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About Author: Robert Kim
Posts by Robert Kim
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CC Cinema Outtake: Ford Mustang II Photobomb
Posted on September 24, 2015 | 16 CommentsSweden’s Ingmar Bergman is world-renowned as one of the greatest movie directors of all time, the creator of The Seventh Seal and other classics in a career that spanned more […] -
Curbside Classics and Neoclassics: Honda CRX Si, Yamaha Maxim, Triumph Thruxton, and Ducati Scrambler – Four Classics in the Space of One
Posted on September 11, 2015 | 23 CommentsCurbside parking your collection of four red classics in a space just long enough for a 1960s Cadillac is possible when your classics are a Honda CRX and three motorcycles. […] -
Advertising Outtake: 1966 Ford Fairlane — Fashion Ambassador
Posted on September 9, 2015 | 75 CommentsAnyone who has walked through a shopping mall or downtown shopping district recently has seen H&M stores multiply like rabbits in recent years. From Sweden, H&M is a pioneer in inexpensive fashion […] -
CC Outtake: Archival Quality 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency
Posted on September 7, 2015 | 47 CommentsThe 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency was part of the last generation of full size rear wheel drive sedans from Oldsmobile, and now is a relic of a very different time in the […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […]
![CC Cinema Outtake: Ford Mustang II Photobomb Sweden’s Ingmar Bergman is world-renowned as one of the greatest movie directors of all time, the creator of The Seventh Seal and other classics in a career that spanned more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1200-11.jpg)
![Curbside Classics and Neoclassics: Honda CRX Si, Yamaha Maxim, Triumph Thruxton, and Ducati Scrambler – Four Classics in the Space of One Curbside parking your collection of four red classics in a space just long enough for a 1960s Cadillac is possible when your classics are a Honda CRX and three motorcycles. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1200-CRX.jpg)
![Advertising Outtake: 1966 Ford Fairlane — Fashion Ambassador Anyone who has walked through a shopping mall or downtown shopping district recently has seen H&M stores multiply like rabbits in recent years. From Sweden, H&M is a pioneer in inexpensive fashion […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800-new-elegance-autumn-fashion2015-hm-cardigan-dooh.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Archival Quality 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency The 1980-84 Oldsmobile 98 Regency was part of the last generation of full size rear wheel drive sedans from Oldsmobile, and now is a relic of a very different time in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1200-1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Basket Handles and More, From the Sears Catalog 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Basket-Handles.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Washing the Wienermobile 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wienermobile-1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1973 Pontiac GTO — Here Come Da (Mis)Judged! 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4150.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible — Winter Is Coming, Plan Ahead 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/900-Engine.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Ford Model A Roadster 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cropped-1.jpg)
![New Motorcycle Book: Liberator – The Harley-Davidson WLA in the Second World War 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1945-China-cropped.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1977 Chrysler Cordoba Sin Cuero Corintio “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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0-Front.jpg)
![CC Capsule: Buick Roadmeister Estate Wagen — In Berlin By Christmas 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mercedes-230E.jpg)
![CC Outtake: A New Classic Visits A Neoclassic 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BMW-Cloisters-1-cropped.jpg)
![CC Global: The Things of Bali 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/16607c4c371e0efdbb1cbeed4bb9d5ed.jpg)


