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![(Updated 8/30/2026) My old friend Paul B. recently turned me on to the amazing modeling of Michael Paul Smith, who passed away in 2018. He spent years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/27283013298_0ab5ba2ebb_k.jpg "A Tribute to Michael Paul Smith, Modeler Extraordinaire")
![(Updated 8/26/2026) A while back, we posted Tom McCahill’s review of the 1956 Volkswagen. By then, his love for it was already in full bloom. But that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mcahill_volkswagen_0.jpg "Vintage Review: Tom McCahill Drives the 1953 Volkswagen – Through Deep Snow")
![(Updated 8/25/2026) Seeing that it’s a DKW and not a Chevrolet, some of you might be tempted to skip this CC. If you must, but know that this is a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-151-031.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94) – The Proto-Audi")
![As I stood on top of Mt. Langley in the Sierras last summer, I looked across the extremely rugged terrain over to Mt. Whitney—the tallest mountain in the continental US […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/a-Langley-crop-horz-with-titles-115x115.jpg "From Mt. Langley To Mt. Whitney Via A Direct Off-Trail Route (Miter Basin, Crabtree Pass And Discovery Pinnacle)")
![(Updated 8/24/2026) Let’s face it, honesty is not necessarily the best policy in the car business (or any business, including Wall Street, politics, food processing, and…). GM proved that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-70-067-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Fairmont – That Very Rare Honest Car")
![(2007, 2026) Somewhere east of Laramie, rocketing across the plains at 96 in a ’69 Fury, a twangy country singer on the radio lectured us with the old song (first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/a-ply-115x115.jpg "Auto-Biography: 1969 Plymouth Fury – Somewhere East of Laramie")
![posted at the Cohort by Nathan Williams (Updated 8/21/2026) Every car has a story, but this one’s is a bit complicated. Yes, this is a former […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/50180663807_5ce61dbb28_k-crop.jpg "Reynolds Boughton RB44 Camper – How Did a Dodge Van Cab End Up Being Used On A British Military Vehicle?")
![(Updated 8/17/2026) Mention the word Tempo to a German car nut, and something very different than the Ford Tempo will likely come to mind. It’s easy to forget that in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tempo_Boy.jpg "Germany’s Tempo – From Motorized Wheelbarrow To World Speed Record Holder To Immortality In India")
![(Updated 8/15/2026) I’ve already written my CC on the gen1 Barracuda here. But when I spotted this fine original example at the neighborhood hardware store recently, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CC-421-009.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 Barracuda – The Bread and Butter Pony Car")
![(2008, updated 2026) Tear the highly practical metal roof off of one of the more boring big American cars like a 1963 Olds Dynamic 88, and suddenly it becomes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Olds-1963-88-conv.jpg "Auto-Biography: 1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – Hell In A Ragtop")
![(Updated 8/13/2026) How would you like your earliest memories to be of sitting in the back seat of a 1968 Firebird 400, watching your Dad work that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-140-262.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Firebird 400 – Reliving Childhood Memories, Twice Daily")
![(Updated 8/10/2026) That Ferdinand Porsche’s Volkswagen Beetle would permute into a highly successful off road capable troop transport vehicle in a matter of one month was one of the more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/VW-Kübelwagen.jpg "The VW Kübelwagen And Schwimmwagen: Germany’s WW2 Jeeps")
![photos by Curtis Perry (Updated 8/8/2026) Yes, I really did use to trudge a mile through the snow in zero degree weather to school when I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/374881128_3826fca6a3_k.jpg "Curbside Find: 1955 DeSoto – My Favorite Ride To School")
![I try not to have regrets, but I do rather wish there was a vintage BMW R90S or R75/5 with a Vetter fairing in my garage—or at least in my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/a-bssnip-vert-115x115.jpg "(A New) Auto-Biography: 1968 Bridgestone 90 Sport and 1967 Yamaha 305 Big Bear Scrambler – The (Small) Beginning And (Slightly Less Small) End To My Motorcycle Era")
![posted at the Cohort by Fran Dusk (Updated 8/7/2026) It’s hard not to stop at a 1960 Edsel when cruising the Cohort. We’ve seen a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/50203451072_b7e0401285_k.jpg "Curbside Find: 1960 Edsel Ranger Two-Door Sedan – One of 777 Built")
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