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![(first posted 12/5/2018) When I was a child, I used to read Noddy books. For those who aren’t familiar with the Enid Blyton character, Noddy was a little wooden […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Daihatsu-Copen-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 2002-12 Daihatsu Copen – Parp Parp!")
Curbside Find: 2002-12 Daihatsu Copen – Parp Parp!
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 12/5/2018) When I was a child, I used to read Noddy books. For those who aren’t familiar with the Enid Blyton character, Noddy was a little wooden […] -
![(first posted 12/3/2018) The Vehicross has been covered at least 3 times: 2011, 2014, and 2016. Yesterday was the first time I’d seen one in many years, and it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/P_20181130_112653.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Isuzu Vehicross – Not Exactly Common, or Cheap")
Curbside Find: Isuzu Vehicross – Not Exactly Common, or Cheap
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posted 12/3/2018) The Vehicross has been covered at least 3 times: 2011, 2014, and 2016. Yesterday was the first time I’d seen one in many years, and it’s […] -
![Peter Egan has been a contributing editor to Road and Track and Cycle World magazine for so many years. His column “Side Glances” has enriched my life as an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/download-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Commentary: In Praise of Peter Egan.")
Curbside Commentary: In Praise of Peter Egan.
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 25 CommentsPeter Egan has been a contributing editor to Road and Track and Cycle World magazine for so many years. His column “Side Glances” has enriched my life as an […] -
![While the illustration above might look a lot like Chevrolet’s ubiquitous aluminum Powerglide, it’s actually a completely different transmission: the Buick-built two-speed Super Turbine 300 automatic transmission, which went into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Buick-Super-Turbine-300-automatic-transmission-640099-F05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Tech: The Buick Super Turbine 300 Automatic Transmission — Not a Powerglide")
CC Tech: The Buick Super Turbine 300 Automatic Transmission — Not a Powerglide
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 28 CommentsWhile the illustration above might look a lot like Chevrolet’s ubiquitous aluminum Powerglide, it’s actually a completely different transmission: the Buick-built two-speed Super Turbine 300 automatic transmission, which went into […] -
![I realize that I’ve made reference to my sweet tooth countless times as interwoven into my essays here at Curbside Classic, but you’ll have to indulge me (pun intended) once […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/080-1979-Chevrolet-G20-Ambulance-For-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Chevrolet G20 Ambulance – Sugar Me")
Curbside Musings: 1979 Chevrolet G20 Ambulance – Sugar Me
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 32 CommentsI realize that I’ve made reference to my sweet tooth countless times as interwoven into my essays here at Curbside Classic, but you’ll have to indulge me (pun intended) once […] -
![(first posted 12/4/2018) William Stopford entertained us with the VW1500 in a recent chapter of his epic “Obscure Rebadges From Around the World“. It was of course a rebadged Dodge […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/45241850305_82b3fb63ea_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dodge 1500 Still On the Go In Buenos Aires, Argentina – Where’s a Cricket?")
Dodge 1500 Still On the Go In Buenos Aires, Argentina – Where’s a Cricket?
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 12/4/2018) William Stopford entertained us with the VW1500 in a recent chapter of his epic “Obscure Rebadges From Around the World“. It was of course a rebadged Dodge […] -
Dockside Tech: How to Operate A 1943 Aircraft Carrier Elevator
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 50 Comments(first posted 12/2/2018) I am talking about an aircraft elevator circa 1943 on an Essex Class carrier that is still functional. -
![(first posted 12/3/2018) A late-evening stroll through Salzburg, Austria was not exactly where I expected seeing an interesting Toyota Corolla (if that’s such a thing), but indeed the hills […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/thumb_IMG_6362_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1988 Toyota Corolla 5-Door Liftback – The More Interesting Corolla?")
Curbside Find: 1988 Toyota Corolla 5-Door Liftback – The More Interesting Corolla?
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 19 Comments(first posted 12/3/2018) A late-evening stroll through Salzburg, Austria was not exactly where I expected seeing an interesting Toyota Corolla (if that’s such a thing), but indeed the hills […] -
![Recently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/south-of-rolla.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate")
Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 35 CommentsRecently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […] -
![Chet Forrest and Bob Wright wrote the song “It’s a Blue World” in 1939, for the Columbia musical Music in My Heart, and its first commercial release was by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1941-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Hyperpack-front-3q.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – It’s a Blue World")
Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – It’s a Blue World
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 21 CommentsChet Forrest and Bob Wright wrote the song “It’s a Blue World” in 1939, for the Columbia musical Music in My Heart, and its first commercial release was by […] -
![(first posted 12/2/2018) The CC Cohort is full of goodies; way too many to show all here. But this rather battered survivor of a 1968 Buick GS […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/45876008811_8d58513833_k-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1968 Buick GS California – Far From Home")
Cohort Classic: 1968 Buick GS California – Far From Home
Posted on December 1, 2024 | 38 Comments(first posted 12/2/2018) The CC Cohort is full of goodies; way too many to show all here. But this rather battered survivor of a 1968 Buick GS […] -
![Wouldn’t you have been tempted by a new Falcon with a hot 166hp 3.6 L (221 cubic inch) six, a four speed on the floor and some nice wheels instead […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/54169757711_e4569555e0_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: 1960s and 1980s Ford Falcons – They Were Still Being Built In Argentina Until 1991")
Curbside Finds: 1960s and 1980s Ford Falcons – They Were Still Being Built In Argentina Until 1991
Posted on December 1, 2024 | 30 CommentsWouldn’t you have been tempted by a new Falcon with a hot 166hp 3.6 L (221 cubic inch) six, a four speed on the floor and some nice wheels instead […] -
![Two Swedish infrastructure workers with a 10×4*6 drivetrain, air suspension all around, and a gross weight rating of 47 tonnes (103,600 lbs). And both of them are equipped with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3194.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Volvo FM460 And 2024 Scania R530 V8 – Attention Grabbers")
CC Global: 2021 Volvo FM460 And 2024 Scania R530 V8 – Attention Grabbers
Posted on December 1, 2024 | 10 CommentsTwo Swedish infrastructure workers with a 10×4*6 drivetrain, air suspension all around, and a gross weight rating of 47 tonnes (103,600 lbs). And both of them are equipped with a […] -
![Few things make me happier than to see one of my former curbside classic daily drivers still at it. I first spotted this ’67 Bonneville over ten years ago in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_2458.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On-The-Go Catch: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville Daily Driver Still Going Strong")
On-The-Go Catch: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville Daily Driver Still Going Strong
Posted on December 1, 2024 | 12 CommentsFew things make me happier than to see one of my former curbside classic daily drivers still at it. I first spotted this ’67 Bonneville over ten years ago in […] -
![(first posted 1/5/2013) I never knew my paternal grandfather—he died when my Dad was just 16, but from the stories I’ve heard, he was instrumental in setting up the Air […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/800px-SR_Caravelle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Photo Album Outtake: 1957 Sud Aviation Caravelle—Dawn of the Modern Commercial Jet")
Photo Album Outtake: 1957 Sud Aviation Caravelle—Dawn of the Modern Commercial Jet
Posted on November 30, 2024 | 56 Comments(first posted 1/5/2013) I never knew my paternal grandfather—he died when my Dad was just 16, but from the stories I’ve heard, he was instrumental in setting up the Air […]
