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![posted by canadiancatgreen Even as a six or seven year-old kid at the time, I knew that GM’s 1959 cars were a nadir. Where could this direction possibly go, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50588240747_48162cb845_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1961 Buick Electra 225 Riviera Sedan – A Bit Less Longer, Lower, Wider")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1961 Buick Electra 225 Riviera Sedan – A Bit Less Longer, Lower, Wider
Posted on December 14, 2020 | 28 Commentsposted by canadiancatgreen Even as a six or seven year-old kid at the time, I knew that GM’s 1959 cars were a nadir. Where could this direction possibly go, […] -
![I neither knew that the DKW Munga was sold in the US, or that it was called the Bronco here. Undoubtedly, sales were very modest, at best. But the Munga […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/5294793628_b5bf3cf777_k.jpg "Vintage Brochure: The DKW Bronco – Before There Was A Ford Bronco")
Vintage Brochure: The DKW Bronco – Before There Was A Ford Bronco
Posted on December 13, 2020 | 5 CommentsI neither knew that the DKW Munga was sold in the US, or that it was called the Bronco here. Undoubtedly, sales were very modest, at best. But the Munga […] -
![I was sitting in the parking lot of Albertsons, waiting for my son when I spotted this in the next row over. Wow; it’s been a while. And it’s even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-432-013.jpg "Parking Lot Outtake: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – What Kind Of Person Is Still Driving One Today?")
Parking Lot Outtake: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – What Kind Of Person Is Still Driving One Today?
Posted on December 13, 2020 | 57 CommentsI was sitting in the parking lot of Albertsons, waiting for my son when I spotted this in the next row over. Wow; it’s been a while. And it’s even […] -
![Building contractors (especially the self-employed and small companies), landscapers and house furnishers, among others, have been doing really well in the strange times we all live in. So logically, their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_9161.jpg "CC Global: Light Commercial Vehicles – Vans, Trucks, Tractors And (Semi-) Trailers")
CC Global: Light Commercial Vehicles – Vans, Trucks, Tractors And (Semi-) Trailers
Posted on December 13, 2020 | 17 CommentsBuilding contractors (especially the self-employed and small companies), landscapers and house furnishers, among others, have been doing really well in the strange times we all live in. So logically, their […] -
![(first posted 12/12/2014, before Joseph Dennis became a regular contributor) This ’70 Cyclone sports one of the most memorable faces of the classic muscle-car era, with its deeply sculpted grille […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-merc.jpg "Cohort Outtake: 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT – Now That’s A Face One Doesn’t Readily Forget")
Cohort Outtake: 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT – Now That’s A Face One Doesn’t Readily Forget
Posted on December 12, 2020 | 45 Comments(first posted 12/12/2014, before Joseph Dennis became a regular contributor) This ’70 Cyclone sports one of the most memorable faces of the classic muscle-car era, with its deeply sculpted grille […] -
![From the 1970 Chevrolet Accessories Brochure. It confirms that Chevrolet pulled the plug on a convertible version quite late. But a number have been built in private hands, using Chevelle […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/3827579924_97b9a8f99e_o.jpg "Vintage Brochure: The 1970 Monte Carlo Convertible That Wasn’t")
Vintage Brochure: The 1970 Monte Carlo Convertible That Wasn’t
Posted on December 12, 2020 | 34 CommentsFrom the 1970 Chevrolet Accessories Brochure. It confirms that Chevrolet pulled the plug on a convertible version quite late. But a number have been built in private hands, using Chevelle […] -
![(first posted 12/1//2014) The 1971-76 General Motors B- and C-body cars are very polarizing. You either love them or can’t stand them. I’m in the former camp, and especially when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/146.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1976 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – The Last 1959 Cadillac")
Car Show Classic: 1976 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – The Last 1959 Cadillac
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 158 Comments(first posted 12/1//2014) The 1971-76 General Motors B- and C-body cars are very polarizing. You either love them or can’t stand them. I’m in the former camp, and especially when […] -
