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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 5/20/2014) Hopefully, my love of automobiles is evident in my writing. As Bill Mitchell might have said, I was born with gasoline in my veins, and there’s no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spitfire-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Triumph Spitfire Mk1 – One Of The Cars I’ll Probably Never Own")
Curbside Classic: Triumph Spitfire Mk1 – One Of The Cars I’ll Probably Never Own
Posted on June 22, 2020 | 36 Comments(first posted 5/20/2014) Hopefully, my love of automobiles is evident in my writing. As Bill Mitchell might have said, I was born with gasoline in my veins, and there’s no […] -
![It’s amazing how few TVRs have graced CC by their presence, for a marque that died comparatively recently. But then, it’s amazing how little TVR exported their products to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_20200517_155449-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1998 TVR Cerbera Speed Eight 4.5 – The Budget Supercar")
Curbside Classic: 1998 TVR Cerbera Speed Eight 4.5 – The Budget Supercar
Posted on June 19, 2020 | 24 CommentsIt’s amazing how few TVRs have graced CC by their presence, for a marque that died comparatively recently. But then, it’s amazing how little TVR exported their products to the […] -
![(first posted 6/27/2014. Calvin Mehlert, who had a distinguished career in the Foreign Service, passed away on January 2, 2018) When Calvin Mehlert, age 86, left San Jose behind the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CC-226-430-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/COAL: 1970 Rover 3500S V8 (P6) – “Sell It Now? I’d Rather Cremate It And Have It Interred With Me”")
Curbside Classic/COAL: 1970 Rover 3500S V8 (P6) – “Sell It Now? I’d Rather Cremate It And Have It Interred With Me”
Posted on June 8, 2020 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/27/2014. Calvin Mehlert, who had a distinguished career in the Foreign Service, passed away on January 2, 2018) When Calvin Mehlert, age 86, left San Jose behind the […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2014) The Great Fastback Epoch swept across America like so many sudden feverish automotive (and food) fads, unleashed by the 1963 Sting Ray. Some were good, like the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-124-061-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Fiat Dino GT Coupe – A Delectable Fastback")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Fiat Dino GT Coupe – A Delectable Fastback
Posted on June 2, 2020 | 55 Comments(first posted 6/22/2014) The Great Fastback Epoch swept across America like so many sudden feverish automotive (and food) fads, unleashed by the 1963 Sting Ray. Some were good, like the […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2014) Only Volvo could have built the P1800, introducing a new car in 1961 whose design had been fresh way back in 1957, at a time when styling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CC-41-017-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Volvo P1800S – Transcending Time, Distance And Fashion")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Volvo P1800S – Transcending Time, Distance And Fashion
Posted on May 28, 2020 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/31/2014) Only Volvo could have built the P1800, introducing a new car in 1961 whose design had been fresh way back in 1957, at a time when styling […] -
![(First posted 6/13/2014. The story is by Richard Swartz. The photos are from Steve Evans, of his incredibly pristine 530i. So we have a first here, a collaborative effort by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_0212-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/COAL: 1975 BMW 530i (E12) – My First Car, At Age 15")
Curbside Classic/COAL: 1975 BMW 530i (E12) – My First Car, At Age 15
Posted on May 25, 2020 | 44 Comments(First posted 6/13/2014. The story is by Richard Swartz. The photos are from Steve Evans, of his incredibly pristine 530i. So we have a first here, a collaborative effort by […] -
![As previously mentioned in my monthly round-ups of Tokyo CCs (e.g. this one), there are a fair few W123s about in Japan – pretty much like anywhere on the planet, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200520_175504-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Mercedes-Benz 280 TE (W123) Wagon – Estate Of Ecstasy")
CC Capsule: 1980 Mercedes-Benz 280 TE (W123) Wagon – Estate Of Ecstasy
Posted on May 25, 2020 | 28 CommentsAs previously mentioned in my monthly round-ups of Tokyo CCs (e.g. this one), there are a fair few W123s about in Japan – pretty much like anywhere on the planet, […] -
![When Sundays actually are sunny in Tokyo, the true classics will occasionally venture out. I knew this from experience already. But knowing is one thing – seeing the most gorgeous […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200517_123036_1-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1967 Ferrari 330 GT – Lightning Strikes Twice (EDIT: Well, Thrice)")
