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![No Hawaiian shirts on this post, nor any other casual-looking attire. We’re going for smart fashions on this post, all quite away from the relaxed dress codes of today. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-06-09-17.30.55.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars and Sharply Dressed People In The ’50s & ’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars and Sharply Dressed People In The ’50s & ’60s
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 58 CommentsNo Hawaiian shirts on this post, nor any other casual-looking attire. We’re going for smart fashions on this post, all quite away from the relaxed dress codes of today. As […] -
![In Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King, Eugene Henderson said that “in an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PXL_20240601_125059596a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Swap Meet: Random Buys And Finds At The Local Antique Festival – An Age Of Madness (And Boxes Of Transmission Parts)")
CC Swap Meet: Random Buys And Finds At The Local Antique Festival – An Age Of Madness (And Boxes Of Transmission Parts)
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 17 CommentsIn Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King, Eugene Henderson said that “in an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit […] -
CC Road Trip: Across the USA in a 2016 Ford Focus; Part 1 of 2
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 41 CommentsThe adventurous Miss Erin D had already spent the past two summers in the west, and now for 2024 she had done it again. -
![There are lookalikes, and there are lookalikes. How many Cadillac hearses – of various vintages – have been predictably turned into ECTO-1? What about the dozens of DeLoreans that got […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20230709_114843_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am “Knight Rider” Replica – Knowing When To KITT")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am “Knight Rider” Replica – Knowing When To KITT
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 16 CommentsThere are lookalikes, and there are lookalikes. How many Cadillac hearses – of various vintages – have been predictably turned into ECTO-1? What about the dozens of DeLoreans that got […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2018) This lovely orange with white stripe and IH 200 box truck stopped me in my tracks after dinner one evening a couple of weeks ago. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_1058.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Hauler: 1974 International Harvester 200 Eight Box Truck – Creamsicle Cowboy")
Curbside Hauler: 1974 International Harvester 200 Eight Box Truck – Creamsicle Cowboy
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 6/9/2018) This lovely orange with white stripe and IH 200 box truck stopped me in my tracks after dinner one evening a couple of weeks ago. […] -
![(first posted 6/7/2018) Saab’s fall from grace is long and well-chronicled, morphing from a charmingly quirky Swedish innovator to yet another GM parts-bin special over the course of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC06541.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2011 Saab 9-3X – A Swedish Sunset")
Curbside Classic: 2011 Saab 9-3X – A Swedish Sunset
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 42 Comments(first posted 6/7/2018) Saab’s fall from grace is long and well-chronicled, morphing from a charmingly quirky Swedish innovator to yet another GM parts-bin special over the course of […] -
![It’s no secret that we’re fascinated by all things automotive here at CC; be it cars, the people around them, or the spaces they inhabit. In that tradition, we’ll feature […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/master-pnp-mrg-00000-00095u.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Roadside Architecture Across The US — 1970s-1980s")
Vintage Snapshots: Roadside Architecture Across The US — 1970s-1980s
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 29 CommentsIt’s no secret that we’re fascinated by all things automotive here at CC; be it cars, the people around them, or the spaces they inhabit. In that tradition, we’ll feature […] -
![This is exactly how I remember the classic, on-highway big rigs from Germany. One can say the country’s counterpart of the typical US semi-box trailer type. A Mercedes-Benz or MAN […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2482.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1984 MAN F8 19.321 Unterflur Truck And Kässbohrer Full Trailer – Autobahn Oil Burner")
Truck Stop Classic: 1984 MAN F8 19.321 Unterflur Truck And Kässbohrer Full Trailer – Autobahn Oil Burner
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 44 CommentsThis is exactly how I remember the classic, on-highway big rigs from Germany. One can say the country’s counterpart of the typical US semi-box trailer type. A Mercedes-Benz or MAN […] -
![This is incredible! Found this on the Forward Look Forum of forcbodiesonly.com. Thought I’d share it with the CC audience just in case the photos should suddenly disappear from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-23-23-53-47324165-1245-482F-AEF4-8FE37445B24C.jpeg-JPEG-Image-1024-%C3%97-768-pixels-%E2%80%94-Scaled-97.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 Plymouth Fury–Parked in 1961; Only 15,000 Miles!")
Curbside Classic: 1958 Plymouth Fury–Parked in 1961; Only 15,000 Miles!
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 27 CommentsThis is incredible! