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![Curbside Classic: 1972 Rokon Trail Breaker – The Two-Wheel Drive Motorcycle That’s Been Rocking On For Over Sixty Years (first posted 9/3/2013) Californian Charlie Fehn first had the idea to design and build a two-wheel drive motorcycle in the late fifties, and was eventually granted a patent in 1963. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CC-208-074-925.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Corvair – The Ultimate Corvair Album (first posted 7/10/2017) The Corvair may have been outsold by the dishwater-dull Falcon, but good luck finding so many vintage snapshots of Falcons with their doting owners. Americans loved the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CV-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevy II Nova SS Coupe – The Only One Left Wearing Its Original Wheel Covers? When I saw this Nova SS coupe swing into a gas station I was literally shocked to see it had its original wheel covers still on. Let’s face it; probably […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Chevy-2-side.jpg)
![Vintage Review: 1980 Cadillac Seville Diesel – “Seems To Serve Little Purpose Other Than To Force The Rich To Go Slumming In Truck Stops” Car magazines from back in the day tend to get stereotyped, with Road & Track commonly being called out for being very anti-Detroit. Well, it wasn’t quite as simple as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Seville-diesel-1-top.jpeg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Can You ID The Imports On Main Street USA In The ’50s And ’60s? (first posted 6/21/2018) In a recent Buick-themed vintage snapshot gallery the other day, it was noted in the comments on how few imports there were to be seen. So […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DG-I-1.jpg)
![Auto-Biography: My ’66 F100 Finally Gets A Roof Over Its Head After Spending Its Whole Life Outside Better late than never? In a sign of mellowing that seems to come inevitably with old age, I’ve become a bit less harsh on my cars (and people?). I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0824.jpeg)
![Vintage VW Dealer Postcards: Interesting Assortment Of Trade-Ins, And A Minor Mystery This one is from Erie, PA. from about 1960 and features some fine Detroit iron out front, along with a Karmann-Ghia and a Renault 4CV. A Thunderbird convertible traded for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53719314200_66e02b1700_k.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Hard-Wearing Classic Chevy What’s more appropriate than finding a classic B-Box Chevy at the hardware store? Finding one at a rock store? This Caprice is still in fine nick too; let’s take a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0644.jpeg)
![Vintage R&T Review: 1976 Volvo 265DL – “The World’s First Mass-Produced $10,000 Station Wagon” (first posted 6/22/2018) It’s easy to forget that Mercedes wasn’t yet building station wagons in 1976. That long overdue body style would arrive a few years later, so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Scans0001.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: The San Onofre Surfing Club – 1940s-1960s click on images for maximum size The San Onofre Surfing Club is legendary in the surfing world, and as a result, there’s a number of vintage snapshots that can readily […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Beach-scene-1.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1951 Chrysler New Yorker – The Legendary Hemi V8 Is Born shot and posted at the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg HEMI. Chrysler trademarked that name for good reasons, as it’s the only engine name that has become a genuine legend, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53683890262_da32159762_h.jpg)
![Vintage Truck of the Day: GMC DFR8000 “Crackerbox” With Tiny Dual Exhaust Stacks And No Mufflers – Let That Jimmy Scream I’m always drawn to old photos of GMC’s “Crackerbox” COE units, although I’m not quite sure why. Maybe it’s because I rode in one once when hitchhiking and the deafening […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0750.jpeg)
![CC Find of the Day: “No Dude, It’s Not A Chevelle; It’s A Beaumont” – What I’d Like To Take To A Car Show posted at the Cohort by nifticus A 1960s Chevelle coupe is one the most recognizable “classic” cars. Everyone knows a Chevelle; or they think they do. It would be fun […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53795079682_1874c3a8ca_k.jpg)
![Road & Track Vintage Road Test: 1976 Lamborghini Countach – “Fastest Car We’ve Ever Tested” (first posted 6/20/2018) We’re now entering the era when “The Fastest Car(s) In The World” became increasingly common on the covers of R&T, C&D and Motor Trend. It was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/scans0001.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: GAZ 13 Chaika – Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery (first posted 3/7/2013) That the Russians were big fans of Packard’s designs is indisputable. The famous ZIS-110 was a heavily cribbed 1942 Packard Super (the story of Packard sending its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GAZ-Chayka-f.jpg)


