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About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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Miniature Curbside Classic: 1972 Audi 100 By Signature
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 21 CommentsRemember when you were a kid, watching cartoons on Saturday morning, and on came a commercial showing the latest toy? Until that commercial appeared, you had never heard of the […] -
CC Clue
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 19 CommentsPshoar got the Lumina in the very first comment, guessing it as a GM10 coupe. Well done. This one will be either very easy or very hard. I’m not sure […] -
Cohort Outtake: Is It The CC Effect, Or Just A Plate Of Shrimp?
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 11 CommentsHey, didn’t we just have a Plymouth VIP (two, actually) on CC? Well, yes, but this is such a rare car that I had to share the Rock Island VIP’s […] -
CC Outtake: SUVs Are For Wimps!
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 74 CommentsFrequent Cohort contributor whitewall buick recently posted his ’58 namesake online. While I love this car–and especially the color combination–it drives home a little-known fact to our younger readers: just […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible – Summer Is Coming…
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 80 CommentsWell, it is almost March, but we had a big storm here last Thursday with more on the way this week. I do take comfort in the fact that winter […] -
What If: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Sport Suburban
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 26 CommentsI was recently trying to find pictures of 1970s Toyota woody wagons when, for some reason, this lovely aqua vision appeared in the search results. If Plymouth had added a […] -
Future CCs: A Pleasant Toyota Sunday…
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 42 CommentsI am not a huge Toyota fan, despite my love for the quirky 1970s models. But despite it all, the current lineup does have a certain appeal. Nice family cars […] -
CC Clue
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 25 CommentsCheers to Jordon Tenenbaum, who knocked the Mister Two out of the park, on the first guess. Tomorrow’s CC might not be exactly what you expect. What is it? -
Mini CC: 1967-68 Thunderbird By Johnny Lightning – Do You Like Models Of Non-Mainstream Cars? I Do!
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 49 CommentsIf you collect diecast cars these days, unless you scour the Bay of E or live in a big city, you are more or less out of luck. The diecast […] -
CC Clue
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 15 CommentsOne thing you don’t see much of anymore is two-toning on cars. But it used to be pretty popular, from the ’30s all the way to the late ’80s. Tomorrow’s […] -
CC Capsule: 1986 Volvo 240DL – Smurf Blue Sighting
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 28 CommentsAs your resident CC Volvo guy, I have to chime in every now and then on these Swedish boxes. We have already done the early and mid-cycle 240s on CC […] -
CC Clue
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 39 CommentsThis CC was a little salt-encrusted, but I still think someone will be able to identify it. The only hint you’re going to get is that the wheel is indeed […] -
CC Outtake: The Snowvolvo
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 13 CommentsLiving in the Midwest can be fun. For instance, yesterday, as I was driving out to my folks’ house, it was pouring down rain and about forty-eight degrees. The forecast […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: Would You Like An Italian Or An English Headache Today?
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 20 Comments -
Curbside Doodling – Cadillac-Craft Commander
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 15 CommentsI was going through a desk drawer the other day and ran across this drawing I did back in high school. I had recently gotten a bunch of old ’70s […]
![Miniature Curbside Classic: 1972 Audi 100 By Signature Remember when you were a kid, watching cartoons on Saturday morning, and on came a commercial showing the latest toy? Until that commercial appeared, you had never heard of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=852,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-16-2013-016-e1361142350279.jpg)
![CC Clue Pshoar got the Lumina in the very first comment, guessing it as a GM10 coupe. Well done. This one will be either very easy or very hard. I’m not sure […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/11-25-2012-014.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Is It The CC Effect, Or Just A Plate Of Shrimp? Hey, didn’t we just have a Plymouth VIP (two, actually) on CC? Well, yes, but this is such a rare car that I had to share the Rock Island VIP’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/8509786035_c88fb37d43_b-e1361998357952.jpg)
![CC Outtake: SUVs Are For Wimps! Frequent Cohort contributor whitewall buick recently posted his ’58 namesake online. While I love this car–and especially the color combination–it drives home a little-known fact to our younger readers: just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/8496306324_3f03bca727_b-e1361649398715.jpg)
![Car Show Outtake: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible – Summer Is Coming… Well, it is almost March, but we had a big storm here last Thursday with more on the way this week. I do take comfort in the fact that winter […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/7-29-2012-011-e1361744065600.jpg)
![What If: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Sport Suburban I was recently trying to find pictures of 1970s Toyota woody wagons when, for some reason, this lovely aqua vision appeared in the search results. If Plymouth had added a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Woody_wagon_cuda_01-1.jpg)
![Future CCs: A Pleasant Toyota Sunday… I am not a huge Toyota fan, despite my love for the quirky 1970s models. But despite it all, the current lineup does have a certain appeal. Nice family cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=852,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-17-2013-024-e1361653050652.jpg)

![Mini CC: 1967-68 Thunderbird By Johnny Lightning – Do You Like Models Of Non-Mainstream Cars? I Do! If you collect diecast cars these days, unless you scour the Bay of E or live in a big city, you are more or less out of luck. The diecast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=852,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-21-2013-026-e1361646943348.jpg)
![CC Clue One thing you don’t see much of anymore is two-toning on cars. But it used to be pretty popular, from the ’30s all the way to the late ’80s. Tomorrow’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CC-Clue2.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1986 Volvo 240DL – Smurf Blue Sighting As your resident CC Volvo guy, I have to chime in every now and then on these Swedish boxes. We have already done the early and mid-cycle 240s on CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=802,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/02-02-2013-007-e1361056346181.jpg)
![CC Clue This CC was a little salt-encrusted, but I still think someone will be able to identify it. The only hint you’re going to get is that the wheel is indeed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CC-Clue.jpg)
![CC Outtake: The Snowvolvo Living in the Midwest can be fun. For instance, yesterday, as I was driving out to my folks’ house, it was pouring down rain and about forty-eight degrees. The forecast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=860,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-19-2013-002-e1361286326733.jpg)

![Curbside Doodling – Cadillac-Craft Commander I was going through a desk drawer the other day and ran across this drawing I did back in high school. I had recently gotten a bunch of old ’70s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-16-2013-019-e1361044204880.jpg)


