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![(first posted 3/19/2018) Like so many other artifacts of the past, genuine VW hippie buses are becoming harder to come by in Eugene. And this one is a real […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-352-003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Double VW Hippie Bus – “Help This Bus Move”")
CC Outtake: Double VW Hippie Bus – “Help This Bus Move”
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 3/19/2018) Like so many other artifacts of the past, genuine VW hippie buses are becoming harder to come by in Eugene. And this one is a real […] -
![I don’t know anything about this photo except that it features three very different GMC trucks. Let’s take a closer look at each of them, starting with the likely most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10868332394_3c1fc0ed35_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Trucks: Three Very Different GMC Semi Trucks")
Vintage Trucks: Three Very Different GMC Semi Trucks
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 17 CommentsI don’t know anything about this photo except that it features three very different GMC trucks. Let’s take a closer look at each of them, starting with the likely most […] -
![It was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/001-2004-Buick-Rendezvous-CX-2WD-for-CC-edit-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer")
Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 45 CommentsIt was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […] -
![canadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. I just perused a few pages there (I’m covering for Rich this week, who is taking a well-deserved vacation) and there’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53350754037_83c5a1fff3_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: GM A-Bodies Still Slogging Through The Canadian Winter")
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: GM A-Bodies Still Slogging Through The Canadian Winter
Posted on March 18, 2024 | 22 Commentscanadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. I just perused a few pages there (I’m covering for Rich this week, who is taking a well-deserved vacation) and there’s […] -
![Last Saturday afternoon, I spotted an Alfa Romeo 147 on my approx. 10 km walk. Then I thought, I might as well take a picture of the whole parking lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2210.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Recent Snapshots: Images From The Netherlands – March 16, 2024")
Recent Snapshots: Images From The Netherlands – March 16, 2024
Posted on March 18, 2024 | 21 CommentsLast Saturday afternoon, I spotted an Alfa Romeo 147 on my approx. 10 km walk. Then I thought, I might as well take a picture of the whole parking lot […] -
![(first posted 3/15/2018) When I saw this odd, faded yellow C-Class, I thought, “Wow. Pale yellow might have worked on Benzes in the 1960s and 1970s but it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mercedes-benz-c180-esprit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1994-96 Mercedes-Benz C180 Esprit – Mercedes-Benz, Home Of The Four Flavors")
CC Capsule: 1994-96 Mercedes-Benz C180 Esprit – Mercedes-Benz, Home Of The Four Flavors
Posted on March 17, 2024 | 38 Comments(first posted 3/15/2018) When I saw this odd, faded yellow C-Class, I thought, “Wow. Pale yellow might have worked on Benzes in the 1960s and 1970s but it […] -
![Short, low, yet with plenty of power on tap. The English call them skip loaders, dedicated straight trucks for transporting open top containers, especially used for the disposal of construction […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1879.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Skip (Container) Loaders – The Shortest Heavy-Duty Trucks By Far")
CC Global: Skip (Container) Loaders – The Shortest Heavy-Duty Trucks By Far
Posted on March 17, 2024 | 15 CommentsShort, low, yet with plenty of power on tap. The English call them skip loaders, dedicated straight trucks for transporting open top containers, especially used for the disposal of construction […] -
![(first posted 8/2/2013) Our Chrysler Dream Car series is drawing to a close, and we’ve hardly given them all due respect. It’s kind of like waking up in the morning: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Dual_Ghia_Convertible_resize.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Last Night’s Dream: Dual Ghia And Ghia L 6.4 – Turning Dreams Into Semi-Reality")
Last Night’s Dream: Dual Ghia And Ghia L 6.4 – Turning Dreams Into Semi-Reality
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/2/2013) Our Chrysler Dream Car series is drawing to a close, and we’ve hardly given them all due respect. It’s kind of like waking up in the morning: […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by riveranotario. Here’s something a bit different, though not necessarily apparent at first sight. None other than a surviving sample of the fibreglass Minis of Chile. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53587408477_49fbb773f5_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’69-’74 Austin Mini – The Fibreglass Minis From Chile")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’69-’74 Austin Mini – The Fibreglass Minis From Chile
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 14 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by riveranotario. Here’s something a bit different, though not necessarily apparent at first sight. None other than a surviving sample of the fibreglass Minis of Chile. […] -
![While I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/john-jerome.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome")
Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 12 CommentsWhile I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […] -
![The start of week three of truck driving school saw me settling into a familiar routine with familiar people. I was in the groove by now, and not missing billable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Truck-Driver-08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Making A Truck Driver – Week 3")
Making A Truck Driver – Week 3
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 31 CommentsThe start of week three of truck driving school saw me settling into a familiar routine with familiar people. I was in the groove by now, and not missing billable […] -
![(first posted 3/13/2018) The first cars to disappear from our roads tend to be the cheapest. No matter how reliable and well-built, A- and B-segment vehicles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/daihatsu-charade-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985-87 Daihatsu Charade – A Childhood Curbside Classic, Two Decades Later")
CC Capsule: 1985-87 Daihatsu Charade – A Childhood Curbside Classic, Two Decades Later
Posted on March 14, 2024 | 27 Comments(first posted 3/13/2018) The first cars to disappear from our roads tend to be the cheapest. No matter how reliable and well-built, A- and B-segment vehicles […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1967 Chevrolet Biscayne Wagon And Dodge Route Van — Vintage Fleet
Posted on March 14, 2024 | 17 CommentsPhoto from the Cohort by So Cal Metro. -
![Selling cars in an international environment is a complex thing to achieve successfully. Even ignoring (not that you can) regional and national variations in regulations, the potential issues and pitfalls […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DSC01901.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 2011 and 2012 Chrysler Ypsilon – Or Are They?")
Car Show Outtake: 2011 and 2012 Chrysler Ypsilon – Or Are They?
Posted on March 14, 2024 | 12 CommentsSelling cars in an international environment is a complex thing to achieve successfully. Even ignoring (not that you can) regional and national variations in regulations, the potential issues and pitfalls […] -
![A compromise is a scenario in which every participant gets at least some of what they want. But it could also be a situation where no one gets what they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/s-l1600-22.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Ebay Find: 1983 Ford LTD Brougham – All Things to Nobody")
Ebay Find: 1983 Ford LTD Brougham – All Things to Nobody
Posted on March 14, 2024 | 39 CommentsA compromise is a scenario in which every participant gets at least some of what they want. But it could also be a situation where no one gets what they […]
