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Blog Archive
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My Latest Lust Object/QOTD: Saga Norén’s Jäger Grün Porsche 1977 911S From The TV Show “The Bridge” – What’s Your Favorite TV Show Car?
Posted on March 30, 2024 | 63 CommentsYes, we discovered the Swedish-Danish tv series “The Bridge” a bit late, as it first aired back in 2011. It’s a Nordic Noir crime show, and the star is Saga […] -
CC Outtakes: Land Rover Series IIa — Unexpected Sight
Posted on March 30, 2024 | 5 CommentsHere’s a sight I didn’t expect to find; a vintage Land Rover sitting pretty in a middle-class neighborhood not far from my home in San Salvador. Not that finding old […] -
Curbside Outtake: Mitsubishi 3000GT and Datsun 280ZX 2+2 – Two Veterans Of The Great Japanese Sports Era
Posted on March 29, 2024 | 12 CommentsThe original Datsun 240Z kicked off the great Japanese Sports Car Era in 1971. Yes, there was the Datsun 1600/2000 roadster, but its numbers were tiny compared to the overwhelming […] -
Making A Truck Driver – Week 5
Posted on March 29, 2024 | 21 CommentsThe final week of my five-week course in learning how to drive a big rig was a week of soaring highs and crashing lows. At the start of the week, […] -
CC Capsule: The Colonnades of Melbourne Part 1 – 1973 Buick Century Luxus 2-Door Coupe
Posted on March 28, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 3/7/2018) Welcome to another semi-regular series from me. I have – at last count – captured six different GM colonnades around town. That’s quite extraordinary given […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: ’70s – ’80s Vintage Iron At The Junkyard
Posted on March 28, 2024 | 30 CommentsIt’s been a while since we caught up with the junkyard visits that canadiancatgreen uploads at the Cohort. With his finds being quite plentiful, for today I decided to highlight […] -
CC Capsule: 1983-87 Mazda 626 Coupe – The Mystery Of The Innocuous Coupe
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 3/27/2018) The conservative coupe and the two-door sedan seem to be peculiarly American phenomena. To an Australian, the idea of sacrificing two doors for a negligible […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo — The Classics, Now And Then
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 14 CommentsPhoto from the Cohort by J.C. There’s little I can add to the Monte Carlo lore on this post (for now). However, the vintage image posts I’ve been publishing got […] -
In-Motion Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Out Of The Mist
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 53 CommentsThe model names of Oldsmobile’s muscle cars had always confused me just a little bit. The naming of similar models from other makes didn’t seem all that cerebral. I could […] -
Curbside Find: 1963 Chevrolet Impala – Lost In The Boondocks, With Other Curbside Finds
Posted on March 25, 2024 | 8 CommentsThere’s something to be said for old American iron; you can never mistake it for anything else. Unlike the vehicles from the last 30 years or so, you can look […] -
Museum Classics: A Visit To The EFA Museum of German Automotive History, Part 2
Posted on March 24, 2024 | 14 CommentsThe museum reopens from its winter closure at the end of March, so let’s view some cars less well known in North America. The Hanomag 2/10 PS “Kommissbrot” (army commissary […] -
CC Global: 2021 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Hooklift Truck – (Keep) Dry Cargo
Posted on March 24, 2024 | 7 CommentsWood fiber – sawdust – forage – biomass. Ten Damme’s business in writing, right there. The company has a large and interesting fleet of heavy trucks and tractors, such as […] -
1967 Mercury 410 FE V8 Engine Rebuild – Or How One Thing Leads To Another, Part 1
Posted on March 23, 2024 | 19 CommentsIn March 2023, after dealing with a solenoid jammed in the start position on my 1967 Mercury Park Lane, I noticed I had an exhaust leak of the driver’s side. […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Forgotten 1958 Pontiac Makes Its First Appearance At CC
Posted on March 22, 2024 | 25 CommentsIt’s a bit hard to believe, but we’ve never featured a ’58 Pontiac on the pages of CC. How to explain that? Well, 1958 was a lousy year for Pontiac, […] -
CC TV: The Cars of The Lincoln Lawyer
Posted on March 22, 2024 | 22 CommentsThe Lincoln Lawyer, with two seasons streaming on Netflix, follows the story of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, and is based on the series of Michael Connelly novels […]
![My Latest Lust Object/QOTD: Saga Norén’s Jäger Grün Porsche 1977 911S From The TV Show “The Bridge” – What’s Your Favorite TV Show Car? Yes, we discovered the Swedish-Danish tv series “The Bridge” a bit late, as it first aired back in 2011. It’s a Nordic Noir crime show, and the star is Saga […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sagas-911.webp)