![One of these days one of us here should do a history on turn signals. I know that in Europe, semaphores were required starting in the 1930s or so. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/turn-signal-hand-1920s.jpg "Vintage Gizmo: 1920s Miller Retractable Hand Signaling Device For Trucks Or Cars")
Vintage Gizmo: 1920s Miller Retractable Hand Signaling Device For Trucks Or Cars
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 23 CommentsOne of these days one of us here should do a history on turn signals. I know that in Europe, semaphores were required starting in the 1930s or so. I […] -
![I’m on a bit of a Studebaker jag, thanks to Cohort John Lloyd’s large collection. And this is something special, the 1952 Starliner hardtop. It was a one-year wonder, as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/8106419278_f0cc835c8f_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1952 Studebaker Champion Starliner Hardtop Coupe – The First One Year Wonder")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1952 Studebaker Champion Starliner Hardtop Coupe – The First One Year Wonder
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 24 CommentsI’m on a bit of a Studebaker jag, thanks to Cohort John Lloyd’s large collection. And this is something special, the 1952 Starliner hardtop. It was a one-year wonder, as […] -
![Plenty of Chevy (conversion) vans around here, at least enough to say that these are not really special. But this rather sinister looking beastie might well be the first cutaway […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_9288.jpg "CC Outtake: 1986 Chevrolet G30 Cutaway Hi-Cube Van – Unheimlich")
CC Outtake: 1986 Chevrolet G30 Cutaway Hi-Cube Van – Unheimlich
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 21 CommentsPlenty of Chevy (conversion) vans around here, at least enough to say that these are not really special. But this rather sinister looking beastie might well be the first cutaway […] -
![I should have known, but it didn’t occur to me that they would use road trains to transport cars in Australia. And here’s one to prove it, a 1973 White […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/7654516212_2eeb349c77_k.jpg "Car Carrier of the Day: Australian Road Train")
Car Carrier of the Day: Australian Road Train
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 39 CommentsI should have known, but it didn’t occur to me that they would use road trains to transport cars in Australia. And here’s one to prove it, a 1973 White […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Stripped Car, NYC, 1984”
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 40 Commentsby Don Kincl -
![This is not the typical Pontiac ad of the era. Pontiac was the excitement division, and their ads played that up to the hilt. So where did this run? Good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/49993723636_401c6a87ae_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1968 Pontiac Catalina Two-Door Stripper For $2945 – Grandma Approves")
Vintage Ad: 1968 Pontiac Catalina Two-Door Stripper For $2945 – Grandma Approves
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 48 CommentsThis is not the typical Pontiac ad of the era. Pontiac was the excitement division, and their ads played that up to the hilt. So where did this run? Good […] -
![Call it CC Effect if you will, but I found yet another virtually-extinct Forward Look artifact on eBay. It’s another first for Curbside, a 1958 De Soto Firesweep sedan. Not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/s-l16001-1-e1607455432542.jpg "eBay Classic: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Sedan – Solid Rose Beige")
eBay Classic: 1958 DeSoto Firesweep Sedan – Solid Rose Beige
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 33 CommentsCall it CC Effect if you will, but I found yet another virtually-extinct Forward Look artifact on eBay. It’s another first for Curbside, a 1958 De Soto Firesweep sedan. Not […] -
![Isn’t that a handsome beast? At first, I thought I didn’t know Mack built vans. But I quickly realized that this isn’t really a van as we think of it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50091415853_6426c9251c_b.jpg "Vintage Truck of the Day: 1935-1936 Mack CJ – The Streamlined Mack of Vans")
Vintage Truck of the Day: 1935-1936 Mack CJ – The Streamlined Mack of Vans
Posted on December 9, 2020 | 17 CommentsIsn’t that a handsome beast? At first, I thought I didn’t know Mack built vans. But I quickly realized that this isn’t really a van as we think of it […]
