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![Filing has never been my strong point, and my grasp on it weakens with the passing of the years. The photo files of my models are organized by decades; well, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/70Torinoppl3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Cars Model Year 1970")
CC In Scale: Cars Model Year 1970
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 36 CommentsFiling has never been my strong point, and my grasp on it weakens with the passing of the years. The photo files of my models are organized by decades; well, […] -
![I’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1232.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 20 CommentsI’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […] -
![(first posted 7/31/2018) Debuting late in 2017 as a 2018 model, the tenth generation of Honda’s immensely popular and legendary Accord sedan arrived lacking a two-door companion, even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/thumb_IMG_1875_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Accord LX coupe – Coupé d’Irrelevance?")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Accord LX coupe – Coupé d’Irrelevance?
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 64 Comments(first posted 7/31/2018) Debuting late in 2017 as a 2018 model, the tenth generation of Honda’s immensely popular and legendary Accord sedan arrived lacking a two-door companion, even […] -
![(first posted 7/31/2018) It’s full-on monsoon season here in Thailand. The need to escape the overcast and humid city can be irresistible. A week-end in Khao Yai, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_20180729_110451.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic by Ghia – Fiat’s Only A-Lister")
Museum Classics: 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic by Ghia – Fiat’s Only A-Lister
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 7/31/2018) It’s full-on monsoon season here in Thailand. The need to escape the overcast and humid city can be irresistible. A week-end in Khao Yai, a […] -
![Pity the 4-door, for they have never captured the imagination of collectors like coupes and convertibles have. As such, they’ve slowly but surely faded from the streets. A reality hard […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/448796884_966234261904371_3151717281924743725_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1968 Pontiac Lemans 4-Door Hardtop – Menacing Sporty Luxury")
CC For Sale: 1968 Pontiac Lemans 4-Door Hardtop – Menacing Sporty Luxury
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 16 CommentsPity the 4-door, for they have never captured the imagination of collectors like coupes and convertibles have. As such, they’ve slowly but surely faded from the streets. A reality hard […] -
![Time again to visit that automotive alternate reality that’s South America. The subject today? A bunch of 1969 Dodge Darts, looking somewhat cluttered but mightily attractive at the “Nova Texas” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-03-05-00.20.23.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Dealers: 1969 Dodge Darts And Simca Esplanadas In Brazil – The Changing Of The Guards")
Vintage Dealers: 1969 Dodge Darts And Simca Esplanadas In Brazil – The Changing Of The Guards
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 10 CommentsTime again to visit that automotive alternate reality that’s South America. The subject today? A bunch of 1969 Dodge Darts, looking somewhat cluttered but mightily attractive at the “Nova Texas” […] -
![This year, our summer travel to visit family took us to Iowa where my uncle and cousin have homes. My uncle grew up in the same house he currently lives […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hubcaps1-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Quiz: Castoffs From The Peak Hubcap Era – Can You ID Them All?")
Curbside Quiz: Castoffs From The Peak Hubcap Era – Can You ID Them All?
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 24 CommentsThis year, our summer travel to visit family took us to Iowa where my uncle and cousin have homes. My uncle grew up in the same house he currently lives […] -
![Sometimes you settle for something that you consider, “just good enough.” Usually, this does not turn out to be a satisfying experience, but sometimes there is an unexpected surprise. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SAM_2388.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #11: ’96 Mustang GT – In Praise Of The Throwaway Car")
My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #11: ’96 Mustang GT – In Praise Of The Throwaway Car
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 19 CommentsSometimes you settle for something that you consider, “just good enough.” Usually, this does not turn out to be a satisfying experience, but sometimes there is an unexpected surprise. […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2012. A follow-on to the ’77 Cougar sedan recently posted) This Cougar has been taunting me for months. I keep seeing it at the same interchange and always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P8310027.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1981 Mercury Cougar XR7 – Mercury Throws a Cutlass at the Cougar")
Curbside Capsule: 1981 Mercury Cougar XR7 – Mercury Throws a Cutlass at the Cougar
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/3/2012. A follow-on to the ’77 Cougar sedan recently posted) This Cougar has been taunting me for months. I keep seeing it at the same interchange and always […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2018) CC reader Chris M. sent me the link to this extremely rare 1981 Sport Omega for sale in Buffalo, NY. The ad says “Less than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/00A0A_gYqnmQPgkhD_1200x900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1981 Oldsmobile Sport Omega – 1 of 700 Made; Here’s Your Chance To Own a Unicorn")
CC For Sale: 1981 Oldsmobile Sport Omega – 1 of 700 Made; Here’s Your Chance To Own a Unicorn
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 53 Comments(first posted 7/30/2018) CC reader Chris M. sent me the link to this extremely rare 1981 Sport Omega for sale in Buffalo, NY. The ad says “Less than […] -
![Here are two recent images by William Garrett uploaded at the CC Cohort. An early ’60s Falcon and a mid-’70s Pinto Squire Wagon, all from a walk in Sunnyvale that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53879562624_6c1f048c70_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Finds: Ford Falcon And Pinto Squire Wagon – Stuck In Time, In Sunnyvale CA.")
Cohort Finds: Ford Falcon And Pinto Squire Wagon – Stuck In Time, In Sunnyvale CA.
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 14 CommentsHere are two recent images by William Garrett uploaded at the CC Cohort. An early ’60s Falcon and a mid-’70s Pinto Squire Wagon, all from a walk in Sunnyvale that […] -
![Today’s gallery pays homage to that very 1950s automotive fixation: the fins. Do they need an introduction? Probably not. It’s, after all, one item forever associated with mid-century American car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-07-16-23.56.34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Fins Of The 1950s")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Fins Of The 1950s
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 25 CommentsToday’s gallery pays homage to that very 1950s automotive fixation: the fins. Do they need an introduction? Probably not. It’s, after all, one item forever associated with mid-century American car […] -
![If anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/C3-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”")
Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 14 CommentsIf anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […] -
![I’ve taken hatchbacks for granted as they have simply always been around as long as I’ve been alive. Two of the four cars I’ve owned have been hatchbacks (both Fords […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0765-1974-Chevrolet-Nova-Hatchback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback – No Stigma")
Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback – No Stigma
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 45 CommentsI’ve taken hatchbacks for granted as they have simply always been around as long as I’ve been alive. Two of the four cars I’ve owned have been hatchbacks (both Fords […] -
![(first posted 7/26/2018) This will always be exactly what I think of when I think of the Chevrolet Corvette: the 1970s-style boulevard cruiser, T tops removed, in some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_1596.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette – You Must Have At Least This Much Chest Hair To Ride This Ride")
CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette – You Must Have At Least This Much Chest Hair To Ride This Ride
Posted on July 29, 2024 | 41 Comments(first posted 7/26/2018) This will always be exactly what I think of when I think of the Chevrolet Corvette: the 1970s-style boulevard cruiser, T tops removed, in some […]
