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![Today we head back to the Andre Moizard auction to check out the selection of Cadillacs and Jeeps of the collection. There is everything from stock, commercial, resto mods, projects […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1953-Cadillac-Coupe-de-ville-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Auction: Cadillacs and Jeeps – Moizard Auction")
CC Auction: Cadillacs and Jeeps – Moizard Auction
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 27 CommentsToday we head back to the Andre Moizard auction to check out the selection of Cadillacs and Jeeps of the collection. There is everything from stock, commercial, resto mods, projects […] -
![Found on Facebook Marketplace, location: Poolesville, MD. No other description given. Only 588 of these Packard Hawks were made; who knows how many survive today in any form. Is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-20-26-41-409182606_7226733637366305_1392915141045358127_n.jpg-JPEG-Image-960-%C3%97-720-pixels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1958 Packard Hawk – “Parts car here will cut up Soon”")
CC For Sale: 1958 Packard Hawk – “Parts car here will cut up Soon”
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 26 CommentsFound on Facebook Marketplace, location: Poolesville, MD. No other description given. Only 588 of these Packard Hawks were made; who knows how many survive today in any form. Is […] -
![A couple of years ago, I had stumbled across these pictures of a ’79 Town Coupe I had taken back in the fall of 2016, coincidentally on the same day […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3175-1979-Lincoln-Town-Coupe-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe – Treasure")
Curbside Musings: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe – Treasure
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 55 CommentsA couple of years ago, I had stumbled across these pictures of a ’79 Town Coupe I had taken back in the fall of 2016, coincidentally on the same day […] -
![Just this last week, as I drove around the surroundings of San Salvador, I came across this most extraordinary find. What I believe to be some kind of lost Volvo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20231216_161152680_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Volvo P-1800 LL – A Lost Chevy-Inspired Concept Car?")
CC Capsule: 1972 Volvo P-1800 LL – A Lost Chevy-Inspired Concept Car?
Posted on December 18, 2023 | 23 CommentsJust this last week, as I drove around the surroundings of San Salvador, I came across this most extraordinary find. What I believe to be some kind of lost Volvo […] -
![Ah, the 2010s! What a blessed decade that was. For some things, maybe. Car design-wise, it was actually piss-poor, on the whole. The overweight, squinty-eyed, angry-edgy-chunky tanks we are currently […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20221225_144449_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2020 Honda S660 Neo Classic – The Masked Avenger")
CC Capsule: 2020 Honda S660 Neo Classic – The Masked Avenger
Posted on December 18, 2023 | 10 CommentsAh, the 2010s! What a blessed decade that was. For some things, maybe. Car design-wise, it was actually piss-poor, on the whole. The overweight, squinty-eyed, angry-edgy-chunky tanks we are currently […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2017) With the arrival of December and its colder temperatures here in the Midwestern United States, my thoughts often turn to warmer climates. I lived in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1956-Ford-Thunderbird-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1956 Ford Thunderbird – By The Ocean Beach")
Curbside Capsule: 1956 Ford Thunderbird – By The Ocean Beach
Posted on December 17, 2023 | 38 Comments(first posted 12/8/2017) With the arrival of December and its colder temperatures here in the Midwestern United States, my thoughts often turn to warmer climates. I lived in […] -
![If you had to drive something from 1990 or so, you couldn’t do better than one (or both) of these. Strictly speaking, the Corolla has the Accord beat in terms […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1982.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: The Two Best Cars From 1990?")
Curbside Outtake: The Two Best Cars From 1990?
Posted on December 17, 2023 | 30 CommentsIf you had to drive something from 1990 or so, you couldn’t do better than one (or both) of these. Strictly speaking, the Corolla has the Accord beat in terms […] -
![There are two over-the-road ways to recover a seriously damaged or broken-down large commercial vehicle: either by hooking it up to a heavy wrecker or by putting the vehicle on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_1917.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Some Modern Volvo Recovery Vehicles")
CC Global: Some Modern Volvo Recovery Vehicles
Posted on December 17, 2023 | 13 CommentsThere are two over-the-road ways to recover a seriously damaged or broken-down large commercial vehicle: either by hooking it up to a heavy wrecker or by putting the vehicle on […] -
![(first posted 12/7/2017) If I were the kind of person who wrote my thoughts down in a journal, my experience with this 2008 Land Rover LR3 would go […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thumb_IMG_9129_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC/Driving Impressions: 2008 Land Rover LR3 – My Re-Discovery Of SUV Empowerment")
CC/Driving Impressions: 2008 Land Rover LR3 – My Re-Discovery Of SUV Empowerment
Posted on December 16, 2023 | 51 Comments(first posted 12/7/2017) If I were the kind of person who wrote my thoughts down in a journal, my experience with this 2008 Land Rover LR3 would go […] -
![Youtube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DSC01770.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run")
Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run
Posted on December 16, 2023 | 33 CommentsYoutube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […] -
![Photo from the Cohort by nifticus392. What a streak of hits can do for everlasting fame. When we mourn for Pontiac, there’s no question as to what we’re all mourning; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/53394163750_0db9579460_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix – Pontiac Longing")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix – Pontiac Longing
Posted on December 15, 2023 | 18 CommentsPhoto from the Cohort by nifticus392. What a streak of hits can do for everlasting fame. When we mourn for Pontiac, there’s no question as to what we’re all mourning; […] -
CC Story: 1959 Chevrolet Impala – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Posted on December 15, 2023 | 45 CommentsNote: The story you are about to read is true. The names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent (or the guilty!) So there! -
![Back in September an interesting auction was advertised semi locally which would give an opportunity to see some very rare vehicles. Additionally, we were fresh off a successful Great Beater […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Citroen-Traction-convertible.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Auction: Cache of French Cars on the Prairies – Moizard Auction")
CC Auction: Cache of French Cars on the Prairies – Moizard Auction
Posted on December 14, 2023 | 21 CommentsBack in September an interesting auction was advertised semi locally which would give an opportunity to see some very rare vehicles. Additionally, we were fresh off a successful Great Beater […] -
![One of the things I really enjoy about CC is that we look at cars as found. Curbside. Like the name says. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DTT6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: They’re Not Always Shiny")
CC In Scale: They’re Not Always Shiny
Posted on December 14, 2023 | 42 CommentsOne of the things I really enjoy about CC is that we look at cars as found. Curbside. Like the name says. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy car […] -
![(first posted 12/13/2017) Nissan Patrols are commonly considered “forbidden fruit” in the US, and often imported privately. But once upon a time, from 1962 to 1969, one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CC-320-050.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1960s Nissan Patrol 60 – Originally a US-Market Patrol? With an IH Speedometer?")
Curbside Capsule: 1960s Nissan Patrol 60 – Originally a US-Market Patrol? With an IH Speedometer?
Posted on December 13, 2023 | 58 Comments(first posted 12/13/2017) Nissan Patrols are commonly considered “forbidden fruit” in the US, and often imported privately. But once upon a time, from 1962 to 1969, one […]
