![In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1957-Mercury-Commuter-and-1957-Oldsmobile-Golden-Rocket-88-Fiesta.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s")
![So there I was, on my visit to Antigua Guatemala last March, when on my way to our hotel, I came across a 1954 Pontiac custom job being used as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20250308_161402_PORTRAIT-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala")
![Text by Patrick Bell. You don’t see people hand washing their cars much anymore, or at least I don’t. As a car washer from way back, even I haven’t done […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-09-21-00.05.49.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Soap And Shine – Car Washing In The 1950s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Fifty-five years ago today the Pinto galloped into the world as Ford’s domestic entry into the subcompact market. In its decade of production, over 3.1 million […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77c6e25e9f1da1eca02ee170a8764e3a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Loving Our Ford Pintos – 1970s-1980s")
![If I remember correctly, Honda was about the least Brougham-y of the Japanese carmakers. But well, if a Honda is to get the Woodie treatment, an early CR-V is probably […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-07-16.08.27.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition")
![Maybe I didn’t live in the right California city back in the ’90s, but as far as I can recall, even then, finding an unrestored early Karmann Ghia was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KarmannGuia_Patina1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well")
![Summer is coming to an end, but that’s not the only season that’s changing around us, particularly here at CC, since some of our current COALers will soon finish their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-02-16.01.20.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "COALers And Contributors Needed")
![There I was, waiting for an old friend of mine in the corner of 24th and Mission in San Francisco, just by the BART station, when this white Alfa Romeo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20241205_151228_aHDR-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV – Pure Seduction")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The call of the open road can come on strong enough to get the creative juices flowing. To avoid the expense of motels people will find […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-1-A-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rolling Oddities: Vintage Campers Through The Years – From Mild To Wild")
![Now for something somewhat different from the CC Cohort, even if not immediately apparent. Robadr uploaded these images of a VW T3 Transporter TriStar edition, the upscale version of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54743427037_c0d819cc8f_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rare Find: VW T3 Transporter Double-Cabin TriStar – The 4-Door Transporter")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today is the 68th anniversary of Edsel Introduction Day, or E-Day. It was a highly publicized event that attracted a lot of attention, but not very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_p8qucjs4gi1qcdxvpo1_a1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Remembering Edsels In The 1950s & 1960s")
![Time for another chapter in my series of American cars lost in the tropics, with this 1975 Ford Thunderbird that showed up recently in my FB Marketplace feed. It’s a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/516200957_2633287860343555_5264828458364067086_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1975 Ford Thunderbird: Copper-Toned Neoclassical Time-Capsule")
![In recent days, frequent CC Cohort contributor Jerome Solberg uploaded a nice number of curbside finds from California. Enough so that I feel it’s time for a fresh tour of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-31-15.13.53.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Rare Find: 1968 Imperial Convertible – And Other Vintage Cars Spotted in California")
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