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Blog Archive
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Car Show Classics: The International Simca-Matra-Talbot Rally, Beaulieu, England – How Chrysler France Became Chrysler Europe
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 38 CommentsIn yesterday’s post on the recent International Simca-Matra-Talbot Rally held in southern England, we saw the progression of Matra’s heritage from its sports cars of the ’60s to the Renault Avantime luxury […] -
QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic?
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 38 CommentsLike most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […] -
CC Outtake: Drive Through Banking In Style – 1956 Mercury Monterey Phaeton Four Door Hardtop
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 32 CommentsCars at a bank drive-up window don’t generally catch my attention, but this one rather screamed at me. What a color. And check out that band of body color just […] -
CC Clue
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 11 CommentsHere we go again. Vinyl and metallic blue steel. Houston, could we have a Brougham? -
Used Car Classique – Peugeot 205 vs Renault SuperCinq
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 79 CommentsImagine, if you will, that your rich uncle Pierre passed away and left you his beautiful villa in Antibes, between Cannes and Nice in the south of France. You will […] -
CC Outtake: 1991 Buick Regal Classic Edition by BG – Why It’s Good That Buicks Are Just Rebaged Opels Now
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 130 CommentsWas there ever a sadder Buick than the one that rode on the flaccid GM10 platform? Everything GM offered on that platform oozed low expectations. The problem wasn’t that GM downsized and […] -
CC Outtake: 1969 VW Beetle – VW Dubs
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 61 CommentsThere’s still a healthy number of Beetles in front-line duty here; in fact the number continues to surprise me, as it seems to be going up, not down. This one […] -
266,987 CC Readers Would Like To Hear Your Car Story
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 27 CommentsThis post allows me to touch on two subjects: CC’s continued strong growth, and how much CC readers love hearing your car stories. -
Walk and Talk: A Stroll Around Downtown St. Louis
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 61 CommentsT.S. Eliot once stated the Mississippi River had made a greater impression upon him than any other part of the world. As one who has lived within a mile of […] -
Car Show Classics: A Curbside Classic Road Trip To Hannibal, MO
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 43 CommentsEvery now and then I feel the need to break up the old routine. For those of you who’ve been reading my posts over the past few years, you may […] -
QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 52 CommentsThirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […] -
Cohort Outtake: The Rarest Of Panthers
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 44 CommentsThis 1981 Town Coupe is said to be one of the rarest cars built on the Panther platform. Though very clearly related to the contemporary Continental Mark VI, the Town […] -
CC Caption Contest: Brambler?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 37 CommentsShot this in Portland three years ago and just found it in the archives. Circle the Wagoneer? Do your worst. -
Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer
Posted on August 2, 2014 | 22 CommentsThis shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […] -
CC Outtake: Two Rare Subarus
Posted on August 1, 2014 | 33 CommentsIt was the Subaru gen2 Leone hatch that initially caught my eye. It’s the stablemate of the hardtop we looked at the other day. But now that I really look […]
![QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic? Like most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Drive Through Banking In Style – 1956 Mercury Monterey Phaeton Four Door Hardtop Cars at a bank drive-up window don’t generally catch my attention, but this one rather screamed at me. What a color. And check out that band of body color just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-226-478-1200.jpg)

![Used Car Classique – Peugeot 205 vs Renault SuperCinq Imagine, if you will, that your rich uncle Pierre passed away and left you his beautiful villa in Antibes, between Cannes and Nice in the south of France. You will […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMAG0555.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1991 Buick Regal Classic Edition by BG – Why It’s Good That Buicks Are Just Rebaged Opels Now Was there ever a sadder Buick than the one that rode on the flaccid GM10 platform? Everything GM offered on that platform oozed low expectations. The problem wasn’t that GM downsized and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1991-Buick-Regal-Custom-Edition-a.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1969 VW Beetle – VW Dubs There’s still a healthy number of Beetles in front-line duty here; in fact the number continues to surprise me, as it seems to be going up, not down. This one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-230-024-1200.jpg)

![Walk and Talk: A Stroll Around Downtown St. Louis T.S. Eliot once stated the Mississippi River had made a greater impression upon him than any other part of the world. As one who has lived within a mile of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_2619.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: A Curbside Classic Road Trip To Hannibal, MO Every now and then I feel the need to break up the old routine. For those of you who’ve been reading my posts over the past few years, you may […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=533,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5-10-2014-022-e1403477267286.jpg)
![QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites? Thirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/happybirthdaytome.jpg)

![Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer This shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14782152796_4066f541d9_h.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Two Rare Subarus It was the Subaru gen2 Leone hatch that initially caught my eye. It’s the stablemate of the hardtop we looked at the other day. But now that I really look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CC-230-078-1200.jpg)


