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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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CC For Sale: Armoured 1995 Chrysler LeBaron – Bulletproof Invisibility Cloak
Posted on February 21, 2022 | 25 CommentsI thought I’d seen it all, at least as far as AA-body Mopars go. I mean, -
POAL: Tales of Sales of Parts to Parts Unknown
Posted on February 12, 2022 | 56 CommentsNo matter the definition of “old” and “car”, an old-car hobbyist spends a lot of time, attention, and money on auto parts. -
Curbside Classic: 1972(?) Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF “Fanalino” Coupé – Rocket Lancia
Posted on February 11, 2022 | 23 CommentsTo the best of my research, this fine little blue car gives every appearance of being a 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF. -
![I read the other day that scientists are thinking of bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction. This ancient whale appears to have beaten them to the punch; I found it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1977-79_Town-Car_LF34_3047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978-’79 Lincoln Town Car – The Lincoln Sleeps Tonight")
Curbside Classic: 1978-’79 Lincoln Town Car – The Lincoln Sleeps Tonight
Posted on February 10, 2022 | 75 CommentsI read the other day that scientists are thinking of bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction. This ancient whale appears to have beaten them to the punch; I found it […] -
Flookerang Funnies: One Fine Day in a Detroit Office
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 33 CommentsThis cartoon was hanging on a wall at the -
![We drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c91_Acclaim_2216.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet")
CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 31 CommentsWe drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […] -
![[Originally published 10 February 2017 @ 14:00] It’s been an unreasonably unusually snowy winter here in the lower BC Mainland; here’s an apropos French flick full of old cars I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Cinema Double Feature: Team Cibié Go Snowracing; Meanwhile, in Paris…")
CC Cinema Double Feature: Team Cibié Go Snowracing; Meanwhile, in Paris…
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 10 Comments[Originally published 10 February 2017 @ 14:00] It’s been an unreasonably unusually snowy winter here in the lower BC Mainland; here’s an apropos French flick full of old cars I […] -
![It’s been unusually cold here in Vancouver, where the averages for December and January are low 3 and high 7 °C (37/45 °F). Lately we’ve been getting as low as -14 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hand-throttle-cable-GPW-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Car Features Do You Want, Miss, or Neither?")
QOTD: What Car Features Do You Want, Miss, or Neither?
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 272 CommentsIt’s been unusually cold here in Vancouver, where the averages for December and January are low 3 and high 7 °C (37/45 °F). Lately we’ve been getting as low as -14 […] -
![[Originally published on 26 June 2021 @ 14:00] »strum, pluck-pluck-pluck, strum« aHEM! »strum« In 1970, the Kinks had a giant hit with “Lola”, a song about a young man’s](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/S%CC%8Ckoda.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Karaoke: Škoda")
CC Karaoke: Škoda
Posted on December 27, 2021 | 28 Comments[Originally published on 26 June 2021 @ 14:00] »strum, pluck-pluck-pluck, strum« aHEM! »strum« In 1970, the Kinks had a giant hit with “Lola”, a song about a young man’s -
![[Originally published on 24 December 2016 @ 08:00] ‘Twas the night before Xmas; outside the garage, not a pickup was moving—not even this Dodge. It’s a ’64—Slant-6, natch—that lives over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/So-This-Is-Xmas-1441-e1477531677945.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Slide Show: So This is Christmas")
CC Slide Show: So This is Christmas
Posted on December 25, 2021 | 21 Comments[Originally published on 24 December 2016 @ 08:00] ‘Twas the night before Xmas; outside the garage, not a pickup was moving—not even this Dodge. It’s a ’64—Slant-6, natch—that lives over […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959-’62 Bentley S2 – Tut tut!
Posted on December 7, 2021 | 58 CommentsA Bentley in its natural habitat: a steady rain! This was a month on and a few blocks south from -
QOTD: First and Best Tickets, Part III – The Ones We Avoided
Posted on December 5, 2021 | 18 CommentsIn 1999, the year after my cluster of traffic tickets, I abruptly put school and everything on hold, packed up my crap, and -
CC Matinee: The Lineup (1958)
Posted on December 1, 2021 | 29 CommentsHey, let’s play hooky and go see a movie! Wanna? -
QOTD: First and Best Tickets, Part II – The Ones We Got Out Of
Posted on November 28, 2021 | 31 CommentsAfter my first traffic ticket, I didn’t get any more until 1998-’99, then for some strange reason I -
![About a century before notorious blowhard Elon Musk put out the Model S and took to mouthing around on Twitter, notorious blowhard Henry Ford put out the Model T and, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ford-Model-T-Battery-Switch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1911 Ford Model T – Any Colour They Want")
Curbside Classic: 1911 Ford Model T – Any Colour They Want
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 59 CommentsAbout a century before notorious blowhard Elon Musk put out the Model S and took to mouthing around on Twitter, notorious blowhard Henry Ford put out the Model T and, […]
