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Canalside Parking – How Many CCs Can You Identify?
Posted on September 16, 2014 | 26 CommentsThese pictures were taken in Amsterdam in June 1975. I had just arrived on an overnight flight from Canada, and I was pretty zonked out. A boat tour of Amsterdam […] -
Curbside Parking: Hillerød, Denmark 1975 – How Many CCs Can You Identify?
Posted on September 12, 2014 | 38 CommentsEveryone seems to love Curbside Parking, so I decided to submit this picture with some Euro CCs. This picture was taken in June 1975, in Hillerød, Denmark. That’s Frederiksborg castle […] -
Classic Snapshot From 1961: Gregoire Sport Cabriolet – Front Overhang Pioneer
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 26 CommentsTime to flip open the 1961 Auto-parade again. This time, it’s a car I’ve seen numerous times in these vintage catalogs, but didn’t know enough about. Time to do a […] -
Classic Design Snapshot from 1961: Maserati 5000 – The Maserati 3500’s Ugly But Fast Big Sister
Posted on July 20, 2014 | 30 CommentsI’ve had a bookmark in my 1961 Auto-Parade on this page for a while, with the notation “ugly Maserati”. That doesn’t apply to everything from the front wheels back, but […] -
The Two GM-Car Household Circa 1968
Posted on December 7, 2013 | 19 CommentsThe real joy of this gig is the comments left by the readers, as any of the writers here will tell you. And when they leave a great old family […] -
Curbside Through The Windshield: Unidentified Flying Willys Aero Ace Object
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 19 CommentsThis past Saturday afternoon was a rather fruitful car-spotting day. Around here–and completely opposite blizzard-handicapped New England–the roads and curbs are full of charming classics, basking in the late-winter sun…including a […] -
From The 1960 Auto Parade: Fiat 500 Sport — Helmet, Racing Goggles And 21 HP
Posted on January 16, 2013 | 7 CommentsNo, this isn’t one of Carlo Abarth’s hot little Fiat 500 buzz-bombs, although even those only went up to 38 hp (the 600 was the basis of the real Abarth […] -
Fairway Classic: Yamaha G-5 Sun Classic – The Brougham Golf Cart?
Posted on September 7, 2012 | 74 CommentsOkay, this doesn’t exactly look like a Curbside Classic, but in actuality it really is. These special golf carts can be driven on the road. In fact, this one’s driven […] -
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 […] -
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. -
Curbside Casualty: Flat Faced Flathead
Posted on July 17, 2012 | 19 CommentsI am sure that since 1949, an awful lot of ’49 Fords have rear ended other cars. After all, Ford made over a million of them and (according to Wiki) […] -
Through the JPC Windshield: Life On Mars
Posted on June 15, 2012 | 40 CommentsDoes anyone recall the recent TV series Life On Mars? The premise was that a modern day New York Detective suddenly wakes up to find himself living in the summer […] -
What’s Wrong (Or Right) With This Picture?
Posted on June 9, 2012 | 35 Commentsimage source: That Hartford Guy -
1960 Chevy Finale: No Apparent Fragile X Syndrome
Posted on June 7, 2012 | 21 Commentsimage source: roadsidepictures Ok, cue the X-Frame jokes and put-downs. But this extended 348-powered 1960 Chevrolet wagon isn’t exactly dragging its belly on the pavement, nor has it turned into […] -
CC Outtake: Everything But The…Never Mind
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 6 CommentsHere’s an old photo I found of one of the 356 parts cars my dad had in the ’70s. Most of them were rustbuckets and didn’t run, but they kept […]