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![Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi Raises Many Questions Including Why It Has Bigger Wheels On The Back Than The Front I wasn’t going going to do a post on Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi, as it’s a bit out of our mission here, but here’s the thing: I immediately noticed that it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Apache 32 Fleetside and 1953 Budger Trailer – If This Trailer Is A Rockin’…Don’t Come A Knockin’! (first posted 2/26/2011) Let’s hit the road, honey! I’ve got the truck all ready to roll; how’re you doin’ back there stocking the trailer? Don’t forget the wine, beer and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-122-077-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1988 Subaru Justy 4WD – The Mother Earth Newsmobile (first posted 11/10/2013) Never Buy Gas Again! How to convert your Subaru Justy into a chicken manure-fed methane powered hybrid using old washing machine parts and a garden hose. Deep […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-66-038-800.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Plum Crazy Dodge Caravan C/V R/T – Or Something Like That (first posted 9/22/2018) Dodge’s Plum Crazy purple, which first appeared in 1970, is of course back on the option list. But it never went out of fashion for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/29635032307_e5a16c805d_k.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1982 VW Diesel Pickup – Not Much Pickup But It Still Hauls (first posted 10/6/2018) That the VW Pickup was designed specifically for the US, despite it being a tiny FWD unibody thing, may seem rather odd from today’s perspective, given […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-368-055.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Granada Coupe With 250 Six and Four Speed Stick – One of 179 Made (first posted 10/7/2018) My affinity for these mid-70s Ford products must act like a powerful magnetic force, as I seem to keep running into them. Recently it was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-369-018.jpg)
![Cohort Find: VW 411 – Just Needs A 911 Engine Roshake found this VW 411 in Budapest; it’s the first one found and posted at CC since 2016. Jeez; are they getting a bit rare, or? No love for VW’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54042134945_f11b9e2949_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford F350 With 9′ Express Bed – Yes, Express; Not Pickup Yes, there was a difference between a pickup and a truck with an express bed. It’s pretty irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things, but then we’re all about the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0085.jpeg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza – The Best European Car Ever Made In America (first posted 7/25/2013) If a car ever inspired me to emote and wax poetically, it was the Corvair, especially the second generation that delighted us upon its arrival in 1965. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-58-019-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Mercury Monterey Cruiser Hardtop Coupe – Mercury Spreads Its Wings And Crashes (first posted 10/3/2018) It wasn’t just Edsel that got creamed in the late 50s. Ford’s huge push to compete mano-a-mano with GM’s three powerful mid-market brands was a two-pronged […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-372-019.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Catalina – The Sexiest Big Sedan Of Its Time (first posted 7/20/2013) The 1963 Pontiac was the very crest of the wave that swept the Excitement brand to glorious heights in the sixties. The upwelling first appeared out of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CC-46-022-800.jpg)
![The Legendary Detroit Diesel V12 (12V-71) – The Most Powerful Engine Built For Highway Trucks In Its Time Although more powerful four-cycle diesel engines would eventually surpass the DD 12V-71 as the most powerful engine built for highway trucks, it was certainly true in its heyday. With 475 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1490.jpeg)
![Curbside Find: 1978 Sport King Motor Home – What Happens When An RV Company Can’t Afford A Professional Designer Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with all of these many 1970s Dodge-based Class C motorhomes. Why? Unlike the more modern era, there were dozens of smaller manufacturers back then, resulting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1807.jpeg)
![1976 American LaFrance Fire Engine For Sale – Just What You Need I’d been meaning to check out the Sixes Grange Marketplace near Port Orford, and when I saw this firetruck for sale sitting out front, it was just the incentive I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1995.jpeg)
![The Ultimate Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Pickup – The Oldest Working Daily Driver Truck? (first posted 4/12/2014) The overarching purpose of CC is to document the older vehicles still on the streets. And when they’re in front-line duty, as daily drivers or work trucks, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CC-224-017-1200.jpg)


