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Blog Archive
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Why I Stopped Watching TV In The Eighties: Schlocky Ads From The MTV Era
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 14 CommentsWell, at home anyway. Since I worked in the tv industry, I was unfortunately inundated with way too much of the stuff. Like a few of these wonderful vintage eighties […] -
My Junkyard Treasure Hunt
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 18 Comments(Pete Madsen sends us the fruits of his recent junkyard hunt) It’s time to try my hand at a piece for Curbside Classics, wrecking yard division. I thought that this […] -
CC Outtakes: Today’s Walk – Eugene Is The Shit, And More
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 13 CommentsBlazing sunshine, after a week and a half of mostly valley fog. Time to walk downtown for a bite of lunch and see what we encounter on our never-ending hunt. […] -
World’s Most Expensive RV Is Also The Ugliest – Marchi Mobile eleMMent
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 14 CommentsI may wax eloquently about RVs, but not so much about this one. And it comes from Austria, no less. And the price tag, converted to US dollars is almost […] -
CC Clue: Mellow Yellow
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 16 CommentsWell, the Jeep CJ2 was just too hard to find a Clue on. Or did I mean to say too easy? You know what I mean, hopefully. Now do you […] -
CC Clue: Into The Gaping Maw
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 11 CommentsThe Dodge Club Cab’s emblem was not quite deciphered, but we do now know that it is in Comic Sans font. I’d call that a half win. Now in what […] -
CC Outtake: Greetings From Italy – Your Next Truck, Dad
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 15 CommentsEdward knows I have an irrepressible passion about scaled down trucks. Like in compact, but ready for serious work. They’re all over Europe, managing to do the work that much […] -
30 Seconds Of Hell: The Worst Car TV Ads Ever (So Far)
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 74 CommentsWe’re kicking the week off with a visit to another world. We’re going to travel to Advertising Planet, where the beer is always cold, (and served up by morally casual, […] -
The Buick, Dubai 2009
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 14 CommentsFrench photographer Cédric Delsaux’s series “Dark Lens” injects lots of Star War characters into ultra-realistic cityscapes, along with a sense of humor, and in two examples, old cars. This one, […] -
Is That What They Call Chip Tuning? How Have You Improvised Repairs?
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 36 CommentsOf course we all have our baling wire and duct tape stories. And I’m sure the more creative ones will make good reading, How about even more ambitious emergency or […] -
CC Outtake: Greetings From Venice – Citroën Méhari
Posted on December 10, 2011 | 6 CommentsEdward sends us these shots of a Citroën Méhari found on one of the drivable areas of Venice. As well as some complaints about the realities of “modern” Italy, especially […] -
That Happened To Us Once
Posted on December 10, 2011 | 19 CommentsBut fortunately, our wheel and axle didn’t get past the low-cut fender of our 1965 Dodge Coronet wagon. But it gave my Dad quite a scare, and it happened at […] -
On The Road In 1948: Life Magazine Documented How It Really Was
Posted on December 9, 2011 | 23 CommentsRoad tripping: We take our modern, reliable and comfortable cars for granted. How would your teenage daughter take to spending a road trip like this? If you’re old enough, you’ll […] -
What If: BMW 533i (E12) Two-Door Sedan
Posted on December 9, 2011 | 6 CommentsI think I heard another plea for the return of two-door sedan somewhere in the comments recently. Well, how about going back in time to an E12 BMW 5 Series? […] -
Curbside Clueless: The Great Coast to Coast Classic Road Trip
Posted on December 9, 2011 | 46 CommentsSo now that we’ve all picked our Coast to Coast Classic, in the first Curbside Clueless See the USA, In a Crown Victoria , for the great road trip, where […]
![CC Outtakes: Today’s Walk – Eugene Is The Shit, And More Blazing sunshine, after a week and a half of mostly valley fog. Time to walk downtown for a bite of lunch and see what we encounter on our never-ending hunt. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-156-043-800.jpg)
![World’s Most Expensive RV Is Also The Ugliest – Marchi Mobile eleMMent I may wax eloquently about RVs, but not so much about this one. And it comes from Austria, no less. And the price tag, converted to US dollars is almost […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MM-marchi.jpg)
![CC Clue: Mellow Yellow Well, the Jeep CJ2 was just too hard to find a Clue on. Or did I mean to say too easy? You know what I mean, hopefully. Now do you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-156-130-clue.jpg)
![CC Clue: Into The Gaping Maw The Dodge Club Cab’s emblem was not quite deciphered, but we do now know that it is in Comic Sans font. I’d call that a half win. Now in what […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-123-145clue.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Greetings From Italy – Your Next Truck, Dad Edward knows I have an irrepressible passion about scaled down trucks. Like in compact, but ready for serious work. They’re all over Europe, managing to do the work that much […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_05871.jpg)
![30 Seconds Of Hell: The Worst Car TV Ads Ever (So Far) We’re kicking the week off with a visit to another world. We’re going to travel to Advertising Planet, where the beer is always cold, (and served up by morally casual, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1975-80-ford-granada.jpg)
![The Buick, Dubai 2009 French photographer Cédric Delsaux’s series “Dark Lens” injects lots of Star War characters into ultra-realistic cityscapes, along with a sense of humor, and in two examples, old cars. This one, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Photo-droids.png)
![Is That What They Call Chip Tuning? How Have You Improvised Repairs? Of course we all have our baling wire and duct tape stories. And I’m sure the more creative ones will make good reading, How about even more ambitious emergency or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Bild-chip-tuning.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Greetings From Venice – Citroën Méhari Edward sends us these shots of a Citroën Méhari found on one of the drivable areas of Venice. As well as some complaints about the realities of “modern” Italy, especially […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_05671.jpg)
![That Happened To Us Once But fortunately, our wheel and axle didn’t get past the low-cut fender of our 1965 Dodge Coronet wagon. But it gave my Dad quite a scare, and it happened at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Bild-des-Tages-Crazy-Car-pics-Funny-Car-pics-lustige-Autobilder-fotoshowImage-88704735-529829.jpg)
![On The Road In 1948: Life Magazine Documented How It Really Was Road tripping: We take our modern, reliable and comfortable cars for granted. How would your teenage daughter take to spending a road trip like this? If you’re old enough, you’ll […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/US-30-_07.jpeg)
![What If: BMW 533i (E12) Two-Door Sedan I think I heard another plea for the return of two-door sedan somewhere in the comments recently. Well, how about going back in time to an E12 BMW 5 Series? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bmw-533ci.jpg)
![Curbside Clueless: The Great Coast to Coast Classic Road Trip So now that we’ve all picked our Coast to Coast Classic, in the first Curbside Clueless See the USA, In a Crown Victoria , for the great road trip, where […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/curvy-highway-drive-0808-lg-112367041.jpg)


