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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![Procrastination is an evolutionary trait; why expend energy now when the wolf isn’t yet at the door? From the mid-50s on, VW knew it needed to eventually find a true […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CC-120-040-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974-1981 VW Dasher (Passat B1) VW Finally Enters The FWD Era")
Curbside Classic: 1974-1981 VW Dasher (Passat B1) VW Finally Enters The FWD Era
Posted on July 28, 2025 | 13 CommentsProcrastination is an evolutionary trait; why expend energy now when the wolf isn’t yet at the door? From the mid-50s on, VW knew it needed to eventually find a true […] -
![Today’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on the wrong pony […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-25-042-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony
Posted on July 27, 2025 | 17 CommentsToday’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on the wrong pony […] -
![As I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4190.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run")
Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 7 CommentsAs I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […] -
![I once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3651.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable")
Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 23 CommentsI once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […] -
![Canadian cars and trucks are the mother-lode of badge engineering. Mercury trucks came about due to a quirk of the Canadian Ford dealership system due to the sparsely populated areas […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1968-Mercury-Ranger-M-250-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Canada’s Mercury Trucks – We Do Things A Bit Differently Up Here")
Canada’s Mercury Trucks – We Do Things A Bit Differently Up Here
Posted on July 12, 2025 | 15 CommentsCanadian cars and trucks are the mother-lode of badge engineering. Mercury trucks came about due to a quirk of the Canadian Ford dealership system due to the sparsely populated areas […] -
![(first posted 5/20/2013. In 2018, this generation Century was finally replaced by the third generation) Brougham Love is not exactly a common sentiment, and of that which remains today, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_8029_10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "2013 Toyota Century: The Ultimate Brougham Time Machine")
2013 Toyota Century: The Ultimate Brougham Time Machine
Posted on July 9, 2025 | 135 Comments(first posted 5/20/2013. In 2018, this generation Century was finally replaced by the third generation) Brougham Love is not exactly a common sentiment, and of that which remains today, a […] -
![Volvo sports car? An oxymoron, if ever there was one. For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of safety and durability […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1970VolvoP1800E01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Volvo P1800E – About Lars, Who Bought a Stylish Italian Suit and Wore it for Twelve Years")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Volvo P1800E – About Lars, Who Bought a Stylish Italian Suit and Wore it for Twelve Years
Posted on July 3, 2025 | 14 CommentsVolvo sports car? An oxymoron, if ever there was one. For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of safety and durability […] -
![(first posted 4/5/2013) OK, I cheated. Given the way the car is sitting, I obviously didn’t find this CC parked street-side, and I did pose it for pictures. This truck […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Front-quarter-2-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Isuzu Rodeo – Passport To Success")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Isuzu Rodeo – Passport To Success
Posted on June 30, 2025 | 47 Comments(first posted 4/5/2013) OK, I cheated. Given the way the car is sitting, I obviously didn’t find this CC parked street-side, and I did pose it for pictures. This truck […] -
![(first posted 4/7/2013) We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1982-Toyota-pickup-diesel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 49 Comments(first posted 4/7/2013) We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […] -
![This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/5-30-2012-002-e1346612263324.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 6 CommentsThis was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […] -
![In my first installment of Trail Side Classics we were traveling along the GAP Trail. For this ride, let’s visit some possibly more interesting finds along a 13 Mile section […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250525_081014_54544346959_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trail Side Classics: ’67 Galaxie 500 Sedan And Other Finds Along the Montour Trail")
Trail Side Classics: ’67 Galaxie 500 Sedan And Other Finds Along the Montour Trail
Posted on June 27, 2025 | 19 CommentsIn my first installment of Trail Side Classics we were traveling along the GAP Trail. For this ride, let’s visit some possibly more interesting finds along a 13 Mile section […] -
![This is why I live in Eugene: So that I can run into an ancient VW Transporter with a heavy load of wood at the lumberyard, just a half-dozen parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-199-249-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 VW Transporter – A Rolling, Hard-Working, Living-History Mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1961 VW Transporter – A Rolling, Hard-Working, Living-History Mobile
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 7 CommentsThis is why I live in Eugene: So that I can run into an ancient VW Transporter with a heavy load of wood at the lumberyard, just a half-dozen parking […] -
![(first posted 5/13/2013) What is the source of American men’s latent and easily provoked disdain for the French (and their cars)? Umm, it doesn’t exactly take a study to prove […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hoffman-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Citroen 2CV Hoffman Cabriolet – The Ultimate Chick Magnet?")
Curbside Classic: Citroen 2CV Hoffman Cabriolet – The Ultimate Chick Magnet?
Posted on June 14, 2025 | 66 Comments(first posted 5/13/2013) What is the source of American men’s latent and easily provoked disdain for the French (and their cars)? Umm, it doesn’t exactly take a study to prove […] -
![For today, lots of travelogue and some vintage car sighting. A curious quirk of traveling while being an admirer of vintage cars is that the hope of finding old metal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_20250308_122643_PORTRAIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth In Antigua Guatemala – A Classic In A Classic City")
Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth In Antigua Guatemala – A Classic In A Classic City
Posted on June 8, 2025 | 13 CommentsFor today, lots of travelogue and some vintage car sighting. A curious quirk of traveling while being an admirer of vintage cars is that the hope of finding old metal […] -
![A couple of recent Australian Valiant finds by John Cockerell at the CC Cohort, a ’66 and ’69 respectively, reminded me that these models deserve a short revisit. Firstly, because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-16-23.44.46.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1966 & 1969 Valiant: Chrysler Enters Its Best Selling Era In Australia")
1966 & 1969 Valiant: Chrysler Enters Its Best Selling Era In Australia
Posted on June 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsA couple of recent Australian Valiant finds by John Cockerell at the CC Cohort, a ’66 and ’69 respectively, reminded me that these models deserve a short revisit. Firstly, because […]
