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Driving Distractions From Another Era
Posted on June 17, 2013 | 28 Comments -
![This week, business has carried me half way across the globe, to the rural depths of Japan. Utsunomiya is a town 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, and about 30 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/3-quarter.gif "CC Capsule: The Cockroach of Utsunomiya")
CC Capsule: The Cockroach of Utsunomiya
Posted on June 17, 2013 | 25 CommentsThis week, business has carried me half way across the globe, to the rural depths of Japan. Utsunomiya is a town 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, and about 30 […] -
![Enough of this “shared server” business; reminds me too much of some of the shared digs of my youth. I’ve been bitching and moaning about the site being slow for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/moving-day.jpg "CC Is Moving Tomorrow; May Or May Not Be Down For A While")
CC Is Moving Tomorrow; May Or May Not Be Down For A While
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 18 CommentsEnough of this “shared server” business; reminds me too much of some of the shared digs of my youth. I’ve been bitching and moaning about the site being slow for […] -
![I have some Clue winner catching up to do. Dave Skinner got the ’94 TC, T Walton ID’d the ’60 Mark V, and Sherlock Homey got the big blue Continental […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=524,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-8-2013-068-e1370907050401.jpg "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 2 CommentsI have some Clue winner catching up to do. Dave Skinner got the ’94 TC, T Walton ID’d the ’60 Mark V, and Sherlock Homey got the big blue Continental […] -
![That every organization has a culture rooted in its founder is both inevitable and endlessly fascinating. But some really stand out, few more than Honda Motors. PCH101 sent me this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Honda-soichiro-on-one-of-011.jpg "The Father Of Honda Motors: A Flashback To 1963")
The Father Of Honda Motors: A Flashback To 1963
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 17 CommentsThat every organization has a culture rooted in its founder is both inevitable and endlessly fascinating. But some really stand out, few more than Honda Motors. PCH101 sent me this […] -
![Continuing our theme for the day, my Dad served as a submariner during the Korean war on the SSR312 Burrfish, keeping the two Fairbanks-Morse diesels in the forward engine room […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dad.jpg "The Cars of Our Fathers: Dad’s Q Ship")
The Cars of Our Fathers: Dad’s Q Ship
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 2 CommentsContinuing our theme for the day, my Dad served as a submariner during the Korean war on the SSR312 Burrfish, keeping the two Fairbanks-Morse diesels in the forward engine room […] -
![Tom’s scale 1952 Studebaker from earlier today is downright neat—I pass one on the way to work that I think is of early ’60s vintage—I’ll need to stop and photograph […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/threetrucks.jpg "Curbside Outtake: Three Trucks And A Riddle")
Curbside Outtake: Three Trucks And A Riddle
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 11 CommentsTom’s scale 1952 Studebaker from earlier today is downright neat—I pass one on the way to work that I think is of early ’60s vintage—I’ll need to stop and photograph […] -
CC Clue
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 8 CommentsSo what do we have this time? A Duesenberg? Fiat Abarth? Tucker? Who knows…well, someone knows. -
![OK, so Mini CCs are not really getting much attention from you, the viewer, but I thought it worth showing how diverse the scale model arena is getting lately. Who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=533,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-8-2013-010-e1371173331512.jpg "Mini Farmside Outtake: 1952 Studebaker R2 Stake Bed")
Mini Farmside Outtake: 1952 Studebaker R2 Stake Bed
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 14 CommentsOK, so Mini CCs are not really getting much attention from you, the viewer, but I thought it worth showing how diverse the scale model arena is getting lately. Who […] -
![“You torched a Saab like a pile of leaves/I’d gone to find some better wheels” These are the first lines from Vampire Weekend’s newest single, “Diane Young.” So what is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "CC Analysis: Did Vampire Weekend Go Too Far?")
CC Analysis: Did Vampire Weekend Go Too Far?
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 37 Comments“You torched a Saab like a pile of leaves/I’d gone to find some better wheels” These are the first lines from Vampire Weekend’s newest single, “Diane Young.” So what is […] -
![As I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1965DatsunFairladySP311-1jg.jpg "CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself")
CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 13 CommentsAs I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […] -
CC Clue: Extra Inning Edition
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 6 CommentsObviously this is a pre-fragile plastic bumper-era bumper. Can you narrow it down? -
![Sherlock Homey was the first to say Continental but he didn’t say what year so he gets honorable mention, along with MichaelH, who thought our CC was a Mark VII. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=753,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-Clue-e1371325868549.jpg "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 6 CommentsSherlock Homey was the first to say Continental but he didn’t say what year so he gets honorable mention, along with MichaelH, who thought our CC was a Mark VII. […] -
![The late Third Generation Pontiac Firebirds are among my favorites, and the ’91-92 Formulas sit at the top of the list with its Banshee concept car-inspired nose. The preceding Second […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1991_pontiac_firebird_formula_front.jpg "Curbside Capsule Redux: 1991 Pontiac Formula Firebird – The Subtle Trans Am")
Curbside Capsule Redux: 1991 Pontiac Formula Firebird – The Subtle Trans Am
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 30 CommentsThe late Third Generation Pontiac Firebirds are among my favorites, and the ’91-92 Formulas sit at the top of the list with its Banshee concept car-inspired nose. The preceding Second […] -
Wordless Outtake: What Were They Thinking?
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 28 Comments
