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Blog Archive
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Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Toyota Bandeirante – Alternate Reality Land Cruiser
Posted on June 16, 2023 | 16 CommentsHere’s a familiar silhouette, captured by Eliminator at the Cohort, and this time wearing a face I had never seen. What we’re witnessing is the Bandeirante, Toyota of Brazil’s Land […] -
CC For Sale: 1958 Packard Hardtop – Custom Car With “Jewel Box Beauty”
Posted on June 16, 2023 | 56 CommentsAll right, I’m really torn on this one. Maybe some of you can help me out… -
Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Camaro – It Turns Out People Do Junk Vintage Red Camaros
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 30 CommentsWell, one, anyway; this one. A (presumably) once-cherished Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe, probably lovingly specced out from the brochure; custom-ordered, and waited for with tingly anticipation. Or just bought right […] -
Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 24 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […] -
Wordless Outtake: El Camino All Set For Ranchero Jobs
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 7 Comments -
Curbside Find: A Collection of 1950s Mopars and 1990s Mercedes SL500s. Wait, What?
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 21 CommentsI serendipitously stumbled upon this eight-car cache hidden away behind a commercial building after making a wrong turn, which ended up being oh-so-right. Whoever owns this collection clearly has very […] -
CC Conundrum: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham & ’77 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Quantity Vs. Quality?
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/13/2017) Quantity vs. quality: the eternal dilemma. I spotted both of these cars in nearly the same spot on the same April weekend, last year. For 20% […] -
Curbside Outtake: Long-Dead Zap Xebras – EVs Have Come A Long Way In 15 Years
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 21 CommentsEVs have come a very long way in just 15 years. In case you need reminding, in 2008, the Zap Xebra was just about the only EV a regular person […] -
Car Show Capsule: 1936 Datsun Type 15 Roadster – JDM Archeological Artefact
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 12 CommentsAs mentioned in my previous post, I had my first Japanese car show experience back in April, and the overwhelming majority of the cars I saw there (admittedly in Central […] -
Curbside Musings: 1978 Chevrolet Impala – Very Wrigley
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 69 CommentsI hadn’t originally set out to write two, consecutive weekly essays about B-body Chevrolet Impalas, examples from polar opposite ends of this platform’s twenty-year production run. Last Tuesday’s piece was […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1959 Buick LeChemin
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 24 Comments -
Car Show Classics: Nihonbashi Bridge Spring Festival, April 2023
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 17 CommentsI took my usual stroll on the first Sunday in April this year – always keeping an eye out for the odd automotive encounter, which happen fairly regularly in Tokyo […] -
Trackside Classic: 1960 British Railways 9F № 92220 Evening Star · Steam Ends On A High Note
Posted on June 11, 2023 | 19 CommentsOriginally posted 9 June 2023 Over 250 years ago, hauling coal in northeast England was the raison d’être of the first railways, and Britain’s railways have made a decent living […] -
CC Global: 2021 John Deere 6175R – Paint It Black
Posted on June 11, 2023 | 11 CommentsSomething you rarely see is farm and construction machinery in a non-factory color scheme. Usually, contractors simply have a decal with their name and logo applied onto the equipment they […]
![Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Toyota Bandeirante – Alternate Reality Land Cruiser Here’s a familiar silhouette, captured by Eliminator at the Cohort, and this time wearing a face I had never seen. What we’re witnessing is the Bandeirante, Toyota of Brazil’s Land […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52964170239_6f59f9f392_k.jpg)

![Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Camaro – It Turns Out People Do Junk Vintage Red Camaros Well, one, anyway; this one. A (presumably) once-cherished Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe, probably lovingly specced out from the brochure; custom-ordered, and waited for with tingly anticipation. Or just bought right […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_5492.jpg)
![Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500 (first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cummins-diesels-assaulted-indy-inline-4-photo-448621-s-original.jpg)

![Curbside Find: A Collection of 1950s Mopars and 1990s Mercedes SL500s. Wait, What? I serendipitously stumbled upon this eight-car cache hidden away behind a commercial building after making a wrong turn, which ended up being oh-so-right. Whoever owns this collection clearly has very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_4088.jpeg)
![CC Conundrum: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham & ’77 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Quantity Vs. Quality? (first posted 6/13/2017) Quantity vs. quality: the eternal dilemma. I spotted both of these cars in nearly the same spot on the same April weekend, last year. For 20% […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Toro-CDV-collage-REDO-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Long-Dead Zap Xebras – EVs Have Come A Long Way In 15 Years EVs have come a very long way in just 15 years. In case you need reminding, in 2008, the Zap Xebra was just about the only EV a regular person […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_0743-1.jpg)
![Car Show Capsule: 1936 Datsun Type 15 Roadster – JDM Archeological Artefact As mentioned in my previous post, I had my first Japanese car show experience back in April, and the overwhelming majority of the cars I saw there (admittedly in Central […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230402_142650-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Musings: 1978 Chevrolet Impala – Very Wrigley I hadn’t originally set out to write two, consecutive weekly essays about B-body Chevrolet Impalas, examples from polar opposite ends of this platform’s twenty-year production run. Last Tuesday’s piece was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1978-Chevrolet-Impala-for-CC-4-REDO.jpg)

![Car Show Classics: Nihonbashi Bridge Spring Festival, April 2023 I took my usual stroll on the first Sunday in April this year – always keeping an eye out for the odd automotive encounter, which happen fairly regularly in Tokyo […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230402_142332-copy.jpg)
![Trackside Classic: 1960 British Railways 9F № 92220 Evening Star · Steam Ends On A High Note Originally posted 9 June 2023 Over 250 years ago, hauling coal in northeast England was the raison d’être of the first railways, and Britain’s railways have made a decent living […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/00.jpg)
![Future Classics: Curbside Classic Goes To The Track (first posted 6/11/2017) Just before I headed to Detroit for the CC meetup I received an invitation to the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press’ 2017 Track and Off-Road Day. So […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_1637-1.jpg)
![CC Global: 2021 John Deere 6175R – Paint It Black Something you rarely see is farm and construction machinery in a non-factory color scheme. Usually, contractors simply have a decal with their name and logo applied onto the equipment they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_1110.jpg)


