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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![As long as there have been Cadillacs, there have been custom and coach-built bodies for them. We are most familiar with hearses and other funeral cars today, but all manner […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/55-cadillac_Custom_Viewmstr-DV-07-CC_01-conceptcarz-dot-com.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Castilian Estate – Custom Wagons Ho!")
CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Castilian Estate – Custom Wagons Ho!
Posted on September 2, 2014 | 37 CommentsAs long as there have been Cadillacs, there have been custom and coach-built bodies for them. We are most familiar with hearses and other funeral cars today, but all manner […] -
![These old Econolines are rare enough but this “Travel Wagon” version seems even more so. It was parked on the very end of a grocery store parking lot in Spartanburg […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140726_124836-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Ford Econoline Travel Wagon – The American Westfalia Camper")
CC Outtake: Ford Econoline Travel Wagon – The American Westfalia Camper
Posted on August 30, 2014 | 30 CommentsThese old Econolines are rare enough but this “Travel Wagon” version seems even more so. It was parked on the very end of a grocery store parking lot in Spartanburg […] -
![At 8:45 AM this morning, I left a comment at JPC’s 1965 Gladiator CC, referring to my previous Gladiator CC: Now if only one of us had had the guts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-232-095-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Effect Capsule: 1967 Jeep Gladiator J2000 – With Some Additional Graphic Technical Details")
CC Effect Capsule: 1967 Jeep Gladiator J2000 – With Some Additional Graphic Technical Details
Posted on August 26, 2014 | 22 CommentsAt 8:45 AM this morning, I left a comment at JPC’s 1965 Gladiator CC, referring to my previous Gladiator CC: Now if only one of us had had the guts […] -
![I stopped to photograph this Jeep Cherokee because the two-doors are far less plentiful than the four-doors, which themselves are starting to thin out here in Rustopia. I guess most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1995-Jeep-Cherokee-d.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996 Jeep Cherokee – Never a Family Hauler")
CC Capsule: 1996 Jeep Cherokee – Never a Family Hauler
Posted on August 26, 2014 | 48 CommentsI stopped to photograph this Jeep Cherokee because the two-doors are far less plentiful than the four-doors, which themselves are starting to thin out here in Rustopia. I guess most […] -
![There might be dozens and dozens of K-cars plying the streets of Oregon and Washington state, but here in the heartland they are a much rarer affair these days. They […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/7-19-2014-117-e1407689295872.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986 Plymouth Reliant K – “Hey! That’s My Car! I’ll Move It!”")
CC Capsule: 1986 Plymouth Reliant K – “Hey! That’s My Car! I’ll Move It!”
Posted on August 26, 2014 | 53 CommentsThere might be dozens and dozens of K-cars plying the streets of Oregon and Washington state, but here in the heartland they are a much rarer affair these days. They […] -
![(photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GrandAm1978front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”")
Cohort Capsule: 1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”
Posted on August 22, 2014 | 141 Comments(photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […] -
![One legacy of The Andy Griffith Show has got to be all of the early-60s Ford sedans that have survived as replicas of the police cars Andy and Barney drove. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1963-tags-imcdb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1963 Ford Galaxie – A Little Rural North Carolina in Central Indiana")
CC Capsule: 1963 Ford Galaxie – A Little Rural North Carolina in Central Indiana
Posted on August 19, 2014 | 40 CommentsOne legacy of The Andy Griffith Show has got to be all of the early-60s Ford sedans that have survived as replicas of the police cars Andy and Barney drove. […] -
![I feel sorry for Mercury. For years they were a Ford in a tuxedo, and even on the rare occasion when they got a unique body (1957-60), it tanked so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/08-17-2014-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Lot Capsule: 2004 Mercury Monterey – Whadda Ya Mean, It’s A Van?!")
Car Lot Capsule: 2004 Mercury Monterey – Whadda Ya Mean, It’s A Van?!
