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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 10/31/2017) Sport & Specials was this year’s theme of the annually held DAF Museum Days in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In other words, DAF cars beyond […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_4870.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 2017 DAF Museum Days – Variomatics With A Twist")
Car Show Classics: 2017 DAF Museum Days – Variomatics With A Twist
Posted on October 28, 2023 | 34 Comments(first posted 10/31/2017) Sport & Specials was this year’s theme of the annually held DAF Museum Days in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In other words, DAF cars beyond […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cummins-diesels-assaulted-indy-inline-4-photo-448621-s-original.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500")
Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 24 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […] -
![Photo: lapl.org (first posted 4/29/2017) Los Angeles and its environs are a veritable graveyard of vanished racetracks. [One, which we’ll meet later, was very near and dear to my heart. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Kids_auto_races_chaplin_2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racetrack Classics: The Vanished Speedways (and Film Locations) of Southern California")
Racetrack Classics: The Vanished Speedways (and Film Locations) of Southern California
Posted on April 29, 2023 | 30 CommentsPhoto: lapl.org (first posted 4/29/2017) Los Angeles and its environs are a veritable graveyard of vanished racetracks. [One, which we’ll meet later, was very near and dear to my heart. […] -
![no photos of the real races exist; this is a photoshop by Fuzzyman A look at NASCAR’s 1955 short track championship season stats shows something unexpected: Volkswagen is listed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Nascar-VW-composite-final.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In 1955 A VW Beetle Entered Two NASCAR Stock Car Races And Came In #6 and #8")
In 1955 A VW Beetle Entered Two NASCAR Stock Car Races And Came In #6 and #8
Posted on April 19, 2023 | 18 Commentsno photos of the real races exist; this is a photoshop by Fuzzyman A look at NASCAR’s 1955 short track championship season stats shows something unexpected: Volkswagen is listed […] -
![For everything the second-generation Corvette had going for it, the Sting Ray’s image and desirability suffered from one major flaw. As the self-described “America’s sports car”, and having held […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1EA0083A-330E-477B-990F-5A5864C192C6.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Corvettes, Shelbys, and the SCCA – The Rules of the Club")
Corvettes, Shelbys, and the SCCA – The Rules of the Club
Posted on April 9, 2023 | 18 CommentsFor everything the second-generation Corvette had going for it, the Sting Ray’s image and desirability suffered from one major flaw. As the self-described “America’s sports car”, and having held […] -
![There are replicas and there are replicas. The difference is clear. Remember those Fieros dressed in unconvincing plastic Testarossa or Countach kits? The Superformance GT40 is the other kind of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_112318-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2010 Superformance GT40-R – Genuine GT, But Less Than 40")
Curbside Classic: 2010 Superformance GT40-R – Genuine GT, But Less Than 40
Posted on October 3, 2022 | 16 CommentsThere are replicas and there are replicas. The difference is clear. Remember those Fieros dressed in unconvincing plastic Testarossa or Countach kits? The Superformance GT40 is the other kind of […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Audi-SQ4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero")
Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […] -
![Michigan’s Waterford Hills Road Racing course has been a north-of-Detroit club racing institution for decades, but since 1995 I’ve only visited once a year: to attend their annual vintage racing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220723_112422a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racetrack Classics: A Chevette Racer For Sale, An Alfetta, And A Creeping Awareness That Everything’s Changing")
Racetrack Classics: A Chevette Racer For Sale, An Alfetta, And A Creeping Awareness That Everything’s Changing
Posted on July 27, 2022 | 43 CommentsMichigan’s Waterford Hills Road Racing course has been a north-of-Detroit club racing institution for decades, but since 1995 I’ve only visited once a year: to attend their annual vintage racing […] -
![Part of being a parent is exposing your children to interesting experiences even when they are now legally adults. They can then form their own hobbies and interests with what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220514_111903.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Racing: The Family That Races Together Stays Together")
CC Racing: The Family That Races Together Stays Together
Posted on May 31, 2022 | 10 CommentsPart of being a parent is exposing your children to interesting experiences even when they are now legally adults. They can then form their own hobbies and interests with what […] -
![It may be hard to imagine through the eyes of the 21st century, but the Indy 500 once generated the kind of excitement that only the Super Bowl or the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF0118.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racetrack Classics: Grandpa’s 1969 Indy 500 Photos – A Man With Credentials")
Racetrack Classics: Grandpa’s 1969 Indy 500 Photos – A Man With Credentials
Posted on May 16, 2022 | 27 CommentsIt may be hard to imagine through the eyes of the 21st century, but the Indy 500 once generated the kind of excitement that only the Super Bowl or the […] -
![Picking the greatest, or the worst, of anything or any group, be it people, places, events or objects, is always a subjective thing to do. Here at CC, I’ve nominated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/motorsportcover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racing Retrospective: Sir Stirling Moss’s 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – The Greatest Car, Driver and Race?")
Racing Retrospective: Sir Stirling Moss’s 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – The Greatest Car, Driver and Race?
Posted on May 1, 2022 | 18 CommentsPicking the greatest, or the worst, of anything or any group, be it people, places, events or objects, is always a subjective thing to do. Here at CC, I’ve nominated […] -
![[Originally published 10 February 2017 @ 14:00] It’s been an unreasonably unusually snowy winter here in the lower BC Mainland; here’s an apropos French flick full of old cars I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Cinema Double Feature: Team Cibié Go Snowracing; Meanwhile, in Paris…")
CC Cinema Double Feature: Team Cibié Go Snowracing; Meanwhile, in Paris…
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 10 Comments[Originally published 10 February 2017 @ 14:00] It’s been an unreasonably unusually snowy winter here in the lower BC Mainland; here’s an apropos French flick full of old cars I […] -
Vintage R&T Feature: A Great Season For Speed (Bonneville, 1966)
Posted on August 19, 2021 | 14 CommentsHere’s a time travel back to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1966, a year when so many records in different classes were broken. -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2014) For years, the simple dog dish hubcap signified the domain of the cheapskate, the hack, the socially awkward, and the old maid. It was a placeholder for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-dog.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Drag Strip Classics: Dog Dish Afternoon, Part I–1969 Chevy Nova 396 and 1969 Plymouth GTX")
Drag Strip Classics: Dog Dish Afternoon, Part I–1969 Chevy Nova 396 and 1969 Plymouth GTX
Posted on December 8, 2020 | 109 Comments(first posted 12/8/2014) For years, the simple dog dish hubcap signified the domain of the cheapskate, the hack, the socially awkward, and the old maid. It was a placeholder for […]
