Outtake: Snow Removal in the 1950′s
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 15 CommentsLike it or not, winter is approaching in the Northern Hemisphere and leaving in the Southern. Since we are somewhere in between, let’s talk snow! A co-worker recently gave me […] -
CC Sales Lot, Midwest Branch: Something For Everyone
Posted on September 18, 2013 | 44 CommentsNever let it be said good ideas shouldn’t be shamelessly plagiarized expanded to enrich the lives of others. With the continued success of the CC Sales Lot, we wanted […] -
QOTD: Ready for Some Manual Labor?
Posted on September 12, 2013 | 77 CommentsEvery once in a while, I am compelled to drive through the lot of a car dealer. This ’04 Chevrolet 2500 was calling my name for some weird reason. Yes, […] -
CC Clue
Posted on September 3, 2013 | 3 CommentsFor some reason, this missed its appointment, so we will try this again! Corey hit a home run by not only being the first person to identify the ’92 New […] -
CC Outtake: Sibling Rivalry
Posted on September 3, 2013 | 14 CommentsDid the twins get in a fight? -
CC Capsule: The Pontiac Commercial Chassis, 1971 to 1975 – The Overlooked Rarity
Posted on September 3, 2013 | 49 CommentsA hearse isn’t the most appealing car one can imagine. Take away the curtains, vinyl roof, and landau bars and it could have been an ambulance. Either way, this car […] -
A Refueling Station So Good, It’s a CCC
Posted on August 23, 2013 | 11 CommentsYou have had a busy day walking around the city, going to the zoo, and hunting for CC’s. With all the excitement, it doesn’t take long for your fuel tank […] -
CC Clue
Posted on August 21, 2013 | 11 CommentsImpalafleetta guessed a ’71 Fury first, with Roger628 doing so a bit later. While both guessed a coupe, the make, model, and year were nailed by Impalafleetta first to take the win. […] -
QOTD: Have You Witnessed the Death of a Classic?
Posted on August 16, 2013 | 40 CommentsTorrential rains last week caused record-shattering floods in some areas of our state. Here is but one casualty I caught after the water had receded. While I was taking this […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercedes 450 SE – Hello Darlin’; It’s Nice To See You
Posted on August 16, 2013 | 66 CommentsFor some unfathomable reason, this Mercedes is taunting me. Taunting me in the same fashion the ever-so unvirginal high-school girl would taunt the school’s biggest male geek in all those […] -
CC Clue
Posted on August 10, 2013 | 16 CommentsFor tomorrow’s CC, the only thing to say is that I’ve really stepped out of my wheelhouse. Stepped way out, like Janis Joplin signing a Conway Twitty song. -
CC Clue
Posted on August 8, 2013 | 5 CommentsIt would be fair to say the picture for this clue is rather small. Waiting for somebody else to take a stab at it wouldn’t be fair, would it? -
Blast From the Past: The ’57 Heaven Museum
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 19 CommentsSometime back around 2007 or 2008, the show Car Crazy featured a man who had amassed a voluminous collection of automobiles, all of them 1957 models. If memory serves, he’d […] -
Car Show Capsule: 1936 Dodge D2 Coupe – Building Better Cars for You to Drive
Posted on August 2, 2013 | 13 CommentsA lot of our focus during Mopar Week has been on cars built since World War II, but let’s not forget Dodge had been around for a long time by […]

![CC Outtake: Snow Removal in the 1950′s Like it or not, winter is approaching in the Northern Hemisphere and leaving in the Southern. Since we are somewhere in between, let’s talk snow! A co-worker recently gave me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/snow-removal-1.jpg)
![CC Sales Lot, Midwest Branch: Something For Everyone Never let it be said good ideas shouldn’t be shamelessly plagiarized expanded to enrich the lives of others. With the continued success of the CC Sales Lot, we wanted […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0747.jpg)
![QOTD: Ready for Some Manual Labor? Every once in a while, I am compelled to drive through the lot of a car dealer. This ’04 Chevrolet 2500 was calling my name for some weird reason. Yes, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0674.jpg)
![CC Clue For some reason, this missed its appointment, so we will try this again! Corey hit a home run by not only being the first person to identify the ’92 New […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0684.jpg)

![CC Capsule: The Pontiac Commercial Chassis, 1971 to 1975 – The Overlooked Rarity A hearse isn’t the most appealing car one can imagine. Take away the curtains, vinyl roof, and landau bars and it could have been an ambulance. Either way, this car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_0663.jpg)
![A Refueling Station So Good, It’s a CCC You have had a busy day walking around the city, going to the zoo, and hunting for CC’s. With all the excitement, it doesn’t take long for your fuel tank […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_0356.jpg)
![QOTD: Have You Witnessed the Death of a Classic? Torrential rains last week caused record-shattering floods in some areas of our state. Here is but one casualty I caught after the water had receded. While I was taking this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_0561.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercedes 450 SE – Hello Darlin’; It’s Nice To See You For some unfathomable reason, this Mercedes is taunting me. Taunting me in the same fashion the ever-so unvirginal high-school girl would taunt the school’s biggest male geek in all those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_0514.jpg)


![Blast From the Past: The ’57 Heaven Museum Sometime back around 2007 or 2008, the show Car Crazy featured a man who had amassed a voluminous collection of automobiles, all of them 1957 models. If memory serves, he’d […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/P3170261_01.jpg)
![Car Show Capsule: 1936 Dodge D2 Coupe – Building Better Cars for You to Drive A lot of our focus during Mopar Week has been on cars built since World War II, but let’s not forget Dodge had been around for a long time by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_0160.jpg)


