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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 5/21/2016) Clearly, it’s not a car , but I mean, it is a classic and it’s laying on the curb- well, on the edge of the side walk […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ttttv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Toshiba Digital CRT – Hang On, There’s Also a Corsica In There Somewhere")
Curbside Classic: Toshiba Digital CRT – Hang On, There’s Also a Corsica In There Somewhere
Posted on May 21, 2022 | 127 Comments(first posted 5/21/2016) Clearly, it’s not a car , but I mean, it is a classic and it’s laying on the curb- well, on the edge of the side walk […] -
![Somewhere in migration this Acadian lost its flock and ended way down south, all the way to Central America. Granted, Acadians didn’t “migrate”, as they were assembled in Canada in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220328_152835383.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Acadian Canso Sport – Long Way From Home")
Curbside Classic: Acadian Canso Sport – Long Way From Home
Posted on May 20, 2022 | 11 CommentsSomewhere in migration this Acadian lost its flock and ended way down south, all the way to Central America. Granted, Acadians didn’t “migrate”, as they were assembled in Canada in […] -
![(first posted 6/19/2012) Every once in awhile, fun stuff really can happen when you get a text message while sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. This is what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1948PontiacWagon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon – At the Dawn of the Jet Age, a Varnishing Breed")
Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon – At the Dawn of the Jet Age, a Varnishing Breed
Posted on May 19, 2022 | 37 Comments(first posted 6/19/2012) Every once in awhile, fun stuff really can happen when you get a text message while sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. This is what […] -
![(first posted 10/8/2013) By 1995, it was crystal clear that Chrysler’s minivan was a runaway success. Both of Mopar’s main domestic rivals had taken (at least) one swing at building […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1996HondaOdyssey02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Honda Odyssey EX: How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 4)")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Honda Odyssey EX: How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 4)
Posted on May 18, 2022 | 68 Comments(first posted 10/8/2013) By 1995, it was crystal clear that Chrysler’s minivan was a runaway success. Both of Mopar’s main domestic rivals had taken (at least) one swing at building […] -
![Nissan’s Vanette is known in the US for self-combusting in ways that can put a Pontiac Fiero to shame. How Nissan turned this basic transport into an infamous quick-cash-grab gaffe […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/49594781203_10c44b20ba_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Nissan Cherry Vanette C120 – The Good, Non-Fiery Version")
Curbside Classic: Nissan Cherry Vanette C120 – The Good, Non-Fiery Version
Posted on May 18, 2022 | 14 CommentsNissan’s Vanette is known in the US for self-combusting in ways that can put a Pontiac Fiero to shame. How Nissan turned this basic transport into an infamous quick-cash-grab gaffe […] -
![(first posted 3/18/2011) Four door hardtops make no sense, but what’s that ever had to do with cars? They were a status symbol: “No, I don’t drive no stinking sedan, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-92-024-801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop – See And Be Seen")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop – See And Be Seen
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 84 Comments(first posted 3/18/2011) Four door hardtops make no sense, but what’s that ever had to do with cars? They were a status symbol: “No, I don’t drive no stinking sedan, […] -
![(first posted 3/30/2011) The Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 (just “6.9” in the US) is a pinnacle vehicle, of one sort or another. Writers gushed about it then. Writers gush about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-48-031-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 – Plenty Of Power But None For The Seats")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 – Plenty Of Power But None For The Seats
Posted on May 16, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 3/30/2011) The Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 (just “6.9” in the US) is a pinnacle vehicle, of one sort or another. Writers gushed about it then. Writers gush about […] -
![(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ytfbnn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham
Posted on May 13, 2022 | 103 Comments(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/6556566.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name?")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name?
Posted on May 12, 2022 | 64 Comments(first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2012) The early sixties was the most fertile era for so many things, including motorhomes. In 1960, the Big Three unleashed their new compacts, including the rugged slant […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cortez.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome – The Revolutionary Compact RV: FWD, Slant Six, Torsion Bar Independent Suspension, And Built Like A Forklift")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome – The Revolutionary Compact RV: FWD, Slant Six, Torsion Bar Independent Suspension, And Built Like A Forklift
Posted on May 10, 2022 | 131 Comments(first posted 5/30/2012) The early sixties was the most fertile era for so many things, including motorhomes. In 1960, the Big Three unleashed their new compacts, including the rugged slant […] -
Curbside Classic: 1958-1960 International Harvester Travelall – Workhorse With Grace and Style
Posted on May 7, 2022 | 39 CommentsWhen I was a little kid, looking out at traffic through the rear door windows, from time to time we’d draw even with a Travelall. Never one -
![Even in these latitudes filled with Korean and Japanese fuel efficient machinery, Swifts and Metros come out of the woodwork when gas prices swell. In the last few months these […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220501_092008527.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Swift-Metro “Bumblebee” Edition")
Curbside Classic: Swift-Metro “Bumblebee” Edition
Posted on May 6, 2022 | 7 CommentsEven in these latitudes filled with Korean and Japanese fuel efficient machinery, Swifts and Metros come out of the woodwork when gas prices swell. In the last few months these […] -
![(first posted 5/5/2016) Is there anything that blends into an urban background better than a taxi? Generally spending their lives being driven hard and toting around countless people, most are […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ddddc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne Taxi – Experiencing Down Time")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne Taxi – Experiencing Down Time
Posted on May 5, 2022 | 91 Comments(first posted 5/5/2016) Is there anything that blends into an urban background better than a taxi? Generally spending their lives being driven hard and toting around countless people, most are […] -
![(first posted 9/20/2013) If you hadn’t seen the title, and I told you I had found a rare 1966 Beijing Sedan (aka: “The East Glows”) or a GAZ-13 “Chaika” would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-32-020.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Checker Marathon – This Ultimate Long-Life Vehicle Is Still Being Driven By Its Original Owners")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Checker Marathon – This Ultimate Long-Life Vehicle Is Still Being Driven By Its Original Owners
Posted on May 1, 2022 | 73 Comments(first posted 9/20/2013) If you hadn’t seen the title, and I told you I had found a rare 1966 Beijing Sedan (aka: “The East Glows”) or a GAZ-13 “Chaika” would […] -
![(first posted 12/10/2012) I don’t know how it was where you were, but in northeastern Oklahoma in the 1980s, Dodge pickups were never much of a factor until the the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jdjbs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Club Cab – Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Club Cab – Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much
Posted on April 30, 2022 | 65 Comments(first posted 12/10/2012) I don’t know how it was where you were, but in northeastern Oklahoma in the 1980s, Dodge pickups were never much of a factor until the the […]
