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![CC Videos: How Automatic Transmissions Work At our recent post of videos showing how manual transmissions work, there were a few commenters saying that it was the workings automatic transmissions that were still something of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/afft.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Road Test: 1972 Mercedes 350SLC – American-Style Drive Train In “Stuttgart’s Latest Interpretation Of The Super-Luxury Coupe” This makes for a timely follow-up to our recent CC of this car’s predecessor, the W108 250SE. What a difference ten years made back then: the 250SE had a small […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/350-SLC-1-top-1.jpeg)
![Skiway: Mt. Hood’s Fabulous Flying Buses (first posted 3/16/2012) I guess the title gives it away to some extent, but you’ll have to watch this two-minute video to see what that really entails. And it took […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Skiway.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: BMW 1800 (Neue Klasse) At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking this is the iconic BMW 2002 (0r 1602), as from the front, this larger 1800 “Neue Klasse” looks very similar, except […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51907778985_0f708476dc_k.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Comparison: Four European Family Sedans – 1972 Peugeot 504, Audi 100LS, Saab 99E, Volvo 144E These four European sedans represented a size and price class that was growing in the US, and would continue to grow for a long time to come. They represented a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Four-color-crop.jpeg)

![CC Video: Do You Know How A Manual Transmission Really Works? 1936 And 2015 Videos Explain It I’m not sure what got me to peruse these two excellent videos, but I admit that gearboxes are not my forte and I learned something or fortified my existing knowledge […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tttrm.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Old Ford Ranger Still Hard At Work How many old Toyota pickups still hard at work in Eugene have I shown you over these past eleven years? Dozens. And of course there’s still many at it. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_8565.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Honda 300 CB77 Super Hawk – The Breakthrough Japanese Bike – Zen And The Art Of Very Little Motorcycle Maintenance photo shot and posted by Tim Finn This is the motorcycle that set the template for all modern Japanese bikes to come. It was Honda’s first serious run at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/47102196924_0676502a89_k.jpg)
![Vintage Films: “Hall-Scott Power” (Parts 1-4) and “Success Story–Hall Scott” I’ve been promising you a in-depth post on the legendary engine builder Hall-Scott for over a decade. My apologies, but I want to do it justice and just haven’t found […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hhhhg.jpg)

![Curbside Outtake: The Last Audi 200 and 5000 (C3) In Town. I could be wrong, but I’ve not seen any other C3 Audis on the streets here for some time. But there may well be some hiding somewhere. These two are […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_8537.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1971 Dodge LNT-1000 COE – Check Out The “First Class Cabin” Talk about (not)truth in advertising. There was absolutely nothing soft about these old tin can COE trucks. I didn’t drive them, but I rode in quite a few as a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51647831616_98e621eb9c_o.jpg)
![Cohort Gallery: Curbside Classics Of Punta Arenas, Chile Intrepid Cohort poster RiveraNotario has posted a number of cars shot in Puntas Arenas, Chile. Let’s take a look at some of them, starting with this Brazilian Opala, which has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51874545213_5d21601ac9_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercedes 250SE Coupe (W111) – Losing The Fins, Mostly The “Heckflossen” (“fintail”) Mercedes sedans were controversial from day one. Why would such a traditional and classy company like Mercedes stoop to adding that American affectation? I heard that and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_8516-1.jpg)


