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![Week 4 of our 5-week course pretty much wrapped up most of the actual training. Week 5 would be mostly testing (both school and BMV), a hazmat class required for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Truck-Driver-05.jpg "Making A Truck Driver – Week 4")
Making A Truck Driver – Week 4
Posted on March 22, 2024 | 23 CommentsWeek 4 of our 5-week course pretty much wrapped up most of the actual training. Week 5 would be mostly testing (both school and BMV), a hazmat class required for […] -
![There’s a new coffee cart in my neighborhood, right on Willamette Street, and it’s a real gem — a beautifully done 1986 Crown bus. I don’t drink coffee normally, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2457.jpg "Curbside Coffee Bus – The Crown Of Coffee Carts")
Curbside Coffee Bus – The Crown Of Coffee Carts
Posted on March 21, 2024 | 20 CommentsThere’s a new coffee cart in my neighborhood, right on Willamette Street, and it’s a real gem — a beautifully done 1986 Crown bus. I don’t drink coffee normally, but […] -
CC In Scale: Edsels, Of All Things!
Posted on March 21, 2024 | 27 CommentsWhy Edsels? North Americans reading this may nod and understand – but why should an Australian, who’s never even seen an Edsel, want to build so many of them? -
![We’ve had our puppy over a year now, but the dog walks still make for prime CC spotting. This sighting was worth crossing the street for. A 1964 (if the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9639.jpeg "Curbside Outtake: 1964 Datsun 320 – A 1200 cc Pickup")
Curbside Outtake: 1964 Datsun 320 – A 1200 cc Pickup
Posted on March 20, 2024 | 14 CommentsWe’ve had our puppy over a year now, but the dog walks still make for prime CC spotting. This sighting was worth crossing the street for. A 1964 (if the […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2018) On the windshield of this Chevy you can read: 17-7-75, in the Brazilian way to write dates, that means July 17th, 1975. Yes, on that memorable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/16314.jpg "A History Of The Brazilian Alcohol Automotive Fuel Program")
A History Of The Brazilian Alcohol Automotive Fuel Program
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 3/19/2018) On the windshield of this Chevy you can read: 17-7-75, in the Brazilian way to write dates, that means July 17th, 1975. Yes, on that memorable […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2018) Like so many other artifacts of the past, genuine VW hippie buses are becoming harder to come by in Eugene. And this one is a real […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-352-003.jpg "CC Outtake: Double VW Hippie Bus – “Help This Bus Move”")
CC Outtake: Double VW Hippie Bus – “Help This Bus Move”
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 3/19/2018) Like so many other artifacts of the past, genuine VW hippie buses are becoming harder to come by in Eugene. And this one is a real […] -
![I don’t know anything about this photo except that it features three very different GMC trucks. Let’s take a closer look at each of them, starting with the likely most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10868332394_3c1fc0ed35_b.jpg "Vintage Trucks: Three Very Different GMC Semi Trucks")
Vintage Trucks: Three Very Different GMC Semi Trucks
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 17 CommentsI don’t know anything about this photo except that it features three very different GMC trucks. Let’s take a closer look at each of them, starting with the likely most […] -
![It was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/001-2004-Buick-Rendezvous-CX-2WD-for-CC-edit-1.jpg "Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer")
Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 45 CommentsIt was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […] -
![canadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. I just perused a few pages there (I’m covering for Rich this week, who is taking a well-deserved vacation) and there’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53350754037_83c5a1fff3_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: GM A-Bodies Still Slogging Through The Canadian Winter")
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: GM A-Bodies Still Slogging Through The Canadian Winter
Posted on March 18, 2024 | 22 Commentscanadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. I just perused a few pages there (I’m covering for Rich this week, who is taking a well-deserved vacation) and there’s […] -
![Last Saturday afternoon, I spotted an Alfa Romeo 147 on my approx. 10 km walk. Then I thought, I might as well take a picture of the whole parking lot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2210.jpg "Recent Snapshots: Images From The Netherlands – March 16, 2024")
Recent Snapshots: Images From The Netherlands – March 16, 2024
Posted on March 18, 2024 | 21 CommentsLast Saturday afternoon, I spotted an Alfa Romeo 147 on my approx. 10 km walk. Then I thought, I might as well take a picture of the whole parking lot […] -
![(first posted 3/15/2018) When I saw this odd, faded yellow C-Class, I thought, “Wow. Pale yellow might have worked on Benzes in the 1960s and 1970s but it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mercedes-benz-c180-esprit.jpg "CC Capsule: 1994-96 Mercedes-Benz C180 Esprit – Mercedes-Benz, Home Of The Four Flavors")
CC Capsule: 1994-96 Mercedes-Benz C180 Esprit – Mercedes-Benz, Home Of The Four Flavors
Posted on March 17, 2024 | 38 Comments(first posted 3/15/2018) When I saw this odd, faded yellow C-Class, I thought, “Wow. Pale yellow might have worked on Benzes in the 1960s and 1970s but it […] -
![Short, low, yet with plenty of power on tap. The English call them skip loaders, dedicated straight trucks for transporting open top containers, especially used for the disposal of construction […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1879.jpg "CC Global: Skip (Container) Loaders – The Shortest Heavy-Duty Trucks By Far")
CC Global: Skip (Container) Loaders – The Shortest Heavy-Duty Trucks By Far
Posted on March 17, 2024 | 15 CommentsShort, low, yet with plenty of power on tap. The English call them skip loaders, dedicated straight trucks for transporting open top containers, especially used for the disposal of construction […] -
![(first posted 8/2/2013) Our Chrysler Dream Car series is drawing to a close, and we’ve hardly given them all due respect. It’s kind of like waking up in the morning: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Dual_Ghia_Convertible_resize.jpg "Last Night’s Dream: Dual Ghia And Ghia L 6.4 – Turning Dreams Into Semi-Reality")
Last Night’s Dream: Dual Ghia And Ghia L 6.4 – Turning Dreams Into Semi-Reality
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 8/2/2013) Our Chrysler Dream Car series is drawing to a close, and we’ve hardly given them all due respect. It’s kind of like waking up in the morning: […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by riveranotario. Here’s something a bit different, though not necessarily apparent at first sight. None other than a surviving sample of the fibreglass Minis of Chile. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53587408477_49fbb773f5_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’69-’74 Austin Mini – The Fibreglass Minis From Chile")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’69-’74 Austin Mini – The Fibreglass Minis From Chile
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 14 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by riveranotario. Here’s something a bit different, though not necessarily apparent at first sight. None other than a surviving sample of the fibreglass Minis of Chile. […] -
![While I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/john-jerome.jpeg "Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome")
Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 12 CommentsWhile I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […]