Posted on August 17, 2014 | 58 CommentsI feel sorry for Mercury. For years they were a Ford in a tuxedo, and even on the rare occasion when they got a unique body (1957-60), it tanked so […] -
![One of the wonders of a car show, and indeed CC, is finding the familiar car in the unfamiliar setting – a 1948 Morris Minor up against a 1975 Maserati; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1963-buick-invicta-hardtop-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Carshow Capsule: 1960 Buick Invicta Hardtop – Never Heard Of It, But I Want One")
Carshow Capsule: 1960 Buick Invicta Hardtop – Never Heard Of It, But I Want One
Posted on August 9, 2014 | 53 CommentsOne of the wonders of a car show, and indeed CC, is finding the familiar car in the unfamiliar setting – a 1948 Morris Minor up against a 1975 Maserati; […] -
![Classic pickup trucks 25 or even 50 years old that are still not only on the road but also working for a living are not unusual, but one that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1-Cover-photo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Dodge D200 – The Fuselage Pickup")
CC Capsule: 1972 Dodge D200 – The Fuselage Pickup
Posted on August 7, 2014 | 86 CommentsClassic pickup trucks 25 or even 50 years old that are still not only on the road but also working for a living are not unusual, but one that is […] -
![“House Car” is a somewhat archaic term, but that seem rather suitable to this very fine rig. This 1949 Dodge truck served for almost three decades as a fire truck, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CC-230-106-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1949 Dodge House Car – Ramblin’ Dodge")
CC Capsule: 1949 Dodge House Car – Ramblin’ Dodge
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 17 Comments“House Car” is a somewhat archaic term, but that seem rather suitable to this very fine rig. This 1949 Dodge truck served for almost three decades as a fire truck, […] -
![About a mile up Route 27 from my street, there’s a cleared area of land that hosts a number of businesses including a gas station, auto body shop, carwash, sand and gravel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_4771.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Where Old Buicks Wait To Die")
CC Outtakes: Where Old Buicks Wait To Die
Posted on July 21, 2014 | 38 CommentsAbout a mile up Route 27 from my street, there’s a cleared area of land that hosts a number of businesses including a gas station, auto body shop, carwash, sand and gravel […] -
![As we were walking back from our evening walk down to the river last night, this little pairing could not be left unshot, even if it was on Stephanie’s phone […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chinook-Toyota-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Toyota Chinook Pop-Up Camper – Suddenly It’s 1978")
CC Capsule: Toyota Chinook Pop-Up Camper – Suddenly It’s 1978
Posted on July 18, 2014 | 21 CommentsAs we were walking back from our evening walk down to the river last night, this little pairing could not be left unshot, even if it was on Stephanie’s phone […] -
![The International Harvester Metro step van has had its praises sung here already, in an article by Paul hailing it as the first and greatest step van, and another by Jim Grey about an auction […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1200-IH-Metro-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: International Harvester Metro – Ice Cream From A Curbside Classic! Yay!")
CC Capsule: International Harvester Metro – Ice Cream From A Curbside Classic! Yay!
Posted on July 17, 2014 | 18 CommentsThe International Harvester Metro step van has had its praises sung here already, in an article by Paul hailing it as the first and greatest step van, and another by Jim Grey about an auction […] -
![… or perhaps thrice, since the dark soot over the exhaust is an additional, unmistakable sign that a diesel powers this Volvo 740 sedan. Two full nameplates and engine badges stacked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Volvo-740-Turbo-Diesel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Volvo 740 GLE Turbodiesel – A 1980s Diesel So Nice, They Named It Twice")
CC Capsule: Volvo 740 GLE Turbodiesel – A 1980s Diesel So Nice, They Named It Twice
Posted on July 15, 2014 | 60 Comments… or perhaps thrice, since the dark soot over the exhaust is an additional, unmistakable sign that a diesel powers this Volvo 740 sedan. Two full nameplates and engine badges stacked […]
