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About Author: Paul Niedermeyer
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![On my two-month hitchhiking trip to the West Coast in 1972 I saw many new things for the first time, but one of the more puzzling ones were these COE […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-fl-lwb-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Those Curious Long Wheelbase West Coast COE Trucks – Why Did They Do This?")
Those Curious Long Wheelbase West Coast COE Trucks – Why Did They Do This?
Posted on March 31, 2025 | 30 CommentsOn my two-month hitchhiking trip to the West Coast in 1972 I saw many new things for the first time, but one of the more puzzling ones were these COE […] -
![(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-141-069-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother")
Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […] -
![Walking around certain blocks of the student neighborhood near the University of Oregon on a gray drizzly day can be as depressing as recalling much of GM’s decline and fall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-62-014-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Good News, Mostly")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Good News, Mostly
Posted on March 29, 2025 | 24 CommentsWalking around certain blocks of the student neighborhood near the University of Oregon on a gray drizzly day can be as depressing as recalling much of GM’s decline and fall […] -
![(first posted 3/28/2019) Robadr found something rather out of the ordinary in Lisbon, Portugal. It’s a Vauxhall Firenza, made between 1971 and 1975. It was a somewhat pathetic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/46750457884_99d56c2bd0_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Vauxhall Firenza – Euro Road Runner")
Cohort Outtake: Vauxhall Firenza – Euro Road Runner
Posted on March 28, 2025 | 34 Comments(first posted 3/28/2019) Robadr found something rather out of the ordinary in Lisbon, Portugal. It’s a Vauxhall Firenza, made between 1971 and 1975. It was a somewhat pathetic […] -
![(first posted 3/28/2019) Although the VW Beetle had been sold in the US since 1949, when exactly two were imported, its sales were modest for the first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/VW-1955-review-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Tom McCahill Wrings Out the 1956 VW – And Explains Why It was Suddenly So Popular")
Vintage Review: Tom McCahill Wrings Out the 1956 VW – And Explains Why It was Suddenly So Popular
Posted on March 27, 2025 | 65 Comments(first posted 3/28/2019) Although the VW Beetle had been sold in the US since 1949, when exactly two were imported, its sales were modest for the first […] -
![The sixties was the decade of the four-door hardtop. What had been the exotic hot new thing in American automotive styling in the fifties—along with fins, of course—was now increasingly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-cad-61-6w-crop-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops, Part 2: 1960–1964")
All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops, Part 2: 1960–1964
Posted on March 27, 2025 | 45 CommentsThe sixties was the decade of the four-door hardtop. What had been the exotic hot new thing in American automotive styling in the fifties—along with fins, of course—was now increasingly […] -
![(first posted 8/31/2013) Bryce, our intrepid man in New Zealand, has uploaded a raft of shots at the CC Cohort. So many to chose from, so little time… But this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Ford-AUS-Falcon-XP-fr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Australian Ford Falcon XP Wagon – Shorter Than The American Version, Among Other Things")
Curbside Classic: Australian Ford Falcon XP Wagon – Shorter Than The American Version, Among Other Things
Posted on March 25, 2025 | 50 Comments(first posted 8/31/2013) Bryce, our intrepid man in New Zealand, has uploaded a raft of shots at the CC Cohort. So many to chose from, so little time… But this […] -
![(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-130-146-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 121 Comments(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […] -
![(first posted 10/27/2016) True confessions: After almost eight years, the number of cars that we’ve never covered here at CC is seriously dwindling. And the number of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CC-304-001-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Toyota 4Runner – Beginning Of A Long Line; End Of The Solid Front Axle")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Toyota 4Runner – Beginning Of A Long Line; End Of The Solid Front Axle
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 10/27/2016) True confessions: After almost eight years, the number of cars that we’ve never covered here at CC is seriously dwindling. And the number of […] -
![Simon White is a stellar photographer and has been posting at the CC Cohort for some years now, and we’ve featured his work here before. He’s recently uploaded some new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-sim-23.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Simon White")
A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Simon White
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 15 CommentsSimon White is a stellar photographer and has been posting at the CC Cohort for some years now, and we’ve featured his work here before. He’s recently uploaded some new […] -
![Given the immediate popularity and glamour of the 2-door hardtop that was first introduced by Cadillac in 1949, it was just a matter of time—five years, precisely—before the first four […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-chev-56-sfq-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops, Part 1: The 1950s")
All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops, Part 1: The 1950s
Posted on March 22, 2025 | 50 CommentsGiven the immediate popularity and glamour of the 2-door hardtop that was first introduced by Cadillac in 1949, it was just a matter of time—five years, precisely—before the first four […] -
![(first posted 3/22/2019) The whole mini-pickup boom is quickly becoming another historical era, like the Great Brougham Epoch. Pickups are of course more in than ever, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-385-007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Ford Courier – A Survivor of the The Lesser Pickup Epoch")
Curbside Classic: Ford Courier – A Survivor of the The Lesser Pickup Epoch
Posted on March 19, 2025 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/22/2019) The whole mini-pickup boom is quickly becoming another historical era, like the Great Brougham Epoch. Pickups are of course more in than ever, but […] -
![All these years, and we’ve never had a proper ’65 or ’66 LTD four door. I wrote my ’65 LTD CC “It Launched the Great Brougham Epoch” using a two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ford-1966-ltd-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1966 Ford LTD – “Remarkable! I Do Believe Your Ford Is Quieter!”")
1966 Ford LTD – “Remarkable! I Do Believe Your Ford Is Quieter!”
Posted on March 19, 2025 | 30 CommentsAll these years, and we’ve never had a proper ’65 or ’66 LTD four door. I wrote my ’65 LTD CC “It Launched the Great Brougham Epoch” using a two […] -
![It’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-236-186-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1955 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – This Is The Cadillac For Me")
1955 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – This Is The Cadillac For Me
Posted on March 18, 2025 | 28 CommentsIt’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […] -
![Ralf K. (Don Kincl) long ago became one of my favorite posters at the CC Cohort. He not only finds splendid subjects but then does them justice with his superb […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54092760627_1ce6d96c49_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Ralf K.")
A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Ralf K.
Posted on March 18, 2025 | 16 CommentsRalf K. (Don Kincl) long ago became one of my favorite posters at the CC Cohort. He not only finds splendid subjects but then does them justice with his superb […]
