We now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […]
So here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […]
Consumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […]
The “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]
Several years ago, as I was pawing through someone’s unwanted stuff at a garage sale, I came across this unique little book. It may be the only book of its […]
You may have seen my post describing my recent Craigslist purchase of a 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix. Now I had four antique cars, which is kind of a lot for […]
In an odd sort of CC Effect, I found this silver/gray ’59 Dodge for sale online–it’s the one-year-earlier counterpart to my recently acquired ’60 Dodge Dart. I thought my Dart […]
I was driving along Washington St. (Route 202) in Boonton NJ with a trunk load of groceries, when I came across this colorful pair: a 1946-48 Chrysler and a 1956 […]
Did you ever do something that made no rational sense, but you felt inspired, you felt good about it, and you did it anyway? Well, that’s what this is.
The Curbside motto is: “Every car has a story.” I only know parts of this car’s story, so you can use your imagination to fill in the rest. This ’54 […]
About 10 or 15 years ago, I was at a garage sale, and I found these large manila envelopes containing magazine and newspaper clippings related to antique cars . . […]
When I first saw this poor, weathered little thing for sale on eBay, it brought me back to a time long ago when I made a unique automotive discovery . […]