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![Can you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54658766195_1bda0234b8_k-e1752959528890.jpg "Curbside Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – A Stick-Shift Supreme")
Curbside Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – A Stick-Shift Supreme
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 33 CommentsCan you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […] -
![Here’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-09-13.21.32.jpg "Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s")
Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 12 CommentsHere’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […] -
![photo from the CC Cohort by William Oliver What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/23949571667_cc150da43b_k.jpg "Curbside Find: 1968 Beaumont – SD396? Maybe, But With the Wrong Badging")
Curbside Find: 1968 Beaumont – SD396? Maybe, But With the Wrong Badging
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 11 Commentsphoto from the CC Cohort by William Oliver What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […] -
![(first posted 7/25/2019) The first Honda Civic was the car that got Honda well and truly noticed for its car-making abilities. With a steady diet of sales and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/honda-city-1g-2.jpg "Curbside Find: 1981-86 Honda City – They Grow Up So Fast!")
Curbside Find: 1981-86 Honda City – They Grow Up So Fast!
Posted on July 22, 2025 | 22 Comments(first posted 7/25/2019) The first Honda Civic was the car that got Honda well and truly noticed for its car-making abilities. With a steady diet of sales and […] -
![I was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_0438.jpg "1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Not Your Father’s Lighting Setup")
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Not Your Father’s Lighting Setup
Posted on July 22, 2025 | 19 CommentsI was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […] -
![I did something at the beginning of this month that I haven’t done for twenty years: I went to an amusement park to which I had never been before. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54636752669_9dba1b6355_o-1987-Jeep-Wrangler-Laredo-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo – Just Hanging Out There")
Curbside Musings: 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo – Just Hanging Out There
Posted on July 22, 2025 | 22 CommentsI did something at the beginning of this month that I haven’t done for twenty years: I went to an amusement park to which I had never been before. I […] -
![(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4203.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing")
Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […] -
![Let’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG20250629082732_edited.jpg "Curbside Find: 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – The Last Good-Looking Ferrari?")
Curbside Find: 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – The Last Good-Looking Ferrari?
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 13 CommentsLet’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […] -
![(I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here. PN) Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-21-8.07.43-AM.jpg "Driving the Original Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit")
Driving the Original Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 16 Comments(I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here. PN) Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […] -
![Images of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970s American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/6.jpg "Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping")
Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 9 CommentsImages of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970s American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […] -
![Last month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3538.jpg "Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides")
Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 17 CommentsLast month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […] -
![First let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_1023-1.jpg "Curbside Finds: The Curious World of Collector License Plates")
Curbside Finds: The Curious World of Collector License Plates
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 45 CommentsFirst let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […] -
![The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4238.jpg "CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off")
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 8 CommentsThe other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […] -
![William Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/william-oliver-buick-riviera-cadillac-eldorado-1.jpg "Curbside Finds: The Golden Era Of GM Design – 1963-64 Buick Riviera and 1969 Cadillac Eldorado")
Curbside Finds: The Golden Era Of GM Design – 1963-64 Buick Riviera and 1969 Cadillac Eldorado
Posted on July 19, 2025 | 17 CommentsWilliam Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […] -
![It’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CC-394-030.jpg "Curbside Find: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way")
Curbside Find: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way
Posted on July 19, 2025 | 14 CommentsIt’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […]
