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![Let’s view some winter junkyard finds by canadiancatgreen, one of our most prolific Cohort contributors. For today, it will be a 1980s collection, a way to revisit that decade of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54265749114_f54b83b5a4_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Finds: A Tour Through The Frozen ’80s")
Junkyard Finds: A Tour Through The Frozen ’80s
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 16 CommentsLet’s view some winter junkyard finds by canadiancatgreen, one of our most prolific Cohort contributors. For today, it will be a 1980s collection, a way to revisit that decade of […] -
![I can excuse the anniversary having slipped past you, but this month (January 2025) is the the 50th anniversary of the first petrol station being opened by Sainsbury’s, then Britain’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SA_BRA_7_C_4_3_176hr.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: A Petrol Station, 50 Years Ago")
Vintage Photos: A Petrol Station, 50 Years Ago
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 46 CommentsI can excuse the anniversary having slipped past you, but this month (January 2025) is the the 50th anniversary of the first petrol station being opened by Sainsbury’s, then Britain’s […] -
![Well now I’ve done it. If my track record of posting unusual vehicles that I run across holds, your neighborhood grocery store parking lot will soon be lousy with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2973.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Buzz: 2025 VW ID. Buzz 4Motion")
Curbside Buzz: 2025 VW ID. Buzz 4Motion
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 61 CommentsWell now I’ve done it. If my track record of posting unusual vehicles that I run across holds, your neighborhood grocery store parking lot will soon be lousy with the […] -
![(first posted 2/1/2019) This picture perfectly encapsulates how far Hyundai has come. It’s been a long journey from the cheap and cheerless Excel to the i30 (Elantra […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hyundai-excel-and-i30-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1990 Hyundai Excel & 2018 Hyundai i30 – 28 Years Of Progress")
CC Outtake: 1990 Hyundai Excel & 2018 Hyundai i30 – 28 Years Of Progress
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 2/1/2019) This picture perfectly encapsulates how far Hyundai has come. It’s been a long journey from the cheap and cheerless Excel to the i30 (Elantra […] -
![I was paying attention to my driving—for a change—when Stephanie said: “Oh, look at that cute woodie Element”. At first it didn’t quite register; I thought maybe she was talking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/el3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 2003 Honda Element Woodie – Genuine Wood At That")
Curbside Find: 2003 Honda Element Woodie – Genuine Wood At That
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 13 CommentsI was paying attention to my driving—for a change—when Stephanie said: “Oh, look at that cute woodie Element”. At first it didn’t quite register; I thought maybe she was talking […] -
![For those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240220_130639_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad?")
Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad?
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 14 CommentsFor those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by Hyperpack (Slant Six). For today we got some Frozen Galaxies to look at, all thanks to a few captures by Hiperpack uploaded at the Cohort. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54288997966_22847bc326_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: ’67 and ’64 Ford Galaxie 500s – A Pair Of Frozen Galaxies, In A Trio Of Fords")
Curbside Find: ’67 and ’64 Ford Galaxie 500s – A Pair Of Frozen Galaxies, In A Trio Of Fords
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 16 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Hyperpack (Slant Six). For today we got some Frozen Galaxies to look at, all thanks to a few captures by Hiperpack uploaded at the Cohort. […] -
![Like many others, I tend to consider Toyotas reliable and long-lasting. Many have criticized the products for not being engaging or fun enough, the kind of curious piques automotive types […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241203_072520_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1990-1991 Toyota Camry Wagon On A Trailer – A Memento From The Camry’s Rising Days, On Its Way To A Pampered Life?")
Curbside Find: 1990-1991 Toyota Camry Wagon On A Trailer – A Memento From The Camry’s Rising Days, On Its Way To A Pampered Life?