![CC Outtakes: Land Rover Series IIa — Unexpected Sight Here’s a sight I didn’t expect to find; a vintage Land Rover sitting pretty in a middle-class neighborhood not far from my home in San Salvador. Not that finding old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/51684674823_01ab4cdddf_k.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Mitsubishi 3000GT and Datsun 280ZX 2+2 – Two Veterans Of The Great Japanese Sports Era The original Datsun 240Z kicked off the great Japanese Sports Car Era in 1971. Yes, there was the Datsun 1600/2000 roadster, but its numbers were tiny compared to the overwhelming […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2406.jpg)
![Making A Truck Driver – Week 5 The final week of my five-week course in learning how to drive a big rig was a week of soaring highs and crashing lows. At the start of the week, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Truck-Driver-04.jpg)
![CC Capsule: The Colonnades of Melbourne Part 1 – 1973 Buick Century Luxus 2-Door Coupe (first posted 3/7/2018) Welcome to another semi-regular series from me. I have – at last count – captured six different GM colonnades around town. That’s quite extraordinary given […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/buick4.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: ’70s – ’80s Vintage Iron At The Junkyard It’s been a while since we caught up with the junkyard visits that canadiancatgreen uploads at the Cohort. With his finds being quite plentiful, for today I decided to highlight […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53370926075_a39cb64a02_k.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1983-87 Mazda 626 Coupe – The Mystery Of The Innocuous Coupe (first posted 3/27/2018) The conservative coupe and the two-door sedan seem to be peculiarly American phenomena. To an Australian, the idea of sacrificing two doors for a negligible […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mazda-626-coupe-1.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo — The Classics, Now And Then Photo from the Cohort by J.C. There’s little I can add to the Monte Carlo lore on this post (for now). However, the vintage image posts I’ve been publishing got […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53591171236_3e27300153_k.jpg)
![In-Motion Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Out Of The Mist The model names of Oldsmobile’s muscle cars had always confused me just a little bit. The naming of similar models from other makes didn’t seem all that cerebral. I could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/009-1984-Oldmobile-Hurst-Olds-for-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1963 Chevrolet Impala – Lost In The Boondocks, With Other Curbside Finds There’s something to be said for old American iron; you can never mistake it for anything else. Unlike the vehicles from the last 30 years or so, you can look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20240320_162225304_HDR.jpg)
![Museum Classics: A Visit To The EFA Museum of German Automotive History, Part 2 The museum reopens from its winter closure at the end of March, so let’s view some cars less well known in North America. The Hanomag 2/10 PS “Kommissbrot” (army commissary […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20230517_131649.jpg)
![CC Global: 2021 Volvo FH 6×2*4 Hooklift Truck – (Keep) Dry Cargo Wood fiber – sawdust – forage – biomass. Ten Damme’s business in writing, right there. The company has a large and interesting fleet of heavy trucks and tractors, such as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1863.jpg)
![1967 Mercury 410 FE V8 Engine Rebuild – Or How One Thing Leads To Another, Part 1 In March 2023, after dealing with a solenoid jammed in the start position on my 1967 Mercury Park Lane, I noticed I had an exhaust leak of the driver’s side. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Top_end_renovation_001.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Forgotten 1958 Pontiac Makes Its First Appearance At CC It’s a bit hard to believe, but we’ve never featured a ’58 Pontiac on the pages of CC. How to explain that? Well, 1958 was a lousy year for Pontiac, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pontiac-1958-cohort.jpg)
![CC TV: The Cars of The Lincoln Lawyer The Lincoln Lawyer, with two seasons streaming on Netflix, follows the story of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, and is based on the series of Michael Connelly novels […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-893b53b66ee748eb95d6d8777f925349.jpg)


