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![Vintage Truck of the Day: 1940s Peterbilt 350/351 – Already A Classic In The 1960s This shot from the mid-late 1960’s shows a Peterbilt 350/351 from the late 1940’s in a quintessentially California shot: a rest area near Lebec, with towering bare California oak trees […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/46603796394_d49bcda6f7_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: 1957 Chevrolet 210 and Bel Air Station Wagons – Gilding The Lily (first posted 4/23/2015) Ignore the fact that this is a ’57 Chevy, a vehicle that has transcended the mere word ‘icon’, if that’s possible. Yes, those flamboyant grafted-on Cadillac-ish fins […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chevrolet-1957-wagon.jpg)
![On The Go Outtake: Reinforcing Stereotypes, Once Again The image of the Camry has been rather rehabilitated, thanks to the most recent generation’s excellent dynamics as well as the passage of time. But there was something stereotypical about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5914.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1955 Lancia Appia – No Middling Car, No Middle Pillar robadr has found and posted one of the loveliest of the new European post-war cars, the Lancia Appia. Like all Lancias, it was a blend of familiar older elements (sliding […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/51122278261_f3a783bf5e_k.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1996 Buick Roadmaster “Roadster” – Seats Six In Open Air Comfort John K. sent me this ad, and it’s a gem. Just in time for warm spring weather, here’s a Roadmaster Roadster. And with a full four doors and plenty of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Buick-ad1.jpg)
![QOTD: Can Anyone ID This Streamliner? CC reader Jeff B. sent me scans of two slides taken by his dad at the Expo 86 in Vancouver, BC. It’s clearly of a streamliner prototype from the 1930s, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12-8-2020_023.jpg)
![Shedside Massacre: Exterminating The Rats Under My Shed With Carbon Monoxide From My Lawnmower There is a serious rat infestation in our neighborhood. It started years ago thanks to all the diligent backyard gardeners, open compost piles and chickens. I’ve had them in our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5917.jpg)
![Vintage Truck of the Day: Mack B-Series – What’s With The Two Small Gas Engines on the Trailer? Always love seeing vintage Mack B-Series trucks, especially with the integrated sleeper. But the twin Briggs and Stratton single cylinder (5hp?) gas engines perched on the shelf on the front […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/49391653228_a988dbaeac_k.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1937 Cadillac – The Best Selling Luxury Car; And It Had Been For Some Years The common perception is that Packard was the best selling luxury brand until Cadillac finally topped them in the post war era, consistently so starting in 1950 (also for one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/43971702384_3f0a73be38_k.jpg)
![An Illustrated History of the Station Wagon (first posted 4/20/2015) In the form in which it burst to popularity after World War Two, the station wagon is largely dead, at least in the United States. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chevrolet-1958-wagon.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1980 Chevette – $3500; “Amazing Condition, 181k Miles, Does Not Smoke But Does Drip Some Oil” CC reader Ian K. sent me this ad asking “seen a Chevette lately”? Actually, yes, this morning even. There’s one that’s been in an alley driveway on my early morning […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chevette-ad-6-1.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: If You Don’t Like The 2021 Avalon’s Front End You Probably Didn’t Like The 1968 Thunderbird’s I remember the shock of seeing this maw for the first time in the fall of 1966: Wow, That’s different! And it was, quite a lot so, actually. And it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/44804498391_b3fa1a4536_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1965 Comet and 1964 Fairlane: What’s The Difference Anyway? Not Very Much The trio of Falcon, Comet and Fairlane have always intrigued me, because of their somewhat confusing similarities and differences. This shot of these two by canadiancatgreen begs the question: just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/50587317383_c4d551b097_k.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: Check Out Those Rims! 22″ Wheels in 1955? Wires At That When I first saw this ad, I thought someone had photoshopped it. Those wheels are so oversized! Just like big rims on today’s cars. But I have to assume it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/45090376262_8eec2b14e9_k.jpg)



