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Oddity of the Day: The Street-Legal Bumper Car
Posted on May 3, 2021 | 14 CommentsOr was this a NHTSA-sponsored sports car safety concept from 1975? -
![[I took these photo’s last Fall and wrote this up at the end of 2020, but didn’t get around to scheduling it until now, in case some of the seasonal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3119.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trailside Outtakes: One’s a Mystery to Me, the Other Isn’t")
Trailside Outtakes: One’s a Mystery to Me, the Other Isn’t
Posted on April 30, 2021 | 37 Comments[I took these photo’s last Fall and wrote this up at the end of 2020, but didn’t get around to scheduling it until now, in case some of the seasonal […] -
![“Who put a Suzuki badge on a… wait… what is that truck?” OK, I admit that I’d completely forgotten that Suzuki once sold a pickup in the US, but that’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Suzuki-Equator-LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2009-12 Suzuki Equator – Suzuki’s Last Frontier In Badge Engineering")
Curbside Capsule: 2009-12 Suzuki Equator – Suzuki’s Last Frontier In Badge Engineering
Posted on April 20, 2021 | 17 Comments“Who put a Suzuki badge on a… wait… what is that truck?” OK, I admit that I’d completely forgotten that Suzuki once sold a pickup in the US, but that’s […] -
Vintage Photo: Ford’s Rouge River Plant Parking Lot, 1953 – Plenty Of Non-Fords
Posted on April 18, 2021 | 17 CommentsI’m going to leave it for someone else determine what percentage of these cars are Fords. But it’s a pretty healthy one, from a precursory glance. Here’s another: -
![(first posted 4/16/21) I was hitting auto salvage yards a couple months ago as I tried to sort out a few things on my car. Fortunately, winter is the best […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Scan_0009-2-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Glovebox Classic: A Cleansing Compilation Of Colorful Cadillacs")
Glovebox Classic: A Cleansing Compilation Of Colorful Cadillacs
Posted on April 16, 2021 | 34 Comments(first posted 4/16/21) I was hitting auto salvage yards a couple months ago as I tried to sort out a few things on my car. Fortunately, winter is the best […] -
![Expansion teams rarely start out as contenders. It takes at least a few seasons for them to be able to make a run at the championship. In the 2002 championship […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210331_150116-2-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 Cadillac Escalade – Assault With A Gilded Ladder, GTWTW pt. 3")
Curbside Classic: 2004 Cadillac Escalade – Assault With A Gilded Ladder, GTWTW pt. 3
Posted on April 15, 2021 | 19 CommentsExpansion teams rarely start out as contenders. It takes at least a few seasons for them to be able to make a run at the championship. In the 2002 championship […] -
![I have been noticing lifted little FWD cars for some time now, and they undoubtedly were something of an inspiration to lifting my xBox. I ran into this bright blue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5539.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Diesel Rabbit “Trailhawk 4×4” – The Spiritual Antecedent To My xBox")
Curbside Outtake: Diesel Rabbit “Trailhawk 4×4” – The Spiritual Antecedent To My xBox
Posted on April 13, 2021 | 20 CommentsI have been noticing lifted little FWD cars for some time now, and they undoubtedly were something of an inspiration to lifting my xBox. I ran into this bright blue […] -
![Having taken a good look at the Junkyard Checker Marathon, let’s step back a few more decades and check out the Model A, which arrived in 1939. It was available […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/48002602023_be93a1362b_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo & Video: 1940 Checker Model A Landaulet – Open Top, Bizarre Front End")
Vintage Photo & Video: 1940 Checker Model A Landaulet – Open Top, Bizarre Front End
Posted on April 4, 2021 | 54 CommentsHaving taken a good look at the Junkyard Checker Marathon, let’s step back a few more decades and check out the Model A, which arrived in 1939. It was available […] -
![How did I miss this when I lived in LA? It’s because I hated shopping, and shopping malls most of all. And then it was built in 1986, just a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/48011730788_d6444a62a1_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Fleetwood Square, Tarzana, CA – World’s Biggest Cadillac")
Vintage Photo: Fleetwood Square, Tarzana, CA – World’s Biggest Cadillac
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 25 CommentsHow did I miss this when I lived in LA? It’s because I hated shopping, and shopping malls most of all. And then it was built in 1986, just a […] -
![(first posted 4/1/21. Comment numbers don’t necessarily equal “best”, but this drew some of the most comments of my articles this year) Businesses traditionally have made their money and kept […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210204_132228.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Lincoln Navigator – Give Them What They Want, Pt.1")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Lincoln Navigator – Give Them What They Want, Pt.1
Posted on April 1, 2021 | 66 Comments(first posted 4/1/21. Comment numbers don’t necessarily equal “best”, but this drew some of the most comments of my articles this year) Businesses traditionally have made their money and kept […] -
![If you live in the Big Bend of West Texas, the Trans-Pecos- Pecos, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties- and especially if you live/work on one of the vast ranches […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Number3b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curb-Hopping Classic: The Lannom Buggy – An Original From West Texas")
Curb-Hopping Classic: The Lannom Buggy – An Original From West Texas
Posted on March 31, 2021 | 27 CommentsIf you live in the Big Bend of West Texas, the Trans-Pecos- Pecos, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties- and especially if you live/work on one of the vast ranches […] -
![In today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Buco3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe")
Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 20 CommentsIn today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […] -
![The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville is my favorite one, and was the scene of our memorable 2016 CC Meet-Up. One of the main draws for me was their collection […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tatra-T87-21-1536x841-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Step-By-Step Instructions On How To Flip A Tatra T87 at 20 MPH")
Step-By-Step Instructions On How To Flip A Tatra T87 at 20 MPH
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 42 CommentsThe Lane Motor Museum in Nashville is my favorite one, and was the scene of our memorable 2016 CC Meet-Up. One of the main draws for me was their collection […] -
![That stretched Olds yesterday was just sad; but finding this really perked me up. Wow; never seen anything quite like this before. Sure, plenty of Chevy sedans were stretched in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49346835672_452d5fe0ce_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline Fastback Limo-Airport Bus – Now That’s More Like It")
Vintage Ad: 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline Fastback Limo-Airport Bus – Now That’s More Like It
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 31 CommentsThat stretched Olds yesterday was just sad; but finding this really perked me up. Wow; never seen anything quite like this before. Sure, plenty of Chevy sedans were stretched in […] -
![Italy and art go together, like England and cricket, France and wine, Germany and sausages, Sweden and pickled herring, Spain and bull fighting. And art is an endlessly varied thing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC07244.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Lancia Fulvia Berlina Series II – The State Of The Art")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Lancia Fulvia Berlina Series II – The State Of The Art
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 19 CommentsItaly and art go together, like England and cricket, France and wine, Germany and sausages, Sweden and pickled herring, Spain and bull fighting. And art is an endlessly varied thing […]
