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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Outtake Archive
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![Double my pleasure…there’s another LTD II in town. I was pretty chuffed to find the one I wrote up last year. I called it “The Longest Mid-Sized Car Ever”. A […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CC-378-016-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On The Go Outtake: LTD II, Take II")
On The Go Outtake: LTD II, Take II
Posted on April 15, 2019 | 23 CommentsDouble my pleasure…there’s another LTD II in town. I was pretty chuffed to find the one I wrote up last year. I called it “The Longest Mid-Sized Car Ever”. A […] -
![We got a good dose of negativity the other day here about Lincoln’s reuse of the Zephyr name, even though they used it first. But obviously, most folks are going […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CC-385-056.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Mercury Zephyr Z-7 – The Other Zephyr")
CC Outtake: Mercury Zephyr Z-7 – The Other Zephyr
Posted on April 7, 2019 | 57 CommentsWe got a good dose of negativity the other day here about Lincoln’s reuse of the Zephyr name, even though they used it first. But obviously, most folks are going […] -
![Paul has been chronicling the last of the Toyota Previas in use in Eugene as taxis (see here, here and here). Well, this may be the last Tarago (Previa) I’ve […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/toyota-tarago-previa-extraterrestrial-embassy-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: The Last Extraterrestrial Embassy Previa")
CC Outtake: The Last Extraterrestrial Embassy Previa
Posted on April 7, 2019 | 13 CommentsPaul has been chronicling the last of the Toyota Previas in use in Eugene as taxis (see here, here and here). Well, this may be the last Tarago (Previa) I’ve […] -
![This pairing of small car and small house spoke to me. It looks like the house was probably added at some time in the 40s or so, and then was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CC-382-053.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Small Car, Small House")
CC Outtake: Small Car, Small House
Posted on April 6, 2019 | 12 CommentsThis pairing of small car and small house spoke to me. It looks like the house was probably added at some time in the 40s or so, and then was […] -
![A while ago, I made a new rule: I wouldn’t photograph cars in undercover parking lots anymore. The photos never turned out all that great, rarely meeting my standards for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1965-chrysler-valiant-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1965 Chrysler Valiant Safari – A Blue Oasis In A Concrete Desert")
CC Outtake: 1965 Chrysler Valiant Safari – A Blue Oasis In A Concrete Desert
Posted on April 4, 2019 | 31 CommentsA while ago, I made a new rule: I wouldn’t photograph cars in undercover parking lots anymore. The photos never turned out all that great, rarely meeting my standards for […] -
![I was popping into Trader Joe’s for a few things when I noticed this Corolla parked right in front. Suitably fitting into a COMPACT stall. And with a suitably fitting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BDD0A346-DE86-4E8E-AAD5-3615B8DDBA82.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 3rd Generation Corolla With a Surprise Guest")
CC Outtake: 3rd Generation Corolla With a Surprise Guest
Posted on April 3, 2019 | 25 CommentsI was popping into Trader Joe’s for a few things when I noticed this Corolla parked right in front. Suitably fitting into a COMPACT stall. And with a suitably fitting […] -
![This Corolla and VW Beetle make a nice pairing. It was the Corolla that effectively killed the Beetle as America’s favorite cheap import after it arrived here in 1968. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-382-010.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Cheap White Cars, Then and Now")
CC Outtake: Cheap White Cars, Then and Now
Posted on March 31, 2019 | 19 CommentsThis Corolla and VW Beetle make a nice pairing. It was the Corolla that effectively killed the Beetle as America’s favorite cheap import after it arrived here in 1968. This […] -
![Something heavy fell across the bed of this T100. I’m wondering if it was a tree during our recent snow storm, which brought down a huge number of trees. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-386-037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On The Go Outtake: Toyota T100 With Broken Back – It Takes a Lickin’ and It Still Keeps Tickin’")
On The Go Outtake: Toyota T100 With Broken Back – It Takes a Lickin’ and It Still Keeps Tickin’
Posted on March 30, 2019 | 38 CommentsSomething heavy fell across the bed of this T100. I’m wondering if it was a tree during our recent snow storm, which brought down a huge number of trees. But […] -
![When the snow begins to melt in St. Paul, all manner of discarded and forgotten things emerge from the snow drifts along the curb. Flattened plastic soda bottles, stiff single […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Downtown-StPaul-Rat-Rod-Willcox-2019.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Downtown St. Paul Has a Rat Problem")
CC Outtake: Downtown St. Paul Has a Rat Problem
Posted on March 29, 2019 | 4 CommentsWhen the snow begins to melt in St. Paul, all manner of discarded and forgotten things emerge from the snow drifts along the curb. Flattened plastic soda bottles, stiff single […] -
![Once again, whilst driving on a Saturday with my family to visit my mom, I happen to (literally) catch another, well known classic. This one required a hefty shove of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AlfaGT1600.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dash-Cam Outtake: Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior")
Dash-Cam Outtake: Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior
Posted on March 29, 2019 | 5 CommentsOnce again, whilst driving on a Saturday with my family to visit my mom, I happen to (literally) catch another, well known classic. This one required a hefty shove of […] -
![Who would have asked a silly question like that in the 1960s or ’70s? But that was then, this is now. On my trip this morning to the local Sainsbury’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/123a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Which Is Bigger – A Mini or a Volvo?")
CC Outtake: Which Is Bigger – A Mini or a Volvo?
Posted on March 27, 2019 | 19 CommentsWho would have asked a silly question like that in the 1960s or ’70s? But that was then, this is now. On my trip this morning to the local Sainsbury’s […] -
![I’ve been struggling with CC fatigue. After ten years of this, it’s getting harder to be inspired to write about another old car; it seems like we’ve done them pretty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-385-034.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: There’s a New Mitsubishi Van In Town – This Is What Keeps Me Going")
CC Outtake: There’s a New Mitsubishi Van In Town – This Is What Keeps Me Going
Posted on March 26, 2019 | 33 CommentsI’ve been struggling with CC fatigue. After ten years of this, it’s getting harder to be inspired to write about another old car; it seems like we’ve done them pretty […] -
Movie Outtake: Is It a ZIL? A Honqi?
Posted on March 25, 2019 | 20 CommentsWhen this picture popped up on a Google Image search I was doing, I did a double take. A Soviet or Chinese limo? Nope. Take a closer look… -
![I spotted this assemblage of Great Britain’s finest 4×4’s just off one of the main drags in midtown on my way back from Trader Joe’s and figured it needed to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_2287.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: A Land Rover / Range Rover Lover Lives Here")
Curbside Outtake: A Land Rover / Range Rover Lover Lives Here
Posted on March 22, 2019 | 16 CommentsI spotted this assemblage of Great Britain’s finest 4×4’s just off one of the main drags in midtown on my way back from Trader Joe’s and figured it needed to […] -
![When Toyota introduced the Sportivo variants of its XV40-series Camry and Aurion, they gave them what’s often referred to as a hero color – that color that’ll feature most prominently […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/toyota-camry-sportivo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Toyota Sportivos In Cyber Green – It Ain’t Exactly British Racing Green")
CC Outtake: Toyota Sportivos In Cyber Green – It Ain’t Exactly British Racing Green
Posted on March 20, 2019 | 29 CommentsWhen Toyota introduced the Sportivo variants of its XV40-series Camry and Aurion, they gave them what’s often referred to as a hero color – that color that’ll feature most prominently […]
