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![When I first encountered the Battle Cruiser in a lot in Eugene containing some other odd cars, I thought it might have been a prop for a dystopian sci-fi movie. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-133-033-1200-CC.jpg "The 1979 Cadillac Battle Cruiser: Dad Built A Bullet-Proof Armored “Cybertruck” So His Son Would Be Safe When He Went Off To School In Hollywood")
![Do classic old houses attract tenants with classic old cars? It rather seems so in the case of these two of my rental houses, where two single dads live with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_0231-tile-115x115.jpg "My Tenants Drive Curbside Classics: ’89 Peugeot 505 Wagon, ’71 BMW 2002, ’99 Acura Integra, ’59 Chevy, And More")
![The huge popularity of vanning and overlanding has really given the Astro van a whole new lease on life. It’s hot, as there’s very little else in the category for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-395-010.jpg "Curbside Find: Chevrolet Astro Van AWD – The Budget AWD Overlander Van")
![One of the highlights of our November van trip to New Mexico were the numerous natural hot springs. We soaked every couple of days, and most were in remote locations […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_4475-1-115x115.jpeg "This Toyota Yaris Didn’t Quite Make It To The Hot Springs")
![not the best picture, but the best that Google could find It’s always very satisfying to get a proper explanation to phenomena that has been described repeatedly. The endless stream […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ford-Bronco-1978-rusty.jpg "Rust Never Slept: Why Fords Were the Worst Rusters in the Mid-Late ’60s and the ’70s")
![(Updated 1/9/2026) Given that this was originally sold as a Manta 1900, you can safely assume something other than its original 81 hp 1897cc four lurks under its hood, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-211-148-925.jpg "1975 Opel Manta 3100 (No, That’s Not A Typo) – The German Camaro")
![I’ve seen this battered and bruised Tempo sitting in front of this house for quite a few years now and I always wonder how its wounds came to be. Was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_0184-115x115.jpeg "1989 Ford Tempo: Does It Trigger PTSD (Post Tempo Stress Syndrome)?")
![With an enlarged fiberglass body behind the cab of a full-sized van, the 1971 Chinook defined the Class B motor home. It got off to a bit of a slow […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-212-036-925.jpg "Curbside Find: 1978 Dodge Trans Van – 440 Powered?")
![Cadillac knew it had a serious problem with its buyers’ demographics already back in the ’70s; they were well on their way to becoming an old geezer’s car. In other […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-405-011.jpg "1995 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe: GM’s Deadly Sin #31 – Touring Towards Death")
![(Updated 1/6/2026) I remember it so vividly: it was the summer of 1963 and I had just left the concession stand outside the Iowa City Public Swimming […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/49234567378_b5a24cd2e3_k.jpg "Curbside Find: 1963 Acadian Beaumont – My First Introduction to Mutant Chevys")
![This is one of my favorite street-side finds. I’ve seen pictures of these tag-axle vans, but never in person. And I bet that took a bit of doing, cutting up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-115-078-925.jpg "Curbside Find: 1980s Chevrolet Triple-Axle Van")
![(Updated 1/3/2026) Sleuthing out who built the first of any new significant automotive development can be a fraught undertaking. When I wrote up the remarkable 1946 Kaiser articulated bus, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Twin-Coach-Super-Twin-115x115.jpg "The First Articulated Transit Buses: 1938 Twin Coach and 1937 Alfa Romeo 110 AM-Macchi")
![I’ve given the original 1965 Ford LTD credit for launching the Great Brougham Epoch. It was the first in the low price field to offer the overt signals of luxury, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC-399-034.jpg "1967 Ford LTD (With Original “Panty Cloth” Upholstery): Charting the Rise of the LTD")
![I dream about cars quite often. They’re never fully realistic, and often bizarre mashups of far-out styling elements. And they’re often capable of flying, which always seems so obvious—why didn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-pontiac-safari-fq-insert-115x115.jpg "What I Dreamed Last Night: 1955 Pontiac Safari With A Flathead Six Wearing A Fake Valve Cover")
![Movie star, sex kitten, global celebrity, animal rights advocate and political provocateur Brigitte Bardot has passed away. Although she had four husbands and a total of seventeen romantic relationships, there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-bb-color-young-simca-115x115.jpg "The Cars Of Brigitte Bardot")
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