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Blog Archive
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Obscure Historical Factoid That You Somehow Managed To Live Without Until Now: The 1961-1963 Ford Econoline/Falcon Van Didn’t Offer An Automatic Transmission
Posted on August 10, 2012 | 20 CommentsThe relentless pursuit of knowledge sometimes turns long-held assumptions on their head: didn’t you assume that the 1961 – 1963 Falcon van and Econoline offered the Fordomatic like the Falcon […] -
Cohort Sighting: Lotus Elites – Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Posted on August 10, 2012 | 6 CommentsCohort poster scoo68 caught an unlikely scene: two white Lotus Elites, sitting back-to-back, and both with their headlights up (I suspect that alone is not a good sign). The Elite […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1949 Studebaker – Champion, It Is!
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 22 CommentsI dropped off a set of new tires to be mounted on the freshly-painted wheels for my son’s 1963 Beetle this morning at my favorite garage, and noticed this rather […] -
CC Clue: Intake
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 6 CommentsWe have several winners to congratulate. The ’68 Imperial win gets split between Andre Roy and the passenger. Andre said any Imperial from ’64 to ’68; the passenger narrowed it […] -
1961 Cadillac: Two Americans Far From Home In Switzerland
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 10 Comments(also known as Stephanie Niedermeyer) The plane departed from a landscape of little farms, all with blooming almond trees surrounded by the blue Mediterranean, and after not many hours landed […] -
Through the JPC Windshield – More Time Travel
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 7 CommentsAhhh – nothing like the excitement of watching freshly manufactured equipment being whisked to the dealer for sale to its very first happy owner. But wait – I don’t think […] -
Beach Time: Bond Minicar – Not Very Regal
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 16 CommentsFrom the beaches of Brazil, we teleport to merry old England. It’s not exactly the ultimate beach destination, but once upon a time one could expect to find some interesting […] -
Cohort Outtake: Curbside Trabants – The Anti-1960 Plymouth
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 23 CommentsWith the 1960 Plymouth love being shown on CC this week, I thought it appropriate to show what land yacht-deprived East Germans were driving in the early ’60s. Finding any […] -
CC Clue: Getting a Handle on Things…
Posted on August 8, 2012 | 8 CommentsAs a Senior Industrial Design student at Georgia Tech, I submitted a resume to GM’s Styling Studio when a recruiter from same was on campus. He made it pretty clear […] -
Beach Time: 1971 Chevrolet Opala
Posted on August 8, 2012 | 19 CommentsSince it’s that time of year, we’re going to do a little series of vintage ads featuring beautiful bodies on the beach (hopefully). That shouldn’t be hard with our first […] -
Curbside Outakes: Where Did All The Whales Go……….To Seattle
Posted on August 8, 2012 | 27 CommentsAs part of my new job as an official FIRST employee I found myself heading to Seafair to help set up our demo booth the other day. On the way […] -
CC Clue: See Something Green?
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 9 CommentsOur next Clue is here. If tomorrow’s CC could talk, it might tell you it’s not easy being green. So, what do we have here? And by the bye: Matt […] -
CC Outtake: Beefed Up B
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 11 CommentsSince MG Bs are rather plentiful and reasonably cheap it stands to reason that a number are going to be modified especially if a stock restoration isn’t cost effective. I […] -
Curbside Caption: Racing Stripes And Racy Legs
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 11 CommentsIt’s titled “Lorraine and Me”, and was posted at corvaircenter.com. Your turn. -
CC Clue: Just What The MGC Needed
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 7 CommentsHere’s a hood scoop that would have worked well on the MGC; I’m sure they could have made a deal for a couple of thousand of them from the original […]
![Obscure Historical Factoid That You Somehow Managed To Live Without Until Now: The 1961-1963 Ford Econoline/Falcon Van Didn’t Offer An Automatic Transmission The relentless pursuit of knowledge sometimes turns long-held assumptions on their head: didn’t you assume that the 1961 – 1963 Falcon van and Econoline offered the Fordomatic like the Falcon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ford-Econoline-Station-Bus-1961-Brochure-01.jpg)
![Cohort Sighting: Lotus Elites – Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun Cohort poster scoo68 caught an unlikely scene: two white Lotus Elites, sitting back-to-back, and both with their headlights up (I suspect that alone is not a good sign). The Elite […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lotus-Elite-CCC.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: 1949 Studebaker – Champion, It Is! I dropped off a set of new tires to be mounted on the freshly-painted wheels for my son’s 1963 Beetle this morning at my favorite garage, and noticed this rather […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012_0809_1949studebaker_05.jpg)
![CC Clue: Intake We have several winners to congratulate. The ’68 Imperial win gets split between Andre Roy and the passenger. Andre said any Imperial from ’64 to ’68; the passenger narrowed it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-165-205-clue.jpg)
![1961 Cadillac: Two Americans Far From Home In Switzerland (also known as Stephanie Niedermeyer) The plane departed from a landscape of little farms, all with blooming almond trees surrounded by the blue Mediterranean, and after not many hours landed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Geneva-Caddy.png)
![Through the JPC Windshield – More Time Travel Ahhh – nothing like the excitement of watching freshly manufactured equipment being whisked to the dealer for sale to its very first happy owner. But wait – I don’t think […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/International.jpg)
![Beach Time: Bond Minicar – Not Very Regal From the beaches of Brazil, we teleport to merry old England. It’s not exactly the ultimate beach destination, but once upon a time one could expect to find some interesting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Reliant-Regal.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: Curbside Trabants – The Anti-1960 Plymouth With the 1960 Plymouth love being shown on CC this week, I thought it appropriate to show what land yacht-deprived East Germans were driving in the early ’60s. Finding any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Trabant-wagons-by-Hugo90-e1344459638285.jpg)
![CC Clue: Getting a Handle on Things… As a Senior Industrial Design student at Georgia Tech, I submitted a resume to GM’s Styling Studio when a recruiter from same was on campus. He made it pretty clear […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012_0811_clue01.jpg)
![Beach Time: 1971 Chevrolet Opala Since it’s that time of year, we’re going to do a little series of vintage ads featuring beautiful bodies on the beach (hopefully). That shouldn’t be hard with our first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/GM-Opala-02.jpg)
![Curbside Outakes: Where Did All The Whales Go……….To Seattle As part of my new job as an official FIRST employee I found myself heading to Seafair to help set up our demo booth the other day. On the way […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-03_08-00-00_702-e1344058036445.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Beefed Up B Since MG Bs are rather plentiful and reasonably cheap it stands to reason that a number are going to be modified especially if a stock restoration isn’t cost effective. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/MG-B-1.jpg)



