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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Robert Kim
Posts by Robert Kim
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![The inner city is a tough environment for cars, with stop-and-go driving, potholed streets, lack of garages, and break-ins conspiring to send most cars to early deaths, but on one street […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Suddenly-Its-1970-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1970 and 1980!")
CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s 1970 and 1980!
Posted on August 1, 2015 | 44 CommentsThe inner city is a tough environment for cars, with stop-and-go driving, potholed streets, lack of garages, and break-ins conspiring to send most cars to early deaths, but on one street […] -
![The 1977 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau profiled this morning, with its prominent basket-handle B pillar, prompted pulling out a photo of a 1977-79 Thunderbird side by side with a smaller user […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Basket-Handles.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Basket Handles and More, From the Sears Catalog")
CC Outtake: Basket Handles and More, From the Sears Catalog
Posted on July 16, 2015 | 30 CommentsThe 1977 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau profiled this morning, with its prominent basket-handle B pillar, prompted pulling out a photo of a 1977-79 Thunderbird side by side with a smaller user […] -
![Having spotted the famous Wienermobile and profiled it here just over a year ago, I thought that it was about time for another sighting of one of America’s most famous vehicles. On Monday, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wienermobile-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Washing the Wienermobile")
CC Outtake: Washing the Wienermobile
Posted on June 24, 2015 | 22 CommentsHaving spotted the famous Wienermobile and profiled it here just over a year ago, I thought that it was about time for another sighting of one of America’s most famous vehicles. On Monday, a […] -
![Yesterday’s CC of a 1976 Pontiac LeMans found in Canada came one day after a sighting of another Colonnade A-Body by Pontiac that has received little recognition, despite bearing a famous name: a 1973 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4150.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1973 Pontiac GTO — Here Come Da (Mis)Judged!")
CC Outtake: 1973 Pontiac GTO — Here Come Da (Mis)Judged!
Posted on June 23, 2015 | 64 CommentsYesterday’s CC of a 1976 Pontiac LeMans found in Canada came one day after a sighting of another Colonnade A-Body by Pontiac that has received little recognition, despite bearing a famous name: a 1973 […] -
![Buy a convertible cheaply in the fall or winter, and enjoy it in the spring and summer. This formula for open-air classic motoring for less has been around for a long time, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/900-Engine.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible — Winter Is Coming, Plan Ahead")
CC Capsule: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible — Winter Is Coming, Plan Ahead
Posted on June 12, 2015 | 18 CommentsBuy a convertible cheaply in the fall or winter, and enjoy it in the spring and summer. This formula for open-air classic motoring for less has been around for a long time, and […] -
![Going for a top-down drive in one’s convertible is an ideal way for many of us to spend a warm and sunny summer day, and the convertible being a Ford Model A roadster is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cropped-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Ford Model A Roadster")
CC Outtake: Ford Model A Roadster
Posted on June 8, 2015 | 14 CommentsGoing for a top-down drive in one’s convertible is an ideal way for many of us to spend a warm and sunny summer day, and the convertible being a Ford Model A roadster is […] -
![In an article on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2014, about the primary American military motorcycle of the Second World War–the Harley-Davidson WLA–I mentioned that the photographs and information […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1945-China-cropped.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "New Motorcycle Book: Liberator – The Harley-Davidson WLA in the Second World War")
New Motorcycle Book: Liberator – The Harley-Davidson WLA in the Second World War
Posted on February 19, 2015 | 39 CommentsIn an article on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2014, about the primary American military motorcycle of the Second World War–the Harley-Davidson WLA–I mentioned that the photographs and information […] -
![“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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0-Front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Chrysler Cordoba Sin Cuero Corintio")
CC Capsule: 1977 Chrysler Cordoba Sin Cuero Corintio
Posted on January 30, 2015 | 76 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 […] -
![I have seen the future, and this Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon’s will be in Berlin or somewhere else outside of the U.S. A German diplomatic license plate adorns this Roadmaster, and its owner not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mercedes-230E.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Buick Roadmeister Estate Wagen — In Berlin By Christmas")
CC Capsule: Buick Roadmeister Estate Wagen — In Berlin By Christmas
Posted on January 23, 2015 | 29 CommentsI have seen the future, and this Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon’s will be in Berlin or somewhere else outside of the U.S. A German diplomatic license plate adorns this Roadmaster, and its owner not […] -
![The 1976-1989 BMW 6-Series deserves to be considered a new classic — one of the most elegant designs of the 1970s-80s, it is an increasingly coveted collectible and qualifies for antique status in all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BMW-Cloisters-1-cropped.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: A New Classic Visits A Neoclassic")
CC Outtake: A New Classic Visits A Neoclassic
Posted on December 23, 2014 | 23 CommentsThe 1976-1989 BMW 6-Series deserves to be considered a new classic — one of the most elegant designs of the 1970s-80s, it is an increasingly coveted collectible and qualifies for antique status in all […] -
![Some car models become long-lived fixtures in countries never envisioned by their original designers or even by the most far-out thinking of marketing directors, such as the Ford Falcon of Argentina or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/16607c4c371e0efdbb1cbeed4bb9d5ed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Things of Bali")
CC Global: The Things of Bali
Posted on December 19, 2014 | 10 CommentsSome car models become long-lived fixtures in countries never envisioned by their original designers or even by the most far-out thinking of marketing directors, such as the Ford Falcon of Argentina or […] -
![For over a year, this 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser has appeared on this site as a vehicle destined for an overseas adventure, the Banjul Challenge cross country drive from Europe […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1-Monument-View.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – Here To Stay")
COAL: 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – Here To Stay
Posted on December 2, 2014 | 49 CommentsFor over a year, this 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser has appeared on this site as a vehicle destined for an overseas adventure, the Banjul Challenge cross country drive from Europe […] -
![Americans have many complaints about the actions of Congress during the past quarter century, over-spending and budgets deficits among them, and a glance around the parking lots of Capitol Hill creates the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Closeup.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Election Day Capsule: 1986-91 Pontiac 6000 S/E – Twenty Four More Years!")
Election Day Capsule: 1986-91 Pontiac 6000 S/E – Twenty Four More Years!
Posted on November 4, 2014 | 56 CommentsAmericans have many complaints about the actions of Congress during the past quarter century, over-spending and budgets deficits among them, and a glance around the parking lots of Capitol Hill creates the […] -
![Somewhere west of Al-Kindi Street, in the Baghdad International Zone — better known as the Green Zone — there’s a 1955-56 Thunderbird that has probably experienced more than any other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Thunderbird-Outtake.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Mother of All Thunderbird Outtakes")
CC Global: The Mother of All Thunderbird Outtakes
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 24 CommentsSomewhere west of Al-Kindi Street, in the Baghdad International Zone — better known as the Green Zone — there’s a 1955-56 Thunderbird that has probably experienced more than any other […] -
![The look at the earliest automobiles made in China initiated by Paul would not be complete without a look at even earlier classic cars in China, from the turbulent early […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1200-Ford-Letters.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: American Cars in Pre-Communist China – The East Is Red White & Blue")
CC Global: American Cars in Pre-Communist China – The East Is Red White & Blue
Posted on October 7, 2014 | 35 CommentsThe look at the earliest automobiles made in China initiated by Paul would not be complete without a look at even earlier classic cars in China, from the turbulent early […]
