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![My last posts here at Curbside Classic developed a theme of alternative-powered vehicles. Thus far we’ve progressed through a diesel swap straight to a homemade solar array; the next step […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/renault10-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: Renault 10 With Serial Hybrid Conversion")
Museum Classic: Renault 10 With Serial Hybrid Conversion
Posted on September 18, 2024 | 15 CommentsMy last posts here at Curbside Classic developed a theme of alternative-powered vehicles. Thus far we’ve progressed through a diesel swap straight to a homemade solar array; the next step […] -
![I’m sorry, I really wanted to hate these things! I started out that way. Luxury SUVs were a joke in my eyes, an abomination! These were not real Lincolns, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SAM_2571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #18: ’05 Lincoln Navigator — A Millionaire’s Yacht On Wheels")
My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #18: ’05 Lincoln Navigator — A Millionaire’s Yacht On Wheels
Posted on September 18, 2024 | 14 CommentsI’m sorry, I really wanted to hate these things! I started out that way. Luxury SUVs were a joke in my eyes, an abomination! These were not real Lincolns, […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2018. Update: The Cadillac doesn’t seem to be any longer in this spot) Back when I was living in New York City, one day I went walking through […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1970-cadillac-sedan-de-ville-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1970 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – A Local Landmark?")
Curbside Outtake: 1970 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – A Local Landmark?
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 31 Comments(first posted 9/17/2018. Update: The Cadillac doesn’t seem to be any longer in this spot) Back when I was living in New York City, one day I went walking through […] -
![(first posted 9/16/2018) The Daihatsu Compagno is not an everyday sight around here. Until I caught this one, I had never seen one in the metal. Earlier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_20180905_115713-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1967 Daihatsu Compagno Pickup – The Peugeot 404’s Cute Oriental Cousin")
CC Capsule: 1967 Daihatsu Compagno Pickup – The Peugeot 404’s Cute Oriental Cousin
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 29 Comments(first posted 9/16/2018) The Daihatsu Compagno is not an everyday sight around here. Until I caught this one, I had never seen one in the metal. Earlier […] -
![(first posted 9/18/2018) Incredible. What are the odds of finding two well-used survivors in the same parking space? A few weeks ago, I encountered a 1987 Oldsmobile Calais […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Cadillac Eldorado – The Last Truly Impressive Eldorado")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Cadillac Eldorado – The Last Truly Impressive Eldorado
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 9/18/2018) Incredible. What are the odds of finding two well-used survivors in the same parking space? A few weeks ago, I encountered a 1987 Oldsmobile Calais […] -
Vintage Snapshots: What’s On The Road? – A City In Ontario In The 1970s
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 36 Comments -
![Imagine being in the market for a new American car in 1949. What a time, what choices! Statuesque Studebakers, portly Packards, handsome Hudsons, curvaceous Cadillacs and many other alarmingly alliterative […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240407_120418_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe – We Don’t Build Excitement")
Car Show Classic: 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe – We Don’t Build Excitement
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 24 CommentsImagine being in the market for a new American car in 1949. What a time, what choices! Statuesque Studebakers, portly Packards, handsome Hudsons, curvaceous Cadillacs and many other alarmingly alliterative […] -
![Times of spending some or all of my weekly allowance on candy are among my happiest childhood memories. This was true up until one year when I had earned a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/045-2014-Chevrolet-Spark-LS-Auto-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2014 Chevrolet Spark LS – Lemon Pez")
Curbside Musings: 2014 Chevrolet Spark LS – Lemon Pez
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 35 CommentsTimes of spending some or all of my weekly allowance on candy are among my happiest childhood memories. This was true up until one year when I had earned a […] -
![(first posted 4/2/2014) Jimmy Bryan won the 1958 Indy 500 driving for car owner/builder George Salih. Salih was an engineer and foreman for Meyer-Drake, the Los Angeles firm that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/01-Bryan.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Brickyard Classic: 1958 Indy 500 – The Salih and Epperly “Laydown” Roadsters")
Brickyard Classic: 1958 Indy 500 – The Salih and Epperly “Laydown” Roadsters
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 25 Comments(first posted 4/2/2014) Jimmy Bryan won the 1958 Indy 500 driving for car owner/builder George Salih. Salih was an engineer and foreman for Meyer-Drake, the Los Angeles firm that […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2018) “It’s got a cop motor, a turbocharged 3.5, it’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It’ll run good on regular gas. Whaddya say? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ford-police-interceptor-sedan-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2013-19 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan – 21st Century Bluesmobile")
CC Capsule: 2013-19 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan – 21st Century Bluesmobile
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 47 Comments(first posted 9/17/2018) “It’s got a cop motor, a turbocharged 3.5, it’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It’ll run good on regular gas. Whaddya say? […] -
![Let’s pay a moment of attention to imports on US roads back in the ’50s-’60s. The images feature at least one import on each, either prominently or somewhat discreetly. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tumblr_ndkgq2cjjR1snaq79o1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Imports On The Road ’50s-’60s – Can You ID Them All?")
Vintage Snapshots: Imports On The Road ’50s-’60s – Can You ID Them All?
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 42 CommentsLet’s pay a moment of attention to imports on US roads back in the ’50s-’60s. The images feature at least one import on each, either prominently or somewhat discreetly. The […] -
![There’s been lots of complaints about the lack of truly compact pickups available in the US. The Maverick (and Santa Fe) has significantly closed that gap. But not everyone wants […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1972.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Volvo 240 Pickup – A Real Maverick")
Curbside Find: Volvo 240 Pickup – A Real Maverick
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 23 CommentsThere’s been lots of complaints about the lack of truly compact pickups available in the US. The Maverick (and Santa Fe) has significantly closed that gap. But not everyone wants […] -
![When I was about 12, I got my hands on a compilation of Chuck Berry’s earlier hits. It was on a cassette (remember those?), and I listened to that thing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20230730_185728_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – Oh! Maybellene")
Car Show Capsule: 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – Oh! Maybellene
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 14 CommentsWhen I was about 12, I got my hands on a compilation of Chuck Berry’s earlier hits. It was on a cassette (remember those?), and I listened to that thing […] -
![There’s a concept in the study of history known as the ‘Short Twentieth Century.’ First coined in 1994 by historian Eric Hobsbawm, it posits that, from a geopolitical standpoint, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240830_231618893.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – A Whale Of A Tail")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – A Whale Of A Tail
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 30 CommentsThere’s a concept in the study of history known as the ‘Short Twentieth Century.’ First coined in 1994 by historian Eric Hobsbawm, it posits that, from a geopolitical standpoint, the […] -
![(first posted 9/15/2018) Someone likes hybrids, and in the color red. The Prius is of course one of the most common cars here, but the number of gen1 Insights […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CC-357-023.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Driveway Outtake: Two Red Hybrids")
Driveway Outtake: Two Red Hybrids
Posted on September 15, 2024 | 30 Comments(first posted 9/15/2018) Someone likes hybrids, and in the color red. The Prius is of course one of the most common cars here, but the number of gen1 Insights […]
