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![Vintage Postcard: 1952 Henry J Taxi – Really? Is this an original vintage postcard from 1952? Or is this Henry J a curbside attraction for a more recent Uptown Cafe in Branson, MO? It’s a bit hard to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52043634238_e40922d620_k.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1968 International Loadstar Bookmobile – “Gertie” Is Finally Retiring This is sad to see—Gertie the Bookmobile is finally retiring and for sale. I shot and wrote her up back in 2011, and saw her on the street somewhere just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1,height=8,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/00K0K_d1x8whtoZmKz_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: “She Drives A Rambler”, And No, She “Wasn’t Lavishly Spending Her Husband’s Money” Given Rambler’s image as something of a cheapskate brand in the 60s, it’s easy to forget that it was rather the opposite in the early-mid ’50s. Rambler targeted women, with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3982464349_634636dbb8_h.jpg)

![Lodgeside Classic: Checker Aerobus – Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor (first posted 8/25/2012) It’s time to finally get around to the Checker Aerobus we found on our vacation to Glacier National Park last year, parked in front of the splendid […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-147-229-1200.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1948 Packard Taxi Cabs – Ride In Luxury Taxi cabs were once primarily the domain of the more affluent segment of society, as regular folks took public transportation. That’s why fine big cars like Packards, DeSotos and Checkers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3988674793_ac38060055_b.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Volvo PV445 Duett – The Swedish Suburban The first time I saw a Duett I fell in love. These were quite uncommon in the US, and I’d already fallen in love with my brother’s best friend’s PV544 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/52112821176_468e3cb846_k.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 MGB – Fully Synchronized, At Last I don’t think we’ve ever had a vintage review of the classic MGB, so this is a welcome look at how it was seen back in 1968, when it was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MGB-1-top.jpeg)

![QOTD: What Was The Best Buick Ever Made? A couple of days ago, Jim Klein titled his 1989 LeSabre post “Was This The Best Buick Ever Made?” That does rather beg the question of which Buick was the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1958-Buick-Ad-08.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 – Curved Side Windows Were Not Enough posted by mncarspotter AMC managed to keep updating the styling of its 1955 108″ wb cars all the way through 1962, but by then they were musty old things. So […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/49923277321_25ce7df80b_o.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: VW Converti-ute The VW Cabrio’s luggage compartment was tiny. The owner of this one solved that issue, and turned the whole back end into a pickup bed, of sorts. Who needs a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_9553.jpg)
![Curbside Classic/Design Analysis: 1950 Buick Special Sedanet – The Full-Sized Fastback Problem (first posted 9/5/2012) Perfect timing: I was just about to write a piece on the challenges of the full-sized fastback, and how certain later ones in the sixties just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Buick-1950-side.jpg)



