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![We don’t see snow in Eugene very often, but that did happen on December 27th, when we measured a good six inches at our house. It tends not to stick […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_8220.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Chevy Van 90 – Just The Thing For A Snowy Day")
![The best selling passenger car in 1985 (first posted 1/30/2013. I can’t vouch for its accuracy or completeness) In addition to documenting the best selling cars from some 170 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-149-068-950.jpg "The Best And Worst Selling Cars Of 1985 (And All 159 In Between)")
![This is a new one for me. Three wheel trucks were a big thing in Japan in the fifties, as they would be in China in more recent years. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8718199421_4c5c072032_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1959 Daihatsu Trimobile – I Had No Idea These Were Sold Here")
![Muscle cars were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. Truck owner-operators wanted in on the action too, given the low price of fuel and the ability […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Freightliner-Powerliner-ad-2.jpg "Truck History: 1973 Freightliner Powerliner – Its Massive 1150 Cubic Inch Cummins KTA Made It The First 600 HP Diesel Highway Truck")
![Whenever I see a black 1962 Fairlane just like we used to have , like this ad for a Police Ranger (or is it “Defender?) it inevitably makes me think […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a-vngb-115x115.jpg "1962 Ford Fairlane Police Defender – What My Father Would Have Driven If He Had Been A Cop")
![(first posted 1/18/2016) A little while back, we went to coffee house downtown for a concert by several performers. Before the show, I noticed a table bathed in bright […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CC-271-027-1200.jpg "Trackside Miniatures: The Scratch-Built “Rail Rig Museum” By Baby Gramps")
![This promotional “card” is misleading, as the Playboy Playmate of the Year for 1966 did not get a Barracuda. So why was this being promoted as the Plymouth Playmate Barracuda? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4015570165_d315603710_o-1.jpg "Vintage PR Photo: 1966 Plymouth Playmate Barracuda – Not The Real Thing, Though")
![You already know I had a bit of an aversion to big Fords in my teen years, but this would have me happy to ride in a mere LTD. Isn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4016272818_9c297faf7f_o.jpg "Vintage PR Shots: 1968 Mercury Park Lane Hardtop And Convertible With Wood Tone Paneling – The Car I’d Most Not Want To Be Seen In In 1968")
![(first posted 1/18/2016 There seem to be lingering misunderstandings about the import of US cars to Japan. Specifically, that Japan has managed to stave off a tsunami of Chevy Cavaliers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Toyota-cavalier-black.jpg "1995 – 2000 Toyota Cavalier – GM Tries To Invade The Japanese Market With A Little Help")
![Cohort poster Rivera Notario has caught some other amazing hearses in South America, but this one, shot in Santiago, Chile, takes the cake. A Jeep Compass! But why? I’m […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51819412504_9888043d20_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Jeep Compass Hearse – Yes, Your Read That Right")
![I’m ok with all the fake backgrounds they used in these publicity shots, but this one is going a bit too far. Nothing but a roll of blue heavy paper? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4003673164_1021451440_b.jpg "Vintage PR Photo: 1956 Chevrolet Nomad – Paddling Upstream Without Any Water")
![I’m sitting here in my van on Friday night in Port Orford, and there’s nothing for the lead-off post for Saturday. Time to head for the Cohort: Score! Nifticus just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51820594181_3de23fb35b_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupe – With A Little Help From My (GM) Friends")
![(first posted 1/14/2016) Toyota’s batting average has generally been high over the decades, but not everything carrying the big “T” has been a long-term winner. One of Toyota’s biggest challenges […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sup.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 – 1992 Toyota Supra – Chasing Elusive Ponies")
![In addition to Rambulances, AMC also sold taxis, although they were not called Ramblicabs. Seems like Ramblers would have made good taxis: they were relatively roomy yet compact, fairly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3973891594_1f13e6dec3_h.jpg "Vintage Ads: Rambler Taxis – Why Not Ramblicabs?")
![It used to be that for quite a few folks, the only time they would ride in a Cadillac was in an ambulance and for their funeral. I think I’d […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3973211373_100eb7a1fc_h.jpg "Vintage Ads: 1961 & 1962 Rambulance by Rambler – At Least There’s No Hearsler")
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