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![(first posted 12/11/2017) Again I visited my Mom last Friday, and went out for a run. This time I stumbled upon an American luxury icon. Well, maybe not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171208_162853.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: E-Body Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – Best Regards From The Eighties")
CC Outtake: E-Body Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – Best Regards From The Eighties
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 42 Comments(first posted 12/11/2017) Again I visited my Mom last Friday, and went out for a run. This time I stumbled upon an American luxury icon. Well, maybe not […] -
![Most of us of a certain age have a relationship with car billboards. To be on the street, cruising, or worse, stuck in traffic, with your tips at the wheel, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tumblr_n5isjnlK8D1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots & Advertising: Car Billboards, A Gallery – 1950s to 1970s")
Vintage Snapshots & Advertising: Car Billboards, A Gallery – 1950s to 1970s
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 17 CommentsMost of us of a certain age have a relationship with car billboards. To be on the street, cruising, or worse, stuck in traffic, with your tips at the wheel, […] -
![Photos by Staxman, from the Cohort. Not many of these Corvair-derived trucks have appeared here at CC, and the last time they did was quite a while back. No wonder, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53476792909_e5830573df_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1961-63 Corvair 95 Rampside – Likeable Failure")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1961-63 Corvair 95 Rampside – Likeable Failure
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 23 CommentsPhotos by Staxman, from the Cohort. Not many of these Corvair-derived trucks have appeared here at CC, and the last time they did was quite a while back. No wonder, […] -
![Never before had I seen such a colossal creation mounted on the frame of a standard size truck. At first glance, the Volvo simply seems to be too small and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1726.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Volvo FM Based Megastructure")
CC Global: Volvo FM Based Megastructure
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 11 CommentsNever before had I seen such a colossal creation mounted on the frame of a standard size truck. At first glance, the Volvo simply seems to be too small and […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2018) You, my friend, and I, are plinkers. Mere armchair quarterbacks in the game of cars and life. We putter about in our modern automobiles, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180105_221432.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1958 Ford F-100: Separating the Men From the Boys.")
CC Capsule: 1958 Ford F-100: Separating the Men From the Boys.
Posted on January 20, 2024 | 47 Comments(first posted 1/20/2018) You, my friend, and I, are plinkers. Mere armchair quarterbacks in the game of cars and life. We putter about in our modern automobiles, […] -
![(first posted 1/19/2018) We’ve been on a bit of a Fairmont tear here lately, if you hadn’t noticed. As a result, I must have had Fox-bodies on my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1980-Ford-Fairmont-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad/Brochure Capsule: 1980 Ford Fairmont Turbo/Mercury Zephyr Turbo – Sasquatch. Nessie. Fairmont Turbo.")
Vintage Ad/Brochure Capsule: 1980 Ford Fairmont Turbo/Mercury Zephyr Turbo – Sasquatch. Nessie. Fairmont Turbo.
Posted on January 20, 2024 | 55 Comments(first posted 1/19/2018) We’ve been on a bit of a Fairmont tear here lately, if you hadn’t noticed. As a result, I must have had Fox-bodies on my […] -
![(first posted 1/19/2018) From 1960 to 1980, the Renault Estafette and the Citroën HY (a.k.a “Type H” or “Tub”) were straight up rivals in the small world of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/page2garde_estaf_typeH.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Twofer: 1972 Renault Estafette / 1976 Citroën HY – A Couple Of Your Best Van De Table, See-voo-play")
CC Twofer: 1972 Renault Estafette / 1976 Citroën HY – A Couple Of Your Best Van De Table, See-voo-play
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 44 Comments(first posted 1/19/2018) From 1960 to 1980, the Renault Estafette and the Citroën HY (a.k.a “Type H” or “Tub”) were straight up rivals in the small world of […] -
![In recent weeks I’ve been sharing a number of images uploaded by Hyperpack at the Cohort. Most have been Chrysler products belonging to a family collection, but a new series […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53469694466_b4122febc0_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 – Ready For Another Winter")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 – Ready For Another Winter
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 8 CommentsIn recent weeks I’ve been sharing a number of images uploaded by Hyperpack at the Cohort. Most have been Chrysler products belonging to a family collection, but a new series […] -
CC Outtake: I Have a Brake Drum…Hold My Beer Edition
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 31 CommentsI have made the case in various Curbside articles for turning entire cars into works of art. But what about car parts repurposed for other uses? -
![In a previous post, I referenced the fact that New York City has now made its entire collection of property tax photos available online. Think of this as Google Street […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-14-49-49-100-Broad-Street-DOF-Manhattan-1940s-Tax-Photos.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Photography and Modeling: Favorite Picks from the NYC Tax Photo Collection")
CC Photography and Modeling: Favorite Picks from the NYC Tax Photo Collection
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 22 CommentsIn a previous post, I referenced the fact that New York City has now made its entire collection of property tax photos available online. Think of this as Google Street […] -
![There are some models that take a long time to make their appearance at CC. And curiously, once featured, they don’t take that long to show up again. Even if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53459137987_20ab712c2f_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1976-77 Plymouth Volaré Road Runner, In Motion In SF")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1976-77 Plymouth Volaré Road Runner, In Motion In SF
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 20 CommentsThere are some models that take a long time to make their appearance at CC. And curiously, once featured, they don’t take that long to show up again. Even if […] -
![Can you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20230730_202117_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957!")
Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957!
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 21 CommentsCan you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […] -
![Sometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush")
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 31 CommentsSometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1968 Chevy Nova – One Bright Nova
Posted on January 17, 2024 | 15 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by nifticus392 -
![Photos from the Cohort by Eric Clem. You may like or dislike old Saabs. Regardless of where you sit on that fence, no one can deny that old Saabs had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53442283562_1a6b572aa4_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Saab 96 – A Bit Of Saab Blues")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Saab 96 – A Bit Of Saab Blues
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 17 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Eric Clem. You may like or dislike old Saabs. Regardless of where you sit on that fence, no one can deny that old Saabs had […]
