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![Non-Curbside Classic: 1952 Ford Taunus 12M (P1) – Germany’s Shoebox Ford Here’s a car that’s yet to be properly acknowledged at CC. It’s very familiar to me, as one lived on our block, just around the corner from our house in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51791353575_5014c701cf_k-1.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Renault Service Jeep Cherokee – The French Connection My CC on the Jeep Cherokee XJ focused heavily on its French connection. The Cherokee, the seminal compact four-door SUV would not likely have ever existed, or certainly not in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51964609223_8b1c13d56f_k.jpg)
![In Motion Outtake: 1964 International C900 – The Smallest American Pickup Before The Ranger And S-10 (first posted 3/21/2013. Updated 3/28/2016) An American pickup with a six foot bed and a 93 hp 2.5 L four? Sounds rather like a base model short-bed Ranger or S-10 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vvbvcv.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1980s Chevrolet Starcraft Conversion Van – Why Solid Wood Cup Holders Didn’t Catch On (first posted 11/14/2013) The seventies was the heyday of the custom or cruiser vans, lots of bold graphics, but pretty stripped from the factory. The shagadelic interior was essentially a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jhmbng.jpg)

![CC Outtake: 1981 VW Vanagon, 911 Powered – “It Cruises Happily At 100” (first posted 3/26/2016) When I pulled into the empty parking space at Jerry’s, I couldn’t help but notice the bright yellow T3 Vanagon in front of me. Very nice shade […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nngy.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Chevrolet Vega GT – Improved, Up To A Point This review makes interesting reading, as it’s something of a counterpoint to our retrospective CC’s and such that we’ve used to trash the poor, cute little baby Chevy. Although certain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vega-1a.jpeg)
![Curbside Outtake: The Well-Stickered Van Port Orford is a sleepy little beach town, and there’s a very healthy number of cars around that reflect that. When I first spotted this old Chevy van, I assumed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_8633.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 – But Where’s The Fastback? (first posted 3/25/2016) As soon as I pulled up to Sam Bond’s Garage last night, I knew that at least someone else had shown up for our little local […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jhjhiop.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Track Test: Nine Showroom Stock Sports Cars – Swing Axles FTW! Road and Track set out to test the field of the nice sports cars approved to participate in the SCCA’s new racing class: Showroom Stock Sports Cars, as an addition […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Race-top.jpeg)
![Mershon Grate Works Coal Burning Automobile – Rolling Coal At The Rate One Ton Per 1,750 Miles Given that were appear to be heading into another energy crisis, it seems suitable to look at ways that folks dealt with high-priced or scarce gasoline in the past. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51807204354_1e4a0c9c78_k.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1994 Lincoln Town Car – $600 – What A Steal! This car has been a fixture in my neighborhood for quite some years. It’s located on the same block as a cluster of my rentals, so I’ve been going by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_8647.jpg)

![Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – “Just How Much Like A European Sedan Is It?” Road and Track tested three of GM’s new 1973 not-so “mid-sized cars” that were clearly trying to be more European, or had some aspects of European qualities in their make-up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Salon-1-top.jpeg)
![Engine History: 1959-1963 Checker Continental OHV 226 Six – The Only Extinct Post-War Engine? (Update: There’s Still Some Running Survivors) Is the Checker Continental OHV 226 six the only extinct American post-war engine? I can’t find any references to one still in existence in running condition, never mind any images, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Checker-Continental-226-ohv.jpg)


