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![I stopped this weekend to ask this dapper gent if I could take a picture of him pouring gas into his trunk. He agreed, and even provided a winning smile. For our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Resize.jpg "CC Outake: Remember When?")
CC Outake: Remember When?
Posted on November 4, 2013 | 28 CommentsI stopped this weekend to ask this dapper gent if I could take a picture of him pouring gas into his trunk. He agreed, and even provided a winning smile. For our […] -
![The tradition of a genuine car launch at a motor show is now something of the past – the internet finally closed it down some years and most launches are […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=634,height=451,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/article-0-0BA0133A000005DC-809_634x451.jpg "CC History: London Motor Show, 1948 – The Start of a New Era")
CC History: London Motor Show, 1948 – The Start of a New Era
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 22 CommentsThe tradition of a genuine car launch at a motor show is now something of the past – the internet finally closed it down some years and most launches are […] -
“Oilfield Dodge”: Who Needs Four Wheel Drive When a 1920s Dodge Brothers Can Do This?
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 26 Commentshat tip to robert.walter -
![The photo was taken on a family holiday from Melbourne (Victoria) to North Queensland in 1967. Long road holidays in those days were commonplace for my family and the venerable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Kids-Jeff-220SE.jpg "CC Kids: Jeff Dorman with “Finnie” and other Mercedes Trailer-Haulers")
CC Kids: Jeff Dorman with “Finnie” and other Mercedes Trailer-Haulers
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 13 CommentsThe photo was taken on a family holiday from Melbourne (Victoria) to North Queensland in 1967. Long road holidays in those days were commonplace for my family and the venerable […] -
![OK; I don’t mean from the factory, but when will the last dealer-installed vinyl-topped new Caddy be made? Seeing this STS on the streets of Eugene made me wonder, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-210-023-925.jpg "CC Outtake: So When Will The Last New Cadillac With A Vinyl Top Be Made?")
CC Outtake: So When Will The Last New Cadillac With A Vinyl Top Be Made?
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 72 CommentsOK; I don’t mean from the factory, but when will the last dealer-installed vinyl-topped new Caddy be made? Seeing this STS on the streets of Eugene made me wonder, but […] -
![Do you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-28-13-126.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C!")
Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C!
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 31 CommentsDo you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […] -
CC Clue: Drips
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 6 CommentsI’ve been bad about getting my Clues up, but here it is. Kudos to Mark Apland who was the first to cry “Landcrab! -
![After pondering what to do with their car-mad son, the parents sent me off with the neighbour on his power meter-reading job during school holiday. Ostensibly I was the gate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Kids-Bryce.jpg "CC Kids: Bryce Learns To Drive in an Austin Gypsy")
CC Kids: Bryce Learns To Drive in an Austin Gypsy
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 12 CommentsAfter pondering what to do with their car-mad son, the parents sent me off with the neighbour on his power meter-reading job during school holiday. Ostensibly I was the gate […] -
![As Hudson’s Essex brand began to lose luster, Hudson decided to augment that line by introducing the 1932 Essex Terraplane. By 1934 the car was simply known as the Terraplane, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/05-Terraplane.jpg "Terra What? The First Production Muscle Car")
Terra What? The First Production Muscle Car
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 33 CommentsAs Hudson’s Essex brand began to lose luster, Hudson decided to augment that line by introducing the 1932 Essex Terraplane. By 1934 the car was simply known as the Terraplane, […] -
![I can’t let Independents’ Week go by without at least a passing mention of the AMX. Plus, I shot a most excellent one at a Quad Cities Cruisers cruise night […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=562,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-8-2013-079-e1383348775605.jpg "Independents’ Week Outtake: Don’t Forget The AMX!")
Independents’ Week Outtake: Don’t Forget The AMX!
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 28 CommentsI can’t let Independents’ Week go by without at least a passing mention of the AMX. Plus, I shot a most excellent one at a Quad Cities Cruisers cruise night […] -
![For those of you who have been paying attention, I have alluded to buying a CC of my very own in some of my posts. This is it. I imagine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=613,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10-26-2013-088-e1382837751602.jpg "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 5 CommentsFor those of you who have been paying attention, I have alluded to buying a CC of my very own in some of my posts. This is it. I imagine […] -
![A round of applause to Mark Apland for correctly identifying the Landcrab in the CC this morning. Very good work, sir! For tomorrow there is what appears to be a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_0555-Version-2.jpg "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 7 CommentsA round of applause to Mark Apland for correctly identifying the Landcrab in the CC this morning. Very good work, sir! For tomorrow there is what appears to be a […] -
![Here it is, the 1983 Studebaker! It has one wheel, runs on atomic power, and has an energy field to protect it from collisions. It can hover over land or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/StudeAstralText.jpg "Curbside Concept: 1958 Studebaker Astral")
Curbside Concept: 1958 Studebaker Astral
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 22 CommentsHere it is, the 1983 Studebaker! It has one wheel, runs on atomic power, and has an energy field to protect it from collisions. It can hover over land or […] -
![This posting is sort of a CC Clue and answer all in one. Except I haven’t a clue as to what this thing is, and therefor can’t supply an answer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/01-Willys-b.jpg "The Mystery Independent Lead Sled?")
The Mystery Independent Lead Sled?
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 16 CommentsThis posting is sort of a CC Clue and answer all in one. Except I haven’t a clue as to what this thing is, and therefor can’t supply an answer […] -
![When one moves to a new state, it’s kind of like marrying into a family, and hearing all of the old stories at Thanksgiving that are guaranteed to embarrass its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Whale-caddy.png "How A Giant Piece Of Flying Whale Blubber Flattened A Newly-Purchased 1969 Olds 98")
How A Giant Piece Of Flying Whale Blubber Flattened A Newly-Purchased 1969 Olds 98
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 13 CommentsWhen one moves to a new state, it’s kind of like marrying into a family, and hearing all of the old stories at Thanksgiving that are guaranteed to embarrass its […]
