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![(first posted 5/11/2019) CC Contributor/Cohort Tim Finn posted some great shots of a ’68 442 doing what it was created to do: move, briskly. Panning a camera […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/40845857293_88feeec0a1_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1968 Olds 442 On the Go")
In-Motion Classic: 1968 Olds 442 On the Go
Posted on June 26, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 5/11/2019) CC Contributor/Cohort Tim Finn posted some great shots of a ’68 442 doing what it was created to do: move, briskly. Panning a camera […] -
![(first posted 4/14/2019. Update 6/20/25: I see this truck regularly in my part of town; it’s a daily driver. The red paint is a bit duller now.) The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-ft.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1994 Toyota HiAce Fire Truck With 4900 Miles – Welcome to Eugene!")
Curbside Find: 1994 Toyota HiAce Fire Truck With 4900 Miles – Welcome to Eugene!
Posted on June 26, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 4/14/2019. Update 6/20/25: I see this truck regularly in my part of town; it’s a daily driver. The red paint is a bit duller now.) The […] -
![We’ll carry on from where we left off last time. All change for 1968! GM, Ford and Mopar all brought out new bodies for their intermediates, based on the previous […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/70.442.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Muscle Cars, Part 2 — 1968-70")
CC In Scale: Muscle Cars, Part 2 — 1968-70
Posted on June 26, 2025 | 20 CommentsWe’ll carry on from where we left off last time. All change for 1968! GM, Ford and Mopar all brought out new bodies for their intermediates, based on the previous […] -
![I’ve been in this country for close to six years now, so I’m getting a sense of which JDM cars have become rare and which ones, though made in small […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20230924_103903_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1984 Mazda Cosmo (HB) Coupé – Yes, But Not This One")
Curbside Find: 1984 Mazda Cosmo (HB) Coupé – Yes, But Not This One
Posted on June 26, 2025 | 18 CommentsI’ve been in this country for close to six years now, so I’m getting a sense of which JDM cars have become rare and which ones, though made in small […] -
![Engineer Earle MacPherson devised an early version of his now-famous strut suspension for an abortive GM small car project, the Chevrolet Cadet, but it wasn’t until he went to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1951-Ford-Consul-blue-Car-and-Classic-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Origins Of The MacPherson Strut Suspension")
The Origins Of The MacPherson Strut Suspension
Posted on June 26, 2025 | 22 CommentsEngineer Earle MacPherson devised an early version of his now-famous strut suspension for an abortive GM small car project, the Chevrolet Cadet, but it wasn’t until he went to […] -
![(first posted 5/17/2019) The title phrase, which sounds like the beginning of a joke, immediately popped into my mind when I came across this sight. With some cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TwoOpels06Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Two Opels Drive Into A Gas Station . . .")
Curbside Finds: Two Opels Drive Into A Gas Station . . .
Posted on June 25, 2025 | 42 Comments(first posted 5/17/2019) The title phrase, which sounds like the beginning of a joke, immediately popped into my mind when I came across this sight. With some cars […] -
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54588607317_22efa6a221_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later")
Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later
Posted on June 25, 2025 | 14 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […] -
![(first posted 4/17/2019) While strolling through Vienna’s Innere Stadt and taking in the gorgeous heritage architecture, I beheld a sight rather less aesthetically pleasing: two cars considered to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fiat-multipla-ssangyong-rodius-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Ssangyong Rodius and Fiat Multipla – Ugly Is Skin Deep")
Curbside Finds: Ssangyong Rodius and Fiat Multipla – Ugly Is Skin Deep
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 4/17/2019) While strolling through Vienna’s Innere Stadt and taking in the gorgeous heritage architecture, I beheld a sight rather less aesthetically pleasing: two cars considered to […] -
![In the mid-1980s, an LA record company called AIP released a series of compilation albums centered on regional mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia. Naturally, the series was called “Highs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_0945.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Summer Time Highs in the Seventies")
Curbside Finds: Summer Time Highs in the Seventies
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 23 CommentsIn the mid-1980s, an LA record company called AIP released a series of compilation albums centered on regional mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia. Naturally, the series was called “Highs […] -
![I’m sure we all know (and, presumably. appreciate) the 3rd generation Honda Accord. You know, the cool late ‘80s one with the pop-up headlights. Honda sold boatloads of these everywhere […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20230528_132534_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1989 Honda Accord (CA) 2.0 Si – Name’s Familiar, But That Face?")
Curbside Find: 1989 Honda Accord (CA) 2.0 Si – Name’s Familiar, But That Face?
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 9 CommentsI’m sure we all know (and, presumably. appreciate) the 3rd generation Honda Accord. You know, the cool late ‘80s one with the pop-up headlights. Honda sold boatloads of these everywhere […] -
![I have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/023-2005-Pontiac-Aztek-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?")
Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 85 CommentsI have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_8221.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995")
Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […] -
![GM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/toroflow-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?")
The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 22 CommentsGM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […] -
Car Show Classics: Volvo Cars Smörgåsbord
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 12 CommentsAn abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid! -
![Although CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-tork-american.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode")
The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 41 CommentsAlthough CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […]
