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![eBay Find: 1963 Plymouth Valiant Convertible – By Mopar to the Golden Gate Denny Gibson had a dream: to tour the old Lincoln Highway end to end across the United States in 2013, when it turned 100 years old. Denny loves the old […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/63Valiant6jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1977 Ford Bronco – End of the Line, But Still Tough as Nails Have you ever experienced this? You catch the tiniest detail of a vehicle out of the corner of your eye, and instantly you know just what kind of car or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/77FordBronco4jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Imperials Moldering I love to take long drives on old roads. Whenever I find a section of old road left behind after it was rerouted and improved, I follow it. Where the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Imperials-in-Hendrysburg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Project Car: 1992 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible – A Seductive Canvas Christopher Busta-Peck is a true renaissance man. Librarian. Artist. Historian. Published author. He’s even restoring a historic home that he lives in with his family. And he drives this impossible-to-ignore […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/92ChryslerLeBaron1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1991 Dodge Shadow ES – White on White The Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance were low-buck transportation. When new, they sold for well under $10,000, at a time when the average new car’s sticker had just gone north […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DodgeShadowInterior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: Land Rover Series III Tour Vehicle – Down On The Farm The company where I work had its annual strategic planning meeting at Traders Point Creamery, a working dairy farm with a restaurant and meeting space that’s a short drive from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/LandRoverSeriesIII_1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1959 Ford F-500 Fire Truck – Like a Good Neighbor One of my hobbies is collecting vintage film cameras. I have a whole bunch; I lost count at about 75. I shoot all the ones for which you can still […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1959FordF-500_1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: Ford F-350 Stake Truck – Meet Frankentruck It seemed obvious when I came upon this truck, just by looking at the front end and the front-wheel bolt pattern, that it is a 1978 or 1979 Ford F-250 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/78F350_1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Why Do So Many Modern Sedans Look So Much Alike? Are the world’s automakers all smoking from the same pipe? Let’s break for a quick minute from the classics to ponder the modern sedan. Chrysler unveiled its new 200 sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BuickVerano.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Overloaded? Sure, But Not Bad By Curbside Classic Standards It’s been a while since the last installment of our Overloaded series. I pulled up behind this sagging S-10 last June at an intersection near my home. I think this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/overloaded1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Auction Classic: 1966 Ford Custom 500 – All Windows Must Be Rolled Up for Speeds in Excess of 120 MPH I have always thought this was the coolest tail light ever. Maybe it’s because two were attached to the 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 my dad owned when I was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/66FordCustom6jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics I Just Haven’t Found Parked Yet While I drive, my iPhone is usually tethered via USB to my car stereo so it can provide the soundtrack. That makes my iPhone a handy camera when a curbside […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TriumphTR61jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Road Trip: A Really Solid Tennessee Excursion I usually have a few projects that I don’t enjoy very much in various stages of completion around the house and yard. For example, there’s a miniature forest in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1951Ford1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1968 Mercedes-Benz 220 Diesel – Rusty Quarters Last week I wrote about a legendarily bulletproof Mercedes-Benz diesel engine wrapped in a W116 body. (Read about it here.) Then the other day while perusing some old photos I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1968MB2201jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300 SD Turbodiesel – A Curbside Classic for the Thrifty How do you characterize an engine well-known to propel the automobiles into which it is fitted for hundreds of thousands of trouble-free miles? “Reliable” wouldn’t even remotely do it justice. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1978MB300SD_1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


