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Blog Archive
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Curbside Outtake: Honda S660, Daihatsu Copen, and Daihatsu Move Canbus – My Top 3 Favorite Kei Cars
Posted on July 21, 2024 | 31 Comments(First posted 7/14/2018) CC has covered several of Japan’s small “minicars”; referred to in Japanese as the “kei jidosha” class of automobiles. One of my favorites is Paul’s “bucket list” […] -
Curbside Find: 1967 Buick Skylark – 2-Door Hardtop Looking Good, By The Curbside
Posted on July 21, 2024 | 16 CommentsText and photos by StuartH. For my work, I rent a space at a multi-unit light industrial spot. It so happens that among the many businesses are several automobile shops […] -
Truck Stop Classics: MAN (Diesel) Flatbed Trucks – Back To Basics
Posted on July 21, 2024 | 8 CommentsFlatbeds with a 4×2 drivetrain, the oldest and most elementary form of trucking. Commercial vehicles with a full-size bakkie, like several classic MAN trucks at the show I visited in […] -
Cohort Outtake: Ford Model T – In Praise of Driving a Hundred Year Old Car
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 50 Comments(first posted 7/21/2018) Neither robadr (who posted these shots at the Cohort) nor I seem to be able to pin down the exact year of this Ford Model T, […] -
CC Commentary/QOTD: Random Reminiscences on Auto Interiors from the US Big Four – Sixties to Mid-Eighties.
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 20 CommentsThe old saying “variety is the spice of life” certainly applies to my car ownership experience. I’ve owned multiple models from all of the Big Three US manufacturers, and though […] -
CC Capsule: 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sedan – Finding Excitement In The Ordinary
Posted on July 19, 2024 | 55 Comments(first posted 7/20/2018) What comes to mind when you think of the name “Chevelle?” A high-performance SS? The car your local teenage gas-station employee drove in the 1980s? […] -
Curbside Find: 1982-83 Dodge 400 Convertible With Continental Kit
Posted on July 19, 2024 | 41 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by Richard Mm Car-wise speaking, one of the oddest feelings of my 1980s teen years was to see how automotive design had gone rational, and […] -
CC Capsule: 1988 Nissan Laurel Hardtop (C32) Super Medalist – More Décor Than Decoration
Posted on July 19, 2024 | 10 CommentsAbandoned cars, by their very nature, lose their prime mission as a means of transport, but they do become an important fixture of any streetscape they inhabit. Take this Laurel […] -
Cohort Find: 1979-80 Mercury Bobcat Runabout – Not Quite Ready To Pounce
Posted on July 18, 2024 | 6 CommentsPhoto from the CC Cohort by canadiancatgreen. -
Curbside Find: 1955 Cadillac Horse Race Gate Car
Posted on July 18, 2024 | 12 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by Slant Six, found on State Route 36 in Greigsville, Piffar, NY. Jump online and discover lots about stuff you never even knew existed. Like […] -
CC Design: How E12 Spelled The End For Michelotti And Bertone At BMW
Posted on July 18, 2024 | 33 CommentsSince I wrote my bio of Paul Bracq in 2018, a lot more BMW material has come to light. Olivier Guin over at Car Design Archive has been constantly feeding […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1978-1981 Dodge Colt Woody Wagon
Posted on July 17, 2024 | 28 CommentsFoden Alpha has posted shots of a pristine Dodge Colt wagon, sporting wood no less. These relatively large RWD Colts were a Mitsubishi Galant, of course, but these wagons were […] -
Reader’s Curbside Classic: 1965 Pontiac Embassy Nine-Passenger Limo by Superior – Now In Sweden
Posted on July 17, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 11/28/2012) A few months back, I showed a stretch ’65 Pontiac posted at the Cohort. Mike Lindholm, from Sweden, found my post and has added pictures of his […] -
Museum Classic: 1957 Morris Minor 1000 Tourer – Driving Dad’s Car, Almost
Posted on July 17, 2024 | 39 CommentsI shared a photo report from the recently opened Great British Car Journey museum, and teased that there was something else, other than a great collection of memorable British cars, […] -
Cohort Capsule: Toyota Sports 800 – Toyota’s First Sports Car
Posted on July 16, 2024 | 15 Commentsposted at the Cohort by William Rubano We’ve covered Honda’s brilliant S500/600/800 sports car, which had tiny high-winding DOHC fours that revved up to 9,500rpm and made up to […]
