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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![Somewhere here recently we got into a discussion about old garages being too short for the “modern” cars of the late fifties and sixties. This fine CC ’67 Cutlass Supreme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-162-105-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Supremely Wet Nose")
CC Outtake: Supremely Wet Nose
Posted on March 28, 2012 | 19 CommentsSomewhere here recently we got into a discussion about old garages being too short for the “modern” cars of the late fifties and sixties. This fine CC ’67 Cutlass Supreme […] -
![I snapped these pictures at the same spot I found the weirdo custom Seville, and while there is nothing exactly amazing about this car, it’s a nice example of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1966-Chrysler-300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1966 Chrysler 300 – Aging Wallflower")
CC Capsule: 1966 Chrysler 300 – Aging Wallflower
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 61 CommentsI snapped these pictures at the same spot I found the weirdo custom Seville, and while there is nothing exactly amazing about this car, it’s a nice example of a […] -
![It seems to be Land Rover day today, so here’s one I snapped recently. Michael Freeman shared his life with a very similar rig a few months ago. Unlike his, this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-02-09_15-36-44_450.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: Land Rover Discovery V8i – Silly or Serious?")
Curbside Capsule: Land Rover Discovery V8i – Silly or Serious?
Posted on March 25, 2012 | 29 CommentsIt seems to be Land Rover day today, so here’s one I snapped recently. Michael Freeman shared his life with a very similar rig a few months ago. Unlike his, this […] -
![By the 1980s, the nicely equipped factory passenger van like my Club Wagon had become a decided minority. The more popular cousin? The custom van. Whether we call them Custom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1986DodgeVan01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: The Custom Ram")
CC Capsule: The Custom Ram
Posted on March 21, 2012 | 25 CommentsBy the 1980s, the nicely equipped factory passenger van like my Club Wagon had become a decided minority. The more popular cousin? The custom van. Whether we call them Custom […] -
![This afternoon I stopped to get a pizza and stumbled upon this late-model Skylark. This generation of Skylark was introduced for the 1992 model year and it sported…controversial styling, shall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/0022-e1332209327167.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996-98 Buick Skylark – Bye Bye Birdy")
CC Capsule: 1996-98 Buick Skylark – Bye Bye Birdy
Posted on March 19, 2012 | 93 CommentsThis afternoon I stopped to get a pizza and stumbled upon this late-model Skylark. This generation of Skylark was introduced for the 1992 model year and it sported…controversial styling, shall […] -
![The Volvo 760 was introduced in 1982 to replace the 264 GLE. While the 760 GLE and its less expensive sibling the 740 were meant to replace the 240/260 series, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/760-1-e1332106904183.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986-87 Volvo 760 Turbo – Fast Brick")
CC Capsule: 1986-87 Volvo 760 Turbo – Fast Brick
Posted on March 18, 2012 | 29 CommentsThe Volvo 760 was introduced in 1982 to replace the 264 GLE. While the 760 GLE and its less expensive sibling the 740 were meant to replace the 240/260 series, […] -
![The all-new Austrian Valiant (VH) and Chrysler (CH) models arrived in 1971, replacing their boxy US-Valiant-based predecessors. These were the first really all-new Chrysler AUS models, although they certainly have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Chrysler-AUS-Valiant-Regal.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Chrysler Regal – The Fuselage Look Arrives Down Under")
CC Capsule: Chrysler Regal – The Fuselage Look Arrives Down Under
Posted on March 12, 2012 | 22 CommentsThe all-new Austrian Valiant (VH) and Chrysler (CH) models arrived in 1971, replacing their boxy US-Valiant-based predecessors. These were the first really all-new Chrysler AUS models, although they certainly have […] -
![As a bit of a warm-up to tomorrow’s CC, here’s a quick look at the last of the Vauxhall Crestas, the model PC, built from 1965 to 1972. For reference […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Vauxhall-Cresta-f.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Vauxhall Cresta PC – Not Exactly The Crest Of Design")
CC Capsule: Vauxhall Cresta PC – Not Exactly The Crest Of Design
Posted on March 8, 2012 | 20 CommentsAs a bit of a warm-up to tomorrow’s CC, here’s a quick look at the last of the Vauxhall Crestas, the model PC, built from 1965 to 1972. For reference […] -
![My good friend Paul Wasson recently took delivery on the first Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car in Oregon. Having recently done a CC on my neighbor’s 1917 Detroit Electric, I’m struck […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MitsuEVmotor.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV / 1917 Detroit Electric – There and Back Again")
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV / 1917 Detroit Electric – There and Back Again
Posted on March 6, 2012 | 23 CommentsMy good friend Paul Wasson recently took delivery on the first Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car in Oregon. Having recently done a CC on my neighbor’s 1917 Detroit Electric, I’m struck […] -
CC Capsule: Austin Seven – Size Isn’t Everything
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 14 CommentsMeet the UK’s Model T. -
CC Capsule: 1987 Toyota Corolla AE82 – Forgotten But Not Gone
Posted on February 28, 2012 | 16 CommentsEveryone always seems to talk about and fondly remember the rear-drive AE86 Corolla, or the hot front-drive FX16 versions, but we’re going to show this dutiful Corolla sedan some love. -
![I live in a part of town that is dense with garages. I see the man who does my MOTs weekly, the man who’s painting up some bumpers of mine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSCN0042.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987 Audi Quattro")
CC Capsule: 1987 Audi Quattro
Posted on February 27, 2012 | 19 CommentsI live in a part of town that is dense with garages. I see the man who does my MOTs weekly, the man who’s painting up some bumpers of mine […] -
![Quick: If it was 1995, what person do you picture as the driver of this car? We’ll let the answer go unsaid, but if you’re like me, you wanted a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cougar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Mercury Cougar XR7 – Great Expectations")
CC Capsule: 1995 Mercury Cougar XR7 – Great Expectations
Posted on February 25, 2012 | 28 CommentsQuick: If it was 1995, what person do you picture as the driver of this car? We’ll let the answer go unsaid, but if you’re like me, you wanted a […] -
![OK, if today is Short Car Day, I had to go out and take pictures of a Smart car, the shortest car you can buy in the US today, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/smart_freeway.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Short Car Day: Smart Fortwo, But Smart For You?")
Short Car Day: Smart Fortwo, But Smart For You?
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 23 CommentsOK, if today is Short Car Day, I had to go out and take pictures of a Smart car, the shortest car you can buy in the US today, and […] -
![It’s become short car/van day at CC, so how about what surely has to be the shortest utility/pickup ever. Total length: 125.7″ (3195 mm). The mighty-grandiosely named Suzuki is based […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Suzuki-Mighty-Boy-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Short Car Day At CC: Suzuki Mighty Boy – Shortest Ute Ever")
Short Car Day At CC: Suzuki Mighty Boy – Shortest Ute Ever
Posted on February 24, 2012 | 23 CommentsIt’s become short car/van day at CC, so how about what surely has to be the shortest utility/pickup ever. Total length: 125.7″ (3195 mm). The mighty-grandiosely named Suzuki is based […]
