![I know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7446.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s")
![Who doesn’t love an oil thread? I found myself looking at my various containers of oil in the garage and thinking about my habits in that regard. Nowadays I do […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7259.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Tech QOTD: Oil – What’s Your Pleasure?")
![(first posted 6/6/2019) Any of us who write for Curbside Classic know that alleys often contain the really good stuff. And so it was when I was walking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_3287.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1983 Toyota Celica Supra – Terra Cotta Warrior Waiting To Be Discovered")
![(first posted 5/28/2019) While I (and I expect you as well) rarely see first generation Isuzu Troopers around much, here’s one that was never very thick on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2491.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS (SWB) – Fridges Hauling Fridges")
![(first posted 5/16/2019) Lincoln is many things to many people, but mention the name to me, this is what always comes to mind first. Well, perhaps not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2869.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1962 Lincoln Continental – Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust")
![I came across this late 1st generation Mazda RX-7 a couple of weeks ago and was struck by just how right this car has always looked to me; in high […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2140.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL — Cooler Than Ice")
![The holidays saw the Kleins visiting the in-laws in Orange County, California once again, although this time the climate was curiously rather the same as here in Northern Colorado, i.e. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_8830.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Grab Bag: Mixed Nuts, California Style (and Two More Things!)")
![Initially I wasn’t sure that I was going to share this, my latest find. Don’t get me wrong, I was thrilled to find it seeing as how I hadn’t seen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_6604.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1983 BMW 745i – Boosted Bahn Brenner")
![(first posted 11/23/2018) Ah, the Rampage. Dodge’s “Sports Pickup”, sold between 1982 and 1984, was a short-lived phenomenon. While a few are still roaming the streets, as of this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_1722.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1983 Dodge Rampage – It Can Haul 1145 Pounds Of Hantavirus")
![(first posted 11/9/2018) Inexpensive. And Built To Stay That Way. So read Subaru’s advertising tagline for all of the 1980’s and nowhere was the “Inexpensive” part more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_1617-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1984 Subaru Hatchback – $146.73 Of Depreciation Per Year (For 34 Years)")
![My eyes! My eyes! Once seen, some things can’t be unseen. Such are the sins of our fellow citizens that defy explanation and are the subjects of this (very) occasional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_5650.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Contemp(t)lation: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Exhibit #25039")
![(first posted 10/18/2018) Perusing Craigslist as I am wont to do, I was stopped in my virtual tracks by this offering and figured it had to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DaleHouseCar1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1966 Buick Wildcat Great Dale House Car – Woah, Nelly!")
![(first posted 10/16/2018) This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_1598.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More")
![While I’m the guy that happily plunked down money (twice) for what is arguably the most maligned Jaguar model line in history, I draw the line at Rovers, be they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_4171.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1980 Rover 3500 V8 (SD1) – Three And A Half Liters Of Warm Beer")
![(first posted 9/27/2018) Sunday 6:55 a.m.: I emerge bleary-eyed in the hotel’s palatial lobby and follow the scent to the sumptuous dining area for yet another breakfast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_1491.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 2017 Toyota Corolla SE – When Frontier Airlines Completely Screws You Over, You Can Trust A Corolla To Save The Day")
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