![Curbside Outtake: Honda S660, Daihatsu Copen, and Daihatsu Move Canbus – My Top 3 Favorite Kei Cars (First posted 7/14/2018) CC has covered several of Japan’s small “minicars”; referred to in Japanese as the “kei jidosha” class of automobiles. One of my favorites is Paul’s “bucket list” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/honda-s660-kei-sportscar-is-a-baby-mclaren-with-lost-of-cool-details-photo-gallery_4.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1967 Buick Skylark – 2-Door Hardtop Looking Good, By The Curbside Text and photos by StuartH. For my work, I rent a space at a multi-unit light industrial spot. It so happens that among the many businesses are several automobile shops […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/unnamed-1.jpg)
![Truck Stop Classics: MAN (Diesel) Flatbed Trucks – Back To Basics Flatbeds with a 4×2 drivetrain, the oldest and most elementary form of trucking. Commercial vehicles with a full-size bakkie, like several classic MAN trucks at the show I visited in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2435.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Ford Model T – In Praise of Driving a Hundred Year Old Car (first posted 7/21/2018) Neither robadr (who posted these shots at the Cohort) nor I seem to be able to pin down the exact year of this Ford Model T, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/29666433578_a3219f7689_k.jpg)
![CC Commentary/QOTD: Random Reminiscences on Auto Interiors from the US Big Four – Sixties to Mid-Eighties. The old saying “variety is the spice of life” certainly applies to my car ownership experience. I’ve owned multiple models from all of the Big Three US manufacturers, and though […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bae7bf315a7a05763f96a54864acb808.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sedan – Finding Excitement In The Ordinary (first posted 7/20/2018) What comes to mind when you think of the name “Chevelle?” A high-performance SS? The car your local teenage gas-station employee drove in the 1980s? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/RR.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1982-83 Dodge 400 Convertible With Continental Kit Photos from the CC Cohort by Richard Mm Car-wise speaking, one of the oddest feelings of my 1980s teen years was to see how automotive design had gone rational, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53854157415_6961b1da42_k.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1988 Nissan Laurel Hardtop (C32) Super Medalist – More Décor Than Decoration Abandoned cars, by their very nature, lose their prime mission as a means of transport, but they do become an important fixture of any streetscape they inhabit. Take this Laurel […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_20240521_122628_edited.jpg)

![Curbside Find: 1955 Cadillac Horse Race Gate Car Photos from the CC Cohort by Slant Six, found on State Route 36 in Greigsville, Piffar, NY. Jump online and discover lots about stuff you never even knew existed. Like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53831400988_1eb127a8a1_k.jpg)
![CC Design: How E12 Spelled The End For Michelotti And Bertone At BMW Since I wrote my bio of Paul Bracq in 2018, a lot more BMW material has come to light. Olivier Guin over at Car Design Archive has been constantly feeding […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/michcover.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1978-1981 Dodge Colt Woody Wagon Foden Alpha has posted shots of a pristine Dodge Colt wagon, sporting wood no less. These relatively large RWD Colts were a Mitsubishi Galant, of course, but these wagons were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Dodge-colt-woody-1.jpg)
![Reader’s Curbside Classic: 1965 Pontiac Embassy Nine-Passenger Limo by Superior – Now In Sweden (first posted 11/28/2012) A few months back, I showed a stretch ’65 Pontiac posted at the Cohort. Mike Lindholm, from Sweden, found my post and has added pictures of his […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pontiac-1965-stretch-rq.jpg)
![Museum Classic: 1957 Morris Minor 1000 Tourer – Driving Dad’s Car, Almost I shared a photo report from the recently opened Great British Car Journey museum, and teased that there was something else, other than a great collection of memorable British cars, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Minor.1.jpg)
![Cohort Capsule: Toyota Sports 800 – Toyota’s First Sports Car posted at the Cohort by William Rubano We’ve covered Honda’s brilliant S500/600/800 sports car, which had tiny high-winding DOHC fours that revved up to 9,500rpm and made up to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/27852047977_07ebfb0cc9_k.jpg)


