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![1947 Frazer Manhattan: Kaiser-Frazer: The Last New American Carmaker Until Tesla – K-F History, Part 1 (Updated 12/23/2025) The Kaiser-Frazer story is a compelling one, about two gung-ho guys who took on Detroit in a big way. One was a long-time auto exec; the other a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-402-070.jpg)
![This Rare 1975 Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban Is Still Plying The Suburbs This 1975 Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban is still at it, making the run to a suburban shopping center 50 years after it made its first. These were pretty uncommon in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/54991555599_7fb4ba5387_b-1-115x115.jpg)
![1949 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup: Two Peak Experiences In One Day I spotted this superb old Chevy pickup in the little New Mexico hamlet of Arroyo Seco on the way to Taos Ski Resort, where the trail to Wheeler Peak starts. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-a5-1-115x115.jpg)
![Trailside Classics: Wanda Is Stumped – Can You Help Her Out? It’s good to change up the hiking routine once in a while, and that’s what we did the other day and headed to Suzanne Arlie Park, some land on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_0090-115x115.jpeg)
![Waiting For That Engine Swap, And More – Driveway Outtakes By Canadiancatgreen Canadiancatgreen, our most prolific Cohort poster, has uploaded his latest trove of finds. I’ve selected a number that are all in driveways, many of them in unassisted long term […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/54472208678_8a42105410_k-1-115x115.jpg)
![1984 Toyota Chinook For Sale – The End Of An Era This marks the end of an era. There’s been a Toyota Chinook parked in front of this house in my neighborhood for as long as I can remember. It used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_0137-115x115.jpeg)
![1952 Packard Special Speedster: Packard Builds A Motorama-Style Dream Car – A Flathead Straight-Eight Business Coupe? If it wasn’t already painfully obvious that Packard was a dead brand walking by the early ’50s, this “Special Speedster” should convince the most ardent Packard counterfactualist. GM was showing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-pack-52-far-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1993 Alfa Romeo 164 – Alfa’s American Farewell Present (First Posted November 4, 2013) With Alfa’s return to our shores delayed once again (to mid 2014), its easy to forget that it seems like just yesterday (to us oldsters) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-P80-056-925.jpg)
![1959 Willys Malibu and 1961 J-100: How The Jeep Wagoneer’s Styling Evolved From Modern To Retro We take the iconic styling of the original Jeep Wagoneer for granted. But like most new cars, there were two key stages in the evolution of its design. The first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-jeep-wag-vert-115x115.jpg)
![The Last 3-Speed Manual Transmissions With Non-Synchronized First Gear – Grinding Gears Until 1976 American car makers really dragged their feet with the development of fully-synchronized manual transmissions. VW got its first gear synchronized back in 1961 and most other European cars did too […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-3dkl-115x115.jpg)
![1949 REO Speedwagon Pickup Truck: Who Says Only Modern Pickups Are Tall? One of the most common debates here at CC and around the web is the one about modern pickups being so much taller than those from the good old days. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-CC-138-014-800-115x115.webp)
![1995 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon: Taking In The View At Skinner Butte Skinner Butte, named after Eugene Skinner, overlooks the town he gave his name to. It’s a popular place for folks to just hang out and let their cars enjoy the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_0116-1-115x115.jpeg)
![This Classic Porsche 912 Is Wearing Cheap Plastic Wheel Covers! The Ultimate Porsche Sacrilege? I couldn’t help but notice this bright red Porsche from over a block away as we walked down the street in its direction; it’s about the easiest car to recognize […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_0100-115x115.jpeg)
![2006 Saab 9-7X: The Only Saab With A V8 And Full Frame – The Frankensaab GM’s inevitably doomed purchase of Saab resulted in a number of unusual and unexpected vehicles from the brand, such as the “Saaburu” 9-2X, a badge engineered Subaru Impreza. At least […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/54969503726_8369807906_k-115x115.jpg)
![There’s Still A VW Hippie Bus With Lots Of Stickers In Eugene Lots of old VW hippie have become VW yuppie buses, but there’s still at least one in my neighborhood that’s not yet been gentrified. This one has a very healthy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_2226-115x115.jpeg)


