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![I caught this bright yellow and red Big Toy at the 2017 DAF Museum Days. Last year its owner ordered 15 of these, plus another 10 Mercedes-Benz 8×4 trucks. Yes, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4960.jpg "CC Global: 2016 DAF CF 8×4 Truck – No Concrete Plans This Weekend")
CC Global: 2016 DAF CF 8×4 Truck – No Concrete Plans This Weekend
Posted on October 1, 2017 | 14 CommentsI caught this bright yellow and red Big Toy at the 2017 DAF Museum Days. Last year its owner ordered 15 of these, plus another 10 Mercedes-Benz 8×4 trucks. Yes, […] -
![One thing we all learn about car ownership, sometimes with a first car, sometime not, is knowing when to change. Sometimes we time it right, sometimes not and sometimes we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC01882-2.jpg "CC Long Term – 2011 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4TDCi: Knowing When To Stick Or Twist")
CC Long Term – 2011 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4TDCi: Knowing When To Stick Or Twist
Posted on September 30, 2017 | 55 CommentsOne thing we all learn about car ownership, sometimes with a first car, sometime not, is knowing when to change. Sometimes we time it right, sometimes not and sometimes we […] -
Cohort Outtake: “Junked Packard Request Prototype?”
Posted on September 30, 2017 | 35 CommentsStephen Pellegrino posted this shot from 1989 at the Cohort, with this caption: “Junked Packard Request Prototype?” The answer is: -
![Today’s CC/apologia on the Pontiac Aztek by Will Stopford had a true gem for its top/cover shot: the Aztek with its body/platform donor, a Pontiac Montana minivan, passing right by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pontiac-aztek-coyoacan-2-1.jpg "Curbie Award Nomination for Best CC Cover Shot – Pontiac Aztek and Montana")
Curbie Award Nomination for Best CC Cover Shot – Pontiac Aztek and Montana
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 18 CommentsToday’s CC/apologia on the Pontiac Aztek by Will Stopford had a true gem for its top/cover shot: the Aztek with its body/platform donor, a Pontiac Montana minivan, passing right by […] -
![It isn’t just pricey real estate. Ford introduced the F-450 Limited 4×4 at the Texas State Fair last Thursday, and its MSRP is $87,100, including shipping. With popular options, that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=4,height=4,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ford-F450-2018.jpg "You Know The Economic Cycle Is Peaking When Pickups Sell For $100k")
You Know The Economic Cycle Is Peaking When Pickups Sell For $100k
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 89 CommentsIt isn’t just pricey real estate. Ford introduced the F-450 Limited 4×4 at the Texas State Fair last Thursday, and its MSRP is $87,100, including shipping. With popular options, that […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Commuting in the 1970s
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsNothing makes drivers MAD-der than the frustrations of commuting. What was awful then is worse now. -
![Working for a brand like MINI, where there literally are over 10 million possible combinations when it comes to customizing a MINI down to the bodystyle, trim level, body color, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_3151.jpg "QOTD: Have You Ever Special Ordered A New Car?")
QOTD: Have You Ever Special Ordered A New Car?
