Curbside Classic Archives
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Blog Archive
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1957 – 1959 GMC 800 Series: The Worst Truck Facelift Ever?
Posted on December 7, 2014 | 61 CommentsTake your time and really look at this Frankenstein truck. It’s like someone cut off its original front end, and stuck a GMC pickup front end on it, despite the […] -
CC and the Art of Commenting
Posted on December 7, 2014 | 142 CommentsCommenting brings out the best in people as well as the worst. They can be the building blocks of a genuine community, or the bombs that destroy it. A deterioration […] -
CC Outtake: ’90s Civic and ’10s Veloster – Separated at Birth, or Parent and Child?
Posted on December 7, 2014 | 32 CommentsI was drawn toward this pair I saw recently near my office, and had to take some pictures. They have so much in common, don’t they? Was the Veloster inspired […] -
CC Vintage: Before Jacks Were Invented
Posted on December 6, 2014 | 26 CommentsThis shot from 1945 reflects the fact that Model Ts were a dime-a-dozen then, and one could find them for free or maybe $5 just about everywhere. And the knowledge […] -
Cohort Classic: 1962 – 1965 Vauxhall Velox (PB): The British Chevelle
Posted on December 6, 2014 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/4/2012) Quick; what’s the first thing that comes to mind? An early sixties Tempest or Buick Special? Chevy II? Once again we’ve fallen down that GM global design […] -
CC Clue
Posted on December 5, 2014 | 24 CommentsWell no-one found Tom’s 1976 Cadillac Coupe de Ville at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box yesterday. What about today’s CC Clue? It’s not a Cadillac – or […] -
Sixty Classics Stashed Away In Grandpa’s Farm Sheds To Be Auctioned
Posted on December 5, 2014 | 35 CommentsFrench businessman Roger Baillon bought over a hundred classic and old cars during the 1950s thought the 1970s, with plans to restore them and open a museum. A business setback […] -
CC Outtake: 1983 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – Mark Envy
Posted on December 5, 2014 | 46 CommentsI’ve repeatedly given poor Lee Iaccoca a hard time for trying to build essentially the same car for a quarter of a century. But his patented formula certainly moved a […] -
The Fiat 124 Or How I Learned to Hate People
Posted on December 5, 2014 | 59 CommentsEvery one of us has a moment in our lives when we “Grow up”. Maybe it was the time you saw a television program you enjoyed very much as a […] -
Curbside Quandry: 3000 Mile Coast Road Trip In My 2000 Acura Or in A Rental?
Posted on December 5, 2014 | 64 CommentsGreetings from the Wet Coast of Canada on this fine sunny day. Well, it got dark at 4:30 pm, so it must be winter in these parts. This Christmas holiday, […] -
eBay Classic: 1975 Pontiac Catalina Safari – A Lot To Love!
Posted on December 4, 2014 | 92 CommentsOkay fellow Curbsiders, so you need to haul a big family around? Or make weekly Menards runs? Can’t afford the princely $60K-up for a new 2015 Suburban? Well, have I […] -
Future Curbside Classic: 2014 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel – Your Cup of Tea?
Posted on December 4, 2014 | 130 CommentsBy its very nature, this crew cab Ram isn’t for everyone. Even for those attracted to half-ton pickups, the Ecodiesel may still be a niche player – or maybe not. -
What If: 2015 Lincoln Zephyr L
Posted on December 4, 2014 | 45 CommentsYou can count me in as a fan of the current Lincoln MKZ. It looks great in person, has a very luxurious interior, avoids the huge center console of its […] -
CC Outtake: 1951 or 1952 Studebaker Champion – An Unauthorized Restyling
Posted on December 3, 2014 | 53 CommentsA note came from St. Petersburg (the one in Russia, not Florida). This car’s been recently saved from the crusher by its current umm… keeper. He believes it to be […] -
eBay Find: 2000 Acura Integra – The Slow and the Calm.
Posted on December 3, 2014 | 18 CommentsI was zapping through channels the other day, pondering about the best way to explain to normal people why I call the Hyundai Tucson “Elantra Wagon” when something caught my […]
![1957 – 1959 GMC 800 Series: The Worst Truck Facelift Ever? Take your time and really look at this Frankenstein truck. It’s like someone cut off its original front end, and stuck a GMC pickup front end on it, despite the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/GMC-1959-860.jpg)
![CC and the Art of Commenting Commenting brings out the best in people as well as the worst. They can be the building blocks of a genuine community, or the bombs that destroy it. A deterioration […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Pop-Sci-comments.jpg)
![CC Outtake: ’90s Civic and ’10s Veloster – Separated at Birth, or Parent and Child? I was drawn toward this pair I saw recently near my office, and had to take some pictures. They have so much in common, don’t they? Was the Veloster inspired […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/civicveloster1.jpg)
![CC Vintage: Before Jacks Were Invented This shot from 1945 reflects the fact that Model Ts were a dime-a-dozen then, and one could find them for free or maybe $5 just about everywhere. And the knowledge […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Life-Model-T-M.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1962 – 1965 Vauxhall Velox (PB): The British Chevelle (first posted 1/4/2012) Quick; what’s the first thing that comes to mind? An early sixties Tempest or Buick Special? Chevy II? Once again we’ve fallen down that GM global design […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Vauxhall-Velox-rear-by-Bryce.png)
![CC Clue Well no-one found Tom’s 1976 Cadillac Coupe de Ville at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box yesterday. What about today’s CC Clue? It’s not a Cadillac – or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Clue3.jpg)
![Sixty Classics Stashed Away In Grandpa’s Farm Sheds To Be Auctioned French businessman Roger Baillon bought over a hundred classic and old cars during the 1950s thought the 1970s, with plans to restore them and open a museum. A business setback […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BF-2.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1983 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – Mark Envy I’ve repeatedly given poor Lee Iaccoca a hard time for trying to build essentially the same car for a quarter of a century. But his patented formula certainly moved a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CC-234-009-1200.jpg)
![The Fiat 124 Or How I Learned to Hate People Every one of us has a moment in our lives when we “Grow up”. Maybe it was the time you saw a television program you enjoyed very much as a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fiat-124-diecast-model-car-ist-models-ist18fi-b.jpg)
![Curbside Quandry: 3000 Mile Coast Road Trip In My 2000 Acura Or in A Rental? Greetings from the Wet Coast of Canada on this fine sunny day. Well, it got dark at 4:30 pm, so it must be winter in these parts. This Christmas holiday, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-Ford.jpg)

![CC Outtake: 1951 or 1952 Studebaker Champion – An Unauthorized Restyling A note came from St. Petersburg (the one in Russia, not Florida). This car’s been recently saved from the crusher by its current umm… keeper. He believes it to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/895225424-e1417495100887.jpg)
![eBay Find: 2000 Acura Integra – The Slow and the Calm. I was zapping through channels the other day, pondering about the best way to explain to normal people why I call the Hyundai Tucson “Elantra Wagon” when something caught my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rw_800.jpg)


