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Blog Archive
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Hershey 2015: The Kandy-Kolored Emerald-Flake Snowblind Baby…And Other Delights
Posted on October 17, 2015 | 17 CommentsYou don’t have to be an automobilista to have a good time at the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) Fall Meet Flea Market at Hershey, Pennsylvania. All you need […] -
CC Humor: Translating Used Car Ad-Ese
Posted on October 17, 2015 | 69 CommentsDoublespeak. It’s a component of human behavior that makes intimate relationships so maddening, modern politics so entertaining, and corporate board meetings so predictable. It’s also often a vital part of […] -
QOTD: What Is Your Least Favorite Automotive Accessory?
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 201 CommentsI remember when some brochures used to have a page at the back dedicated to dealer-fitted accessories. There would be mud flaps, custom floor mats and numerous other fairly useless […] -
Truck And Bus Show Classics: DAF Museum Days October 2015
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 25 CommentsEvery first weekend of the month October the DAF Museum Days are held in Eindhoven. The main event is at the DAF plant’s premises, at a short distance from the […] -
CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 56 CommentsRiding the Route 36 bus to the neighborhood grocery store afforded me this view of these two Toyota Camrys (complete with eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird photobomb). I don’t recall ever having seen […] -
Wordless Outtake: How Much Is That Series 62 In The Window?
Posted on October 15, 2015 | 32 CommentsI wonder what its story is… -
CC Outtake: Good Cars Come In 3s
Posted on October 15, 2015 | 34 CommentsI spotted these three BMW 3-Serieses in an underground car park and something really struck me. I never thought I would say this but for once I think a Chris […] -
QOTD: Most Egregious Body Art?
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 126 CommentsBody art. A moment of indecision, a lifetime of regret. I’ve never bought a car with a decal or any other body art. I can’t figure out why people want something […] -
CC Streetscape: This Ain’t American Graffiti
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 21 Comments‘Tagging’, that controversial combination of vandalism and urban self-expression, made its way from the US to Europe in the late 1970s and has taken deep root there ever since. In […] -
Cohort Outtake: Ford Model T – Don’t Forget To Leave Enough Room In The Front To Crank It
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 35 CommentsI’m not sure of the exact year of this Model T posted by William Rubano, but its close to a hundred years old, give or take a few. And it’s […] -
Curbside Classics On Holiday: Cars Of My Las Vegas Adventures
Posted on October 13, 2015 | 38 CommentsOn my first trip to Las Vegas, Nevada three years ago, I wasn’t prepared for either the wonderful, sensory excesses I was about to experience, or for the random car sighting […] -
Curbside Outtake – 1967-76 Fiat 238 Scuola Bus – Certainly Beats Walking
Posted on October 12, 2015 | 40 CommentsI guess we all remember how we got to school. Personally, I walked most of the time. Other kids went on a school bus and in Italy the kids may […] -
eBay Find: 1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati – Italian Apparel
Posted on October 12, 2015 | 41 CommentsAmerican Apparel, which is apparently a clothing company that was so successful that they filed for Chapter 11 bankrupcy, are trying to bounce back from the blow to their image […] -
CC Outtake: 1999 Ford Taurus SE – Not Quite Your LTD Landau
Posted on October 11, 2015 | 66 CommentsDespite the styling trends of the Great Brougham Epoch falling out of fashion in the 1990s, many dealers and aftermarket conversion companies were still adorning new cars with decidedly Brougham styling […]
![Hershey 2015: The Kandy-Kolored Emerald-Flake Snowblind Baby…And Other Delights You don’t have to be an automobilista to have a good time at the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) Fall Meet Flea Market at Hershey, Pennsylvania. All you need […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_1096.jpg)
![CC Humor: Translating Used Car Ad-Ese Doublespeak. It’s a component of human behavior that makes intimate relationships so maddening, modern politics so entertaining, and corporate board meetings so predictable. It’s also often a vital part of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Photo401.jpg)
![QOTD: What Is Your Least Favorite Automotive Accessory? I remember when some brochures used to have a page at the back dedicated to dealer-fitted accessories. There would be mud flaps, custom floor mats and numerous other fairly useless […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7192.jpg)
![Truck And Bus Show Classics: DAF Museum Days October 2015 Every first weekend of the month October the DAF Museum Days are held in Eindhoven. The main event is at the DAF plant’s premises, at a short distance from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0497.jpg)
![CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown Riding the Route 36 bus to the neighborhood grocery store afforded me this view of these two Toyota Camrys (complete with eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird photobomb). I don’t recall ever having seen […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/038-US-spec-2nd-6th-generation-Toyota-Camrys-V20-XV40.jpg)

![CC Outtake: Good Cars Come In 3s I spotted these three BMW 3-Serieses in an underground car park and something really struck me. I never thought I would say this but for once I think a Chris […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/three-bmw-3-series.jpg)
![QOTD: Most Egregious Body Art? Body art. A moment of indecision, a lifetime of regret. I’ve never bought a car with a decal or any other body art. I can’t figure out why people want something […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/taragobodyart.jpg)
![CC Streetscape: This Ain’t American Graffiti ‘Tagging’, that controversial combination of vandalism and urban self-expression, made its way from the US to Europe in the late 1970s and has taken deep root there ever since. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7942.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Ford Model T – Don’t Forget To Leave Enough Room In The Front To Crank It I’m not sure of the exact year of this Model T posted by William Rubano, but its close to a hundred years old, give or take a few. And it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ford-Model-T-cohort.png)
![Curbside Fiction – Your New Life Awaits “Well, you are in it now, Kevin” he said to himself as slid into the seat of the old Chrysler. “Tim, you idiot, Tim!” he said as soon as the last thought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1967ChryslerNewport08.jpg)
![Curbside Classics On Holiday: Cars Of My Las Vegas Adventures On my first trip to Las Vegas, Nevada three years ago, I wasn’t prepared for either the wonderful, sensory excesses I was about to experience, or for the random car sighting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/123-1962-Cadillac-Fleetwood-limousine-Binions-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake – 1967-76 Fiat 238 Scuola Bus – Certainly Beats Walking I guess we all remember how we got to school. Personally, I walked most of the time. Other kids went on a school bus and in Italy the kids may […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fiat238scuolabus.3.jpg)
![eBay Find: 1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati – Italian Apparel American Apparel, which is apparently a clothing company that was so successful that they filed for Chapter 11 bankrupcy, are trying to bounce back from the blow to their image […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/11.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1999 Ford Taurus SE – Not Quite Your LTD Landau Despite the styling trends of the Great Brougham Epoch falling out of fashion in the 1990s, many dealers and aftermarket conversion companies were still adorning new cars with decidedly Brougham styling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_1084.jpg)


