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Blog Archive
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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 […] -
Curbside Maintenance: Installing A New Steel Roof, Solo
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 52 CommentsThis was my first moved house, which arrived here in late 1996. Its asphalt shingle roof was already quite old at the time, but I do not believe in replacing […] -
Car Show Classics: A Tale of Two Season-Opening Shows
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 26 CommentsBack in early May I was able to attend two very different shows in one day to kick off the summer driving season. One featured old school classics while the […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1972 Mustang: The Glue Factory Beckons
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 31 CommentsIn 2020, we fled Queens for the shore after two months of lockdown in our two-bedroom apartment, and my mornings were consumed with entertaining walks with my two-and-a-half year […] -
Automotive History: The 20 MPG 400 Cubic Inch 1967 Olds Cutlass Turnpike Cruiser
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 125 Commentsimage: oldsmobility.com (first posted 11/17/2011) It may seem like during the late sixties Detroit’s power train engineers were all just focused on ever higher maximum performance and had given up […] -
Curbside Musings, Conundrums, & QOTD: How Old Is Too Old?
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 62 CommentsLong ago my grandfather told me the older one gets, the faster time passes by. When I first heard this observation around age 15 or so, I was somewhat […] -
Facebook Find: 1971 Plymouth Satellite Wagon – A Plymouth For Roy DeSoto (and Johnny Gage)
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 38 CommentsIf you find that your conversational partners don’t understand your cultural references, you might be a 21st-century fan of the Jack Webb holy trilogy: Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency!. Webb’s shows sometimes included […] -
cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1991 Dodge Colt Vista – A Vista Of The Past
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 11 Commentsshot in Punta Arenas, Chile by Rivera Notario These used to be so common, at least in California. These were part of a major revolution of family cars; the boomers […] -
CC Racing: The Family That Races Together Stays Together
Posted on May 31, 2022 | 10 CommentsPart of being a parent is exposing your children to interesting experiences even when they are now legally adults. They can then form their own hobbies and interests with what […] -
CC Outtake: 1963 Jaguar Mark 2 3.8 Litre – Finally, A Non-Mitsuoka!
Posted on May 31, 2022 | 19 CommentsI can’t in all good conscience pretend that this post merits more than the CC Outtake tag, because it was one of those cars that was damn near impossible to […] -
Back To The USSR – Or A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Posted on May 30, 2022 | 167 Comments(First posted 5/30/2016. I’ve been rerunning posts from exactly six years earlier, and that’s when this one ran. When I came across the title in the archives, I had a […] -
CC Capsule: 1978 Nissan Gloria (330) Deluxe – Killer Vanilla
Posted on May 30, 2022 | 17 CommentsWe’ve been here before. The Nissan 330, whether wearing a Cedric or a Gloria badge, has graced these pages before. Our sorely missed Professor Andreina was an avid fan, alerting […] -
Neighbourhood Classics, 2022 Edition
Posted on May 30, 2022 | 16 CommentsIt has been a strange year of weather here in Vancouver. We really didn’t have a spring and went to summer in one day. Anyway, with better weather, the classics […] -
CC Global: 2013 Scania Tractor And 2003 Burg Semi-Trailer – Impossible To Sink Any Lower
Posted on May 29, 2022 | 16 CommentsThere’s something about Mary this semi-trailer. You can tell by the way it looks and stands that the 2013 Scania R560 V8 6×2/4 tractor isn’t just towing some run-of-the-mill, tridem […]
![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)
![Curbside Maintenance: Installing A New Steel Roof, Solo This was my first moved house, which arrived here in late 1996. Its asphalt shingle roof was already quite old at the time, but I do not believe in replacing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_8939.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: A Tale of Two Season-Opening Shows Back in early May I was able to attend two very different shows in one day to kick off the summer driving season. One featured old school classics while the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1957-Meteor-Rideau-500.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: 1972 Mustang: The Glue Factory Beckons In 2020, we fled Queens for the shore after two months of lockdown in our two-bedroom apartment, and my mornings were consumed with entertaining walks with my two-and-a-half year […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20200617_1013512.jpg)
![Automotive History: The 20 MPG 400 Cubic Inch 1967 Olds Cutlass Turnpike Cruiser image: oldsmobility.com (first posted 11/17/2011) It may seem like during the late sixties Detroit’s power train engineers were all just focused on ever higher maximum performance and had given up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Olds-Cutlass-supreme-1967.jpg)
![Curbside Musings, Conundrums, & QOTD: How Old Is Too Old? Long ago my grandfather told me the older one gets, the faster time passes by. When I first heard this observation around age 15 or so, I was somewhat […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/time-flies.jpeg)
![Facebook Find: 1971 Plymouth Satellite Wagon – A Plymouth For Roy DeSoto (and Johnny Gage) If you find that your conversational partners don’t understand your cultural references, you might be a 21st-century fan of the Jack Webb holy trilogy: Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency!. Webb’s shows sometimes included […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1971-Satellite-1.jpg)
![cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1991 Dodge Colt Vista – A Vista Of The Past shot in Punta Arenas, Chile by Rivera Notario These used to be so common, at least in California. These were part of a major revolution of family cars; the boomers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52106212512_f3acf3cabb_k.jpg)
![CC Racing: The Family That Races Together Stays Together Part of being a parent is exposing your children to interesting experiences even when they are now legally adults. They can then form their own hobbies and interests with what […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220514_111903.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1963 Jaguar Mark 2 3.8 Litre – Finally, A Non-Mitsuoka! I can’t in all good conscience pretend that this post merits more than the CC Outtake tag, because it was one of those cars that was damn near impossible to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220410_114309-copy.jpg)
![Back To The USSR – Or A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away… (First posted 5/30/2016. I’ve been rerunning posts from exactly six years earlier, and that’s when this one ran. When I came across the title in the archives, I had a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cccp.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1978 Nissan Gloria (330) Deluxe – Killer Vanilla We’ve been here before. The Nissan 330, whether wearing a Cedric or a Gloria badge, has graced these pages before. Our sorely missed Professor Andreina was an avid fan, alerting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220526_100213-copy.jpg)
![Neighbourhood Classics, 2022 Edition It has been a strange year of weather here in Vancouver. We really didn’t have a spring and went to summer in one day. Anyway, with better weather, the classics […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220513_164428-1.jpg)
![CC Global: 2013 Scania Tractor And 2003 Burg Semi-Trailer – Impossible To Sink Any Lower There’s something about Mary this semi-trailer. You can tell by the way it looks and stands that the 2013 Scania R560 V8 6×2/4 tractor isn’t just towing some run-of-the-mill, tridem […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_0086.jpg)


