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Blog Archive
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Cohort Outtake: A Study In Contrasts
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 21 CommentsTim Finn posted some shots from a recent Cars and Coffee event in Portland, and this is what caught my eye. It takes the typical low sedan – high 4×4 […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 41 CommentsFor the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […] -
Cadillac Day Finale: This Is the One For Me – 1955 Series 62 Convertible
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 51 CommentsIt’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […] -
Cohort Outtake: But Shouldn’t the License Plate Frame Be “Cimarron by Cadillac”?
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 60 CommentsFoden Alpha left this comment with these pictures of his 1986 Cimarron: Finally decided to put on my custom made license plate frame for my Cimarron that I ordered last […] -
Dash-Cam Outtake: One Old Chevrolet Astro – Wait, Two. No, Three!
Posted on March 16, 2019 | 11 CommentsI know GM Safari/Astro twins are nothing special to US readers of this website, but this video comes to you from far-away Israel, where, once upon a time, while these […] -
CC Outtake: 1999 Ford SVT Contour
Posted on March 16, 2019 | 23 CommentsAs soon as I turned the corner I saw this car parked on the left hand side and its low chin immediately caught my eye: an SVT Contour! I just […] -
CC Newsstand: Tesla Debuts The Model Y, Outlines Its Plans For Gigafactory 3, Cadillac Decides To Slap Metric Torque Figures On Its Vehicles
Posted on March 15, 2019 | 62 CommentsLate last night Elon Musk revealed the long anticipated Model Y. Essentially a crossover variant of the Model 3, the Y will be the second least expensive Tesla and the […] -
Trackside Classic: St Pancras Station – Industrial Revolution Meets Gothic Revival
Posted on March 14, 2019 | 30 CommentsBritain has no shortage of wonderful railway stations large and small – London Paddington, York, Newcastle Central, Glasgow Central and Bristol Temple Meads all have their fans among the larger […] -
Ralf K Outtakes: There Are Still Vegas On the Streets in Puyallup, WA
Posted on March 14, 2019 | 33 CommentsLooks like Ralf K. (Don Kincl) could have won our Great Vega Hunt recently with these two finds in his hometown of Puyallup, WA. This fine ’73 (I think) Kammback’s […] -
Herbie Turns 50. But the Really Big Celebration Happens When He Turns 53
Posted on March 13, 2019 | 41 CommentsJim Klein let me know about Herbie’s 50th birthday. We both thought we had done a proper post on that important piece of popular culture before here, to re-run. Turns […] -
Ralf K Outtake: 1942 De Soto – Hidden Headlight Pioneer
Posted on March 13, 2019 | 34 CommentsAnother car makes its first appearance at CC, except for its headlights, which are of course hidden behind their flip-up covers. Dubbed “Airfoil” headlights, the De Soto’s were the second […] -
Ralf K Outtake: 1951 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Hardtop Coupe – Awaiting Resurrection, Hopefully
Posted on March 13, 2019 | 19 CommentsWe’ve looked at a few step-down Hudsons here over the years, but never a Hollywood hardtop coupe. Now this one that Ralf K (Don Kincl) shot and posted is pretty […] -
Swap Meet Classics – My Turn as a Vendor
Posted on March 12, 2019 | 8 CommentsI always enjoy attending the local swap meet that runs every year in mid-February here in Lethbridge. I am sure part of the attraction is that it occurs in the […] -
Ralf K Outtake/QOTD: What’s the Connection Between These Three?
Posted on March 12, 2019 | 22 CommentsHint: it has to do with the nickname of one of these cars, which is what ties them to the others. -
Cohort Outtake: The Hybrid Ford Pickup
Posted on March 12, 2019 | 15 CommentsSo what’s going on here? We covered the mismatched Ford pickups here a while back, the ones that used the previous generation’s bed. But this is taking it a whole […]
![Cohort Outtake: A Study In Contrasts Tim Finn posted some shots from a recent Cars and Coffee event in Portland, and this is what caught my eye. It takes the typical low sedan – high 4×4 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/33520389208_66d07d6e06_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda For the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190310_130209.jpg)
![Cadillac Day Finale: This Is the One For Me – 1955 Series 62 Convertible It’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-236-186.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: But Shouldn’t the License Plate Frame Be “Cimarron by Cadillac”? Foden Alpha left this comment with these pictures of his 1986 Cimarron: Finally decided to put on my custom made license plate frame for my Cimarron that I ordered last […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a-cim-3.jpg)
![Dash-Cam Outtake: One Old Chevrolet Astro – Wait, Two. No, Three! I know GM Safari/Astro twins are nothing special to US readers of this website, but this video comes to you from far-away Israel, where, once upon a time, while these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Untitled.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1999 Ford SVT Contour As soon as I turned the corner I saw this car parked on the left hand side and its low chin immediately caught my eye: an SVT Contour! I just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SVT-Contour-Front.jpg)
![CC Newsstand: Tesla Debuts The Model Y, Outlines Its Plans For Gigafactory 3, Cadillac Decides To Slap Metric Torque Figures On Its Vehicles Late last night Elon Musk revealed the long anticipated Model Y. Essentially a crossover variant of the Model 3, the Y will be the second least expensive Tesla and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screenshot_2019-03-15-Model-Y-Tesla.jpg)
![Trackside Classic: St Pancras Station – Industrial Revolution Meets Gothic Revival Britain has no shortage of wonderful railway stations large and small – London Paddington, York, Newcastle Central, Glasgow Central and Bristol Temple Meads all have their fans among the larger […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/st-pancras-roof.jpg)
![Ralf K Outtakes: There Are Still Vegas On the Streets in Puyallup, WA Looks like Ralf K. (Don Kincl) could have won our Great Vega Hunt recently with these two finds in his hometown of Puyallup, WA. This fine ’73 (I think) Kammback’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/35713917301_eb7a81acec_k.jpg)
![Herbie Turns 50. But the Really Big Celebration Happens When He Turns 53 Jim Klein let me know about Herbie’s 50th birthday. We both thought we had done a proper post on that important piece of popular culture before here, to re-run. Turns […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/VW-Herbie-movie.jpg)
![Ralf K Outtake: 1942 De Soto – Hidden Headlight Pioneer Another car makes its first appearance at CC, except for its headlights, which are of course hidden behind their flip-up covers. Dubbed “Airfoil” headlights, the De Soto’s were the second […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/45780451844_0e16d2a090_k.jpg)
![Ralf K Outtake: 1951 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Hardtop Coupe – Awaiting Resurrection, Hopefully We’ve looked at a few step-down Hudsons here over the years, but never a Hollywood hardtop coupe. Now this one that Ralf K (Don Kincl) shot and posted is pretty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/46452693412_b07de499a8_k.jpg)
![Swap Meet Classics – My Turn as a Vendor I always enjoy attending the local swap meet that runs every year in mid-February here in Lethbridge. I am sure part of the attraction is that it occurs in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ford-Model-T.jpg)

![Cohort Outtake: The Hybrid Ford Pickup So what’s going on here? We covered the mismatched Ford pickups here a while back, the ones that used the previous generation’s bed. But this is taking it a whole […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/45591412375_de20facc12_k.jpg)


