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About Author: Robert Kim
Posts by Robert Kim
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The GAZ-66 History: The Soviet 4×4 Built For Any Terrain
Posted on August 26, 2025 | 25 Comments(first posted 5/11/2014) A title so straightforward is appropriate for the story of the GAZ-66, a 4×4 truck that was one of the mainstays of both the Soviet Army […] -
1977 Chrysler Cordoba With Original Checkmate Interior – No Cuero Corintio?
Posted on August 21, 2025 | 8 Comments“Soft Corinthian Leather” — an advertising phrase so famous that people who were not yet born when the advertisement was on TV know it and can attribute it to the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1946-48 Indian Chief – A Postwar Motorcycle Legend
Posted on August 15, 2025 | 7 CommentsThe big Indian Chief with skirted fenders is the iconic Indian motorcycle, it is safe to say, the first image that comes to mind when anyone thinks of Indian. The […] -
Curbside Find: 1977 Datsun 200SX – Back to Work at 40
Posted on July 29, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/14/2017) The 1977-79 Datsun 200SX, not the most beloved of 1970s sport coupes, had the story behind its quirky styling told by Paul a year […] -
Curbside Classic: GMC Syclone – GM Blazes a Trail and Abandons It
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 105 Comments(first posted 4/28/2014) The short-lived GMC Syclone pickup and Typhoon SUV, which burst onto the automotive scene in 1991 only to disappear after 1993, turned the usual modus operandi of […] -
CC Global: 1959-95 Mercedes L Series Trucks
Posted on December 8, 2024 | 154 Comments(first posted 7/1/2014) Say the words “big truck” to someone who grew up in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s, such as myself, and the first image to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr V-12
Posted on October 26, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 6/3/2014) In the area of Northern Virginia where I live, well-kept classic cars with For Sale signs appear on the street frequently, and several times a year I […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 87 Comments(first posted Sept. 3, 2014) The Ultimate Driving Machine. With this famous advertising slogan in its 40th year and the BMW 3-Series entrenched worldwide for an equally long time as […] -
Curbside Classic: Triumph TR7 – The Shape Of Things To Come; Or Not
Posted on August 20, 2024 | 82 Comments(first posted 1/8/2013) The Triumph TR7 is an uncommon sight in the United States these days. Last produced in 1981, the TR7 was briefly popular following its introduction in 1975, […] -
Quaiside Classic: An Amphicar in Paris
Posted on July 1, 2024 | 5 CommentsOn July 26, 2024, the Paris Olympics opening ceremony will feature a Parade of Nations unlike any other in the history of the Olympic Games. The River Seine will be […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979-85 Oldsmobile Toronado – The Forgotten E-Body
Posted on March 18, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 8/20/2014) In GM’s E-Body line of personal luxury cars from 1963 to 1992, the Oldsmobile Toronado occupied the lowest position in the divisional hierarchy and for the most […] -
CC Global: North Korea, Land of Lincolns
Posted on February 25, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 2/21/2018) On December 28, 2011, the funeral of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il displayed to the world a sight that many found shocking: a Lincoln Continental […] -
Curbside Classic: Daimler DS420 Limousine – Forgotten Lesser Royalty
Posted on December 21, 2023 | 93 Comments(first posted 12/20/2013) An automobile used by a beloved member of the British royal family and other royalty, produced for 24 years, and which may have inspired one of the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Imperial – I Don’t Care, I Love It
Posted on September 18, 2023 | 154 Comments(first posted 11/18/2014. Posted by request of Lennon L., who asked for a ’59 Imperial CC on his birthday) The wild 1957-60 Imperials and their slightly toned down 1961-63 successors […] -
Curbside Classic: Audi Fox/80 (B1) – The Foxy Mother Of The Modern VW/Audi Era
Posted on August 31, 2023 | 101 Comments(first posted 9/25/2013) The Audi Fox, called the Audi 80 in Europe, was a milestone car for both Audi and Volkswagen. Introduced in 1972 in Europe and sold in North […]