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CC Capsule Archive
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![So what do we have here? Why, it’s a classic Volvo 1800E, the original “souped-down Ferrari”, as Volvo called it. This is an especially rare ’72 version, last year for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1800E-02-e1334873214749.jpg "CC Capsule: 1972 Volvo 1800E – Got Fins?")
CC Capsule: 1972 Volvo 1800E – Got Fins?
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 21 CommentsSo what do we have here? Why, it’s a classic Volvo 1800E, the original “souped-down Ferrari”, as Volvo called it. This is an especially rare ’72 version, last year for […] -
![The fifth-generation Toyota Celica, while retaining the grille and pop-up headlights of its immediate predecessor, showcased a new organic design language that appeared on the Previa minivan the same year, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=585,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-8-2012-004.jpg "CC Capsule: 1991 Toyota Celica Convertible – Remember When Toyotas Were Sporty?")
CC Capsule: 1991 Toyota Celica Convertible – Remember When Toyotas Were Sporty?
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 29 CommentsThe fifth-generation Toyota Celica, while retaining the grille and pop-up headlights of its immediate predecessor, showcased a new organic design language that appeared on the Previa minivan the same year, […] -
![Much has been said about Chrysler’s abundant use of the K-Car platform throughout the 80’s and well into the 90’s. Yet the K-Car wasn’t the only multi-use platform Chrysler had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rampage-e1334433809192.jpg "CC Capsule: Lido Went On A Rampage One Day…")
CC Capsule: Lido Went On A Rampage One Day…
Posted on April 14, 2012 | 28 CommentsMuch has been said about Chrysler’s abundant use of the K-Car platform throughout the 80’s and well into the 90’s. Yet the K-Car wasn’t the only multi-use platform Chrysler had […] -
![It goes without saying that when the new 1991 Caprice Classic debuted in the fall of 1990 it was considered, well, controversial. It was really a love it or hate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/100_7481-e1334272708251.jpg "CC Capsule: 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon – It’s Totally Tubular")
CC Capsule: 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon – It’s Totally Tubular
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 29 CommentsIt goes without saying that when the new 1991 Caprice Classic debuted in the fall of 1990 it was considered, well, controversial. It was really a love it or hate […] -
![I’ve never met the owner of this car, but I might as well be the owner of this car. You’re about to encounter a fair bit of snark in this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Mercedes420SEL.jpg "CC Capsule: Mercedes-Benz 420 SEL W126 – Imagine")
CC Capsule: Mercedes-Benz 420 SEL W126 – Imagine
Posted on April 10, 2012 | 34 CommentsI’ve never met the owner of this car, but I might as well be the owner of this car. You’re about to encounter a fair bit of snark in this […] -
![I seem to be stumbling upon 1971-73 Mustangs lately, and found this one Sunday afternoon, not ten feet from the ’78 Town Coupe. While this particular Mustang needs just about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-8-2012-012-e1333923615864.jpg "CC Capsule: 1971-73 Ford Mustang Hardtop – More Clydesdale Than Pony")
CC Capsule: 1971-73 Ford Mustang Hardtop – More Clydesdale Than Pony
Posted on April 9, 2012 | 44 CommentsI seem to be stumbling upon 1971-73 Mustangs lately, and found this one Sunday afternoon, not ten feet from the ’78 Town Coupe. While this particular Mustang needs just about […] -
![Last fall, I was relocated due to my job. While awaiting the sale of our house, we rented a house in our new location. Being built in 1963, the garage […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/buick-on-street.jpg "Buick Century: Cockroaches Of The Road Invasion Strikes Missouri")
Buick Century: Cockroaches Of The Road Invasion Strikes Missouri
Posted on April 7, 2012 | 40 CommentsLast fall, I was relocated due to my job. While awaiting the sale of our house, we rented a house in our new location. Being built in 1963, the garage […] -
![Seeing that we’re having Big American Car Avoidance Week at CC,and this shot by kurtzos of a Fiat 1800/2100/1500L showed up at the Cohort the same day as the Austin […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fiat-1500L.jpg "CC Outtake: Fiat 1500L – Another Pininfarina Sedan From 1959 Minus The Fins")
CC Outtake: Fiat 1500L – Another Pininfarina Sedan From 1959 Minus The Fins
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsSeeing that we’re having Big American Car Avoidance Week at CC,and this shot by kurtzos of a Fiat 1800/2100/1500L showed up at the Cohort the same day as the Austin […] -
CC Capsule: 1973 Oldsmobile 98 Chicken Car – Nice Cock
Posted on April 2, 2012 | 25 CommentsHungry? -
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-162-105-800.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1966-Chrysler-300.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-02-09_15-36-44_450.jpg "Curbside Capsule: Land Rover Discovery V8i – Silly or Serious?")
Curbside Capsule: Land Rover Discovery V8i – Silly or Serious?
Posted on March 25, 2012 | 30 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1986DodgeVan01-crop.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/0022-e1332209327167.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/760-1-e1332106904183.jpg "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, […]
