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![Vintage PR Shot: 1956 Ford Ranch Wagon Makes A Rare Appearance On A Ranch Or Farm When I lived in Iowa in the early sixties, I spent quite a bit of time in the country, but I never saw a station wagon at a farm. It […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51789641839_cba3eca3f8_k.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: GMC Home-Built Pickup Home built pickups used to be a lot more common, at least in these parts. Once upon a time, it made some sense to take a Dodge Caravan, say, out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_8472.jpg)
![QOTD: The First Annual Malaise Invitational Car Show In Eugene – Just When Did The Malaise Era End? JK_YYC posted this poster at the Cohort, to make sure I saw it. Thanks! I will plan to go. Maybe some of the cars I’ve shot will be in it; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51880444368_55ed666b83_c.jpg)
![CC’s Birthday Is Our Annual Contributor Appreciation Day It’s been our tradition to commemorate CC’s birthday (number 11 this year) by expressing our appreciation to all of our contributors who continue to make this seemingly-endless journey possible. Without […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Dont_Be_A_Word_Bore_Alt_Ways_Of_Saying_Thank_You.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1966 International Scout 800 Sportop – The 1966 Jeep Super Wagoneer Wants To Have A Word With “The Best Dressed All-Wheel Drive Car On The Road” In 1966, the Brougham Era was already affecting SUVs, and International decided to get a little piece of the action. The Scout Sportop (how do you pronounce that: Spore-top, or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4066789167_94ee8d3268_h.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Chevrolet Suburban and Blazer In Punta Arenas, Chile I admit to being drawn to this shot posted at the Cohort by Rivera Notario by the vernacular architecture of this house in Punta Arenas, Chile, but the red Suburban […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51847853353_35d3d6613b_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1939 Ford COE – A Tasteful Working Restomod Late ’30’s and early ’40s COE (Cab Over Engine) trucks are a very hot item for restomods, usually overdone. But this Ford, shot by roadabr, is different: a working truck, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51873115884_5e9d44ba13_c.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: Checker 9-Passenger Aerobus – Shorter Than A ’73 Imperial Coupe When I ran across this ad for the 9-passenger Aerobus, what jumped out at me was its overall length: 235.25″. Hmm; that number sounds very familiar, as in (almost) the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4036836724_df8d38acf8_o.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Ford Maverick – The Simple(ton) Machine (first posted 10/11/2011) Lee Iaccoca was obviously ahead of his time. He understood and embraced the concept of recycling well before any of us ever dreamed about hauling out our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CC-37-031-800.jpg)
![Armstrong Siddeley Saphire 6-Light And 4-Light Saloon – Are These The Inspiration For The 1962-1964 GMC C-Body 6 and 4 Window Sedans? I always wondered why Bill Mitchell decided to have both 4 and 6 window versions of the 1962-1964 big C Body sedans. He was certainly a fan of these baroque […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4036858846_8f6da117c1_o.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day 2: Chrysler Voyager, European Edition Crash71100 posted this shot of a rather pristine-looking Chrysler Voyager wearing French plates. The Chrysler minivan was first exported to Europe in 1988, and branded as the Chrysler Voyager. It’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51856507463_14935fa0aa_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II Dan Gurney Special – Sounds Hot, Doesn’t It? Names Can Be Deceiving shot and posted by Tim Finn NASCAR homologation specials are not exactly the specialty of the CC house. But today we make an exception, for several reasons. The first one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/43654115182_7c9dcd4915_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1980 Volvo Bertone Coupe: Lost In Translation (first posted 10/27/2011) It seems Volvo has always had kind of a thing for Ford, although in the end, it didn’t work out all that well. And given the results […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bbbvv.jpg)
![Automotive History Capsule: Citroen Bijou – World’s Slowest Hardtop? (first posted 11/21/2011) One learns something new everyday, like the Citroen Bijou. Someone at Citroen’s factory in England had the brilliant idea to prettify the ugly duckling 2CV, and hired […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cyyh.jpg)


