Curbside Classic Archives
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Blog Archive
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Cohort Outtake: Fiat 600 Multipla – Found In Berkeley, Natch
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/28/2016) What a great shot: the Ur-minivan Fiat 600 Multipla along with America’s Ur-minivan, the Dodge Caravan. And where is a ratty but running 600 Multipla to be […] -
Carshow Classic: 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Four Door Hardtop – Every Car Has A Story, But Some Are Just Better Than Others
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 30 Comments(first posted 8/28/2016) Our motto here is “Every Car Has A Story”, which makes this Cadillac the CC poster child. How many other 52 year old cars can say they […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1939 Dodge Model TC Pickup – Heading To Corvette Days
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 7 CommentsThis will likely be the last shots I use from Tim Finn’s upload to the Cohort from the “Corvette Days” car show in Portland. It’s about as polarly opposite of […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Street Scenes Part II – You Asked For It!
Posted on August 27, 2022 | 55 CommentsCherry IL, 2/12/86 (first posted 4/11/2012) My first Street Scenes post was a trial balloon of sorts. I think it’s safe to say that most of you Curbside Commenters enjoyed […] -
Car Carrier: Fourteen Saturns On One Truck – Is This A Record For A Non-Special Permit Hauler?
Posted on August 27, 2022 | 20 CommentsHere I thought we had already found the maximum load in the US for a non-special permit car carrier: 13 Toyotas. I had to count twice to be sure, but […] -
Curbside Vintage Oddity: 1952 Cadillac Mobile Television Unit – “And Now Live from Our Reporter at the Scene”…
Posted on August 27, 2022 | 23 CommentsWell, isn’t this impressive – on so many levels. It’s a 1952 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limousine cram-packed with every 1950’s-era gadget needed to broadcast live TV from a remote location. […] -
It’s Time For Your COAL Series!
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 10 CommentsUpdate: looks like we have a taker and a backup. Thanks! For a while there we had a third COAL series running on Wednesdays, and I never solicited for a […] -
Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […] -
Curbside Newsstand: The Compact Van Segment Vanishes
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 52 CommentsIn 2009 the Ford Transit Connect created a new market niche in the US: the compact van. Admittedly, there had been some previous windowless versions of domestic minivans, but with […] -
Cohort Classic: 1975 Cadillac Eldorado – Frozen In Time
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 44 CommentsThe gift of life is to participate in change; the world’s and one’s own. Time stands still for no one, but it can certainly appear to do so in some […] -
Curbside Cinema: The Cars Of Belmondo’s “The Burglars” (Le Casse)
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 26 CommentsBy the mid 60’s filming technology had ‘freed up’ the camera and moviegoers were to experience an endless supply of ‘behind the wheel’ high-speed pursuits with awesome chair-grabbing qualities. Bullit, […] -
Vintage Truck: 1904 Knox-Martin Tractor – The First Semi Truck Tractor? Certainly The First Three-Wheeler Semi Truck Tractor?
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 10 CommentsThe 1904 Knox-Martin tractor is quite the beast. Here’s what they had to say about it: “Handling a big load with the Knox-Martin Tractor is a simple proposition. It will […] -
Changing Seasons and Changing Times: Some Things Change More Than Others – The Monkey Speedway
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 30 CommentsRecently I was researching what I felt would be my next CC article when I fell into a couple of rabbit holes. These resulted in stuff too good not to […] -
Vintage Trucks: Four New Internationals Including A Rare M-42-CAE With Super Single Tires
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 13 CommentsThis shot is doubly fascinating. Not only is the lead truck a rare International M-42-CAE yard jockey, but I see it’s got super single tires on the back. Which makes […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto?
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 68 CommentsNobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […]
![Cohort Outtake: Fiat 600 Multipla – Found In Berkeley, Natch (first posted 8/28/2016) What a great shot: the Ur-minivan Fiat 600 Multipla along with America’s Ur-minivan, the Dodge Caravan. And where is a ratty but running 600 Multipla to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Fiat-600-multipla-fq.png)
![Carshow Classic: 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Four Door Hardtop – Every Car Has A Story, But Some Are Just Better Than Others (first posted 8/28/2016) Our motto here is “Every Car Has A Story”, which makes this Cadillac the CC poster child. How many other 52 year old cars can say they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cadillac-1-e1469631828432.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1939 Dodge Model TC Pickup – Heading To Corvette Days This will likely be the last shots I use from Tim Finn’s upload to the Cohort from the “Corvette Days” car show in Portland. It’s about as polarly opposite of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52300952927_d9e6ee229a_k.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Street Scenes Part II – You Asked For It! Cherry IL, 2/12/86 (first posted 4/11/2012) My first Street Scenes post was a trial balloon of sorts. I think it’s safe to say that most of you Curbside Commenters enjoyed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cherry-e1350509749328.jpg)
![Car Carrier: Fourteen Saturns On One Truck – Is This A Record For A Non-Special Permit Hauler? Here I thought we had already found the maximum load in the US for a non-special permit car carrier: 13 Toyotas. I had to count twice to be sure, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52165082713_20815db853_o.jpg)
![Curbside Vintage Oddity: 1952 Cadillac Mobile Television Unit – “And Now Live from Our Reporter at the Scene”… Well, isn’t this impressive – on so many levels. It’s a 1952 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limousine cram-packed with every 1950’s-era gadget needed to broadcast live TV from a remote location. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/car-1620686078-e1661398052809.jpg)
![It’s Time For Your COAL Series! Update: looks like we have a taker and a backup. Thanks! For a while there we had a third COAL series running on Wednesdays, and I never solicited for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/00057377.jpg)
![Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero (first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Audi-SQ4.jpg)
![Curbside Newsstand: The Compact Van Segment Vanishes In 2009 the Ford Transit Connect created a new market niche in the US: the compact van. Admittedly, there had been some previous windowless versions of domestic minivans, but with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/aaa-van-F-tile-no.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1975 Cadillac Eldorado – Frozen In Time The gift of life is to participate in change; the world’s and one’s own. Time stands still for no one, but it can certainly appear to do so in some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52305006529_96ef691e2d_k.jpg)
![Curbside Cinema: The Cars Of Belmondo’s “The Burglars” (Le Casse) By the mid 60’s filming technology had ‘freed up’ the camera and moviegoers were to experience an endless supply of ‘behind the wheel’ high-speed pursuits with awesome chair-grabbing qualities. Bullit, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-4.39.56-PM.jpg)
![Vintage Truck: 1904 Knox-Martin Tractor – The First Semi Truck Tractor? Certainly The First Three-Wheeler Semi Truck Tractor? The 1904 Knox-Martin tractor is quite the beast. Here’s what they had to say about it: “Handling a big load with the Knox-Martin Tractor is a simple proposition. It will […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52101908695_73d3fe4073_k.jpg)
![Changing Seasons and Changing Times: Some Things Change More Than Others – The Monkey Speedway Recently I was researching what I felt would be my next CC article when I fell into a couple of rabbit holes. These resulted in stuff too good not to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/pike.jpg)
![Vintage Trucks: Four New Internationals Including A Rare M-42-CAE With Super Single Tires This shot is doubly fascinating. Not only is the lead truck a rare International M-42-CAE yard jockey, but I see it’s got super single tires on the back. Which makes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52188264431_123dff1552_k.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto? Nobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2269.jpg)