In-Motion Classic: 1967 Ferrari 330 GT – Lightning Strikes Twice (EDIT: Well, Thrice)
Posted on May 24, 2020 | 14 CommentsWhen Sundays actually are sunny in Tokyo, the true classics will occasionally venture out. I knew this from experience already. But knowing is one thing – seeing the most gorgeous […] -
![Meeting a legend is a strange experience. If you’re an admirer, there can be too many things that pop up in your head at once, which you then try not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200504_172027-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1988 Audi Quattro – Stumped")
CC Capsule: 1988 Audi Quattro – Stumped
Posted on May 15, 2020 | 16 CommentsMeeting a legend is a strange experience. If you’re an admirer, there can be too many things that pop up in your head at once, which you then try not […] -
![1965 PV 544 Sport (first posted 5/29/2014) This is the seminal Volvo. It laid the foundations for generations of classic RWD Volvos, built for over half a century (1947-1998). All […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CC-111-047-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Volvo PV444 and PV544 – I Roll, Starting Here")
Curbside Classics: Volvo PV444 and PV544 – I Roll, Starting Here
Posted on May 13, 2020 | 37 Comments1965 PV 544 Sport (first posted 5/29/2014) This is the seminal Volvo. It laid the foundations for generations of classic RWD Volvos, built for over half a century (1947-1998). All […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2014) “Character. Grounded in substance not rhetoric, character is earned not claimed. As with people, so too with automobiles, character reveals itself, slowly, over time through a demonstrated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/5-4-2013-025-800x533-e1400452642564.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 240 Sedan – Will The Last 240 Turn Out The Lights Please?")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 240 Sedan – Will The Last 240 Turn Out The Lights Please?
Posted on May 10, 2020 | 49 Comments(first posted 5/31/2014) “Character. Grounded in substance not rhetoric, character is earned not claimed. As with people, so too with automobiles, character reveals itself, slowly, over time through a demonstrated […] -
![(first posted 5/27/2014) The personal luxury car market in the late-eighties was a world of polar opposites. At one end were mostly soft-riding, comfort-oriented American cars like the Cadillac Eldorado […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_4227.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 780 Turbo Coupe – An Exotic Automobile For A Practical Consumer")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 780 Turbo Coupe – An Exotic Automobile For A Practical Consumer
Posted on May 9, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted 5/27/2014) The personal luxury car market in the late-eighties was a world of polar opposites. At one end were mostly soft-riding, comfort-oriented American cars like the Cadillac Eldorado […] -
![(first posted 7/1/2014) How much are our opinions of automobiles shaped by the fundamental aspects of mechanicals and architecture versus less concrete aspects of engineering, such as fine tuning of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-2-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 850 GLT – Divergent Evolution")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 850 GLT – Divergent Evolution
Posted on May 5, 2020 | 41 Comments(first posted 7/1/2014) How much are our opinions of automobiles shaped by the fundamental aspects of mechanicals and architecture versus less concrete aspects of engineering, such as fine tuning of […] -
![(first posted 5/21/2011. Curbside Duett shots posted at the Cohort by Robert Adair) To understand the Swedes’ love for the station-wagon, one has to go back to the war, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duett-FA2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Volvo Duett – The Most Versatile And Practical Volvo Ever")
Curbside Classic: Volvo Duett – The Most Versatile And Practical Volvo Ever
Posted on April 29, 2020 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/21/2011. Curbside Duett shots posted at the Cohort by Robert Adair) To understand the Swedes’ love for the station-wagon, one has to go back to the war, the […] -
![Have you ever felt, when re-experiencing something you thought you knew, that it was somehow nowhere near as good as you remembered it? Could be anything – a work of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200318_103609-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (W113) – A Fish In The Percolator")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (W113) – A Fish In The Percolator
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 31 CommentsHave you ever felt, when re-experiencing something you thought you knew, that it was somehow nowhere near as good as you remembered it? Could be anything – a work of […]
