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![Let me take you through a potted part-history of the BMW frontal treatment and via an appreciation of the very handsome Vision Neue Klasse sedan shape before answering this existential […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nkfront.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "BMW Vision Neue Klasse Concept Car: To Kidney or Not To Kidney")
BMW Vision Neue Klasse Concept Car: To Kidney or Not To Kidney
Posted on September 12, 2025 | 26 CommentsLet me take you through a potted part-history of the BMW frontal treatment and via an appreciation of the very handsome Vision Neue Klasse sedan shape before answering this existential […] -
![Checker promotional materials were usually low-budget, no-nonsense affairs. This 1964 brochure of non-taxi Checkers, with its high-quality, colorful illustrations, struck a different tone. No black-and-white car photos cut out and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Brochure-1964-Checker-1-Featured.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1964 Checker Brochure: A Delightful Artistic Rendition Of Checkerland")
1964 Checker Brochure: A Delightful Artistic Rendition Of Checkerland
Posted on September 12, 2025 | 37 CommentsChecker promotional materials were usually low-budget, no-nonsense affairs. This 1964 brochure of non-taxi Checkers, with its high-quality, colorful illustrations, struck a different tone. No black-and-white car photos cut out and […] -
![At this point I am beginning to believe that it is no coincidence that vehicles with red interiors are the ones in the best condition as they hit the junkyard. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_4740.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale – No Cheese With This Royale")
Junkyard Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale – No Cheese With This Royale
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 13 CommentsAt this point I am beginning to believe that it is no coincidence that vehicles with red interiors are the ones in the best condition as they hit the junkyard. […] -
1957 DeSoto Firesweep Sportsman 4-Door Hardtop: Is There Any Hope For This Rare Survivor?
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 25 CommentsJust found this on Facebook Marketplace; the car is located on Staten Island, about 35 miles southeast of me. Will it be saved? Does anyone care? -
![Here’s something you don’t see every day, especially on this side of the Atlantic: Eric Clem in the CC Cohort spotted this red BMW 2000 Touring, the rare three-door hatchback […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1972-BMW-2000-Touring-Verona-Red-Eric-Kelm-Cohort-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1972 BMW 2000 Touring – Rare BMW 2002 Hatchback Version, Never Sold In The U.S.")
1972 BMW 2000 Touring – Rare BMW 2002 Hatchback Version, Never Sold In The U.S.
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 15 CommentsHere’s something you don’t see every day, especially on this side of the Atlantic: Eric Clem in the CC Cohort spotted this red BMW 2000 Touring, the rare three-door hatchback […] -
![I just have to know the story behind this Chrysler Executive, photographed by William Oliver in the London neighborhood of Belgravia. This is a part of London brimming with embassies […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/chrysler-executive-limousine-william-oliver-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1983-86 Chrysler Executive Limousine – A Kind Of Funhouse Mirror Limousine")
1983-86 Chrysler Executive Limousine – A Kind Of Funhouse Mirror Limousine
Posted on September 10, 2025 | 20 CommentsI just have to know the story behind this Chrysler Executive, photographed by William Oliver in the London neighborhood of Belgravia. This is a part of London brimming with embassies […] -
![If I remember correctly, Honda was about the least Brougham-y of the Japanese carmakers. But well, if a Honda is to get the Woodie treatment, an early CR-V is probably […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-07-16.08.27.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition")
Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition
Posted on September 10, 2025 | 7 CommentsIf I remember correctly, Honda was about the least Brougham-y of the Japanese carmakers. But well, if a Honda is to get the Woodie treatment, an early CR-V is probably […] -
1957 Lincoln With The Longest Continental Kit Ever? And on a Non-Continental Lincoln At That
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 12 CommentsIs there an award for the longest continental spare extension ever? If so, this ’57 Lincoln that William Oliver posted at the Cohort is sure in the running. -
![(first posted 9/11/2019) While you weren’t paying attention, Mercedes-Benz revealed a Final Edition of their SLC (nèe SLK) roadster. After three generations, the axe appears to have finally fallen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mercedes-benz-slk-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1997-2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class – A Drop Top Mic Drop")
Curbside Find: 1997-2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class – A Drop Top Mic Drop
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/11/2019) While you weren’t paying attention, Mercedes-Benz revealed a Final Edition of their SLC (nèe SLK) roadster. After three generations, the axe appears to have finally fallen […] -
![Maybe I didn’t live in the right California city back in the ’90s, but as far as I can recall, even then, finding an unrestored early Karmann Ghia was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KarmannGuia_Patina1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well")
1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 10 CommentsMaybe I didn’t live in the right California city back in the ’90s, but as far as I can recall, even then, finding an unrestored early Karmann Ghia was a […] -
![Since we’ve been rerunning some of Prof. Tatra’s early JDM posts of some four door hardtops he’s found in and around Tokyo, I thought we’d have a look at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cedric430.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Japanese Hardtops – JDM Elegance In Scale")
CC In Scale: Japanese Hardtops – JDM Elegance In Scale
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 21 CommentsSince we’ve been rerunning some of Prof. Tatra’s early JDM posts of some four door hardtops he’s found in and around Tokyo, I thought we’d have a look at the […] -
![It had to happen one day. I just never expected it would take place 9000km away from Bohemia. Yes, Tatra87 finally found and photographed a T87 – perhaps the only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2517_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1946 Tatra 87 – Meet My Hero")
Museum Classic: 1946 Tatra 87 – Meet My Hero
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 14 CommentsIt had to happen one day. I just never expected it would take place 9000km away from Bohemia. Yes, Tatra87 finally found and photographed a T87 – perhaps the only […] -
![(first posted 9/8/2019) Forty years is a long time, but curiously many of us see a forty year old car and for some reason that span of time doesn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5044.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1979 Mercedes 280SE – Across An Ocean, Up A Mile, And Forty Years Of Stories")
Junkyard Classic: 1979 Mercedes 280SE – Across An Ocean, Up A Mile, And Forty Years Of Stories
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 9/8/2019) Forty years is a long time, but curiously many of us see a forty year old car and for some reason that span of time doesn’t […] -
![Imported into the Netherlands in the spring of 2024, after which the original tractor got a detachable flatbed. On top of that -quite literally- a small, home-built housing unit, strapped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4543.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1977 Mack WS Cruise-Liner – Home-Built Like a Mack Truck Camper")
Truck Stop Classic: 1977 Mack WS Cruise-Liner – Home-Built Like a Mack Truck Camper
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 12 CommentsImported into the Netherlands in the spring of 2024, after which the original tractor got a detachable flatbed. On top of that -quite literally- a small, home-built housing unit, strapped […] -
![I have long felt that the only car that should wear a Continental kit is a first-generation Lincoln Continental, but that’s an exaggeration – I’ll give a pass to any […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54754990754_4754d33187_k-e1756642412511.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1957 Rambler Rebel – They Didn’t All Have Continental Kits")
1957 Rambler Rebel – They Didn’t All Have Continental Kits
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 17 CommentsI have long felt that the only car that should wear a Continental kit is a first-generation Lincoln Continental, but that’s an exaggeration – I’ll give a pass to any […]
