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![The GMC Twin Six V12: 702 Cubes, 275 HP At 2400 RPM, 630 Ft. Lbs. At 1600 RPM (first posted 6/30/2012) The GMC “Twin Six” 702 V12 is legendary, although it’s not really all that unusual. V12 truck engines were not unheard of in the US and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GMC-V12.jpg)
![Vintage Truck of the Day: 1938 Dodge Airflow Tanker Trunk – Airplanes Deserve Streamlined Tanker Trucks We’ver covered a number of 1930s streamlined trucks, but this was a new one for me. But it shouldn’t have been surprising, since Chrysler pioneered streamlined design in the US […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/37699287964_2b935ae8fd_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1982 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible – The Convertible Reappears Corey Behrens found a first year 1982 LeBaron convertible in the Netherlands, a milestone car. It was the first convertible sold by a domestic manufacturer since Cadillac ended its run […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/51535628061_71a22ed618_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 GMC Pickup – The Very Model Of A Modern V6 Truck Engine (first posted 6/30/2012) It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, but the years 1960-1961 were undoubtedly GM’s most creative and adventuresome ever: rear-engine Corvair; aluminum V8, the Tempest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GMC-1963-pickup.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: The Dwindling A-Body Buick Century – Four Sealed Beam Headlight Version At That How many of these have we looked at over the years here? How many of us used to drive one? And if not, how many of us never rented one? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_7150.jpg)

![Vintage Truck Of The Day: 1940 Dodge Diesel – The First Dodge Diesel Engine Was The Only One Designed And Built By Chrysler When I came across this fine shot of a 1940 Dodge delivering supplies to the fast-growing Howard Johnson’s restaurant chain, I was surprised to see the “DIESEL” badge on its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/38394867281_1b1d253596_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party (first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dodge-challenger-1970.jpg)

![Car Carrier of the Day: Ford Super Duty Hauling Subaru 360s – The Only Time When The Truck Had More Horsepower Than The Full Load Of Cars When I saw this load of Subaru 360s being hauled by a Ford Super Duty, the thought that came to mind was: Is this the only car carrier shot I’ve […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/42547129000_c50fafb418_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – From Pony Car To Chicken Car Why has it taken over ten years for an early (1970 – 1973) gen2 Firebird to make its first appearance in a CC? The answer is simple: they sold poorly, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CC-395-066.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Mustang, Barracuda and Camaro – The Pony Car Shootout This comparison by Road and Track of the three new 1967 pony cars is a bit different. Instead of a breathless and hyperbolic test of the biggest engine versions, R&T […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pony-top-2-vert.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1957 BMW Isetta 300 – “The Hottest Profit Item Since Henry F. Backed The Model T” I knew a guy in Iowa City in 1973 who found an Isetta in someone’s garage or barn. The engine was frozen, so he replaced it with a big Briggs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BMW-Isetta-ad-1957.jpg)

![Cohort Sighting: 1958 Edsel Skyliner – It Should Have Been An Edsel All Along image posted at the Cohort by wainohg (first posted 9/28/2015) Looking at this alternate-reality Edsel Skyliner, the only thought I have is: The Skyliner should have been an Edsel. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Edsel-skyliner.jpg)


