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![Meeting a legend is a strange experience. If you’re an admirer, there can be too many things that pop up in your head at once, which you then try not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200504_172027-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1988 Audi Quattro – Stumped")
CC Capsule: 1988 Audi Quattro – Stumped
Posted on May 15, 2020 | 16 CommentsMeeting a legend is a strange experience. If you’re an admirer, there can be too many things that pop up in your head at once, which you then try not […] -
![A little while back I showed you a FWD car carrier with stylistic elements by Brooks Stevens that was rather unusual. Its FWD and other elements were specifically designed to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5378136764_70ee72a128_k.jpg "Car Carrier Classics: CCI “Skyscraper” Carrier, Prototype and Production Versions – The Craziest Car Carrier Ever?")
Car Carrier Classics: CCI “Skyscraper” Carrier, Prototype and Production Versions – The Craziest Car Carrier Ever?
Posted on May 15, 2020 | 19 CommentsA little while back I showed you a FWD car carrier with stylistic elements by Brooks Stevens that was rather unusual. Its FWD and other elements were specifically designed to […] -
![I was cruising through Dean Edwards’ endless downloads at the Cohort when this stopped me in my tracks. An Exner vintage car with a genuine spare tire on the trunk, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49877922286_6fba230bfc_k.jpg "Cohort Outtake: 1960 DeSoto Imitating a Chrysler 300F – No Fake Spare Tire Bulges For Me")
Cohort Outtake: 1960 DeSoto Imitating a Chrysler 300F – No Fake Spare Tire Bulges For Me
Posted on May 14, 2020 | 25 CommentsI was cruising through Dean Edwards’ endless downloads at the Cohort when this stopped me in my tracks. An Exner vintage car with a genuine spare tire on the trunk, […] -
![When Perry wrote up a 964 in 2014, I hadn’t seen one in ages. Now they’re all over the place, more common than the 993 at the moment. I’ve always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/white1.jpg "In Motion Capsule: Three 964 Targas")
In Motion Capsule: Three 964 Targas
Posted on May 13, 2020 | 9 CommentsWhen Perry wrote up a 964 in 2014, I hadn’t seen one in ages. Now they’re all over the place, more common than the 993 at the moment. I’ve always […] -
![In the long story of the Gloria, the late ‘90s were probably the most interesting for a number of reasons. As we’ve seen before, the Gloria wagon stayed in production […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200228_170623-copy.jpg "CC Twofer: 1998 Nissan Gloria (Y33) Gran Turismo Ultima & Gloria (Y30) Wagon – Dr Nissan and Ms Gloria")
CC Twofer: 1998 Nissan Gloria (Y33) Gran Turismo Ultima & Gloria (Y30) Wagon – Dr Nissan and Ms Gloria
Posted on May 13, 2020 | 14 CommentsIn the long story of the Gloria, the late ‘90s were probably the most interesting for a number of reasons. As we’ve seen before, the Gloria wagon stayed in production […] -
![This vintage car carrier shot from 1962 looks like it could well have been a 1962 Chevy promotional shot. The full range of Chevys is accounted for: a full size […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/4393979884_eba2d50aed_k.jpg "Vintage Car Carriers: Every 1962 Chevrolet Is Accounted For")
Vintage Car Carriers: Every 1962 Chevrolet Is Accounted For
Posted on May 13, 2020 | 40 CommentsThis vintage car carrier shot from 1962 looks like it could well have been a 1962 Chevy promotional shot. The full range of Chevys is accounted for: a full size […] -
![Aston Martin is a name associated with quality, not quantity, with hand built cars, engines with plates identifying the assembling technician by name, and with absolute peak of a certain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49822008181_5138513866_o.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1990 Aston Martin Virage")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1990 Aston Martin Virage
Posted on May 12, 2020 | 21 CommentsAston Martin is a name associated with quality, not quantity, with hand built cars, engines with plates identifying the assembling technician by name, and with absolute peak of a certain […] -
![Over this past winter, my family and I were taking a shortcut through the parking lot of an old service station to get to a store across the road and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1966-Ford-1.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1966 Ford Custom – The Ravages of Time")
Curbside Outtake: 1966 Ford Custom – The Ravages of Time
Posted on May 12, 2020 | 24 CommentsOver this past winter, my family and I were taking a shortcut through the parking lot of an old service station to get to a store across the road and […] -
![Since we’re on a bit of a diesel-fueled jag here, how about we take a listen (and look, although that’s secondary) to the two extreme ends of the 71 family. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video: Detroit Diesel 1-71 and 12V-71 – The Smallest “Screaming Jimmy” and The Biggest")
CC Video: Detroit Diesel 1-71 and 12V-71 – The Smallest “Screaming Jimmy” and The Biggest
Posted on May 12, 2020 | 27 CommentsSince we’re on a bit of a diesel-fueled jag here, how about we take a listen (and look, although that’s secondary) to the two extreme ends of the 71 family. […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Holden HT Kingswood
Posted on May 11, 2020 | 22 Commentsposted at the Cohort by John Cockerell -
![In the late ’50s, GM’s Detroit Diesel Division’s “Million Miler” -71 diesel engine was so superior to the competition, resulting in such market dominance that GM was forced by an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GM-mark-of-exc-2-Mediocrity.jpg "The 1978 Oldsmobile 5.7L Diesel V8 – GM’s Deadly Sin #34 – Premature Injeculation")
The 1978 Oldsmobile 5.7L Diesel V8 – GM’s Deadly Sin #34 – Premature Injeculation
Posted on May 11, 2020 | 142 CommentsIn the late ’50s, GM’s Detroit Diesel Division’s “Million Miler” -71 diesel engine was so superior to the competition, resulting in such market dominance that GM was forced by an […] -
CC TV: Motor Week Tests the 1982 Oldsmobile 98 Diesel
Posted on May 11, 2020 | 10 Comments -
![(first posted 5/28/2014. Turns out this was an option on 140 and 160 series Volvos up until 1972, but very rarely seen. And it required the column mounted shifter for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Volvo-144-Bench-Seat.jpg "A Bench Seat In A Volvo 144? Only The Swedes Get To Snuggle Up?")
A Bench Seat In A Volvo 144? Only The Swedes Get To Snuggle Up?
Posted on May 11, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted 5/28/2014. Turns out this was an option on 140 and 160 series Volvos up until 1972, but very rarely seen. And it required the column mounted shifter for […] -
![In a recent foray into the wilds of El Cerrito, I spotted this fantastic 1972 Ford Country Sedan, and a few days later came across a quite different interpretation of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200425_151456.jpg "Extreme Social Distancing Outtakes: 2015 Mitsubishi Fuso FG 4×4 or 1972 Ford Country Sedan – You Choose!")
Extreme Social Distancing Outtakes: 2015 Mitsubishi Fuso FG 4×4 or 1972 Ford Country Sedan – You Choose!
Posted on May 10, 2020 | 29 CommentsIn a recent foray into the wilds of El Cerrito, I spotted this fantastic 1972 Ford Country Sedan, and a few days later came across a quite different interpretation of […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1970 Chrysler 300
Posted on May 10, 2020 | 17 Commentsposted at the Cohort by John Lloyd
