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Curbside Classics Archives
Automotive Histories Archive
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![With most classic cars an engine swap will decrease its value and the number of possible buyers significantly, especially when mixing and matching brands. If your swap recipient is a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Triumph-TR7-interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: The Triumph And The Engine Swap – Not A Happy Ending")
Storage Yard Classic: The Triumph And The Engine Swap – Not A Happy Ending
Posted on January 30, 2013 | 26 CommentsWith most classic cars an engine swap will decrease its value and the number of possible buyers significantly, especially when mixing and matching brands. If your swap recipient is a […] -
![If you’re in the market for a midsize car today, you have plenty of choices–providing you want a four-door bar of soap. Oh sure, there are several nameplates from which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1965-Rambler-Classic-02-03-e1353866887887.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Mid-Size Madness – What Would You Have Chosen In ’65?")
Automotive History: Mid-Size Madness – What Would You Have Chosen In ’65?
Posted on November 29, 2012 | 102 CommentsIf you’re in the market for a midsize car today, you have plenty of choices–providing you want a four-door bar of soap. Oh sure, there are several nameplates from which […] -
![Since delving into Marmon’s history for the CC on the Marmon Sixteen of the depression years, I’ve come across several references to an earlier Marmon innovation, one that pretty much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Marmon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Marmon’s Double Three Point Suspension")
Automotive History: Marmon’s Double Three Point Suspension
Posted on October 2, 2012 | 11 CommentsSince delving into Marmon’s history for the CC on the Marmon Sixteen of the depression years, I’ve come across several references to an earlier Marmon innovation, one that pretty much […] -
![With the recent series on Indy pace cars, it got me thinking about a man who today is virtually unknown to the younger generation, yet his views and impact on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Eddie_Rickenbacker_-_Maxwell_-_San_Francisco_1915_3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Eddie Rickenbacker – Honestly, What DIDN’T He Do?")
Automotive History: Eddie Rickenbacker – Honestly, What DIDN’T He Do?
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 17 CommentsWith the recent series on Indy pace cars, it got me thinking about a man who today is virtually unknown to the younger generation, yet his views and impact on […] -
![Having never properly set forth my purpose and criteria for the GM Deadly Sins series, it seems like this might be a good time to do so. I understand that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tgfd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On The Purpose and Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins – And Links To All Of Them")
On The Purpose and Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins – And Links To All Of Them
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 87 CommentsHaving never properly set forth my purpose and criteria for the GM Deadly Sins series, it seems like this might be a good time to do so. I understand that […] -
![There’s some basis to the notion that automotive evolution has slowed down, or is converging. Strip apart just about any of the ubiquitous fwd sedans that dominate the sales charts, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Toyota-Camry-2012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Origins Of The Modern Car")
Automotive History: The Origins Of The Modern Car
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 123 CommentsThere’s some basis to the notion that automotive evolution has slowed down, or is converging. Strip apart just about any of the ubiquitous fwd sedans that dominate the sales charts, […] -
![Cruising down the highway, most of an engine’s work is spent pushing air out of the way. Common sense tells us that depends on 1) how much air is in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CdA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters")
Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 70 CommentsCruising down the highway, most of an engine’s work is spent pushing air out of the way. Common sense tells us that depends on 1) how much air is in […] -
![Sometimes an era ends and nobody is there to record it.That’s not the case here today at CC. It was old, outmoded and way past its prime, but when the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ford_falcon_21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auld Lang Syne: Ford Says Goodbye To The Ranger")
Auld Lang Syne: Ford Says Goodbye To The Ranger
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 71 CommentsSometimes an era ends and nobody is there to record it.That’s not the case here today at CC. It was old, outmoded and way past its prime, but when the […] -
![“Hey Fred, did you see that special on Channel 6 last night?” “You mean the Edsel show? Wow, that was the greatest! Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/edsel-show-end-shot_thumb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Ad Week: E-Day and The Edsel Show")
CC Ad Week: E-Day and The Edsel Show
Posted on December 16, 2011 | 28 Comments“Hey Fred, did you see that special on Channel 6 last night?” “You mean the Edsel show? Wow, that was the greatest! Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, […] -
![We’re kicking the week off with a visit to another world. We’re going to travel to Advertising Planet, where the beer is always cold, (and served up by morally casual, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1975-80-ford-granada.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "30 Seconds Of Hell: The Worst Car TV Ads Ever (So Far)")
30 Seconds Of Hell: The Worst Car TV Ads Ever (So Far)
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 74 CommentsWe’re kicking the week off with a visit to another world. We’re going to travel to Advertising Planet, where the beer is always cold, (and served up by morally casual, […] -
![I couldn’t help notice that it’s that time of year again – Motor Trend has awarded the Car Of The Year trophy to the new for ’12, made in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1971-car-of-the-year-chevrolet-vega-2300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Heavy Lies the Head That Wears The Crown – Hits and Misses in The Car Of The Year Award")
Heavy Lies the Head That Wears The Crown – Hits and Misses in The Car Of The Year Award
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 88 CommentsI couldn’t help notice that it’s that time of year again – Motor Trend has awarded the Car Of The Year trophy to the new for ’12, made in the […] -
![When British Leyland introduced the replacement for the much loved TR6 in 1975, all of America became a great big Missouri – The Show Me State. Buyers rightly wondered if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Triumph-one.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976-1981 Triumph TR 7- America Gets A Wedgie")
1976-1981 Triumph TR 7- America Gets A Wedgie
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 52 CommentsWhen British Leyland introduced the replacement for the much loved TR6 in 1975, all of America became a great big Missouri – The Show Me State. Buyers rightly wondered if […] -
![Automobile manufacture is like the world’s most out of sync movie, where the dialogue and the action on screen don’t always happen in a logical sequence. Our trip in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1986_chevy_sprint2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Three Pot Stew – America’s Brief Fling With The Supermini")
Automotive History: Three Pot Stew – America’s Brief Fling With The Supermini
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 49 CommentsAutomobile manufacture is like the world’s most out of sync movie, where the dialogue and the action on screen don’t always happen in a logical sequence. Our trip in the […] -
![It’s always dangerous to take on economics as a writer. You run the risk that everybody’s eyes will glaze over in the esoterica that is economic theory. But economics is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/t216020_Blazing-Saddles-hus-du-gezen-in-deine-leiben-th.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The First Wave Compacts – The Pioneers Take The Arrows")
Automotive History: The First Wave Compacts – The Pioneers Take The Arrows
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 70 CommentsIt’s always dangerous to take on economics as a writer. You run the risk that everybody’s eyes will glaze over in the esoterica that is economic theory. But economics is […] -
Automotive History: Lincoln Contintental Mark VII – The Forgotten Car
Posted on September 17, 2011 | 92 CommentsThe Continental Mark VII has to rank among the most radical visual transformations in any Lincoln family tree before the ’90s and the “aero” age.
