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![In Iowa City in the early 60s, the only tv in our house was in my parents’ bedroom, so we were pretty tv-starved. But we had to be pretty desperate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4119839195_446783d8fb_o.jpg "Vintage PR Shot: 1962 Studebaker Lark Skytop Hardtop On Set Of “Mr. Ed” TV Show – A Match Made In…TV Hell")
![We’ve given the Fulvia some love here a number of times over the years, but now it’s Road and Track’s time to show us what made these so special. They […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Fulvia-1-top.jpeg "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye & Zagato – “An Engineering Tour de Force”")
![(first posted 3/18/2011) Four door hardtops make no sense, but what’s that ever had to do with cars? They were a status symbol: “No, I don’t drive no stinking sedan, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-92-024-801.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop – See And Be Seen")
![The Stout was Toyota’s first pickup that they sold in the US. It was a good size or two larger than the very compact Datsun pickup, which was selling fairly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4141973912_0a56b4b2e4_o-1.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1965 Toyota Stout – 1/2 Ton Pickup And Camper For $2,000")
![(first posted 3/30/2011) The Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 (just “6.9” in the US) is a pinnacle vehicle, of one sort or another. Writers gushed about it then. Writers gush about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-48-031-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 – Plenty Of Power But None For The Seats")
![xiao car has posted a series of shots of a 190 SL he encountered at the curb somewhere in Germany. They’re great photos of a very lovely car, and since […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52074295232_abe1aefebb_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Mercedes 190 SL – A Gallery Of Seduction")
![(first posted 5/15/2016) This very cherry 1970 LTD Country Squire posted at the Cohort by Daniel Lucy reminded me how hugely popular these were in the late 60s and early […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Ford-1969-CS-fq.png "Cohort Capsule: 1970 Ford LTD Country Squire – The Almost Peak Country Squire Experience")
![This is a car that I used to really hate on. I even did a QOTD, Which Car Would You Most Hate To Be Forced To Drive For A Year?, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52030655231_baeeeb10d6_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Buick Rendezvous – Dorky")
![(first posted 4/2/2011) Ever wonder what the view out the driver’s seat looked like fifty years ago, and not just the Hollywood version? Or maybe you’re old enough to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/8880.jpg "Time Warp Cinema: The View Through The Windshield Circa 1960")
![The Kadett Rallye 1.9 was the European analog to the Chevelle SS396 or Nova SS. The formula was essentially the same: drop a larger (but in civilized tune) engine into […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rallye-1-top.jpeg "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 Opel Kadett Rallye 1.9 – “Spins A Rear Wheel Almost As Avidly As An American V-8 Getting Off The Line”")
![Roshake77, who posted this at the Cohort, said very explicitly that this is a “1978 Mercedes 200D With 240D Badge”. Since he also pegged the exact year, he undoubtedly decoded […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52068950151_dbaa0138eb_k-1.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1978 Mercedes 200D With 240D Badge – Trying To Impress Us?")
![When I came across this shot by Rivera Notario, of what he called a Honda Partner (actually an Orthia) in Callao, Peru, I was a bit taken aback: this so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/31702754982_c778c52eae_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Honda Orthia (and Partner) – So Doesn’t Look Like A Honda")
![The iconic Giulia sedan had been around for almost five years, but it was still in its heyday in 1967. It was essentially in a class of its own when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Giulia-1-top.jpeg "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super – “A Sporting Sedan With Almost Everything But Beauty”")
![The passenger car-based mini pickup niche is as old as as the Crosley Roadside, if not older yet. It’s also a highly ephemeral one, that seemed to repeatedly draw car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nnnnga.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge Rampage – No Thanks; We Like Our Pickups Extra Large")
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