![Well do ya? Yes. Yes I do. I will immediately admit that, unlike the movie Dirty Harry, which I misquoted in the title there, I haven’t yet seen Gran Torino. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20221211_101456_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof – Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?")
![(first posted 10/28/2017) I know that “Long March” reference is more pre-war Maoist Chinese than post-war Shōwa Japanese, but it still applies. The late ‘50s is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171014_154527.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Datsun 1000 (211) Pick-up – The First Step In The Long March")
![(first posted 10/27/2017) I had a friend who was a real wine connoisseur. One of the best pieces of information I remember him giving me about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171026_120746.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Toyota Corona (T140) 1600 GT Hardtop Coupé – JDM = Just Drink More")
![Retro is in. But then it’s always been in. Back in the ‘30s, Ettore Bugatti styled his cars with hints of the horse-drawn buggies of his turn-of-century youth. In the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230212_133628_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987 Nissan Be-1 – It Takes One To Be-1")
![There is a long line of small sporty Renaults, going all the way back to the 4CV. Some were special-bodied and wore an Alpine badge, but others were closer to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC_0295_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Renault 8 Gordini – Hot Before Hatches Were A Thing")
![I’m still discovering the wild world of kei cars, so this might be premature, but I think I found the best of them. It has oodles of style, it’s FWD, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230601_091144_edited_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Honda Z360 GL – Funky Fun Kei")
![(first posted 10/20/2017) One-box cars and minivans, especially the shorter ones, tend to be called “bread loaf” in several languages – including Mandarin, Russian, Burmese and doubtless plenty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171009_103943.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Toyota TownAce Wagon Super Extra – All You Need Is Loaf")
![What do you picture in your mind when you hear or read the name Ferrari? Ever since I was young, the most outrageous Maranello machine was the Testarossa. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20220821_113022_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Ferrari Testarossa – Falling Flat (Twelve)")
![This is the final instalment of the series, but will be a bigger post than the previous two. For a summertime car meet in a small French town, there sure […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230730_194728_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 3: Foreign Cars")
![(first posted 10/18/2017) Three-wheelers are generally pretty small affairs – and they are all the more cute and cuddly for it. This Mazda pick-up, however, presents a rare […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20171014_154737.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1965 Mazda T1500 – Sumo Trike")
![Bienvenue, chers amis, to ze second partie of ze tour. We kick things off with a very neat early ‘60s 2CV van, but fair warning: the turnout was pretty limited, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230730_185415_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 2: More Domestic Cars (Citroën, Simca, etc.)")
![(first posted 10/17/2017) I saw this big blue monster on my very first day in Yerevan – how lucky can a CCurbivore be? No way to get a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170907_095207.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 GAZ 13 Chaika – Apparat Chic, Or A Short History Of Long Soviet Cars")
![I attended only a single car show this summer, but it was a whopper. It was in Bazas, a small town about a half hour east of Bordeaux, and this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC_0207_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 1: Domestic Cars (Peugeot & Renault)")
![Remember when the amorphous and highly volatile entity / hive mind we call The Internet decided that the Best Car of All Time must be a Diesel-powered manual RWD station […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20220821_101344_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993 Toyota Crown (S130) Super Saloon Wagon – Your RWD Manual Brown(ish) Wagon Is Served")
![There was a Lagonda before it became a four-door Aston Martin, lest we forget. The marque was created in 1900, started making cars a decade later and was independent until […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230402_143531_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1935 Lagonda Rapier – Mightier Than The Sword")
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