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- tbm3fan on Curbside Classic: 1981 VW Diesel Pickup – The Most ’80s Car Ever – I Could Replace My Whole Fleet With One
- Carl Kelsen on Curbside Musings: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Exit Stage Left
- Carl Kelsen on Curbside Musings: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Exit Stage Left
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- JT on Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 – The Show Pony
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- Patrick Bell on Vintage Snapshots: Cars Of The 1950s In Period Livery – Part 2
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Curbside Classic: 1981 VW Diesel Pickup – The Most ’80s Car Ever – I Could Replace My Whole Fleet With One
Posted on December 10, 2024 | 17 CommentsWhat were the key ingredients that really defined the new cars of the 1980s: Compact. Front wheel drive, Diesel. Import brands. Four cylinders. Compact trucks and SUVs. Fuel efficient. Unibody. […] -
CC Global: 1959-95 Mercedes L Series Trucks
Posted on December 8, 2024 | 154 Comments(first posted 7/1/2014) Say the words “big truck” to someone who grew up in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s, such as myself, and the first image to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 BMW 1800 “New Class” – The Tesla Model S Of Its Time
Posted on December 7, 2024 | 84 Commentscurbside BMW 1800 shot by William Oliver (first posted 12/7/2018. It’s interesting to look back at this and see how much has changed. And how Tesla proved the nay-sayers (including […] -
Curbside Classic: 1937 Frazer Nash-BMW 328 – Don’t Mention The War
Posted on December 6, 2024 | 10 CommentsEven non-connoisseurs of pre-war automotive delights would have reacted like I did when I saw this silver beauty pulling up. I think what I audibly said was something like “Oooh, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1935 Fiat 508S Balilla Berlinetta Aerodinamica – Thousand Miglia Stare
Posted on December 5, 2024 | 13 CommentsThe ‘30s were the decade of automotive streamlining, as we all know. Because this science was in its infancy and progress is always uneven, there were a lot of questionable […] -
Curbside Classic: 1930 Aston Martin International – Sporting Chance
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 6 CommentsWe had a Roaring Twenties Week last month, so it’s only normal that we should give the ‘30s a look-see as well. So we might as well start at the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 VW Quantum (Passat B2) – Quantum Mechanics
Posted on November 28, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posted 11/28/2018) I could certainly add the tag “Last One on the Streets Here” on this Quantum’s title. It’s been a few years since I last […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Opel Kadett – Buick Dealers Really Sold These?
Posted on November 26, 2024 | 90 Comments(first posted 4/12/2012) You have to wonder about GM sometimes. Between the 1940s and 1960s, they were an industrial powerhouse. Deep, deep pockets, technological know-how and widespread […] -
Car Show Classic: 1924 Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 Saloon by Million-Guiet – Enter Your Second Century In Style
Posted on November 22, 2024 | 5 CommentsI caught this lovely Lorraine-Dietrich last year, when it was still in the two-digit realm (age-wise), but what’s a year and change when you’re that old? It was more than […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 AC 3000ME – Optimism, With A V6
Posted on November 20, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 11/20/2018) The AC name is, or was, well known. Remember the Cobra? A Ford V8 and a Carroll Shelby designed installation in the compact AC […] -
Car Show Classic: 1927 Lancia Lambda (Series VII) Phaeton – Art-Deco Avant-Garde
Posted on November 20, 2024 | 16 CommentsLancia’s reputation for making extremely advanced and unconventional cars was well established even in the marque’s early years. If one model really stood above the rest in terms of sophistication, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Volkswagen Cabriolet – What Women Want
Posted on November 18, 2024 | 97 Comments(first posted 2/14/2013) What is it that makes a car a “chick car?” Put another way, what is it about some cars that appeals to the fairer sex? And why […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 VW Passat Wagon (B3) – Practicality Über Alles
Posted on November 16, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 8/11/2014) Since its inception, practicality and functionality were the dominant forces that defined Volkswagens. With the arrival of the B5 Passat in 1996, that took […] -
Curbside Classic: 1999 Bentley Continental SC – For The Discerning Plutocrat
Posted on November 8, 2024 | 8 CommentsOur final “Same-same but different week” entry will be a model that has not had a proper CC as such, though we did cover the drop-top version a couple years […] -
CC Capsule: 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato – Slippery Customer
Posted on November 6, 2024 | 9 CommentsAerodynamics is a complex science. A lot of the so-called “streamliners” of the ‘30s and ‘40s were less efficient than an ‘80s Volvo, despite what looks might suggest. Similarly, a […]