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![I have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/023-2005-Pontiac-Aztek-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?")
Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 85 CommentsI have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_8221.jpg "Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995")
Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […] -
![GM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/toroflow-crop.jpg "The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?")
The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 23 CommentsGM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […] -
Car Show Classics: Volvo Cars Smörgåsbord
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 12 CommentsAn abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid! -
![Although CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-tork-american.jpg "The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode")
The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 41 CommentsAlthough CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […] -
![Although Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1940-Oldsmobile-Series-90-blue-Barrett-Jackson-front-3q-left.webp "Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission")
Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsAlthough Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […] -
![Today’s Cohort find by Roshake has been featured before at CC. So, “still looking good” is being used in a very deliberate form in the title, as this 1990 Buick […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54581036786_efd23c0375_b-copia.jpg "Curbside Find: 1990 Buick Skylark Custom – Still Looking Good In Budapest")
Curbside Find: 1990 Buick Skylark Custom – Still Looking Good In Budapest
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 14 CommentsToday’s Cohort find by Roshake has been featured before at CC. So, “still looking good” is being used in a very deliberate form in the title, as this 1990 Buick […] -
![I was navigating a CC desert in the nether regions of north Tokyo. In those latitudes, the chances of encountering the older exotics that are often found on Sunday in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20250127_092722_edited.jpg "CC Find: 1985 Mitsubishi Mirage (C10) 3-Door – When Origami Was All The (Mi)Rage")
CC Find: 1985 Mitsubishi Mirage (C10) 3-Door – When Origami Was All The (Mi)Rage
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 11 CommentsI was navigating a CC desert in the nether regions of north Tokyo. In those latitudes, the chances of encountering the older exotics that are often found on Sunday in […] -
![We were in Port Orford last week and on Thursday morning I dropped Stephanie off at a yoga class and drove the Tracker to the car wash for its first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_3362-crop-tile.jpg "A 45 Minute Driving Tour Of Port Orford, Oregon: Views Of Old Cars, Boats, Old (and Burned) Houses And Of Course The Ocean")
A 45 Minute Driving Tour Of Port Orford, Oregon: Views Of Old Cars, Boats, Old (and Burned) Houses And Of Course The Ocean
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 22 CommentsWe were in Port Orford last week and on Thursday morning I dropped Stephanie off at a yoga class and drove the Tracker to the car wash for its first […] -
![I know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7446.jpg "Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s")
Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 35 CommentsI know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2017) No, I’m not talking about the North American market Odyssey when I apply the “World’s Sexiest Minivan” label. As you can see, the featured Odyssey […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/honda-odyssey-gen-3-7.jpg "2004-08 & 2008-13 Honda Odyssey – World’s Sexiest Minivan")
2004-08 & 2008-13 Honda Odyssey – World’s Sexiest Minivan
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 10/18/2017) No, I’m not talking about the North American market Odyssey when I apply the “World’s Sexiest Minivan” label. As you can see, the featured Odyssey […] -
![Doesn’t it sometimes feel like life is all movement, yet going nowhere? Back and forth, up and down. But at the end of the day we’re right where we started. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_3692.jpeg "Curbside Kiddie Attractions – MOM!!! Can I Ride??")
Curbside Kiddie Attractions – MOM!!! Can I Ride??
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 38 CommentsDoesn’t it sometimes feel like life is all movement, yet going nowhere? Back and forth, up and down. But at the end of the day we’re right where we started. […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2017) Some time ago, GN posed a question to CC readers as to which were some of our favorite designs from General Motors during the Irv […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/257-1990-Chevrolet-1500-Pickup-CC.jpg "Curbside Find: 1994 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup – Still Hard At Work")
Curbside Find: 1994 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup – Still Hard At Work
Posted on June 18, 2025 | 67 Comments(first posted 10/23/2017) Some time ago, GN posed a question to CC readers as to which were some of our favorite designs from General Motors during the Irv […] -
![(First posted 6/17/2019) Kombi, German and short for Kombinationskraftwagen. That’s a combination of a motor car and a (small) truck, perfectly capable of transporting both people and goods. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_7879.jpg "Car Show Classics: 1960 Borgward Isabella Combi And 1970 Volkswagen 411 LE Variant – Kombi Variants")
Car Show Classics: 1960 Borgward Isabella Combi And 1970 Volkswagen 411 LE Variant – Kombi Variants
Posted on June 17, 2025 | 24 Comments(First posted 6/17/2019) Kombi, German and short for Kombinationskraftwagen. That’s a combination of a motor car and a (small) truck, perfectly capable of transporting both people and goods. And […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2018) Welcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/XAGTcoupe.jpg "In-Motion Classic: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition")
In-Motion Classic: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition
Posted on June 16, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 4/11/2018) Welcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced […]
