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![(Updated 4/20/2026) I never saw a Hudson police car, but then these were a bit before my time in the US. But I can see the appeal; with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/5400366326_2531592f99_o.jpg "Vintage Ads: Hudson Wasp Police and Jet Police – With Road-hugging Safety!")
![When I first spotted this from some distance, I thought it might be something along the lines of a Lotus 7. But as I got closer, certain elements began to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_0678-115x115.jpeg "Found: 1990 Mazda Miata “Simplify And Add Lightness” Edition")
![(Updated 4/19/2026) Here’s something of an exotic catch. The 1962-1963 Mercury Meteor was an unqualified dud. It sold 69k in ’62, and 51k in ’63 before it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/389934271_246530fce9_k.jpg "Curtis Perry Find: 1963 Mercury Meteor S-33 – Forgotten And Rare")
![I took this picture of my future replacement “practicing” on the Farmall H; the Ford 8N is in the distance, and the soon to be doomed Studebaker pickup as well […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tractor-2.jpg "Auto-Biography: Tractor Driving Maniac")
![The Honda Civic was the VW Beetle’s spiritual successor in the US. By the mid 1970s, millions of VW owners and fans were ready for a…truly new Beetle, as in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_0694-duo-115x115.jpeg "Found: 1977 Honda Civic CVCC With Two-Speed Hondamatic – The VW Beetle’s Spiritual Successor – And It’s For Sale")
![As part of many changes to our back end operations, we’ve also gotten rid of our excessively short (48 hour) log in time. This was a serious annoyance, but deemed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a-log-115x115.jpg "Housekeeping: No More Need To Keep Logging In To CC – Stay Logged In For Up To A Year")
![(2007, updated 2026) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Since my elementary school education was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-UI.jpg "Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession")
![(Updated 4/10/2026) The CoronoroC prototype wasn’t exactly the first time that a double-ended car was envisioned. In 1957, German motorcycle builder Zündapp unveiled their Janus, intended to improve upon the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Janus10.jpg "The Zündapp Janus: Mid-Engined, Double-Ended Production Car")
![During the 1950s Chrysler Corp. was unique in offering engines with no less than four distinct types of cylinder heads: hemisphere, polysphere, wedge and flathead. But the really crazy and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200205_095507.jpg "1955 Dodge Coronet – That Thing Got A Hemi, Poly Or Flat Head?")
![We’ve shared lots of Curtis Perry’s old car shots over the years. But going through his Flickr photostream makes it obvious that he photographs a whole lot more. He’s an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/80797663_5195a1fb54_k.jpg "Vintage Neon Signs – A Gallery By Curtis Perry")
![(2007, updated 2026) As a boy in the pre-internet early sixties, I became obsessed with unveiling the secrets of that inexplicably alluring object of male interest. I had a general […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/facts-of-life.jpg "Auto-Biography: The Facts Of Life Revealed")
![(Updated 4/3/2026) CJCars found quite the car at the beach in Southern California; San Diego, if I’m not mistaken. It’s a 1956 Hudson Hornet Hollywood hardtop coupe, one of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Hudson-Hollywood-fq.png "Curbside Find: 1956 Hudson Hollywood Heads For The Beach")
![We’ve covered pretty much all of GM’s Deadly Sins over the years here, but little did I know that one of the very few we’ve never done had been hiding […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_1021-115x115.jpeg "1977 GMC Jimmy Hendrix Edition – Brown Haze – GM’s Deadly Sin #6, Or Was It 9?")
![(Updated 3/31/2026) I originally bought my ’66 F-100 for dump runs. We had an acre in Los Gatos then, and I paid $500 for it in 1987 to haul […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-130-132-801.jpg "Dumpside Classic: 1952 Ford F-1 Pickup – The Owner’s First Vehicle")
![(Updated 3/29/2026) It pays to change up the walk routines once in a while, especially to break the cabin fever. I’ve seen this black Pacer before, a few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-413-041.jpg "Curbside Companions: AMC Pacer and ’67 Thunderbird")
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