Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers Privacy
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Curbside Find: 1996 Suzuki Cappuccino – Perfect For Cars And Coffee
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 26 CommentsAll froth and no espresso shot? Not this little mug. It’s full of beans and ready to deliver 660cc of Robusta excitement. All you good folks out in the US […] -
Curbside Find: 1976 Ford Club Wagon 4×4 High-Roof – Ready For Anything
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 5 CommentsWhen I was younger, I decided the ultimate vehicle was a 4×4 turbo-diesel camper van. The desire to be as free and self-sufficient as possible, and able to go wherever […] -
Museum Classic: 1938 Nissan Type 70 Phaeton – JDM Book, Paige One
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 9 CommentsThe Japanese car landscape in the pre-war era was an alien world. More primordial ooze than anything else, with a few semi-organized entities – domestic or foreign – producing very […] -
CC Global: Scania 770S V8 10×4/6 Wrecker-Rotator – I Love It When a Plan Comes Together
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 7 CommentsIn May 2023, I visited the open house days of the Falkom company in the Netherlands, a manufacturer of a wide range of recovery vehicles. The crew was building a […] -
1965 Dodge Coronet 500 Hardtop – WOW! It Stands Out On The Used Car Lot Today, But How Did It Compare When New?
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 42 CommentsBeing reasonably well off and shopping for a new car in 1965 would have been a nightmare for the indecisive, as there was a virtual bounty of riches in American […] -
Vintage Motor UK Review: 1979 Ford Mustang Ghia Turbo — “Is This Really The Americans’ Idea of ‘A European Flavour’?”
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 37 CommentsWhen the Fox-body Ford Mustang debuted for 1979, American critics lauded its sleek styling and supposed European flair. However, when the British car magazine Motor tried a Mustang Ghia coupe […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Fiat 500 L – The Immortal Yoghurt Pot
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 21 Comments(Updated 9/24/2025) Yes, even waaaaay over in Tokyo, you can find an old Fiat 500 parked on the curb. Makes a nice change from all the JDM stuff, […] -
1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit?
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 26 CommentsFor quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […] -
AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 6 CommentsFor today, we’ll revisit AMC dealers in the 1970s. Unlike previous tours, this one will focus on images from only two dealers, but each with enough AMC content for those […] -
Ford Landau: The 1966 Ford’s Long And Curious Second Life In Brazil
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 8 CommentsQuite a few obsolete American cars (and engines) found their way to South and Latin America, for a second chance at life, and to be appreciated in ways that they […] -
My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 3 – Learning to Break Stuff
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 16 CommentsWhen we last left off, I had gone from liking cars but being mostly clueless as to how they worked, to the proud owner of one of the cheapest functional […] -
1941 Buick Century Sedanet With Compound Carburetion – Buick’s First Muscle Car
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 11 CommentsIf you think the first muscular Buicks were the GS400 and GS455 of the late ’60s and early ’70s, think again — more than 25 years earlier, the Buick Century […] -
1940s Studebaker M15 One-Ton Pickup – Tough, Handsome And Slow
Posted on September 23, 2025 | 38 Comments(updated 9/23/2025) You already know why I’m drawn to this Studebaker M15 posted at the Cohort by safe as milk/wooriegi. And a full one-tonner, no less. Based on my overloading […] -
1964 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – What Goes Around Comes Around
Posted on September 23, 2025 | 24 Comments(Updated 9/23/2025) We were in Franklin, Tennessee recently, enjoying a visit with our son and grandkids who are at that super-cute stage (ages 2-1/2 and 4-1/2). Son suggested […] -
Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s
Posted on September 23, 2025 | 31 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We have something different today with a nice selection of cars traveling by water. Ferries do an excellent job of moving cars and trucks, but you […]
![Curbside Find: 1996 Suzuki Cappuccino – Perfect For Cars And Coffee All froth and no espresso shot? Not this little mug. It’s full of beans and ready to deliver 660cc of Robusta excitement. All you good folks out in the US […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190922_134854-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1976 Ford Club Wagon 4×4 High-Roof – Ready For Anything When I was younger, I decided the ultimate vehicle was a 4×4 turbo-diesel camper van. The desire to be as free and self-sufficient as possible, and able to go wherever […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-239-078-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Museum Classic: 1938 Nissan Type 70 Phaeton – JDM Book, Paige One The Japanese car landscape in the pre-war era was an alien world. More primordial ooze than anything else, with a few semi-organized entities – domestic or foreign – producing very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2489_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Scania 770S V8 10×4/6 Wrecker-Rotator – I Love It When a Plan Comes Together In May 2023, I visited the open house days of the Falkom company in the Netherlands, a manufacturer of a wide range of recovery vehicles. The crew was building a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gerritse.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1965 Dodge Coronet 500 Hardtop – WOW! It Stands Out On The Used Car Lot Today, But How Did It Compare When New? Being reasonably well off and shopping for a new car in 1965 would have been a nightmare for the indecisive, as there was a virtual bounty of riches in American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54785270951_814f4eff39_k-e1757852917464.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Motor UK Review: 1979 Ford Mustang Ghia Turbo — “Is This Really The Americans’ Idea of ‘A European Flavour’?” When the Fox-body Ford Mustang debuted for 1979, American critics lauded its sleek styling and supposed European flair. However, when the British car magazine Motor tried a Mustang Ghia coupe […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1979-Ford-Mustang-Turbo-coupe-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-9-front-3q-left-high-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Fiat 500 L – The Immortal Yoghurt Pot (Updated 9/24/2025) Yes, even waaaaay over in Tokyo, you can find an old Fiat 500 parked on the curb. Makes a nice change from all the JDM stuff, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190729_182353-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit? For quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0367.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets For today, we’ll revisit AMC dealers in the 1970s. Unlike previous tours, this one will focus on images from only two dealers, but each with enough AMC content for those […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-12-22.11.01-1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![Ford Landau: The 1966 Ford’s Long And Curious Second Life In Brazil Quite a few obsolete American cars (and engines) found their way to South and Latin America, for a second chance at life, and to be appreciated in ways that they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a-a-1980s-ford-landau-the-brazilian-version-of-the-ford-v0-63yczw58ppyd1.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 3 – Learning to Break Stuff When we last left off, I had gone from liking cars but being mostly clueless as to how they worked, to the proud owner of one of the cheapest functional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20250717_224603281-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1941 Buick Century Sedanet With Compound Carburetion – Buick’s First Muscle Car If you think the first muscular Buicks were the GS400 and GS455 of the late ’60s and early ’70s, think again — more than 25 years earlier, the Buick Century […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1941-Buick-Century-2SD-blue-Theodore-W.-Pieper-RM-Auctions-front-3q-with-CC-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![1940s Studebaker M15 One-Ton Pickup – Tough, Handsome And Slow (updated 9/23/2025) You already know why I’m drawn to this Studebaker M15 posted at the Cohort by safe as milk/wooriegi. And a full one-tonner, no less. Based on my overloading […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Studebaker-M15-truck-wooriegi-front-3q.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1964 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – What Goes Around Comes Around (Updated 9/23/2025) We were in Franklin, Tennessee recently, enjoying a visit with our son and grandkids who are at that super-cute stage (ages 2-1/2 and 4-1/2). Son suggested […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s Text by Patrick Bell. We have something different today with a nice selection of cars traveling by water. Ferries do an excellent job of moving cars and trucks, but you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_6595e9d13c0a3d9887faebab30d9417c_c70d368d_1280.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)


