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![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/P3090088.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/66Plymouth68Valiant.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Fiat-S76.jpg "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
Posted on January 9, 2013 | 6 Commentsimage: blenheimgang.com -
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_official_photo_portrait_May_29_1959.jpg "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/arras-3.0.3/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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Custom-500-1977-coupe.png "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Bild-VW-accident-1.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Buick-Riviera-1970-conv-side.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ford-1960-int.jpg "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 […] -
![Automotively speaking–as well as in many other arenas–I’m a “Jack of all trades, master of none” sort of guy. After about the fifth or sixth Chevy engine L-code variation, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Chevrolet-Chevelle-1965-Z16-Yellow.jpg "1965 Chevelle SS396 Z16: 201 Built, And A Common 396 Engine Misunderstanding Finally Resolved")
1965 Chevelle SS396 Z16: 201 Built, And A Common 396 Engine Misunderstanding Finally Resolved
Posted on September 5, 2012 | 72 CommentsAutomotively speaking–as well as in many other arenas–I’m a “Jack of all trades, master of none” sort of guy. After about the fifth or sixth Chevy engine L-code variation, I […] -
![There are moments at my age when you think just maybe your memory is failing. But rudiger’s comment on the ’64 Chevy 409 CC: The L78 (or L89 if aluminum […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Chevrolet-1965-Caprice-engines.png "And Just How Many 1965 Chevrolet Caprices Were Built With The 425 HP 396 V8?")
And Just How Many 1965 Chevrolet Caprices Were Built With The 425 HP 396 V8?
Posted on September 3, 2012 | 75 CommentsThere are moments at my age when you think just maybe your memory is failing. But rudiger’s comment on the ’64 Chevy 409 CC: The L78 (or L89 if aluminum […] -
![Now here’s a practical solution: drive your motorhome to Bonneville, and then go for the record books. Nothing to tow, and a nice quiet ride over the sand. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/gmc-5.jpg "World’s Fastest Motorhomes: The Big GMC Hands Over Its Title To A 2.3 Liter Upstart")
World’s Fastest Motorhomes: The Big GMC Hands Over Its Title To A 2.3 Liter Upstart
Posted on August 11, 2012 | 15 CommentsNow here’s a practical solution: drive your motorhome to Bonneville, and then go for the record books. Nothing to tow, and a nice quiet ride over the sand. The […] -
![The relentless pursuit of knowledge sometimes turns long-held assumptions on their head: didn’t you assume that the 1961 – 1963 Falcon van and Econoline offered the Fordomatic like the Falcon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ford-Econoline-Station-Bus-1961-Brochure-01.jpg "Obscure Historical Factoid That You Somehow Managed To Live Without Until Now: The 1961-1963 Ford Econoline/Falcon Van Didn’t Offer An Automatic Transmission")
Obscure Historical Factoid That You Somehow Managed To Live Without Until Now: The 1961-1963 Ford Econoline/Falcon Van Didn’t Offer An Automatic Transmission
Posted on August 10, 2012 | 20 CommentsThe relentless pursuit of knowledge sometimes turns long-held assumptions on their head: didn’t you assume that the 1961 – 1963 Falcon van and Econoline offered the Fordomatic like the Falcon […]
