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![Lew Williams Chevrolet, Eugene, OR 1960 (2007, updated 2026) Three days after our nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa City. The transition was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chevrolet-dealer-1960-Eugene-former-Romania.jpg "Auto-Biography: Getting Religion – The Cult Of St. Mark Of Excellence")
![(Updated 3/12/2026) Coming down College Hill on a late walk, few blocks from home, what do I see? Something that I have not seen since May […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-409-123.jpg "Curbside Find: VW 412 Variant – A Rare and Deadly but Intriguing Night Visitor")
![(Updated 3/11/2026) I ran into this just this afternoon, and it makes a serendipitous follow-up to the earlier T-Bird with its continental spare tire. This is a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-412-048.jpg "Curbside Find: BMW 530i With Continental Spare Tire(s) – But Are They Continentals?")
![(Updated 3/10/2026) Shooting cars found on the streets is hardly a new thing, even if we here have elevated the disease to new heights. But imagine being […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cover-1.jpg "“Classics On The Street”: Curbside Classics Shot in Paris, 1953 – Bugattis, Hispano-Suiza, Delages, Delahayes, Tatras, and Many More Exotic Daily Drivers")
![(Updated 3/10/2026) The subject of tooling for automotive bodies often comes up here in posts and discussions. Given how tooling is created directly from digital 3D images […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "CC Cinema: “Body Beautiful” (1955) – How Fisher Bodies Went From Clays to Production, Thanks To A Lot of Lost Craftsmanship")
![(Updated 3/9/2026) This charming little book arrived totally unexpectedly in the mail the other day, sent by Scott Bremer, who has to be a CC reader. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Dilworth-crop.jpg "Thank You Mark Bremer for “The Dilworth Story”- Pioneer Developer of the Diesel Locomotive")
![(Updated 3/9/2026) It’s strictly a coincidence that I found this Dodge Colt wagon just before the CC Colt Chronicles were scheduled to be rerun. Colts of any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-406-077.jpg "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1987-1991 Dodge Colt Wagon – A Postscript to Our CC Colt Chronicles")
![(Updated 3/8/2026) In a parallel universe, where GM made only rational decisions, this car would have a bowtie on the front grille instead of the Opel Blitz. Rather than pissing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-156-124-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Opel 1900 (Ascona) – What The Vega Could Have Been")
![(Updated 3/7/2026) Ford was hot on new trends during the sixties. The Falcon, T-Bird, Continental, Mustang and LTD all plowed new ground in their respective categories. And although Ford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-64-038-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Mustang Mach 1 – Sliding Down The Slippery Fastback Slope")
![(2026. A new chapter that I’ve finally gotten to thanks to finally finding a baby-blue ’54 Customline just like ours) Our first car was a highly anticipated event, at least […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ford-1954-Customline-1-crop-vert-115x115.jpg "Auto-Biography: 1954 Ford Customline V8 – Our First Car; It Wasn’t Exactly What I Was Hoping For")
![Ford’s Y-block V8 (1954-1964) was never going to go down in history as an inherently lively engine, especially compared to the Chevy small block V8. It’s easy to rag on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a-62-sunliner-titles-crop-2-115x115.jpg "The Mystery Of Why The 1960-1962 Ford 292 Y-Block V8 Was Such A Slug Is Finally Solved!")
![Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen’s tenure as President of Ford was very short-lived; 19 months in total. He was hired by Henry Ford II from GM to be the President of Ford, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-400-058.jpg "1970 Mercury Montego Coupe – Bunkie Knudsen Pays Tribute To His Former Employer")
![(Updated 3/4/2026) Mitsubishi was on a roll in the early eighties. Not only was their trend-setting new FWD econobox Mirage-Colt a success in every measure, but then Mitsubishi followed that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-57-072-1200.jpg "CC Colt Chronicles Part 6: 1984-1991 Colt Vista Wagon (Mitsubishi Chariot/Space Wagon) – Mitsubishi Invents A New Category of Vehicle")
![As far as I know, this is the last VW Fox still running free on the roads of Eugene. And it better watch out, what with the roads being so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-409-116-crop.jpg "On The Go Classic: Tiny Fox on the Run")
![(photos by Curtis Perry) Although the mid-sixties are known for the hot V8s that dominated the tracks, red light races and the public perception, the lowly six cylinder engine wasn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/8899108955_3cd09ffcf0_k-115x115.webp "1964 Rambler 770 Typhoon – America’s Newest And Hottest Six Cylinder Engine Gets A Stylish Wrapper")
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