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![(first posted 9/5/2017) Ok, so I’m a little late here. Season 2 of Fargo aired during 2015, and I only just finished it this week. Set in 1979 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/shot-of-downtown-luverne-in-fargo.jpg "CCTV: The Cars of Fargo, Season 2: Classics? You Betcha!")
CCTV: The Cars of Fargo, Season 2: Classics? You Betcha!
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 81 Comments(first posted 9/5/2017) Ok, so I’m a little late here. Season 2 of Fargo aired during 2015, and I only just finished it this week. Set in 1979 […] -
![(first posted 9/5/2017) GTi, a Grand Tourer with fuel injection. A comfortable and luxurious automobile with sublime handling, perfectly capable of high speed and long-distance driving. It seems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4679.jpg "Car Show Outtake: 1982 Citroën CX 2400 GTi – Fuel Injected Flying Carpet")
Car Show Outtake: 1982 Citroën CX 2400 GTi – Fuel Injected Flying Carpet
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 39 Comments(first posted 9/5/2017) GTi, a Grand Tourer with fuel injection. A comfortable and luxurious automobile with sublime handling, perfectly capable of high speed and long-distance driving. It seems […] -
![We’re hitting the ground running with a race-ready E-Type for this second part, because we have a pretty extensive parade of imports to run through. Plenty of British, Italian and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230618_103640_1_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 2: Foreign Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 22 CommentsWe’re hitting the ground running with a race-ready E-Type for this second part, because we have a pretty extensive parade of imports to run through. Plenty of British, Italian and […] -
![This Cougar was my second, notable Mercury find this summer, the first being an ’03 Marauder I had seen only a few blocks away from this silver coupe. I say […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230730_140205394-2000-Mercury-Cougar-2.5L-V6-Flat-Rock-MI-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 – I Am Not What I Was")
Curbside Musings: 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 – I Am Not What I Was
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 76 CommentsThis Cougar was my second, notable Mercury find this summer, the first being an ’03 Marauder I had seen only a few blocks away from this silver coupe. I say […] -
![Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Highsmith-Lollipop.jpg "Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)")
Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 36 CommentsLollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – It’s Caliente Season Again
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 12 CommentsImages from the Cohort, by nifticus392. -
![Hey there, CCompadres, it’s been a while! T87 went on a looong (and long overdue) holiday back to ye olde Europe – a real holiday, sans laptop – hence the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230702_091921_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 21 CommentsHey there, CCompadres, it’s been a while! T87 went on a looong (and long overdue) holiday back to ye olde Europe – a real holiday, sans laptop – hence the […] -
![For our second installment of vintage auto-related travel ads, we’ll travel back to the 1950s and visit several places throughout North America – two ads from Canada, one from Bermuda, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/v2-featured-image.jpg "Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 2 – Canada, Bermuda, Las Vegas & Valley Forge")
Vintage Ads: Automotive-Related Travel Ads Vol. 2 – Canada, Bermuda, Las Vegas & Valley Forge
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 40 CommentsFor our second installment of vintage auto-related travel ads, we’ll travel back to the 1950s and visit several places throughout North America – two ads from Canada, one from Bermuda, […] -
![This is really just a short clip of some US iron classics, heading for an Israeli Five Club meeting that regularly takes place on the morning of every first-of-the-month Saturday; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9168071206_267a602143_o.jpg "(Almost) Wordless Dashcam Outtake: Ameri-Classics on Their Way To/From a Meeting")
(Almost) Wordless Dashcam Outtake: Ameri-Classics on Their Way To/From a Meeting
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 5 CommentsThis is really just a short clip of some US iron classics, heading for an Israeli Five Club meeting that regularly takes place on the morning of every first-of-the-month Saturday; […] -
![Yeah, I kid you not. Here in Eugene and other hip PNW towns and cities like Portland and Bend and such, there is no greater status symbol than an old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_0861.jpg "Trailside Outtake: Land Rover Series II – The Ultimate Status Symbol Here")
Trailside Outtake: Land Rover Series II – The Ultimate Status Symbol Here
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 28 CommentsYeah, I kid you not. Here in Eugene and other hip PNW towns and cities like Portland and Bend and such, there is no greater status symbol than an old […] -
![Churchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1959-Edsel.jpeg "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 20 CommentsChurchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […] -
![I suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-28-at-1.31.14-PM.jpeg "COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle")
COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 31 CommentsI suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […] -
![Having once been common, this generation of Subaru (Leone/GL 1971-1981) has been conspicuously absent on the streets hereabouts for some years. But just when I think a certain car is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_0812.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1978 Subaru GL – “Quadrozontal” Front Wheel Drive Tow-Mobile")
Curbside Outtake: 1978 Subaru GL – “Quadrozontal” Front Wheel Drive Tow-Mobile
Posted on September 2, 2023 | 14 CommentsHaving once been common, this generation of Subaru (Leone/GL 1971-1981) has been conspicuously absent on the streets hereabouts for some years. But just when I think a certain car is […] -
![It’s confession time; in my daily driving, I resent the drab gray interior of my mid-90s VW Golf. I also had a chance to board a modern Cadillac SUV recently, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/4687294450_19b3b4f7bb_h.jpg "Vintage Brochures & Ads: The Joy Of Colors – A Small Gallery of Joyful Interiors")
Vintage Brochures & Ads: The Joy Of Colors – A Small Gallery of Joyful Interiors
Posted on September 2, 2023 | 41 CommentsIt’s confession time; in my daily driving, I resent the drab gray interior of my mid-90s VW Golf. I also had a chance to board a modern Cadillac SUV recently, […] -
![(first posted 8/30/2017) One of the more forgotten engines is the Pontiac 215 six, available on the Tempest and LeMans in 1964 and 1965. It has of course […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Pontiac-215-1964-br.jpg "Forgotten Engines: 1964-1965 Pontiac 215 Six – Built by Pontiac or Chevrolet?")
Forgotten Engines: 1964-1965 Pontiac 215 Six – Built by Pontiac or Chevrolet?
Posted on September 1, 2023 | 98 Comments(first posted 8/30/2017) One of the more forgotten engines is the Pontiac 215 six, available on the Tempest and LeMans in 1964 and 1965. It has of course […]
