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CC Capsule Archive
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CC Vintage Image: Auto Scrapyard Circa 1968 – Treasure Hunt In The Trash
Posted on February 9, 2018 | 54 CommentsEver since I was a little kid, I have been a sucker for junkyards. I can get lost in time looking through piles of junked cars, having fun just trying […] -
CC Capsule: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 3
Posted on February 7, 2018 | 58 CommentsIt’s CC’s favourite member of the royal family – Lucas, Duke of Endarkenment. That might be him in ghostly form astride a brass era contraption, but it’s the one on […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1966 Pontiac Tempest LeMans – One Perfect Storm
Posted on January 8, 2018 | 32 CommentsAt the time I had put pen to paper to draft this piece, I was on a plane to spend the December holidays with family in southwest Florida. This was […] -
Dash-Cam Capsule: Volvo C70 Coupé
Posted on January 1, 2018 | 6 CommentsWhilst on my way back home, this time driving my father-in-law’s ‘orrible 2012 Corolla (an ex-company car abomination), I stumbled upon a Volvo rarely seen when new, let alone some […] -
Curbside Expatriot: 2017 Chevrolet SS – “She’s the last of the (four door, RWD, manual) V8s!”*
Posted on December 30, 2017 | 87 Comments(First published May 6, 2017 – Updated) Sometime this past week (around the end of April, 2017), the final Chevrolet SS was expected to have rolled off Holden’s production line in Elizabeth, South […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1991 & 1988 Ford Mustangs – Home For The Holidays
Posted on December 19, 2017 | 44 CommentsFive years back, I saw this beautiful, late-third-generation Mustang GT soft top while on my way to meet my brother for an after-work cocktail. His law office is mere blocks […] -
Curbside Capsule: Vintage FIAT 500 – A Little Italian
Posted on November 28, 2017 | 53 CommentsI’m back, CC Readers. Following the catastrophic failure of my old computer, I have since purchased and set up a new one. Thankfully, most of my files (including my vast […] -
CC Capsule: 2009-14 Great Wall X200/X240 – Don’t Laugh, The Chinese Will Get There Eventually
Posted on November 14, 2017 | 58 CommentsI recall a story I read on the internet about a young woman’s thrifty mother. She had found a packet of cheese at the store for 25 cents and bought […] -
CC Capsule: 2006-10 Volvo S80 V8 – Swedish Power Metal
Posted on October 25, 2017 | 40 CommentsThe early stages of buying a car, for me at least, typically involve writing a list of utterly left-field options that never end up making it to my shortlist. The […] -
CC Capsule: 2007 Iran Khodro Samand – Persian Rugged
Posted on October 14, 2017 | 27 CommentsIt took me a few moments to realize, as I was on a large square in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, that I had no idea what this car was. Like […] -
CC Outtakes: Self-Inflicted Ageism
Posted on October 11, 2017 | 50 CommentsI came across this W140 a little while back and thought to myself; wow – a late model MB and its already been trashed. Then I took a hold of […] -
CC Capsule: 1988-94 Ford Maverick – Ford Goes On Patrol
Posted on October 10, 2017 | 19 Comments“Maverick” must surely be one of the most reused car names in history. Interestingly, what was once the name for Ford’s second-smallest passenger car in the North American market ended […] -
CC Capsule: 1988 Chevrolet Corvette – Let’s Get Physical
Posted on October 2, 2017 | 46 CommentsThe wedge-shaped, fourth-generation Chevrolet Corvette, in production from between model years 1984 and ’96, was the then-new Corvette that many in my generation grew up dreaming of owning one day. […] -
CC Capsule: 1986-2001 Mitsubishi Starwagon & 1993-96 Toyota Spacia – The Japanese Get It Wrong For Once
Posted on September 25, 2017 | 22 CommentsThe Japanese may have experimented heavily in the 1980s with technology like four-wheel steering and turbocharging, but they were agonizingly slow at responding to the minivan concept promulgated by Chrysler […]
![CC Capsule: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – Going Home? Oftentimes finding something to say about a particular car is rather simple as thoughts usually spring forth with wild abandon; harnessing them into a coherent assemblage is the challenge. Such […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_7547.jpg)
![CC Vintage Image: Auto Scrapyard Circa 1968 – Treasure Hunt In The Trash Ever since I was a little kid, I have been a sucker for junkyards. I can get lost in time looking through piles of junked cars, having fun just trying […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RT0568-Junkyard-Cover.jpeg)
![CC Capsule: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 3 It’s CC’s favourite member of the royal family – Lucas, Duke of Endarkenment. That might be him in ghostly form astride a brass era contraption, but it’s the one on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lucas-closeup.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1966 Pontiac Tempest LeMans – One Perfect Storm At the time I had put pen to paper to draft this piece, I was on a plane to spend the December holidays with family in southwest Florida. This was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1966-Pontiac-Tempest-LeMans-5-CC.jpg)
![Dash-Cam Capsule: Volvo C70 Coupé Whilst on my way back home, this time driving my father-in-law’s ‘orrible 2012 Corolla (an ex-company car abomination), I stumbled upon a Volvo rarely seen when new, let alone some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_1223_134717_010.MP4_snapshot_02.26_2017.12.30_12.22.31.jpg)
![Curbside Expatriot: 2017 Chevrolet SS – “She’s the last of the (four door, RWD, manual) V8s!”* (First published May 6, 2017 – Updated) Sometime this past week (around the end of April, 2017), the final Chevrolet SS was expected to have rolled off Holden’s production line in Elizabeth, South […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/15-ss.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1991 & 1988 Ford Mustangs – Home For The Holidays Five years back, I saw this beautiful, late-third-generation Mustang GT soft top while on my way to meet my brother for an after-work cocktail. His law office is mere blocks […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1991-Ford-Mustang-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: Vintage FIAT 500 – A Little Italian I’m back, CC Readers. Following the catastrophic failure of my old computer, I have since purchased and set up a new one. Thankfully, most of my files (including my vast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_8264-FIAT-500-CC.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 2009-14 Great Wall X200/X240 – Don’t Laugh, The Chinese Will Get There Eventually I recall a story I read on the internet about a young woman’s thrifty mother. She had found a packet of cheese at the store for 25 cents and bought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/great-wall-x240-2.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 2006-10 Volvo S80 V8 – Swedish Power Metal The early stages of buying a car, for me at least, typically involve writing a list of utterly left-field options that never end up making it to my shortlist. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/volvo-s80-v8-3.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 2007 Iran Khodro Samand – Persian Rugged It took me a few moments to realize, as I was on a large square in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, that I had no idea what this car was. Like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170916_175401-Copy.jpg)
![CC Outtakes: Self-Inflicted Ageism I came across this W140 a little while back and thought to myself; wow – a late model MB and its already been trashed. Then I took a hold of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/grafmerc1.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1988-94 Ford Maverick – Ford Goes On Patrol “Maverick” must surely be one of the most reused car names in history. Interestingly, what was once the name for Ford’s second-smallest passenger car in the North American market ended […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ford-maverick-4wd-hardtop-3.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1988 Chevrolet Corvette – Let’s Get Physical The wedge-shaped, fourth-generation Chevrolet Corvette, in production from between model years 1984 and ’96, was the then-new Corvette that many in my generation grew up dreaming of owning one day. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/077-1988-Chevrolet-Corvette-CC.jpg)


