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![(We saw a Dodge Caravan converted to a pickup the other day. So let’s take another look at a full-sized Dodge van conversions. First posted 7/14/2012) Our motto here at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1990DodgeRedWagon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Dodge Ram Radio Flyer – The Big Red Wagon")
![I love driving cars. I always have. And I don’t just mean cars that are rewarding on twisty back roads, but all kinds. You see, I suffer from a kind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ships-wheel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was the One Car You Have Hated Driving Above All Others?")
![It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since I wrote here about my “new” car. But four seasons have come and gone, and my little […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1997Miata09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic Update: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Wheeeee!")
![(first posted 9/13/2012) For years, the pickup truck has been the best-selling vehicle type in the U.S. Even before that, pickups could be found across the country in the service […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1930FordTruck05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1930 Ford Model A Pickup – The Modern Pickup is Born?")
![(first posted 1/14/2012) There are not a lot of uses for a used fire truck. Sure, a smaller fire company or city will buy an older unit from a bigger […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1968MackCF60801-crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Mack CF-608 Pumper – Manning Up?")
![(first posted 4/8/2012) Easter is a time when we think about resurrection and rebirth. Even for those who do not celebrate Easter, the holiday coincides with a lot of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cord81005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1936-37 Cord 810/812 – Rolling Sculpture")
![(first posted 6/3/2011) As we finish out our unofficial Studebaker Week here on CC, I present some musings about what became of the old Studebaker site in South Bend. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ccStudeplant-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Studebaker in South Bend: Going, Going, . . .")
![(first posted 4/21/2012) I have never been to Eugene, Oregon. You see, I am a corn-fed midwestern boy, born in Michigan and raised in the Hoosier state. We eat breaded […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1967DodgeA10003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge A-100 – What Are You Doing Here, Eugene")
![Inside of this nondescript building is a treasure. At least some people would consider it a treasure. For this building contains the historical archives of the Studebaker Corporation. And it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/StudebakerArchives01Crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Cache – The Archives at the Studebaker National Museum")
![“Well, you are in it now, Kevin” he said to himself as slid into the seat of the old Chrysler. “Tim, you idiot, Tim!” he said as soon as the last thought […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1967ChryslerNewport08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction – Your New Life Awaits")
![It has been awhile since I have written about any of my own cars, and some other updates will be in order. But for today, the topic is my 2007 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2007HondaFit01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Update/QOTD – 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Lacking Clarity")
![(first posted 3/21/2012) Can a vehicle be a Curbside Classic if it is still in production? When it is a throwback like the Club Wagon Chateau (and when I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1995FordClubWagon03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Welcome to the Club")
![(first posted 8/25/2011) During my adolescent years, virtually all of my firsthand experience with cars from the 1950s came from plastic model kits. It seemed from my vantage […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1956FordFairlane03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane – Beautiful, But Still The Bridesmaid")
![(first posted 10/28/2011) “Honey, does this make my rear end look too big?” This is a question that, when asked by his sweetheart, strikes fear into the heart of every male. The problem is that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1962PontiacStarChief01-crop1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?")
![Last summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1947StudebakerWoody01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods")
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