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Curbside Musings: 1968 Ford Mustang Convertible – Bionic Replacements
Posted on August 15, 2023 | 27 CommentsOne of my favorite television rediscoveries of this year has been of the original Bionic Woman series of the 1970s, starring the great Lindsay Wagner as the title character, Jaime Sommers. I’m […] -
Body Shop Outtake: Faceless Face-Off
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 11 CommentsWe’ve had lots of “Guess the mystery covered car” posts here before, so let’s see how good are you at guessing cars with their faces removed. -
Road Trip: Beginning our Climb into the Mountains from Guatemala City
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 12 CommentsThe stage has been set, so we can actually start our journey, and I can make some observations on what I saw. The afternoon Avianca flight from Los Angeles […] -
Cold Comfort: 1956 Lincoln Premiere Factory Air Conditioning
Posted on August 13, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 8/13/2017) I regularly see the featured car for this post (a beautiful 1956 Lincoln Premiere with factory A/C) at car shows that I exhibit my Mark […] -
Museum Classics: Visscher Classique Buren – Point Of Interest For Francophiles, Part One
Posted on August 13, 2023 | 32 CommentsA few years ago, Dutchman Henk Visscher sold all of his car dealerships. Last year, he opened a new museum, housing his own collection of classic cars and many others. […] -
Car Show Classic: 1935 Nash Aeroform – Picking Up On The Aero Era
Posted on August 12, 2023 | 33 Comments(first posted 8/11/2017) The Hupmobile feature from last week triggered for me a memory of seeing an American streamlined sedan that was a little similar. I found this 1935 […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1968 Buick GS400 – The Sweep Spear A-Body
Posted on August 12, 2023 | 28 CommentsFrom the Cohort, by nifticus392. -
Vintage Brochures: The Tango Sexiness Of The Ford Fairlane In Argentina
Posted on August 12, 2023 | 8 CommentsAt the risk of reinforcing certain cultural clichés, is it me, or isn’t this image from the Argentinian ’69 Fairlane brochure far steamier than those found in the US one? -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1953 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman – The Toothy Grille Reaches The UK
Posted on August 11, 2023 | 18 CommentsL. Seddon posted this ’53 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman at the Cohort. It’s been a while since any of these old toothy Chrysler products appeared on our pages, so let’s give […] -
Fieldside Classic: 1967 Schlüter Super 750 V – Built Like A Tank
Posted on August 10, 2023 | 37 Comments(first posted 8/10/2017) Anton Schlüter München was a German manufacturer of farm tractors and stationary engines. The company was founded in 1898, the production of farm […] -
CC Capsule: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280SL – Triste
Posted on August 10, 2023 | 50 Comments(first posted 8/10/2017) Twenty-seventeen has been the summer of my rediscovery of Latin American and Latin-influenced music, including bossa nova and MPB (Música popular brasileira), a style of […] -
CC In Scale: Part 2 – Turning Japanese
Posted on August 10, 2023 | 35 CommentsLast time we finished up in the early seventies. I said “It was hard to imagine a world where cars this size were the norm. But the early-seventies styling […] -
CC Outtake/QOTD: 1963 Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Aurora – Holding Up?
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 30 CommentsI’ve almost completely forgotten about the Oldsmobile Aurora, but they’re still out there, even in salty Michigan. I’ll make any excuse to take a picture of my Riviera, but the […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1965 Chevelle Malibu Super Sport With A Six, Three-Speed Column Shift And Fender Skirts – “Rarest SS Chevelle Built”?
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 38 CommentsCC reader John Kelly has sent me a link to what is described as the “Rarest SS Malibu Built”. Instead of the expected hot Chevy V8, it has a six […]
![Curbside Musings: 1968 Ford Mustang Convertible – Bionic Replacements One of my favorite television rediscoveries of this year has been of the original Bionic Woman series of the 1970s, starring the great Lindsay Wagner as the title character, Jaime Sommers. I’m […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/028-1968-Ford-Mustang-convertible-for-CC.jpg)

![Road Trip: Beginning our Climb into the Mountains from Guatemala City The stage has been set, so we can actually start our journey, and I can make some observations on what I saw. The afternoon Avianca flight from Los Angeles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5441.jpeg)
![Cold Comfort: 1956 Lincoln Premiere Factory Air Conditioning (first posted 8/13/2017) I regularly see the featured car for this post (a beautiful 1956 Lincoln Premiere with factory A/C) at car shows that I exhibit my Mark […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_7911-1.jpg)
![Museum Classics: Visscher Classique Buren – Point Of Interest For Francophiles, Part One A few years ago, Dutchman Henk Visscher sold all of his car dealerships. Last year, he opened a new museum, housing his own collection of classic cars and many others. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1607.jpg)
![COAL : 2006 Subaru Forester XT – Box, with Horses Today’s episode of my COAL chronicles is about the replacement for the much-liked (but ultimately too cramped) Mazda 2, which left my stable in June of 2022. The main criteria […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Front-roadtrip.jpeg)
![Car Show Classic: 1935 Nash Aeroform – Picking Up On The Aero Era (first posted 8/11/2017) The Hupmobile feature from last week triggered for me a memory of seeing an American streamlined sedan that was a little similar. I found this 1935 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1935-Nash-Aeroform-3.jpg)


![Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1953 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman – The Toothy Grille Reaches The UK L. Seddon posted this ’53 DeSoto Firedome Sportsman at the Cohort. It’s been a while since any of these old toothy Chrysler products appeared on our pages, so let’s give […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/53108247358_f6abfef9f6_k.jpg)
![Fieldside Classic: 1967 Schlüter Super 750 V – Built Like A Tank (first posted 8/10/2017) Anton Schlüter München was a German manufacturer of farm tractors and stationary engines. The company was founded in 1898, the production of farm […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_4339.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280SL – Triste (first posted 8/10/2017) Twenty-seventeen has been the summer of my rediscovery of Latin American and Latin-influenced music, including bossa nova and MPB (Música popular brasileira), a style of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/062-1967-Mercedes-Benz-280SL-CC.jpg)
![CC In Scale: Part 2 – Turning Japanese Last time we finished up in the early seventies. I said “It was hard to imagine a world where cars this size were the norm. But the early-seventies styling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/71Toyota-Crown.1-1.jpg)
![CC Outtake/QOTD: 1963 Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Aurora – Holding Up? I’ve almost completely forgotten about the Oldsmobile Aurora, but they’re still out there, even in salty Michigan. I’ll make any excuse to take a picture of my Riviera, but the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PXL_20230804_223614987a.jpg)
![Car Show Outtake: 1965 Chevelle Malibu Super Sport With A Six, Three-Speed Column Shift And Fender Skirts – “Rarest SS Chevelle Built”? CC reader John Kelly has sent me a link to what is described as the “Rarest SS Malibu Built”. Instead of the expected hot Chevy V8, it has a six […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Chevelle-1965-SS-int.jpg)


