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Curbside Classics Archives
Multiple Curbside Classics Archive
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![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/coe7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cabovers: Long Haul COEs Still in Use")
Curbside Cabovers: Long Haul COEs Still in Use
Posted on September 6, 2024 | 22 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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231231_091618.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Drive and Show: Colombo Sunday Run December 2023")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CC-341-099.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Porsche 924 & Volvo 244 GL – Suddenly It’s 1980!")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/72MarkIV.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230716_073826-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Drive And Show – Colombo Sunday Run July 2023")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6350.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Comparison: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC vs. 2001 Cadillac Eldorado ESC – The Twin Paradox")
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, […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220605_104609-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Multiple Curbside Classics: The Gingko Avenue At Jingu Gaien – Stumbling Upon A New Wing")
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 […] -
![Today is my birthday, so to celebrate this momentous occasion with an appropriately outstanding post, let’s ogle at a treasure cove full of mostly ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s rusty American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_20220323_095228-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Lot Classics / Multiple CCs: A Flotilla Of Dead Land Yachts (And A Couple Of Hondas)")
Storage Lot Classics / Multiple CCs: A Flotilla Of Dead Land Yachts (And A Couple Of Hondas)
Posted on April 26, 2022 | 27 CommentsToday is my birthday, so to celebrate this momentous occasion with an appropriately outstanding post, let’s ogle at a treasure cove full of mostly ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s rusty American […] -
![Car builders recycling names, or continuing naming policies, can confuse; about where a product fits in with existing or preceding models (Renault 14 to Renault 9, for exmple), why it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20200801_181209-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1951 and 1959 Austin A40 – European Progress")
Curbside Classics: 1951 and 1959 Austin A40 – European Progress
Posted on April 6, 2022 | 26 CommentsCar builders recycling names, or continuing naming policies, can confuse; about where a product fits in with existing or preceding models (Renault 14 to Renault 9, for exmple), why it’s […] -
![Generally speaking, the CCs found in Tokyo are near pristine. I’ve been finding a few scruffy ones on occasion, but basket cases are few a far between. In this case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_20210906_084936-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Backyard Classics: 1986(-ish) Toyota Sprinter Carib (L20), Nissan Skyline (R31) Hardtop & Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC (C126) – The (Rusty) Wagon, The (Rotting) Sports Saloon And The (Broken) Luxury Coupé")
Backyard Classics: 1986(-ish) Toyota Sprinter Carib (L20), Nissan Skyline (R31) Hardtop & Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC (C126) – The (Rusty) Wagon, The (Rotting) Sports Saloon And The (Broken) Luxury Coupé
Posted on October 22, 2021 | 17 CommentsGenerally speaking, the CCs found in Tokyo are near pristine. I’ve been finding a few scruffy ones on occasion, but basket cases are few a far between. In this case […] -
![Flair Birds have been spotted and written up here at the Autobon Society several times; I’ll give you the links at the end. But when you run into two 1964 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_6158.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1964 Thunderbird and Thunderbird Landau – A Flair Bird Double Sighting")
Curbside Classics: 1964 Thunderbird and Thunderbird Landau – A Flair Bird Double Sighting
Posted on September 10, 2021 | 17 CommentsFlair Birds have been spotted and written up here at the Autobon Society several times; I’ll give you the links at the end. But when you run into two 1964 […] -
![What do you do when you find several examples of the same classic and they all have some sort of appeal? You just have to make a post that blends […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210421_102454-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1989-91 Mazda RX-7 (FC) Coupé, GT-R & Cabriolet – The Japanese Porsche, But Better")
Curbside Classics: 1989-91 Mazda RX-7 (FC) Coupé, GT-R & Cabriolet – The Japanese Porsche, But Better
Posted on May 20, 2021 | 8 CommentsWhat do you do when you find several examples of the same classic and they all have some sort of appeal? You just have to make a post that blends […] -
![A few specific old (and non-sports) foreign cars have a very solid Japanese fan-base. The Volvo 240 comes to mind, as does the Fiat 500, the Renault 4 or the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210126_090929-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Multiple CCs (Of The W123rd Kind): The Hordes Of Mercedes 280Es, Stuttgart’s Immortal Godzilla, Still Overrunning Tokyo")
Multiple CCs (Of The W123rd Kind): The Hordes Of Mercedes 280Es, Stuttgart’s Immortal Godzilla, Still Overrunning Tokyo
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 19 CommentsA few specific old (and non-sports) foreign cars have a very solid Japanese fan-base. The Volvo 240 comes to mind, as does the Fiat 500, the Renault 4 or the […] -
![If daydreaming were currency, I’d be rich. In my vernacular, it’s “spacing out,” and my lovely bride is forced almost daily to reel me in with a quick utterance: “Snap […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/111_0830a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic(s) – 1966 International Travelall: Someday, My Dear, We Camp Without A Tent!")
Museum Classic(s) – 1966 International Travelall: Someday, My Dear, We Camp Without A Tent!
Posted on January 25, 2021 | 27 CommentsIf daydreaming were currency, I’d be rich. In my vernacular, it’s “spacing out,” and my lovely bride is forced almost daily to reel me in with a quick utterance: “Snap […] -
![There’s no point in belaboring the fact that it’s been an odd year for just about everybody. Just recently, I mentioned how a dearth of car events this summer has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0585a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rolling COAL: A Firebird, A T-Bird, And A Corvair Go On A Drive – Day Trips And A Short Discussion Of Ownership Philosophy")
Rolling COAL: A Firebird, A T-Bird, And A Corvair Go On A Drive – Day Trips And A Short Discussion Of Ownership Philosophy
Posted on October 5, 2020 | 28 CommentsThere’s no point in belaboring the fact that it’s been an odd year for just about everybody. Just recently, I mentioned how a dearth of car events this summer has […]
