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![True confessions: I’ve been wanting a ’55 Chevy since…just about forever. I first fell for it on the streets of Innsbruck when a tourist or GI parked theirs in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Chevrolet-1955-business-coupefinal.jpg "My New Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet 150 Business Coupe – Look What Santa Left For Me")
My New Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet 150 Business Coupe – Look What Santa Left For Me
Posted on March 26, 2021 | 60 CommentsTrue confessions: I’ve been wanting a ’55 Chevy since…just about forever. I first fell for it on the streets of Innsbruck when a tourist or GI parked theirs in the […] -
![The open land between my region’s towns and villages is a low flying zone for the helicopters of our Royal Air Force. This must be an AS-532U2 Cougar Mk2, built […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9485.jpg "In Motion Outtake: Low Flying Zone Barnstormer")
In Motion Outtake: Low Flying Zone Barnstormer
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 9 CommentsThe open land between my region’s towns and villages is a low flying zone for the helicopters of our Royal Air Force. This must be an AS-532U2 Cougar Mk2, built […] -
![In today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Buco3.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe")
Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 20 CommentsIn today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […] -
![I knew that Chrysler was the last premium brand to offer a three-passenger coupe in 1948, but I rather thought it was just more like a business coupe. That modest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/48833532011_64487e0572_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1941 Chrysler Highlander Three-Passenger Coupe – Not Just A Mere Business Coupe")
Vintage Ad: 1941 Chrysler Highlander Three-Passenger Coupe – Not Just A Mere Business Coupe
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 25 CommentsI knew that Chrysler was the last premium brand to offer a three-passenger coupe in 1948, but I rather thought it was just more like a business coupe. That modest […] -
![Another fish face out of water! Yes, it was fun to meet this one in the centre of the Japanese megalopolis I currently call home. But then, I should have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210218_113045-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1997 Lancia Y – Well, I Don’t See Y Not")
CC Capsule: 1997 Lancia Y – Well, I Don’t See Y Not
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 16 CommentsAnother fish face out of water! Yes, it was fun to meet this one in the centre of the Japanese megalopolis I currently call home. But then, I should have […] -
![This ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49029698077_b2bbd27b47_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!")
Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 54 CommentsThis ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […] -
![(first posted 3/23/2015) In contrast to Gerardo’s entry last week on the Cimarron, which was perhaps the nadir of the Cadillac brand, I’d like to present an example of “Peak […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-cad.jpg "Museum Classic: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Nothing Missing but the Garage Space")
Museum Classic: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Nothing Missing but the Garage Space
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 3/23/2015) In contrast to Gerardo’s entry last week on the Cimarron, which was perhaps the nadir of the Cadillac brand, I’d like to present an example of “Peak […] -
![Only 8.40 m (27’7”) long, yet rated at a colossal gross weight of 34,500 kg (76,059 lbs). That’s the absolute road legal maximum for any chassis with just three axles. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9462.jpg "In Motion Outtake: 2012 Terberg 6×6 Dump Truck – BMI Calculator Says Obese")
In Motion Outtake: 2012 Terberg 6×6 Dump Truck – BMI Calculator Says Obese
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 12 CommentsOnly 8.40 m (27’7”) long, yet rated at a colossal gross weight of 34,500 kg (76,059 lbs). That’s the absolute road legal maximum for any chassis with just three axles. […] -
![It’s about time I found a Mazda worth writing up. I couldn’t, so this one will have to do. The few older representatives of the marque that are encountered on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210307_150156-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1991 Mazda Capella (GD) GLX Cargo Wagon – Outstandingly Unremarkable")
CC Capsule: 1991 Mazda Capella (GD) GLX Cargo Wagon – Outstandingly Unremarkable
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 9 CommentsIt’s about time I found a Mazda worth writing up. I couldn’t, so this one will have to do. The few older representatives of the marque that are encountered on […] -
![I continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49953212848_b80893be45_k-1.jpg "Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959")
Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 33 CommentsI continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […] -
![CC reader Ted M. sent me this incredible gallery of mostly old Chryslers he found at a “dealership” in Fredericksburg, Texas. Did they go out of business in 1964? Or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0410.jpg "Photo Gallery: Amazing Collection Of (Mainly) Old Chryslers – Mother Mopar’s Retirement Home")
Photo Gallery: Amazing Collection Of (Mainly) Old Chryslers – Mother Mopar’s Retirement Home
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 30 CommentsCC reader Ted M. sent me this incredible gallery of mostly old Chryslers he found at a “dealership” in Fredericksburg, Texas. Did they go out of business in 1964? Or […] -
![Here’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49232213117_6c09d87612_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”")
Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 69 CommentsHere’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […] -
![396. Say it aloud. It’s an easy number to like, an easy number to sell; its intonation suggests malignity. John Milton eulogized William Shakespeare in 1630 by lauding the way […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/111_0486.jpg "Racetrack Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – Jukebox Hero?")
Racetrack Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – Jukebox Hero?
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 54 Comments396. Say it aloud. It’s an easy number to like, an easy number to sell; its intonation suggests malignity. John Milton eulogized William Shakespeare in 1630 by lauding the way […] -
![(first posted 9/22/2011) One of the best classic television shows for the car nut is the ABC supernatural sitcom Bewitched. Beyond the magical spells and campy acting was some of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-chevelle.jpg "Curbside Culture: The Chevrolets of Bewitched – Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered")
Curbside Culture: The Chevrolets of Bewitched – Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 129 Comments(first posted 9/22/2011) One of the best classic television shows for the car nut is the ABC supernatural sitcom Bewitched. Beyond the magical spells and campy acting was some of […] -
![Nash made a lot of hay from its fold down seats that converted into a bed. All of the ads and brochure shots from the 1950s show very chaste scenes, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49383526411_0afbbf75d8_k.jpg "Nash Car Camping in 1940, Evening and Morning – What’s On His Mind?")
Nash Car Camping in 1940, Evening and Morning – What’s On His Mind?
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 30 CommentsNash made a lot of hay from its fold down seats that converted into a bed. All of the ads and brochure shots from the 1950s show very chaste scenes, […]
