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Multiple Curbside Classics Archive
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1973 Plymouth Gran Fury Hardtop: Bluesmobile Spotted (Sort Of), Plus Bonus Curbside Classics
Posted on April 2, 2026 | 17 CommentsI like to call the town of Boonton, New Jersey “Old Car City” because there seem to be more old cars here than other places I know of. It is […] -
1966 Oldsmobile Toronados In (Almost) Every Color: A Masterpiece In Any Tone
Posted on January 22, 2026 | 43 CommentsAnybody who knows me well can tell you one thing: My goal in life right now is to find a decent(ish) 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and buy it. If I find […] -
Multiple CCs: 1971-75 BMW 3.0CS (E9) Coupé(s) – Choose Wisely
Posted on January 19, 2026 | 19 CommentsThis year will be marking my tenth anniversary of writing for CC. How time fries, as they say around here. I’m not sure that my writing has improved over that […] -
Junkyard Classics: Toyota FC, Nissan Gloria (A30) And Daihatsu CM – Three-In-One JDM ‘60s Special Edition
Posted on December 13, 2025 | 21 Comments(Updated 12/13/2025) Even in Japan, where the average car owner is usually scrupulous about his or her steed’s spotlessness and mechanical fitness, cars eventually end up at […] -
Curbside Comparison: 1957 Ford Custom & 1958 Ford Custom 300 – Getting the Most For Your Money in the Late ’50s
Posted on December 13, 2025 | 14 CommentsLet’s say it’s the late 1950s and you need a car. However, you want a new car, and you only have about $2000 to spend. You shop around and discover, […] -
Old Bikes, Old Cars: Cars from A Bicycle Safety Film – Bicycle Rules Of The Road
Posted on November 25, 2025 | 22 CommentsIt is a golden age for those of us weirdos completely normal people who enjoy “ephemeral films,” those education flicks that were shown on crackling 16mm projectors in schools from […] -
Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo
Posted on November 20, 2025 | 14 CommentsAs a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […] -
1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra–Two Right Answers to the Same Question
Posted on September 18, 2025 | 14 CommentsThe second-generation Camaro and the Fox-body Mustang have one fundamental similarity–their unlikely longevity. Both cars trembled under the long ax of their respective corporations at some point during their tenures, […] -
Curbside Cabovers: Long Haul COEs Still in Use
Posted on September 6, 2024 | 23 CommentsIn the United States today, cab-over-engine long haul trucks are basically non-existent. COEs thrive in the light duty commercial truck market and manage to hang on in the medium duty […] -
CC Drive and Show: Colombo Sunday Run December 2023
Posted on January 28, 2024 | 19 CommentsThe final Sunday Run for 2023 took place on the last day of the year, which was happily a gorgeous sunny one after a few weeks of heavy rains. Since […] -
Curbside Classics: Porsche 924 & Volvo 244 GL – Suddenly It’s 1980!
Posted on October 23, 2023 | 24 Comments(first posted 10/23/2017) This Porsche 924 recently took up residence in front of the misnamed Willow Tree Apartments. We’ve walked by several times, but I just […] -
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […] -
CC Drive And Show – Colombo Sunday Run July 2023
Posted on July 18, 2023 | 18 CommentsIt’s been over a year since I last posted one of these drives, which were just starting up again after the pandemic when the economic crisis hit us, causing another […] -
CC Comparison: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC vs. 2001 Cadillac Eldorado ESC – The Twin Paradox
Posted on February 9, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 2/9/2017) One of my many interests is in physics, especially in the outer edges like quantum mechanics and special relativity where odd things start to happen. For example, […] -
Multiple Curbside Classics: The Gingko Avenue At Jingu Gaien – Stumbling Upon A New Wing
Posted on June 26, 2022 | 12 CommentsThe past couple of months have provided an exceptional amount of CC finds in the little corner of the world I frequent and survey. The upcoming T87 Singles Outtakes will […]
![1973 Plymouth Gran Fury Hardtop: Bluesmobile Spotted (Sort Of), Plus Bonus Curbside Classics I like to call the town of Boonton, New Jersey “Old Car City” because there seem to be more old cars here than other places I know of. It is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260325_102802-115x115.jpg)
![1966 Oldsmobile Toronados In (Almost) Every Color: A Masterpiece In Any Tone Anybody who knows me well can tell you one thing: My goal in life right now is to find a decent(ish) 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and buy it. If I find […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lucerne-Mist-BaT-1-115x115.webp)
![Multiple CCs: 1971-75 BMW 3.0CS (E9) Coupé(s) – Choose Wisely This year will be marking my tenth anniversary of writing for CC. How time fries, as they say around here. I’m not sure that my writing has improved over that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DSC_3334_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Junkyard Classics: Toyota FC, Nissan Gloria (A30) And Daihatsu CM – Three-In-One JDM ‘60s Special Edition (Updated 12/13/2025) Even in Japan, where the average car owner is usually scrupulous about his or her steed’s spotlessness and mechanical fitness, cars eventually end up at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190818_145831-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Comparison: 1957 Ford Custom & 1958 Ford Custom 300 – Getting the Most For Your Money in the Late ’50s Let’s say it’s the late 1950s and you need a car. However, you want a new car, and you only have about $2000 to spend. You shop around and discover, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191121_142345-1_resized.jpg)
![Old Bikes, Old Cars: Cars from A Bicycle Safety Film – Bicycle Rules Of The Road It is a golden age for those of us weirdos completely normal people who enjoy “ephemeral films,” those education flicks that were shown on crackling 16mm projectors in schools from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-4-115x115.png)
![Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo As a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025061a5_100533-scaled-1-e1763615653455-115x115.webp)
![1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra–Two Right Answers to the Same Question The second-generation Camaro and the Fox-body Mustang have one fundamental similarity–their unlikely longevity. Both cars trembled under the long ax of their respective corporations at some point during their tenures, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/030.jpg)
![Curbside Cabovers: Long Haul COEs Still in Use In the United States today, cab-over-engine long haul trucks are basically non-existent. COEs thrive in the light duty commercial truck market and manage to hang on in the medium duty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/coe7.jpg)
![CC Drive and Show: Colombo Sunday Run December 2023 The final Sunday Run for 2023 took place on the last day of the year, which was happily a gorgeous sunny one after a few weeks of heavy rains. Since […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231231_091618.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: Porsche 924 & Volvo 244 GL – Suddenly It’s 1980! (first posted 10/23/2017) This Porsche 924 recently took up residence in front of the misnamed Willow Tree Apartments. We’ve walked by several times, but I just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CC-341-099.jpg)
![Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life (first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/72MarkIV.jpg)
![CC Drive And Show – Colombo Sunday Run July 2023 It’s been over a year since I last posted one of these drives, which were just starting up again after the pandemic when the economic crisis hit us, causing another […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230716_073826-1.jpg)
![CC Comparison: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC vs. 2001 Cadillac Eldorado ESC – The Twin Paradox (first posted 2/9/2017) One of my many interests is in physics, especially in the outer edges like quantum mechanics and special relativity where odd things start to happen. For example, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6350.jpg)
![Multiple Curbside Classics: The Gingko Avenue At Jingu Gaien – Stumbling Upon A New Wing The past couple of months have provided an exceptional amount of CC finds in the little corner of the world I frequent and survey. The upcoming T87 Singles Outtakes will […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220605_104609-copy.jpg)


