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![I don’t think I’ve been too shy over the years expressing certain doubts about the direction of new car design in recent decades. The slammed armored car look is just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ford_021c-crop-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Ford’s 021c Concept: The Falcon Reincarnated")
Ford’s 021c Concept: The Falcon Reincarnated
Posted on March 21, 2011 | 17 CommentsI don’t think I’ve been too shy over the years expressing certain doubts about the direction of new car design in recent decades. The slammed armored car look is just […] -
Doin’ A Lutz: All They Need Is A Cigar
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 11 CommentsWhen I came across this somewhere, it immediately brought to mind this: -
![Ford’s brazen effort to invade the exclusive club of true luxury cars with it’s groundbreaking 1965 LTD didn’t stop at the sedan and coupe. Ford developed a “LTD Limousine program” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Ford-LTD-65-limo-side.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1965 Ford LTD: Long And Short Versions Too")
1965 Ford LTD: Long And Short Versions Too
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 22 CommentsFord’s brazen effort to invade the exclusive club of true luxury cars with it’s groundbreaking 1965 LTD didn’t stop at the sedan and coupe. Ford developed a “LTD Limousine program” […] -
![This is one of my favorite automotive paintings ever, by Peter Helck. I’ve tried to buy an original print, but struck out so far. It just captures the essence of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Death-Defying-Combat-001-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Death Defying Combat")
Death Defying Combat
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis is one of my favorite automotive paintings ever, by Peter Helck. I’ve tried to buy an original print, but struck out so far. It just captures the essence of […] -
![The superb Alpine pass photo we spent hours poring over last week was curiously lacking any VW Buses, that pack ass of the Alps in the fifties. Well yes, there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/alpine-pass-grossglockner-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bulli Indeed: 30 HP Sambas Ferry Full Loads Of Tourists Up Austria’s Highest Alpine Pass")
Bulli Indeed: 30 HP Sambas Ferry Full Loads Of Tourists Up Austria’s Highest Alpine Pass
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 1 CommentThe superb Alpine pass photo we spent hours poring over last week was curiously lacking any VW Buses, that pack ass of the Alps in the fifties. Well yes, there […] -
“Love Seat” And A Few Other Early Corvette Ads
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsSince we’re doing a little celebration of the early Corvette, how about a sampler of vintage ads from 1953 through 1957, which evolved faster than the ‘Vette itself. -
![I’m still waiting to find a CRX and a CRZ side-by-side to do some comparison shots, but in the meantime these two will have to do. And they do share […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lamborghini-espada-1968-c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Outtake And Question: The Family Transparent Rear End And Its Origins")
Outtake And Question: The Family Transparent Rear End And Its Origins
Posted on March 3, 2011 | 8 CommentsI’m still waiting to find a CRX and a CRZ side-by-side to do some comparison shots, but in the meantime these two will have to do. And they do share […] -
![This unlikely match-up had never occurred to me before, except for seeing the Peugeot 504 and the Corolla within seconds of each other as I scrolled down our front page. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Peugeot-504-crop-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "More Pininfarina Cribbing?")
More Pininfarina Cribbing?
Posted on March 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsThis unlikely match-up had never occurred to me before, except for seeing the Peugeot 504 and the Corolla within seconds of each other as I scrolled down our front page. […]
