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![I’ve never seen a GMC look like that yellow sedan delivery, which has “Pontiac” written all over it. But then I’ve never heard of a Pontiac sedan deliver in 1958 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7220182728_122cbc9205_h.jpg "Vintage Brochure: 1958 GMC Panel Trucks (Canada) – Wait, What’s That Yellow One?")
![( first posted 10/13/2011) The Caravan story is a mighty big one, even if it came in a fairly compact wrapper. I’ve taken a run at it before (CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fgh.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Dodge Caravan Turbo – Desperate Measures")
![Here’s the Not-Niedermeyers engaged in an exciting hobby on the wild coast of California, while the real Niedermeyers were sweating in their hot 1965 Coronet wagon going to the boring […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7346976544_c784772d18_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Wagon – The Not-Niedermeyer Family Wagon")
![Sterling trucks was one of the venerable old truck companies, going back to 1906 when it was founded in Milwaukee, WI. It was bought by White in 1951, and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hv.jpg "Vintage Truck of the Day: 1940s/1950s Sterling, Still With Chain Drive – And Belt Drive Too")
![Roshake 77 came across this poor little SuzukiSwift (Chevrolet Sprint in the US) looking a bit lost among the much bigger contemporary cars of today’s Budapest. It’s identified as a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/51586135750_2dc9ae6db6_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Suzuki Swift Lost Among The Big Cars Of Today")
![I’ve never seen an FC-170 with duals on the rear and a flatbed. It looks so much like a proto-Isuzu cabover, or other similar modern trucks. Of course compact cabover […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7384490988_ddcc530432_o.jpg "Vintage Ad of the Day: “New GIANT 4-Wheel Drive Jeep Truck” – FC-170, The Forerunner Of Isuzu Compact Cabovers")
![Poor Ford (and the rest of the industry) got blindsided by Chevy’s 1950 Bel Air hardtop coupe, the first in the low price field. Both Ford and Plymouth worked overtime […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7389449994_c36a910318_o.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1951 Ford Crestliner – If You Don’t Have A Hardtop, Fake It")
![What a fine lineup of Eugene-mobiles: Jeep Cherokee (XJ), our featured Tercel 4WD wagon, Volvo XC60 and of course the ubiquitous VW Vanagon (T3). Plenty of grist for the CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_7782.jpg "Curbside Classic (For Sale): 1984 Toyota Tercel 4WD Wagon – A Cheap Time Machine")
![(first posted 10/14/2015) If I hadn’t looked it up, I wouldn’t have believed it: Even AMC’s Javelin outsold Plymouth’s 1968 Barracuda. Chrysler totally flubbed the pony car wars; they might […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cuda-f.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula 340 – The Worst Selling But Best Pony Car Of 1968")
![Let’s keep the car-and-airplanes theme going a bit longer. Here’s three fine renderings of 1942 Mercurys with airplanes from the three main branches of the armed forces. This woodie wagon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7406048682_8045c6f008_o.jpg "Vintage Renderings: 1942 Mercurys And Military Airplanes"){kind=small}
![The German term strassenkreuzer left a deep impression on me as a little kid in Austria. “Street/highway cruiser” is technically the direct translation, although “freeway cruiser” is what it implies. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/51584479326_5e8eaedaf5_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Ami Strassenkreuzer")
![(2012; updated 2/20/2026) The Great American Diesel Epoch (1975 – 1986) included an astonishing array of cars and trucks that have mostly disappeared from the streets as well as our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/d-diesel.jpg "Automotive History: The Case Of The Very Rare 1978 Dodge Diesel Pickup And The (Mostly) Missing Diesel Van")
![This as was paid for by Hall-Scott, to bring attention to the fact that the new Mack LT “Western” truck series, targeted for those grueling jobs on the far side […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4451190030_ac09da9ce4_o.jpg "Vintage Truck of the Day: 1947 Mack LTSW – New “Western” Truck With 300 HP Hall-Scott 400 Gas/Butane Engine – “The Most Powerful Truck Engine Built!”")
![I assume she’s checking out that Gamma coupe, although it’s the kind of car more likely to attract the attentions of a male, given its reputation of being a classic […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/51582491275_478c9c861d_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Lancia Gamma Coupe – It Still Draws Stares")
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