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About Author: Paul Niedermeyer
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![The ’61 Lincoln was a game-changer, a term I don’t like to use lightly. It instantly made all of the late-’50s excess-mobiles look utterly dated and silly. Its impact on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/l-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Lincoln Continental Sedan – “The Best-Looking American Car Built Today”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Lincoln Continental Sedan – “The Best-Looking American Car Built Today”
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 60 CommentsThe ’61 Lincoln was a game-changer, a term I don’t like to use lightly. It instantly made all of the late-’50s excess-mobiles look utterly dated and silly. Its impact on […] -
![Here’s an old photo that Jason Shafer might appreciate: a highway maintenance crew from the Missouri State Highway Department in 1945 with a very sharply-dressed highway patrolman and his 1942 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52571998433_49e5820d15_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Road Maintenance In Missouri, 1945")
Vintage Photo: Road Maintenance In Missouri, 1945
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 25 CommentsHere’s an old photo that Jason Shafer might appreciate: a highway maintenance crew from the Missouri State Highway Department in 1945 with a very sharply-dressed highway patrolman and his 1942 […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2017) We were walking along 8th Avenue the other day, where there’s a number of particularly charmless (or charming, depending on your point of view) apartment buildings […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CC-314-021.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The (Curbside) Classic Apartments and a Few Other Mid-Century CC Apartment Buildings")
The (Curbside) Classic Apartments and a Few Other Mid-Century CC Apartment Buildings
Posted on January 25, 2023 | 62 Comments(first posted 1/25/2017) We were walking along 8th Avenue the other day, where there’s a number of particularly charmless (or charming, depending on your point of view) apartment buildings […] -
![Why am I doing so many vintage reviews? Curbside Classics are all about the view of the past, but from the present, which has both pros and cons. With hindsight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/220-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Mercedes 220 SE – “It’s Easy To Understand Why So Many Cadillac Owners Are Switching To This Car”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Mercedes 220 SE – “It’s Easy To Understand Why So Many Cadillac Owners Are Switching To This Car”
Posted on January 25, 2023 | 37 CommentsWhy am I doing so many vintage reviews? Curbside Classics are all about the view of the past, but from the present, which has both pros and cons. With hindsight, […] -
Vintage Dealer Postcard: S&R Lincoln-Mercury-Comet-Triumph-Fiat — One Stop Shopping From Luxury To Super Cheap
Posted on January 25, 2023 | 17 Comments -
![We had a new neighbor move in a block away who is an air-cooled VW aficionado. One of his cars is this VW bus, from around 1965-1967, and here it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0296.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: VW Bus (T1) With Popup Camping Trailer")
Curbside Outtake: VW Bus (T1) With Popup Camping Trailer
Posted on January 24, 2023 | 7 CommentsWe had a new neighbor move in a block away who is an air-cooled VW aficionado. One of his cars is this VW bus, from around 1965-1967, and here it […] -
![(Every so often, a comment left at CC deserves the spotlight and a wider audience. In this case, it was Rob’s comment regarding his family’s 1959 Rambler American, and which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1651520.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Comment Classic: The Soul-Crushing 1959 Rambler American")
Comment Classic: The Soul-Crushing 1959 Rambler American
Posted on January 23, 2023 | 18 Comments(Every so often, a comment left at CC deserves the spotlight and a wider audience. In this case, it was Rob’s comment regarding his family’s 1959 Rambler American, and which […] -
![Twelve long years ago I found an F10 coupe here in Eugene still being driven by its original owner. I wrote it up at the other site, and titled it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0370.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Datsun F10 Sportwagon – Ugly? No, It’s Cute!")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Datsun F10 Sportwagon – Ugly? No, It’s Cute!
Posted on January 23, 2023 | 31 CommentsTwelve long years ago I found an F10 coupe here in Eugene still being driven by its original owner. I wrote it up at the other site, and titled it […] -
![Car and Driver really raised its profile (and notoriety) with its comparison of a Pontiac GTO against a Ferrari GTO. The Pontiac was insanely fast, thanks to lots of prepping […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Car & Driver Comparison: 1965 Pontiac 2+2 Against Ferrari 2+2 – 0-60 in 3.9 For The Pontiac? Sure!")
