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CC Driveway Outtake: Multi Grade Fluid Change
Posted on October 6, 2018 | 22 CommentsHere’s a shot I took during my spring maintenance. Both the VW and I got a multi grade fluid. -
CC Reminder: Melbourne MotorClassica Meetup
Posted on October 5, 2018 | 13 CommentsIt’s crept up on us this year. October 12-14. We’re meeting up Friday morning then having lunch in Lygon Street. This year they’re featuring The Last Days of the American […] -
Car Show Photo Report: At The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway
Posted on October 2, 2018 | 36 CommentsSuch is the competition for a good day out that a preserved steam railway has these days, many organise an additional attraction or event to supplement the working steam locomotive […] -
CC Outtakes: My Neighborhood, Part 2
Posted on October 2, 2018 | 32 CommentsI showed some cars found mostly on neighborhood walks, with a few shot while driving, here. I selected the cars for Part 1 at random … for Part 2, I’ll […] -
CC Outtakes: Winter Sun
Posted on September 29, 2018 | 19 CommentsWhen a row of shops came down in busy Chapel Street, the housing commission buildings sitting behind came into view. I stumbled across this one winter evening, when the apricot […] -
CC Outtake: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 5
Posted on September 27, 2018 | 23 CommentsGot this postcard from T87 enroute through Charles de Gaulle Airport. Another one of them pesky anonymous cars. -
Rental Car Blues: Have You Ever Been Disappointed By A Holiday Hire Car? There Is A Solution
Posted on September 14, 2018 | 19 CommentsMany of us have been there: Booked a holiday or a flight, and reserved a hire car to collect at the airport. Sometimes, if you’re brave or optimistic, you specify […] -
Auction Classic: Wagons, Independents and Freaks in Scottsdale 2018
Posted on September 11, 2018 | 32 CommentsOne of the joys of attending a massive event like Auction Week in Scottsdale is that due to the large number of vehicles (about 2,700), there are inevitably some […] -
Follow-up on “American Muscle vs. CHP”: What Really Happened – A Mixture of Show and Reality
Posted on September 10, 2018 | 14 CommentsI’ve been a bit intrigued about this picture posted on the Bishop, CA DHP’s Facebook page, titled “American Muscle vs. CHP”. It just struck me as a bit too […] -
CC Outtake: Return to Normalcy
Posted on September 5, 2018 | 20 CommentsWhen I saw the “Hippie Edition” Prius, which I shot a few weeks ago, on CC this morning I had a stab of cognitive dissonance. That car really did stick […] -
CC Outtake: Yet Another Special Edition
Posted on September 4, 2018 | 23 CommentsI spotted this special edition, at a Home Depot parking lot. I guess today’s hippies don’t cut and mill their own trees for construction projects, nor drive old VW buses. […] -
Cohort Outtake: Vintage Fords Snuggling in Argentina
Posted on September 1, 2018 | 13 CommentsJose Luis Herrera sent me this shot of two old Fords caught together in Argentina. He left a comment with more info on them both: -
COAL: 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan: A Vast Improvement
Posted on August 31, 2018 | 70 CommentsSo here’s the new D family hauler. We’ve had a few weeks to compare it back to back with our old van and here’s what we found: -
Trackside Horror: 1985 British Rail Class 142 – The Truly Awful Pacer
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 36 CommentsWakefield Kirkgate What happens when you take an underachieving bus and try to turn it into a cheap train for an underfunded rail system? You get the horror that is […] -
CC Vintage Video: Flipping Out on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, 1970 – An Expensive Sunday Outing
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 39 Comments67Conti posted the link to this hair-raising compilation of folks flipping their cars on open days at the Nurburgring. Seat belts? Nein, mostly. Helmets? Nein. But drivers entering this tricky […]

![CC Reminder: Melbourne MotorClassica Meetup It’s crept up on us this year. October 12-14. We’re meeting up Friday morning then having lunch in Lygon Street. This year they’re featuring The Last Days of the American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/superbird.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Photo Report: At The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Such is the competition for a good day out that a preserved steam railway has these days, many organise an additional attraction or event to supplement the working steam locomotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1958-riley2.6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtakes: My Neighborhood, Part 2 I showed some cars found mostly on neighborhood walks, with a few shot while driving, here. I selected the cars for Part 1 at random … for Part 2, I’ll […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/544.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtakes: Winter Sun When a row of shops came down in busy Chapel Street, the housing commission buildings sitting behind came into view. I stumbled across this one winter evening, when the apricot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/housos2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Rental Car Blues: Have You Ever Been Disappointed By A Holiday Hire Car? There Is A Solution Many of us have been there: Booked a holiday or a flight, and reserved a hire car to collect at the airport. Sometimes, if you’re brave or optimistic, you specify […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WP_20180625_11_24_14_Pro_LI.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Auction Classic: Wagons, Independents and Freaks in Scottsdale 2018 One of the joys of attending a massive event like Auction Week in Scottsdale is that due to the large number of vehicles (about 2,700), there are inevitably some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DSCF7228.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Follow-up on “American Muscle vs. CHP”: What Really Happened – A Mixture of Show and Reality I’ve been a bit intrigued about this picture posted on the Bishop, CA DHP’s Facebook page, titled “American Muscle vs. CHP”. It just struck me as a bit too […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/chp-bishop-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Yet Another Special Edition I spotted this special edition, at a Home Depot parking lot. I guess today’s hippies don’t cut and mill their own trees for construction projects, nor drive old VW buses. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/clue.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


![Trackside Horror: 1985 British Rail Class 142 – The Truly Awful Pacer Wakefield Kirkgate What happens when you take an underachieving bus and try to turn it into a cheap train for an underfunded rail system? You get the horror that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/02-shefield.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


