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![(Updated 10/3/2025) Bailiff: All rise and shine. This CCourt is in session, Judge Jim ‘Junkyard’ Klein presiding. Judge Klein: Please be sordid. This is our final witness and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190818_143621-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: The Japanese Retro Re-Trial (3rd Witness) – 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero Jr. Flying Pug")
Curbside Classic: The Japanese Retro Re-Trial (3rd Witness) – 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero Jr. Flying Pug
Posted on October 3, 2025 | 31 Comments(Updated 10/3/2025) Bailiff: All rise and shine. This CCourt is in session, Judge Jim ‘Junkyard’ Klein presiding. Judge Klein: Please be sordid. This is our final witness and […] -
![Whether it’s obscure ancient European racers or one of the myriad JDM sub-models I’ve never seen or heard of before in my life, CC hunting in Tokyo never fails to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_20240519_093644_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Clueless Outtake: Get A Load Of That Road Hog")
Curbside Clueless Outtake: Get A Load Of That Road Hog
Posted on November 13, 2024 | 9 CommentsWhether it’s obscure ancient European racers or one of the myriad JDM sub-models I’ve never seen or heard of before in my life, CC hunting in Tokyo never fails to […] -
![(first posted 4/1/2018) It is universally recognized that the only reason Studebaker went out of business was because the company was ahead of its time. Not only did […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MaximaPresident.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Studebaker: Ahead Of Its Time And The True Source Of Every Postwar Styling Trend")
Studebaker: Ahead Of Its Time And The True Source Of Every Postwar Styling Trend
Posted on April 1, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 4/1/2018) It is universally recognized that the only reason Studebaker went out of business was because the company was ahead of its time. Not only did […] -
![Maybe it’s part of the same phenomenon where it’s getting nearly impossible to find a car that’s not painted a neutral color, but I’ve noticed that in recent years it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_2378.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Holiday Car Decor — Seasonally Decked Out?")
Curbside Holiday Car Decor — Seasonally Decked Out?
Posted on December 19, 2022 | 29 CommentsMaybe it’s part of the same phenomenon where it’s getting nearly impossible to find a car that’s not painted a neutral color, but I’ve noticed that in recent years it’s […] -
![(first posted 2/4/2015. Updated 2/3/2021 with new and more images) Looks a bit like a BMW 3.0/Bavaria or Fiat 130, eh? Under that re-tailored Italian suit by Carrozzeria Fissore […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Monteverdi-Sierra.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Monteverdi Sierra – The Plymouth Volare Gets Some Expensive Italian Tailoring")
CC Global: Monteverdi Sierra – The Plymouth Volare Gets Some Expensive Italian Tailoring
Posted on February 4, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 2/4/2015. Updated 2/3/2021 with new and more images) Looks a bit like a BMW 3.0/Bavaria or Fiat 130, eh? Under that re-tailored Italian suit by Carrozzeria Fissore […] -
![Well, the answer to that question is obviously not “easy” or I wouldn’t be writing up this soap operatic diatribe. Somebody once said something along the lines of “it’s the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_8479.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Cynic & Curmudgeon: How Hard Is It To Sell A Car?")
Curbside Cynic & Curmudgeon: How Hard Is It To Sell A Car?
Posted on July 8, 2020 | 130 CommentsWell, the answer to that question is obviously not “easy” or I wouldn’t be writing up this soap operatic diatribe. Somebody once said something along the lines of “it’s the […] -
![I will admit to watching some television, but I generally detest “reality shows” that involve competition and avoid them at all costs. The granddaddy of the genre is Survivor, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CCSurvivor01Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Reality CC: Survivor, Curbside Classic Edition")
Reality CC: Survivor, Curbside Classic Edition
Posted on November 29, 2019 | 22 CommentsI will admit to watching some television, but I generally detest “reality shows” that involve competition and avoid them at all costs. The granddaddy of the genre is Survivor, a […] -
![Introductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1958-Packard-Colors-Bluff-Gray-08-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard")
Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 86 CommentsIntroductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […] -
![Our local Valero station recently rebranded to a Unocal 76 station. Some new paint, new logos, but same old pumps, however with new images on the (scratched) screens. The image […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/camaro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Pumpside Classic: What’s Wrong With This Picture?")
Pumpside Classic: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Posted on December 13, 2018 | 63 CommentsOur local Valero station recently rebranded to a Unocal 76 station. Some new paint, new logos, but same old pumps, however with new images on the (scratched) screens. The image […] -
QOTD: 1968 Camaro vs CHP – Real or Staged? (Updated)
Posted on September 9, 2018 | 27 CommentsScreenshot from the official Facebook page of the California Highway Patrol office in Bishop, California. Real or faked? You decide. Update: We now know what really happened. -
![I spotted this special edition, at a Home Depot parking lot. I guess today’s hippies don’t cut and mill their own trees for construction projects, nor drive old VW buses. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/clue.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Yet Another Special Edition")
CC Outtake: Yet Another Special Edition
Posted on September 4, 2018 | 23 CommentsI spotted this special edition, at a Home Depot parking lot. I guess today’s hippies don’t cut and mill their own trees for construction projects, nor drive old VW buses. […] -
![Imagine my surprise when driving through the inner suburbs of my city to see this sight. In all of my years I have never seen a single trunk lid decorating […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180701_111916.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Hosts A Trunk Show")
CC Hosts A Trunk Show
Posted on July 3, 2018 | 23 CommentsImagine my surprise when driving through the inner suburbs of my city to see this sight. In all of my years I have never seen a single trunk lid decorating […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Commuting in the 1970s
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsNothing makes drivers MAD-der than the frustrations of commuting. What was awful then is worse now. -
![The US auto marketplace was never bare of fruit for the writers at MAD. From sleazy corporations, to clueless drivers, crooked mechanics, indifferent highway workers… nobody got off the hook. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MAD-car-mag-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Humor: MAD About Enthusiast Publications")
CC Humor: MAD About Enthusiast Publications
Posted on August 22, 2017 | 30 CommentsThe US auto marketplace was never bare of fruit for the writers at MAD. From sleazy corporations, to clueless drivers, crooked mechanics, indifferent highway workers… nobody got off the hook. […] -
![Image: MAD Once again, we reach back into the MAD archives to find the “humorists” there taking another swipe at the auto industry during an era when it was cranking out […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CC-MAD-Mfg-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Humor: MAD Gives it to the Automakers")
CC Humor: MAD Gives it to the Automakers
Posted on May 10, 2017 | 34 CommentsImage: MAD Once again, we reach back into the MAD archives to find the “humorists” there taking another swipe at the auto industry during an era when it was cranking out […]
