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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![Once upon a time in the 1980s, my birthday came along and I was allowed one really expensive 1:24 Die Cast model. So I walked into the Hobby Shop, bypassed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Chevy-59-1.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Impala – Holy Batwing Die Cast Dreams")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Impala – Holy Batwing Die Cast Dreams
Posted on May 20, 2011 | 27 CommentsOnce upon a time in the 1980s, my birthday came along and I was allowed one really expensive 1:24 Die Cast model. So I walked into the Hobby Shop, bypassed […] -
![Ahh….1959…the year in which my Mom and Dad both conceived and brought this longrooffan into the “Year of the Fin.” I arrived home from St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-043.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Triumph TR3A: My Favorite ’50’s Sportscar")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Triumph TR3A: My Favorite ’50’s Sportscar
Posted on May 19, 2011 | 13 CommentsAhh….1959…the year in which my Mom and Dad both conceived and brought this longrooffan into the “Year of the Fin.” I arrived home from St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. […] -
![Out of adversity arises creativity. Alec Issigonis’ brilliant Mini was conceived in the depths of the oil import embargo brought on by the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Kind of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-26-037-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Austin Mini – Yesterday’s Mini; Today’s Micro")
Curbside Classic: Austin Mini – Yesterday’s Mini; Today’s Micro
Posted on May 16, 2011 | 46 CommentsOut of adversity arises creativity. Alec Issigonis’ brilliant Mini was conceived in the depths of the oil import embargo brought on by the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Kind of […] -
![A short time back, while this olelongrooffan was out and about, I passed by my buddy the Alfa guy’s shop and outside I spotted this pair of Fiat 124 Sport […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1-0011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Fiat 124 Sport Spider: My Dad’s Last Toy")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Fiat 124 Sport Spider: My Dad’s Last Toy
Posted on May 15, 2011 | 23 CommentsA short time back, while this olelongrooffan was out and about, I passed by my buddy the Alfa guy’s shop and outside I spotted this pair of Fiat 124 Sport […] -
![The Official CC Sales lot may be thriving, thanks to easy daily payment terms starting at $5 per day. But some lovers of vintage iron just can’t seem to keep […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-137-071-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The CC Repo Lot: Don’t Let Your Payments Slip")
The CC Repo Lot: Don’t Let Your Payments Slip
Posted on May 13, 2011 | 14 CommentsThe Official CC Sales lot may be thriving, thanks to easy daily payment terms starting at $5 per day. But some lovers of vintage iron just can’t seem to keep […] -
![Before I set us off on this adventure, I must comment on the superb quality of the offerings here on Curbside Classic. That piece on the CC Caddy with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-0011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Ford Falcon Station Bus: A “Compact” Minivan")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Ford Falcon Station Bus: A “Compact” Minivan
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 13 CommentsBefore I set us off on this adventure, I must comment on the superb quality of the offerings here on Curbside Classic. That piece on the CC Caddy with the […] -
![This 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1979_Datsun_510_hatchback_31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit
Posted on May 8, 2011 | 22 CommentsThis 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […] -
![Thirty hours in NYC, with wife, sister and two kids who’ve never been. How best to turn a potential burn-out into a rejuvenation of the creative juices? The NYIAS? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Balto-NY-088-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT – The First Modern Fastback")
Museum Classic: 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT – The First Modern Fastback
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 11 CommentsThirty hours in NYC, with wife, sister and two kids who’ve never been. How best to turn a potential burn-out into a rejuvenation of the creative juices? The NYIAS? […] -
![The sad story of the Marlin almost perfectly encapsulates all of the travails that eventually brought AMC to its knees. An inconsistent vision that left the company lurching from VW-fighting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-103-098-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Rambler Marlin – The Humpback Whale – AMC’s Deadly Sin #1")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Rambler Marlin – The Humpback Whale – AMC’s Deadly Sin #1
Posted on April 30, 2011 | 71 CommentsThe sad story of the Marlin almost perfectly encapsulates all of the travails that eventually brought AMC to its knees. An inconsistent vision that left the company lurching from VW-fighting […] -
![What are the qualifications that makes a car a true classic? Being one of the handsomest and most enduring designs of its time? Staying in production for twenty years? Having […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-135-121-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 Coupe – A True Classic?")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 Coupe – A True Classic?
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 36 CommentsWhat are the qualifications that makes a car a true classic? Being one of the handsomest and most enduring designs of its time? Staying in production for twenty years? Having […] -
![I have to say that I have had a pretty fruitful week in my car sightings seen around the Home of the World’s Most Famous Beach. Although nearly every time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/65american440-012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler American 440: One of “The Sensible Spectaculars”")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler American 440: One of “The Sensible Spectaculars”
Posted on April 25, 2011 | 30 CommentsI have to say that I have had a pretty fruitful week in my car sightings seen around the Home of the World’s Most Famous Beach. Although nearly every time […] -
![Sometimes I cannot believe the remarkable vehicle related experiences this olelongrooffan stumbles into. Today I was down at my brother’s Goodyear shop getting my Comanche’s bodily fluids changed and one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1-0081.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Daimler SP250: The Queen’s Sports Car")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Daimler SP250: The Queen’s Sports Car
Posted on April 22, 2011 | 21 CommentsSometimes I cannot believe the remarkable vehicle related experiences this olelongrooffan stumbles into. Today I was down at my brother’s Goodyear shop getting my Comanche’s bodily fluids changed and one […] -
![grace: (def) unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration… Every time I have doubts about being able to continue CC in the face of other demands, something happens to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-134-096-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Porsche 911 SC And Honda CRX Si – Graced, Doubly")
Curbside Classics: Porsche 911 SC And Honda CRX Si – Graced, Doubly
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 8 Commentsgrace: (def) unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration… Every time I have doubts about being able to continue CC in the face of other demands, something happens to […] -
![I first spotted this 1972 Bill Mitchell-era General Motors C-body a couple years ago down here in sunny Daytona Beach, Florida. Yeah, I’m clear across the continent from the publisher […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/72olds98-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile 98 Hardtop Coupe – “Not Just Another Pretty (Huge) Car”")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile 98 Hardtop Coupe – “Not Just Another Pretty (Huge) Car”
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 58 CommentsI first spotted this 1972 Bill Mitchell-era General Motors C-body a couple years ago down here in sunny Daytona Beach, Florida. Yeah, I’m clear across the continent from the publisher […] -
![[Welcome to our first reader submission, and a new series titled “My Curbside Classic”. This one is by Dave Saunders, known hereabouts as Dave7. This is not his first CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mazda-808-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1973 Mazda 808 (aka: 818/Grand Familia/Mizer)")
My Curbside Classic: 1973 Mazda 808 (aka: 818/Grand Familia/Mizer)
Posted on April 15, 2011 | 31 Comments[Welcome to our first reader submission, and a new series titled “My Curbside Classic”. This one is by Dave Saunders, known hereabouts as Dave7. This is not his first CC […]
