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![This was unexpected; I knew that some very high end Mercedes were sold in the US in the prewar era, as they were glamorous and very exclusive. But a 170-H? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5145363784_22288f6a90_o.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1937 Mercedes-Benz 170-H — I Had No Idea They Sold These In The US")
![(first posted 4/11/2011) There’s a reason this is the very first Mercury at CC. It’s the same reason why pretty much the only Mercurys at the old site were the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-20-068-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Mercury Meteor 800 – The Beginning Of The End")
![This Condor II showed up recently in an alley near my house; I knew that there was something special about it other that reverse-slant windshield, and eventually it hit me: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0494.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Condor II Motor Home – Cousin Eddie’s RV Comes To Visit")
![click image for max size I’ve finally completed my spreadsheet project of car sales per year by models (eg: Chevelle) and types (eg: mid size) through 1970, which makes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Chart-mkt-sh-56-70-by-type.jpg "CC Chart: Market Share For Major Car Types, 1956-1970 – Frantic Fragmentation")
![(Update: we have a number of candidates. Thanks) Gene Liu’s excellent Wednesday morning COAL (Cars Of A Lifetime) series ended last week, and I’m running late in finding a replacement. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rare-pictures-pennsylvania-coal-miners-small.jpg "It’s Time For A New COALer Again")
![(first posted 4/1/2018) In 2007, Hummer started its death spiral. The huge run-up of oil prices that year, which culminated in the all-time peak of $160/barrel in June of 2008, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-350-013.jpg "Curbside Classic: The Long-Lost EcoHummer Prototype Found!")
![I’ve been contacted by the University of Turin, which recently found a collection of photographic prints in their archives made thirteen years after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. In 1999, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chernobyl_06.jpg "The Radioactive Cars of Chernobyl – Can You Identify Them?")
![(first posted 1/17/2012) The arrival of the new compacts by the Big Three in 1960 was the beginning of a major new era. The race for sales also turned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Plymouth-Valiants-1960-Nascar.jpg "Automotive History: When The New 1960 Compacts Went Racing – The 130 MPH Valiants Cream The Corvairs And Falcons")
![25+ year old Japanese imports are very common here in Oregon, but almost invariably they’re AWD vans and some SUVs. But then I saw this in front of me in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0537-1.jpg "On The Go Outtake: Toyota Crown Majesta – A First In Eugene")
![shot and posted by J.C. I need to explain why I selected this car from the Cohort as well as the title. I started listening to Walter Mosley’s latest book, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52670812468_a021ae186b_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1964 Autobianchi Bianchina – A (Literary) Bridge Too Far")
![This was one of the more interesting vintage reviews I’ve come across, because I don’t remember reading about these new 1967 AMC Rebels at the time; not too surprising, as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-1.jpg "Vintage Car Life Road Test: Two 1967 Rambler Rebels; 770 Six And 343 V8 SST – Styling Good; Performance Disappointing")
![This bright red F100 wearing Coca Cola livery was hard to miss, sitting in the parking lot of the Oregon Electric Station restaurant, which of course is in the former […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0477.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1963 Ford F100, Or Is It A ’64? Have A Coke While You Wait For The Oregon Electric Railway Train")
![I’m struggling to find an exact year when Subaru first started selling RHD versions of the Legacy in the US specifically for rural mail carriers, but I do know they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/5249888691_47cc5adf74_h.jpg "Vintage Ad: RHD Jeep Cherokee – “All Right!”")
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