Posted on September 28, 2017 | 126 CommentsWorking for a brand like MINI, where there literally are over 10 million possible combinations when it comes to customizing a MINI down to the bodystyle, trim level, body color, […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2013) If a Cavalier Rally Sport isn’t quite the real thing for you, how about a Firebird Really Sport? It’s a very rare special version of the Firebird, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-39-045-900.jpg "CC Outtake Gold: Pontiac Firebird Really Sport – Maybe My Favorite Find Ever")
CC Outtake Gold: Pontiac Firebird Really Sport – Maybe My Favorite Find Ever
Posted on September 28, 2017 | 84 Comments(first posted 5/11/2013) If a Cavalier Rally Sport isn’t quite the real thing for you, how about a Firebird Really Sport? It’s a very rare special version of the Firebird, […] -
![Old Econolines are perpetually cool, or hip, depending on the preferred adjective. So it didn’t surprise me to run into one on my short amble in one of Portland’s neighborhoods. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CC-338-030.jpg "Portlandia Outtake: Ford Econoline (gen1) Mild Custom – Graysicle")
Portlandia Outtake: Ford Econoline (gen1) Mild Custom – Graysicle
Posted on September 28, 2017 | 18 CommentsOld Econolines are perpetually cool, or hip, depending on the preferred adjective. So it didn’t surprise me to run into one on my short amble in one of Portland’s neighborhoods. […] -
![Here’s a very generous clue for you to work with… some bits may be familiar, others, not so much. Remember, please submit your guess without photos, so everyone gets a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/clue.jpg "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on September 27, 2017 | 51 CommentsHere’s a very generous clue for you to work with… some bits may be familiar, others, not so much. Remember, please submit your guess without photos, so everyone gets a […] -
![We’ve had several major features on the CCs of Cuba, but this has to be the oldest one we’ve seen so far that’s still at work on the street. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/37081629170_78078a8d6a_b.jpg "Cuba Outtakes: 1938 Ford Still Hard at Work, Along With a DKW, a Pair of 404s and a Studebaker")
Cuba Outtakes: 1938 Ford Still Hard at Work, Along With a DKW, a Pair of 404s and a Studebaker
Posted on September 27, 2017 | 20 CommentsWe’ve had several major features on the CCs of Cuba, but this has to be the oldest one we’ve seen so far that’s still at work on the street. This […] -
![We’ve covered the development of the “out there” 1959 Cadillac and other GM cars a number of time, and this SIA article reprint really tells it well. GM designers were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Cadillac-1959-brougham-14.jpg "Want a “Truly Beautiful” 1959 Cadillac? Then the Brougham Might Be Just Your Thing – Suddenly It’s 1961!")
Want a “Truly Beautiful” 1959 Cadillac? Then the Brougham Might Be Just Your Thing – Suddenly It’s 1961!
Posted on September 26, 2017 | 95 CommentsWe’ve covered the development of the “out there” 1959 Cadillac and other GM cars a number of time, and this SIA article reprint really tells it well. GM designers were […] -
![Take a look at this photo- anything strikes you? I mean, besides the new-in-Israel Skoda Kodiaq SUV. Not really a trick question, it’s quite a rare sight, not only the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170926_062528.jpg "CC Outtake: 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4 Convertible – A Surprise Find Near Home")
CC Outtake: 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4 Convertible – A Surprise Find Near Home
Posted on September 26, 2017 | 12 CommentsTake a look at this photo- anything strikes you? I mean, besides the new-in-Israel Skoda Kodiaq SUV. Not really a trick question, it’s quite a rare sight, not only the […] -
![The Japanese may have experimented heavily in the 1980s with technology like four-wheel steering and turbocharging, but they were agonizingly slow at responding to the minivan concept promulgated by Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mitsubishi-starwagon-and-toyota-spacia.jpg "CC Capsule: 1986-2001 Mitsubishi Starwagon & 1993-96 Toyota Spacia – The Japanese Get It Wrong For Once")
CC Capsule: 1986-2001 Mitsubishi Starwagon & 1993-96 Toyota Spacia – The Japanese Get It Wrong For Once
Posted on September 25, 2017 | 22 CommentsThe Japanese may have experimented heavily in the 1980s with technology like four-wheel steering and turbocharging, but they were agonizingly slow at responding to the minivan concept promulgated by Chrysler […] -
![In everyone’s lives, there are a handful of moments in which the figurative lightbulb illuminates in one’s head. One of mine began illuminating in late 1979 or early 1980 when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roscoe-and-enos.jpg "An Introduction To Practicality, Automotive And Otherwise, Via A 1971 Ford Maverick")
An Introduction To Practicality, Automotive And Otherwise, Via A 1971 Ford Maverick
Posted on September 25, 2017 | 40 CommentsIn everyone’s lives, there are a handful of moments in which the figurative lightbulb illuminates in one’s head. One of mine began illuminating in late 1979 or early 1980 when […]
