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![Vintage Car Life Comparison: 1962 Pontiac Tempest 4, Buick Special V6, Olds F-85 V8 – Decisions, Decisions The Buick-Olds-Pontiac “senior compacts” all shared a body that looked way too much the same, not unlike the problem GM had with their look-alike cars in the ’80s. But the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/b-02.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1947 Studebaker M5 Pickup – What A Face. What A Truck (first posted 4/13/2017) Now that’s a face I could stare at for a while. I just love these Studebaker M-Series trucks, built from 1941 – 1948. And not just because […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/32994935123_d061ce792d_o.jpg)

![Curbside Outtake: 1989 Ford Tempo – ” The Tempo And Topaz Have Been Losing Money For More Than A Decade” This post started out as just another Outtake about this bruised and battered Tempo in my neighborhood that’s still chugging along, on the good days. But then I stumbled upon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_0553.jpg)

![Cohort Outtake: International Loadstar 1700 – Makes A Rugged Pickup (first posted 4/12/2017) Nifticus posted shots of this International Loadstar at the Cohort, and I can’t just walk by. These were once by far the best selling medium truck in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IH-Loadstar-1700-fq.jpg)
![QOTD: Why Do People Store Brand New Cars And Never Drive Them? I’ve always been utterly baffled by how many people will buy a new car and then instantly (or very shortly thereafter) put it in storage, never to be driven. What […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/3m.jpg)

![Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Car, Part 3 (first posted 4/11/2017) Part 1 and Part 2 of this series from Dave Gelinas’ collection of vintage slides were popular, so let’s do another gallery. This one is of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DG-ME-58-ford-snowy-street.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Camaro Berlinetta – The Last One Of Its Kind Left With Its Original 14″ Wheels? (first posted 4/11/2017) Stare at this picture for a minute or so, and you’re going to swear someone put some undersized wheels and tires from a Toyota Tercel on this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-321-008-level.jpg)



![CC Charts: Domestic Compacts, 1958-1970 — No, The Corvair Was Not A Flop; It Had A Higher Market Share Than The F-Series Does Today One of the more common myths that I’ve heard over the years is that the Corvair was essentially a failure, a sales and commercial flop. Far from it! In 1962 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Chart-Compacts-mkt-share-58-69.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962-1965 Chevy II – Chevy Builds A Compact, Take II (Updated) 1965 Nova sedan (first posted 9/16/2013. Updated and expanded 4/6/2023) Ed Cole’s bold and daring rear-engine 1960 Corvair was to be Chevrolet’s ultimate answer to all those pesky imports and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-119-032-925.jpg)


