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![Note: Tesla production projected (conservatively) for 2023 and 2024 The many parallels between Henry Ford and Elon Musk have been chronicled many times. Self-made men, pioneering new concepts in automobiles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Chart-T-and-Tesla.jpg "Chart: Ford Model T And Tesla Production 100 Years Apart – Tesla Set To Finally Overtake The T?")
Chart: Ford Model T And Tesla Production 100 Years Apart – Tesla Set To Finally Overtake The T?
Posted on February 24, 2023 | 43 CommentsNote: Tesla production projected (conservatively) for 2023 and 2024 The many parallels between Henry Ford and Elon Musk have been chronicled many times. Self-made men, pioneering new concepts in automobiles […] -
![In addition to road tests, Car Life also had a regular tech column, written by Roger Huntington, who really knew of what he said and wrote. This article, from March […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/air-10.jpg "Vintage Car Life Tech: “Air Cooling For Cars?” – There Was One Benefit That I’d Not Considered Before")
Vintage Car Life Tech: “Air Cooling For Cars?” – There Was One Benefit That I’d Not Considered Before
Posted on February 23, 2023 | 24 CommentsIn addition to road tests, Car Life also had a regular tech column, written by Roger Huntington, who really knew of what he said and wrote. This article, from March […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Where Centenarians Retire Peacefully
Posted on February 23, 2023 | 11 CommentsShot in Madras, OR by Don Kincl -
![Anyone else in the room question your decisions after the fact? Wish you could go back and tell yourself, “Told you so!”? Eh, that sounds good rhetorically, but realistically any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/030b.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird Special Landau – What Might Have Been")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird Special Landau – What Might Have Been
Posted on February 23, 2023 | 62 CommentsAnyone else in the room question your decisions after the fact? Wish you could go back and tell yourself, “Told you so!”? Eh, that sounds good rhetorically, but realistically any […] -
![(first posted 2/22/2017) By 1955, mainstream American auto design was committed to the envelope body. Although vestigial saddle bags remained on some cars, and small dips in the belt line […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1955-Plymouth-belvedere-post.jpg "What If: The 1955 Belvedere Goes Shopping for a Makeover at the Competition")
What If: The 1955 Belvedere Goes Shopping for a Makeover at the Competition
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 56 Comments(first posted 2/22/2017) By 1955, mainstream American auto design was committed to the envelope body. Although vestigial saddle bags remained on some cars, and small dips in the belt line […] -
![William Garrett posted some of his more recent finds at the Cohort, so let’s take a ride along with him, starting with this ’66 Toronado that he found in this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52689816074_056c2d3d59_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: William Garret’s Finds")
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: William Garret’s Finds
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 11 CommentsWilliam Garrett posted some of his more recent finds at the Cohort, so let’s take a ride along with him, starting with this ’66 Toronado that he found in this […] -
![I’ve long wanted to do a history on the pre-war Willys, which were the true pioneers of compact cars, starting with the Model 77 back in 1933. There even used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5836896159_cc718d3037_c.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1940 Willys – “100,000 Mile Or Three Year Guarantee”")
Vintage Ad: 1940 Willys – “100,000 Mile Or Three Year Guarantee”
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 23 CommentsI’ve long wanted to do a history on the pre-war Willys, which were the true pioneers of compact cars, starting with the Model 77 back in 1933. There even used […] -
CC Auto Painting: 1959 Chevrolet–“All New All Over Again!”
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 46 CommentsThat’s a 1959 Chevrolet advertising slogan. But it somewhat applies to my ’59 Biscayne even now, as it goes from solid color to fantastic two-tone! -
![(first posted 2/21/2017) The 1-year-only 2006 Lincoln Zephyr is a car that has been on my CC bucket list for a while. With about 30,000 produced they aren’t exactly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6381.jpg "CC Capsule: 2006 Lincoln Zephyr – The Winds of Change")
CC Capsule: 2006 Lincoln Zephyr – The Winds of Change
Posted on February 21, 2023 | 83 Comments(first posted 2/21/2017) The 1-year-only 2006 Lincoln Zephyr is a car that has been on my CC bucket list for a while. With about 30,000 produced they aren’t exactly […] -
![We’ve covered a lot of seventies “schlockmobiles” here over the year, but I keep running into new ones. In this case, I rather wish I hadn’t actually. It never fails […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5810405795_fc480de80e_c.jpg "Vintage Ad: The Kanzler Coupe – Even AI Couldn’t Have Come Up With This")
Vintage Ad: The Kanzler Coupe – Even AI Couldn’t Have Come Up With This
Posted on February 21, 2023 | 27 CommentsWe’ve covered a lot of seventies “schlockmobiles” here over the year, but I keep running into new ones. In this case, I rather wish I hadn’t actually. It never fails […] -
![(first posted 2/20/2017) Last week’s Citroen C6 article by William Stopford reminded me of how much I loved that model’s rear lights. My very positive response was not unanimously shared, which has led to today’s QOTD: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/t-bird-rear.jpg "QOTD: Best Taillights Ever?")
QOTD: Best Taillights Ever?
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 402 Comments(first posted 2/20/2017) Last week’s Citroen C6 article by William Stopford reminded me of how much I loved that model’s rear lights. My very positive response was not unanimously shared, which has led to today’s QOTD: […] -
![posted by J.C. Here’s a charming little Peugeot cabriolet to get my juices flowing. No, it’s not a sports car; just a French style cabriolet in the classic tradition: a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52669817331_657965ae87_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Peugeot 304 Cabriolet – Sweet Baby Pug")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Peugeot 304 Cabriolet – Sweet Baby Pug
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 7 Commentsposted by J.C. Here’s a charming little Peugeot cabriolet to get my juices flowing. No, it’s not a sports car; just a French style cabriolet in the classic tradition: a […] -
Wordless Outtake: White Remains The Most Popular Car Color
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 43 Comments -
![If in Cuba one has to take a ride in some American cars. We managed to take ride in a pair of 1956 Chevrolets and for a comparison a 1956 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ChevroletvsFord.jpg "CC Taxi Ride: 1956 Chevrolets and Fords in Varadero, Cuba")
CC Taxi Ride: 1956 Chevrolets and Fords in Varadero, Cuba
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 15 CommentsIf in Cuba one has to take a ride in some American cars. We managed to take ride in a pair of 1956 Chevrolets and for a comparison a 1956 […] -
![(first posted 2/19/2017) Stephanie found this gallery of shots of Palm Springs mid-century classic houses that were all shot by moonlight. And several have some very appropriate cars parked with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PS-1.jpg "“Midnight Modern”: Palm Springs Classics Under The Full Moon")
“Midnight Modern”: Palm Springs Classics Under The Full Moon
Posted on February 19, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 2/19/2017) Stephanie found this gallery of shots of Palm Springs mid-century classic houses that were all shot by moonlight. And several have some very appropriate cars parked with […]