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 15 CommentsLike many others, I tend to consider Toyotas reliable and long-lasting. Many have criticized the products for not being engaging or fun enough, the kind of curious piques automotive types […] -
![Introduced in 1962, the 90-degree Buick Fireball V-6 engine was basically three-fourths of Buick’s small aluminum V-8, cast in iron rather than in light alloy to create a cheaper base […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1962-Buick-Fireball-V-6-cutaway.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Tech: 1978 Buick Even-Fire V6 – Buick Evens The Odds")
CC Tech: 1978 Buick Even-Fire V6 – Buick Evens The Odds
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 42 CommentsIntroduced in 1962, the 90-degree Buick Fireball V-6 engine was basically three-fourths of Buick’s small aluminum V-8, cast in iron rather than in light alloy to create a cheaper base […] -
![Occasionally, I will stumble across old photos of a car that I had taken long before I had discovered Curbside Classic. In September of 2011, when I had first seen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6183126824_647535b6a1_o-1973-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-S-Zodiac-Blue-Sunday-9-25-2011-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass S – At The Beginning")
Curbside Musings: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass S – At The Beginning
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 44 CommentsOccasionally, I will stumble across old photos of a car that I had taken long before I had discovered Curbside Classic. In September of 2011, when I had first seen […] -
![Near my home in San Salvador a curious-looking Sentra showed up last year; a shape that forced my mind to dig deep and retrieve some forgotten memories. Ah yes, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20230220_154250428_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1987-88 Nissan Sentra 3-door Hatchback – Remember Me?")
Curbside Find: 1987-88 Nissan Sentra 3-door Hatchback – Remember Me?
Posted on January 27, 2025 | 11 CommentsNear my home in San Salvador a curious-looking Sentra showed up last year; a shape that forced my mind to dig deep and retrieve some forgotten memories. Ah yes, the […] -
![Seeing the 2.8 badge on the right side of the trunk of this 300E threw me for a moment. Is this a European gray market import? Did someone replace the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2634.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1993 Mercedes 300E 2.8 – Rare One-Year-Only Variant Of The W124")
Curbside Find: 1993 Mercedes 300E 2.8 – Rare One-Year-Only Variant Of The W124
Posted on January 27, 2025 | 15 CommentsSeeing the 2.8 badge on the right side of the trunk of this 300E threw me for a moment. Is this a European gray market import? Did someone replace the […] -
![(first posted 1/26/2019) I saw this spiffy Suzuki Twin parked at a Tokyo supermarket last weekend. I hadn’t paid much attention to these before, but after seeing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMGP2804-1-e1548158379289.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 2003-05 Suzuki Twin – Would Make a Great Clown Car")
CC Outtake: 2003-05 Suzuki Twin – Would Make a Great Clown Car
Posted on January 26, 2025 | 20 Comments(first posted 1/26/2019) I saw this spiffy Suzuki Twin parked at a Tokyo supermarket last weekend. I hadn’t paid much attention to these before, but after seeing […] -
![The roots of the Faymonville Group are in the small town of Rocherath, in the German speaking part of Belgium. These days, the trailer manufacturer has production facilities in Belgium, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_3160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2022 Scania 770S V8 6×4 Tractor And 2020 Faymonville VarioMAX – Expanding Across The Pond")
CC Global: 2022 Scania 770S V8 6×4 Tractor And 2020 Faymonville VarioMAX – Expanding Across The Pond
Posted on January 26, 2025 | 7 CommentsThe roots of the Faymonville Group are in the small town of Rocherath, in the German speaking part of Belgium. These days, the trailer manufacturer has production facilities in Belgium, […] -
![The Volvo 200 Series ran for 19 years and 2.8 million cars, and many still consider it the definitive Volvo for its brick-like styling and sensible-shoes dependability. However, its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1979_volvo_242_coupe_15531297296de3ef250D8O6286.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Tech: 1979 Volvo 242DL Lambda Sond – Volvo And Bosch Revolutionize Engine Technology")
CC Tech: 1979 Volvo 242DL Lambda Sond – Volvo And Bosch Revolutionize Engine Technology
Posted on January 26, 2025 | 10 CommentsThe Volvo 200 Series ran for 19 years and 2.8 million cars, and many still consider it the definitive Volvo for its brick-like styling and sensible-shoes dependability. However, its […]
