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![Curbside Classic Capsule: 1981 Dodge Challenger – That Thing Does Got A Hemi (first posted 5/14/2013) Obviously, when folks think “Dodge Challenger”, they tend to think of the original and the current one. But in between was the gen2 Challenger, a rebadged Mitsubishi […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-SM74-103-800.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1983 Ford Fiesta 1.1 (Mark1) – You Won’t Find One Here This Fiesta posted by Roshake reminds me ephemeral these were in the US, sold for just four years (1977-1980), as a stopgap before the US-version of the Escort arrived in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52533391457_88803dd13a_k.jpg)
![Vintage Road & Track Road Test: The New Fiat 124 Sport Coupe and Spider – “Outstanding” The arrival in the US of the new Fiat 124 Spider and Sport Coupe in the fall of 1968 was a major event. The Spider in particularly was a major […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/124-1a.jpeg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Chevrolet Caprice Police Car – Real or Fake? As soon as I saw this Chevy Caprice “police car” posted by Roshake at the Cohort, my BS meter’s pointer started swinging into the brown zone. Even at first glance, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52528008693_7c80b82481_k.jpg)
![Vintage Photo: Two Stainless Steel Cars From The Past; The Cybertruck Will Make it Three Here’s two stainless steel wonders from the past: a 1936 Ford built and owned by the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., as a traveling showcase of the company’s stainless steel products. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52294805027_13cf1e9a60_k.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classic: 1960 Saurer Sightseeing Bus – With RHD And Column Shift (first posted 11/20/2016) CC’er Robert Walter lives in Switzerland and posted pictures of this fine 1960 Saurer sightseeing bus at the Cohort. Saurer (and the badge-engineered Barna) was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/30435248453_3767067162_k.jpg)
![Vintage Review: 1975 Chevrolet Nova LN – Chevy’s Take On A BMW (first posted 11/30/2016) Detroit’s infatuation with Euro-style sedans got their start in a big way in 1975. The Ford Granada was a cynical riff on the Mercedes, mainly having […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Nova-1-a-900.jpg)
![Vintage Car Carriers: Three Loads Of Nash Ramblers Great picture. The trucks are the stars here, especially the two Fords, a ’51 and a ’52 (I think). Is that ’52 on the right sporting those chrome covers over […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52181026707_9a32206120_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible – Loop Handle William Garrett shot this rather rare Cutlass Supreme convertible appropriately enough in Sunnyvale, CA. Why the loop-handle? Because the Cutlass’ door handles were embedded in the B-pillar, and GM wasn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52514892602_53fcfac893_k1.jpg)
![Vintage Review: 1975 Mercedes 280S – “Strictly An Energy Crisis Car” (first posted 11/29/2016) The first energy crisis impacted Detroit drastically more than the imports, which were mostly poised to capitalize on it, given their generally small and efficient cars. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MB-280S-1-a-900.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 Ferrari 330 GTS – “Go Ahead, Give Yourself A Treat, Buy One” Road and Track diligently reviewed every permutation of Ferrari, and there were quite a lot of them in this era. The 330 GTS was essentially a 275 GTS with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/330-GTC-1a.jpeg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1988 Opel Kadett Two-Door Wagon – The Last European Two-Door Wagon? Another day, another new thing to learn, automotively. For some reason I assumed these Kadett E Caravans only came as four doors (five doors, in European parlance). But then I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52516831059_654b824818_k.jpg)

![Vintage Truck: 1947 Dodge – No Wonder It’s Running Hot, It’s Losing Coolant Ron Adams shot lots of trucks as they passed by him on Route 22 in the early ’70s, but this was one of the oldest, although at the time, this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5155028296_e55b374b9f_h.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1985 Mercedes 500 SEC Koenig – Grandpa’s Car? This find by JC is impressive. Tuner cars like this Koenig Mercedes were such a big thing in the eighties, but they all seem to have long vanished, for rather […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/52300819238_570ae514f5_k.jpg)


