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Blog Archive
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CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsA mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […] -
Little Trees — Ice, Ice (Ice, Ice…and maybe one more Ice) Baby
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 37 CommentsThis collection of four, or maybe five, Black Ice car air “fresheners” got me thinking. -
Vintage Ads: Win A New Car! Enticing Promotions From The Golden Age Of Sweepstakes
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 93 CommentsHow would you like to win a new car just by purchasing a common household product, like a bar of soap? Or… even by not purchasing a product at all, […] -
Kickstand Classic: Cooper And Norton – How The Triton or Norvin Bikes Came To Be
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 31 CommentsTriton (first posted 5/25/2012) I recently ran across a little story that explained why Triton/Norvin motorcycles became so popular and what started the movement to rear engined race cars in […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1966 International One Ton Stakebed Still At Work
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 10 CommentsThis was posted by Lou Burch, shot in Brevard, NC this summer. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. -
CC Outtake: 1969 Chrysler 300 Convertible – Tokyo Leviathan
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 58 Comments(first posted 8/13/2016) Walking though our suburban Tokyo neighborhood always offers the chance of running across some exquisite, rare JDM classic – so when I spotted this on a recent […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1990 FSC ZUK A-11 – Polish Workhorse
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 14 CommentsHere’s a new one for me, and maybe you, thanks to Roshake77. The ZUK A-11 is a light truck (and van) built in Poland between 1958 and 1998 by FSC. […] -
Vintage Car Carrier: Oops, Lost One
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 19 Comments -
Vintage PR Shots: 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special and 1954 Strato Streak – Hot Flathead Inline Eight Under Their Long Hoods
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 27 CommentsPoor Pontiac; until it’s superb new ohv V8 arrived in 1955, it was saddled with a flathead inline eight that dated back to…at least 1930 or so. But Corvette envy […] -
CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 9 CommentsGrowing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1955 Buick Buick Century Riviera Hardtop Coupe – Don’t Mess With Me
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 12 CommentsPosted by Lou Burch, who said “parked outside BIG Brewing, Norman, OK. This is how I like them: mean, gnarly, and with four portholes. -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Not A Genuine Toyota Land Cruiser – But Who Makes It?
Posted on August 11, 2022 | 15 CommentsRiveraNotario shot these in Havana, Cuba, and posted them at the Cohort, titled “Toyota Land Cruiser”. Well, it kind of sort of does look like one at a very quick, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1993 or 1994 Buick Roadmaster With A Chevy Caprice Door – Mix And Match
Posted on August 11, 2022 | 38 CommentsMike Hayes got a whopper here: a battered Buick Roadmaster sporting a Chevy caprice front door. How many other body parts would fit? A Chevy front clip and some Chevy […] -
Vintage Ad: 1926 International Brink’s Armored Truck – Back When Everyone Got Paid In Cash
Posted on August 10, 2022 | 22 CommentsI hadn’t really ever thought about how crucial armored trucks like Brink’s were back in the day when everyone got paid in cash. I used to get paid in cash, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1969 AMC Ambassador – Don’t Look Too Long
Posted on August 10, 2022 | 61 CommentsI’ve just spent five minutes staring at this picture, trying to make sense of it. Yes, I know; nobody ever spent that much time closely looking at a 1969 Ambassador’s […]
![CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix A mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0321.jpg)

![Vintage Ads: Win A New Car! Enticing Promotions From The Golden Age Of Sweepstakes How would you like to win a new car just by purchasing a common household product, like a bar of soap? Or… even by not purchasing a product at all, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sweepstakes-Featured-Image.jpg)
![Kickstand Classic: Cooper And Norton – How The Triton or Norvin Bikes Came To Be Triton (first posted 5/25/2012) I recently ran across a little story that explained why Triton/Norvin motorcycles became so popular and what started the movement to rear engined race cars in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ggnb.jpg)

![CC Outtake: 1969 Chrysler 300 Convertible – Tokyo Leviathan (first posted 8/13/2016) Walking though our suburban Tokyo neighborhood always offers the chance of running across some exquisite, rare JDM classic – so when I spotted this on a recent […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMGP2370-1.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1990 FSC ZUK A-11 – Polish Workhorse Here’s a new one for me, and maybe you, thanks to Roshake77. The ZUK A-11 is a light truck (and van) built in Poland between 1958 and 1998 by FSC. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52277984802_88689d90f2_k.jpg)

![Vintage PR Shots: 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special and 1954 Strato Streak – Hot Flathead Inline Eight Under Their Long Hoods Poor Pontiac; until it’s superb new ohv V8 arrived in 1955, it was saddled with a flathead inline eight that dated back to…at least 1930 or so. But Corvette envy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/4024326912_b78c187785_o.jpg)
![CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer Growing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0316.jpg)

![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Not A Genuine Toyota Land Cruiser – But Who Makes It? RiveraNotario shot these in Havana, Cuba, and posted them at the Cohort, titled “Toyota Land Cruiser”. Well, it kind of sort of does look like one at a very quick, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/49526429861_ede1716b15_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1993 or 1994 Buick Roadmaster With A Chevy Caprice Door – Mix And Match Mike Hayes got a whopper here: a battered Buick Roadmaster sporting a Chevy caprice front door. How many other body parts would fit? A Chevy front clip and some Chevy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52277585139_4181ab2e8e_k.jpg)
![Vintage Ad: 1926 International Brink’s Armored Truck – Back When Everyone Got Paid In Cash I hadn’t really ever thought about how crucial armored trucks like Brink’s were back in the day when everyone got paid in cash. I used to get paid in cash, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52174157071_f2059683fa_k.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1969 AMC Ambassador – Don’t Look Too Long I’ve just spent five minutes staring at this picture, trying to make sense of it. Yes, I know; nobody ever spent that much time closely looking at a 1969 Ambassador’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52250405495_8295f00c83_k.jpg)


