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CC Capsule: 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Convertible – Fancy Some Bubbly?
Posted on June 7, 2022 | 24 CommentsThey really have broad tastes, in this city. Classic kei cars, German luxobarges, French hatchbacks, Italian racers – you can find anything on the street if you look hard enough […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Mercedes X-Class Pickup – Daimler’s Blackwood
Posted on June 7, 2022 | 33 Commentsposted at the Cohort by crash71100 Premium brand pickups (so far) have been a bust. The Lincoln Blackwood was the Edsel of pickups, and the later Mark LT wasn’t a […] -
Curbside Outtake: Silly Spoilered Smart
Posted on June 6, 2022 | 10 CommentsSaw this Smart parked all winter in the same spot, but couple weeks ago it moved. Amusing to see someone bothered to fit a spoiler on one of the slowest […] -
CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part Two
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 15 CommentsAbout 20 years ago, I found myself at the Iowa 80 Truckstop for my very first photoreport. No, not really. I caught these classic US long noses after a 50 […] -
Vintage Trucks: A Colorful Gallery Of Old Diesel Semi-Trucks And Their Exhaust Stacks – Starting With The Smallest Muffler Ever
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 46 CommentsDick Copello’s Flickr page has an album of old Ron Adams shots, all taken on PA Rt. 22 (now I-78), all shot in the sixties. They’re all wonderful shots of […] -
Junkyard Outtake: Let’s Play Wheel Of Fortune!
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 30 CommentsThe CC version of Wheel Of Fortune differs from the real game show mainly in that there is no prize except for bragging rights. But keep in mind nobody likes […] -
Dealer Classic: Planning Automobile Dealer Properties – GM’s Postwar Vision
Posted on June 4, 2022 | 66 Comments(first posted 6/4/2016) In 1948, the postwar boom was in full swing. After almost 20 years of Depression and wartime rationing, people were buying – cars, homes, TVs, you name […] -
CC Capsule: 1938 Steyr 200 – It’s Not Polite to Steyr
Posted on June 4, 2022 | 21 CommentsOne sunny afternoon in the third week of September 2007, I arrived at my hotel near the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) after a train ride from the airport; a […] -
Curbside Conundrum: My Mystery Mercedes 230E 2.8 or: What’s In A Name?
Posted on June 4, 2022 | 18 CommentsDuring my bicycle commute to work, on many a morning I pass a very peculiar Mercedes W124 with a model designation that I had never heard of before: 230E 2.8. […] -
Caption Contest: Toyota Tercel “TRD” Wagon In Front Of Outhouse
Posted on June 4, 2022 | 34 CommentsOnce upon a time we used to have Caption Contests here. Finding this Tercel wagon with a “TRD” sticker in this locale rather begs for another. -
Variations On The Theme Of A 1970 Malibu By Curtis Perry
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 60 Comments(first posted 6/3/2016) Curtis Perry has uploaded a slew of splendid images of a 1970 Malibu, shot in various locales. They’re all terrific, and I’ve picked about half of them […] -
In Motion Classic: 1988 Suzuki Samurai – If I Just Save All My Money…
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 6/3/2016) I spotted this Suzuki Samurai in traffic just a few weeks ago. With “WASH ME” etched presumably by finger into the mud caked onto the passenger side […] -
Curbside Oddity: A Road Train Of A Different Sort
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 17 CommentsOn my recent passage to Oakridge, in addition to stopping for the Peugeot 505, I decided to drive around town a bit for some drive-by shootings. Those will be up […] -
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] -
CC Capsule: Gremlins
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 62 Comments(first posted 6/2/2016) The AMC Gremlin’s quirky styling and name have become increasingly rarely seen and heard more than three decades after the demise of the Gremlin and its similarly […]
![CC Capsule: 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Convertible – Fancy Some Bubbly? They really have broad tastes, in this city. Classic kei cars, German luxobarges, French hatchbacks, Italian racers – you can find anything on the street if you look hard enough […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220501_123400-copy.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Mercedes X-Class Pickup – Daimler’s Blackwood posted at the Cohort by crash71100 Premium brand pickups (so far) have been a bust. The Lincoln Blackwood was the Edsel of pickups, and the later Mark LT wasn’t a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/52116139532_5ac7f53fb4_k.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Silly Spoilered Smart Saw this Smart parked all winter in the same spot, but couple weeks ago it moved. Amusing to see someone bothered to fit a spoiler on one of the slowest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220420_163635.jpg)
![CC Global: 2022 Truck Show Milheeze – Part Two About 20 years ago, I found myself at the Iowa 80 Truckstop for my very first photoreport. No, not really. I caught these classic US long noses after a 50 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0069.jpg)
![Vintage Trucks: A Colorful Gallery Of Old Diesel Semi-Trucks And Their Exhaust Stacks – Starting With The Smallest Muffler Ever Dick Copello’s Flickr page has an album of old Ron Adams shots, all taken on PA Rt. 22 (now I-78), all shot in the sixties. They’re all wonderful shots of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/47082257732_df086902e8_k.jpg)
![Junkyard Outtake: Let’s Play Wheel Of Fortune! The CC version of Wheel Of Fortune differs from the real game show mainly in that there is no prize except for bragging rights. But keep in mind nobody likes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0246.jpg)
![Dealer Classic: Planning Automobile Dealer Properties – GM’s Postwar Vision (first posted 6/4/2016) In 1948, the postwar boom was in full swing. After almost 20 years of Depression and wartime rationing, people were buying – cars, homes, TVs, you name […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/04171602-e1461554763424.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1938 Steyr 200 – It’s Not Polite to Steyr One sunny afternoon in the third week of September 2007, I arrived at my hotel near the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) after a train ride from the airport; a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Steyr_200_rear-wiki.jpg)
![Curbside Conundrum: My Mystery Mercedes 230E 2.8 or: What’s In A Name? During my bicycle commute to work, on many a morning I pass a very peculiar Mercedes W124 with a model designation that I had never heard of before: 230E 2.8. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220602_084246.jpg)

![Variations On The Theme Of A 1970 Malibu By Curtis Perry (first posted 6/3/2016) Curtis Perry has uploaded a slew of splendid images of a 1970 Malibu, shot in various locales. They’re all terrific, and I’ve picked about half of them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bbbbvc.jpg)
![In Motion Classic: 1988 Suzuki Samurai – If I Just Save All My Money… (first posted 6/3/2016) I spotted this Suzuki Samurai in traffic just a few weeks ago. With “WASH ME” etched presumably by finger into the mud caked onto the passenger side […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1988-Suzuki-Samurai-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Oddity: A Road Train Of A Different Sort On my recent passage to Oakridge, in addition to stopping for the Peugeot 505, I decided to drive around town a bit for some drive-by shootings. Those will be up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_9083.jpg)
![Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road The other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_2659.jpeg)
![CC Capsule: Gremlins (first posted 6/2/2016) The AMC Gremlin’s quirky styling and name have become increasingly rarely seen and heard more than three decades after the demise of the Gremlin and its similarly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gggrmnn.jpg)


