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Curbside Classics Archives
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1955 Lincoln Futura Morphs Into The Original Batmobile
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 18 CommentsWe can’t do Lincoln Week without acknowledging the brand’s contribution to popular culture, in the form of the original Batmobile. -
![That every organization has a culture rooted in its founder is both inevitable and endlessly fascinating. But some really stand out, few more than Honda Motors. PCH101 sent me this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Honda-soichiro-on-one-of-011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Father Of Honda Motors: A Flashback To 1963")
The Father Of Honda Motors: A Flashback To 1963
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 17 CommentsThat every organization has a culture rooted in its founder is both inevitable and endlessly fascinating. But some really stand out, few more than Honda Motors. PCH101 sent me this […] -
![The best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d181d0bed0b2d0b5d182d181d0bad0b8d0b5-d0bdd0bed0bcd0b5d180d0b0-d181d182d0b0d0bdd0b4d0b0d180d182d0b0-1931-d0b3d0bed0b4d0b0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s")
Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 11 CommentsThe best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […] -
![A quick visit to Shorpy shows the extremes of Elvis’ rapidly growing collection of cars in 1956, when he was just 21. In this shot, on his Harley (looks like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SHORPY-_Elvis_Presley_1956_83.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Elvis Loved The Biggest And Smallest Cars In The World")
Elvis Loved The Biggest And Smallest Cars In The World
Posted on April 7, 2013 | 22 CommentsA quick visit to Shorpy shows the extremes of Elvis’ rapidly growing collection of cars in 1956, when he was just 21. In this shot, on his Harley (looks like […] -
![As part of an engineering convention this past week, I had the opportunity to either take a tour of the St. Louis Museum of Transportation or spend three hours listening […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/P3090088.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Railroad and Automobile Museum Classics: A Tour of The St. Louis Museum of Transportation")
Railroad and Automobile Museum Classics: A Tour of The St. Louis Museum of Transportation
Posted on March 25, 2013 | 45 CommentsAs part of an engineering convention this past week, I had the opportunity to either take a tour of the St. Louis Museum of Transportation or spend three hours listening […] -
![After reading Jim Grey’s Curbside Classic on the 1968 Plymouth Valiant over the weekend, I continued thinking about the frontal styling on the car. I never liked this style of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/66Plymouth68Valiant.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Question: Automotive Recycling?")
Curbside Question: Automotive Recycling?
Posted on March 1, 2013 | 24 CommentsAfter reading Jim Grey’s Curbside Classic on the 1968 Plymouth Valiant over the weekend, I continued thinking about the frontal styling on the car. I never liked this style of […] -
![I’m sure most you have seen this one before, but the “Beast of Turin” never fails to impress me. Built in 1911 to take the world’s fastest car title from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Fiat-S76.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Superlatives Sunday Finale: The 1911 Fiat S76 – 28 Liters From Four Cylinders")
Superlatives Sunday Finale: The 1911 Fiat S76 – 28 Liters From Four Cylinders
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 15 CommentsI’m sure most you have seen this one before, but the “Beast of Turin” never fails to impress me. Built in 1911 to take the world’s fastest car title from […] -
Let’s Go Skiing
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![Did you really think your work was over? We’ve still got a lot to do here in 1956. A while back, you might have enjoyed a CC piece about a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_official_photo_portrait_May_29_1959.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "It’s 1956: Which Would You Pick?")
It’s 1956: Which Would You Pick?
Posted on December 13, 2012 | 24 CommentsDid you really think your work was over? We’ve still got a lot to do here in 1956. A while back, you might have enjoyed a CC piece about a […] -
1983 Fortune: Will Success Spoil General Motors?
Posted on November 17, 2012 | 42 CommentsNo. -
![This YouTube video from the Rockaway Memories website showed up on the Hemmings Blog yesterday. Thanks to the low-flow conditions at CC, I’ve succumbed to my urge to post it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Cyclone Classics: Floods in New York")
Cyclone Classics: Floods in New York
Posted on October 30, 2012 | 21 CommentsThis YouTube video from the Rockaway Memories website showed up on the Hemmings Blog yesterday. Thanks to the low-flow conditions at CC, I’ve succumbed to my urge to post it […] -
![Update: My apologies; turns out this was a Ford Canada brochure. Oldcarbrochures.com has a separate section for Canadian brochures, so this must have slipped in under the radar. No wonder […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Custom-500-1977-coupe.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Another Car I Forgot Existed: 1977 Ford Custom 500 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – The Custom’s Swan Song (Updated: Turns Out This Is A Canada-Only Model)")
Another Car I Forgot Existed: 1977 Ford Custom 500 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – The Custom’s Swan Song (Updated: Turns Out This Is A Canada-Only Model)
Posted on October 17, 2012 | 47 CommentsUpdate: My apologies; turns out this was a Ford Canada brochure. Oldcarbrochures.com has a separate section for Canadian brochures, so this must have slipped in under the radar. No wonder […] -
![Both vehicles involved in the accident are Beetles, and the Police shows up in a black and white… Beetle. Germany; around 1960, I’d say. Good thing nobody appears too injured, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Bild-VW-accident-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Volkswagenwelt: What Are The Odds Of This? Back Then, Pretty Good")
Volkswagenwelt: What Are The Odds Of This? Back Then, Pretty Good
Posted on October 13, 2012 | 19 CommentsBoth vehicles involved in the accident are Beetles, and the Police shows up in a black and white… Beetle. Germany; around 1960, I’d say. Good thing nobody appears too injured, […] -
![A 1970 home-built Riviera convertible got me wondering why one wasn’t built in 1963. There’d been a Thunderbird ragtop since day one, and they were big image-mobiles, if not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Buick-Riviera-1970-conv-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The 1963 Riviera Convertible Prototype That (Sadly) Wasn’t Built")
The 1963 Riviera Convertible Prototype That (Sadly) Wasn’t Built
Posted on October 7, 2012 | 13 CommentsA 1970 home-built Riviera convertible got me wondering why one wasn’t built in 1963. There’d been a Thunderbird ragtop since day one, and they were big image-mobiles, if not […] -
![Ok; I know that exaggerated renderings were commonplace in the fifties and early sixties, making cars look longer and wider, and the humans riding in them downright miniaturized. But this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ford-1960-int.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1960 Ford Extended-Wheelbase Sedan, Or Just Lying Like Mad?")
1960 Ford Extended-Wheelbase Sedan, Or Just Lying Like Mad?
Posted on September 29, 2012 | 25 CommentsOk; I know that exaggerated renderings were commonplace in the fifties and early sixties, making cars look longer and wider, and the humans riding in them downright miniaturized. But this […]