Classic Car & Driver Comparison: 1965 Pontiac 2+2 Against Ferrari 2+2 – 0-60 in 3.9 For The Pontiac? Sure!
Posted on January 21, 2023 | 38 CommentsCar and Driver really raised its profile (and notoriety) with its comparison of a Pontiac GTO against a Ferrari GTO. The Pontiac was insanely fast, thanks to lots of prepping […] -
![This Tercel has been in the neighborhood for all of its long life. I noticed it not long after we moved here—very close to 30 years ago. It used to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0395.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: The Neighborhood Tercel Won’t Start This Morning")
Curbside Outtake: The Neighborhood Tercel Won’t Start This Morning
Posted on January 21, 2023 | 23 CommentsThis Tercel has been in the neighborhood for all of its long life. I noticed it not long after we moved here—very close to 30 years ago. It used to […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2017) Let’s take a look at Americans and Canadians on vacation with their travel and tent trailers in the 50s and 60s. These old snapshots archived at vintage.es. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/camping-1950s-60s-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Camping Trailers in the 50s and 60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Camping Trailers in the 50s and 60s
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 70 Comments(first posted 1/20/2017) Let’s take a look at Americans and Canadians on vacation with their travel and tent trailers in the 50s and 60s. These old snapshots archived at vintage.es. […] -
![Wow! They don’t sell Sprinters this long over here. And I don’t think in Europe either, where Roshake shot this. I assume it’s an aftermarket conversion. Is it being used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52636873120_9d3b2bf527_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The World’s Longest Mercedes Sprinter?")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The World’s Longest Mercedes Sprinter?
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 23 CommentsWow! They don’t sell Sprinters this long over here. And I don’t think in Europe either, where Roshake shot this. I assume it’s an aftermarket conversion. Is it being used […] -
![images posted at the Cohort by cjcz92 (first posted 1/19/2017) The downsized 1980 Continental Mk VI—which we looked at here the other day—is pretty universally seen as a botched styling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/31979128660_458a1d5e2b_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1980-1983 Chrysler Cordoba – We Don’t Like What They’ve Done To Our Car")
Cohort Capsule: 1980-1983 Chrysler Cordoba – We Don’t Like What They’ve Done To Our Car
Posted on January 19, 2023 | 106 Commentsimages posted at the Cohort by cjcz92 (first posted 1/19/2017) The downsized 1980 Continental Mk VI—which we looked at here the other day—is pretty universally seen as a botched styling […] -
![blue fastback 1600 TL posted at Cohort by Alberto Simon (first posted 1/19/2017) This post started out as a quick little Outtake about how odd it was that this Brazilian […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/VW-BR-1600-fastback-s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 VW 1600 TL – Turns Out The Brazilian Type 3 Isn’t Really A Type 3; It’s the EA97 Reincarnated")
Curbside Classic: 1971 VW 1600 TL – Turns Out The Brazilian Type 3 Isn’t Really A Type 3; It’s the EA97 Reincarnated
Posted on January 19, 2023 | 57 Commentsblue fastback 1600 TL posted at Cohort by Alberto Simon (first posted 1/19/2017) This post started out as a quick little Outtake about how odd it was that this Brazilian […] -
![What a great find, by Bruce Hiebert: An original and slightly dinged Challenger. How many of these are left in the world in this kind of shape? Bruce identified it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52634810362_0b12c1a345_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1970 Dodge Challenger Coupe – 198 Slant Six Under The Hood?")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1970 Dodge Challenger Coupe – 198 Slant Six Under The Hood?
Posted on January 19, 2023 | 27 CommentsWhat a great find, by Bruce Hiebert: An original and slightly dinged Challenger. How many of these are left in the world in this kind of shape? Bruce identified it […]
