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About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 48 CommentsThe thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […] -
1999-2005 Mitsuoka Galue II – Alien Craft
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 42 CommentsI was having an evening walk round the block, as one does, when I saw this Mitsuoka, as one doesn’t. -
1963 Studebaker Lark Daytona – Awake From Hibernation
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 38 CommentsThe CC Effect™ is real! I saw this ’63 Lark Daytona two days after -
Vintage Photo: Swedish Saab-Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge Dealer
Posted on May 28, 2023 | 20 CommentsWell, Mercedeses were handled by Studebaker dealerships in the U.S. for awhile, so why not this in Sweden! Closest -
CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 49 Comments(First posted 7 February, 2017. Reposting today in honour of Tina Turner, who died yesterday.) The American half of yesterday’s Chrysler/Dodge Spirit CCC raised eyebrows with its yeah-no-that-didn’t-happen factor. Plymouth, […] -
In-Motion Classic: Hippie Bus, As Interpreted From Afar
Posted on May 6, 2023 | 9 CommentsI was almost too late—but not quite!—to snag a pic of this fab VW Bus and its well-matched driver on a June afternoon in 2018. -
Vintage Photo: Valiants on a Train
Posted on April 27, 2023 | 27 CommentsWow, that’s a lot of 1960 Valiants all in one place! I count about 50 of ’em, but it gets a bit difficult at the far end of the […] -
Automotive History: Ultrasonic Fuel Systems We Could’ve Had
Posted on March 26, 2023 | 55 CommentsUltrasonic humidifiers—hang on; I promise relevance—were all the rage in the ’80s. These were great -
QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts
Posted on March 11, 2023 | 72 CommentsThis is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […] -
Alternate-Timeline CC: Befinned 1973 Dodge Dart(s!)
Posted on March 7, 2023 | 18 CommentsHey, look, this ’73 Dart is…well, it’s finished! -
1993 Volvo 850 GLT – Brick, Red
Posted on March 3, 2023 | 55 CommentsHey, look; it’s a first-year 850. And it’s eligible for those collector licence plates on it because that first year was three -
1987-’91 Ford F-Series Bustruck – Monster Mashup
Posted on February 28, 2023 | 29 CommentsHere’s a compelling argument for body-on-frame construction, eh! Somebody cut together a -
CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Whale, That’s More Like It!
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 32 CommentsSubtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […] -
CC Capsule: 1988 Chrysler New Yorker – Whence R/T Thou?
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 78 CommentsHello, what’s this? There on the right headlight door, what is that? There isn’t-never-was a thing such as a Chrysler New Yorker R/T, and -
CC Christmas Card: Do You See What I See?
Posted on December 25, 2022 | 92 Comments[Originally posted 25 December 2017 @ 14:00] Or actually this might be more of a Chrysmas card. Either way,
![CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952 The thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Salinas-Californian-1952-Mufflers-and-Lights_1.jpg)




![Vintage Photo: Valiants on a Train Wow, that’s a lot of 1960 Valiants all in one place! I count about 50 of ’em, but it gets a bit difficult at the far end of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Valiants_on_Train_cleaned-up.jpg)

![QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts This is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Stromberg-W_5.jpg)



![CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Whale, That’s More Like It! Subtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/71-Chrysler-New-Yorker_RF34.jpg)



