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Curbside Classics Archives
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![It was wonderful to take my first days off from work this year the week of Labor Day Monday. Before this happened, that little break from work was something I […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/014-c.-1967-FIAT-500L-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1967 FIAT 500L – <i>Senape Piccante</i>")
Curbside Classic: c. 1967 FIAT 500L – Senape Piccante
Posted on September 29, 2020 | 25 CommentsIt was wonderful to take my first days off from work this year the week of Labor Day Monday. Before this happened, that little break from work was something I […] -
![Motor manufacturers, perhaps more than many entrepreneurs, have a history of putting their name over the door. Names that are now familiar now, such as Ford, Benz, Daimler, Porsche, Renault, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC07837.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1934 Lanchester 18 Mulliner 6 Light Saloon – Remembering Dr Fred")
Carshow Classic: 1934 Lanchester 18 Mulliner 6 Light Saloon – Remembering Dr Fred
Posted on September 27, 2020 | 21 CommentsMotor manufacturers, perhaps more than many entrepreneurs, have a history of putting their name over the door. Names that are now familiar now, such as Ford, Benz, Daimler, Porsche, Renault, […] -
![(first posted 9/25/2014) At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-facel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Facel Vega Facel II – Franco-American Lust Object")
Curbside Classic: Facel Vega Facel II – Franco-American Lust Object
Posted on September 25, 2020 | 83 Comments(first posted 9/25/2014) At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked […] -
![(first posted 9/18/2014) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-Marina.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin")
Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin
Posted on September 18, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 9/18/2014) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC […] -
![(first posted 9/6/2014) I recently returned from a holiday in south-west France, and note again that one of the pleasures of travel is seeing how different countries handle their heritage: […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/r17.3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1977 Renault 17 and 1980 Renault 18 – An Appeal To The People Of France (With A Nod To General de Gaulle)")
Curbside Classics: 1977 Renault 17 and 1980 Renault 18 – An Appeal To The People Of France (With A Nod To General de Gaulle)
Posted on September 6, 2020 | 54 Comments(first posted 9/6/2014) I recently returned from a holiday in south-west France, and note again that one of the pleasures of travel is seeing how different countries handle their heritage: […] -
![(first posted 8/31/2014) While driving around Antibes, France, looking for a parking spot after dropping the family off at the beach, I came across this interesting looking vehicle. Once I […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1000582.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classique: Renault Estafette 1000 – Could Even Its Mother Love That Face?")
Curbside Classique: Renault Estafette 1000 – Could Even Its Mother Love That Face?
Posted on August 31, 2020 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/31/2014) While driving around Antibes, France, looking for a parking spot after dropping the family off at the beach, I came across this interesting looking vehicle. Once I […] -
![This is our last return trip to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage (for 2020, anyway), but it’s a crucial one. Just next to the recently-covered Alfa Spider, and looking even […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200801_165300-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1954 Porsche 356 1500 Super – Honoris Tatra")
Museum Classic: 1954 Porsche 356 1500 Super – Honoris Tatra
Posted on August 31, 2020 | 5 CommentsThis is our last return trip to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage (for 2020, anyway), but it’s a crucial one. Just next to the recently-covered Alfa Spider, and looking even […] -
![(first posted 8/29/2014) CC has recorded previously my nomination for the most significant cars of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s. You can probably guess my nominee for the most […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1955-Morris-Minor-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Morris Minor Series II – Britain’s Favourite Car, Bar None, And Rightly So.")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Morris Minor Series II – Britain’s Favourite Car, Bar None, And Rightly So.
Posted on August 29, 2020 | 78 Comments(first posted 8/29/2014) CC has recorded previously my nomination for the most significant cars of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s. You can probably guess my nominee for the most […] -
![(first posted 11/1/2011) Seeing that it’s a DKW and not a Chevrolet, some of you might be tempted to skip this CC. If you must, but know that this is […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-151-031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94) – The Proto-Audi")
Curbside Classic: 1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94) – The Proto-Audi
Posted on August 24, 2020 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/1/2011) Seeing that it’s a DKW and not a Chevrolet, some of you might be tempted to skip this CC. If you must, but know that this is […] -
![I have been watching quite a few reruns of game shows from the 1970s and ’80s this year. I have always enjoyed watching vintage television programs in some measure, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200621_173600-1981-Mercedes-Benz-380SL-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully")
Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully
Posted on August 18, 2020 | 44 CommentsI have been watching quite a few reruns of game shows from the 1970s and ’80s this year. I have always enjoyed watching vintage television programs in some measure, but […] -
![(first posted 8/14/2014) So who would like to be a paying beta tester for a 70s Lotus engine? Anyone? No? Well, eleven thousand Jensen owners were, and we can assume […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Jensen-Healey-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Jensen Healey – Care To Take It For A Really Long Test Drive?")
Curbside Classic: Jensen Healey – Care To Take It For A Really Long Test Drive?
Posted on August 14, 2020 | 66 Comments(first posted 8/14/2014) So who would like to be a paying beta tester for a 70s Lotus engine? Anyone? No? Well, eleven thousand Jensen owners were, and we can assume […] -
![I recently went back to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage, which Jim Klein and I visited last year, and saw a number of cars that were not there last time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200801_164727-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto – Music By Simon & Garfunkuttlefish")
Museum Classics: 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto – Music By Simon & Garfunkuttlefish
Posted on August 14, 2020 | 19 CommentsI recently went back to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage, which Jim Klein and I visited last year, and saw a number of cars that were not there last time […] -
![My older brother’s friends in high school in the ’80s had a variety of vehicles that set my internal bar pretty high in terms of what I would aspire to […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/033-1973-VW-Thing-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 (or ’74) Volkswagen 181: Here’s The Thing…")
Curbside Classic: 1973 (or ’74) Volkswagen 181: Here’s The Thing…
Posted on August 4, 2020 | 52 CommentsMy older brother’s friends in high school in the ’80s had a variety of vehicles that set my internal bar pretty high in terms of what I would aspire to […] -
![(First posted July 30, 2014) “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-06-05-11.27.28.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 BMW 325i (E36) – Have We Moved On?")
Curbside Classic: 1994 BMW 325i (E36) – Have We Moved On?
Posted on July 29, 2020 | 59 Comments(First posted July 30, 2014) “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […] -
![(first posted 7/26/2014) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1961-Victor-F-series.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor")
Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor
Posted on July 26, 2020 | 57 Comments(first posted 7/26/2014) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. […]
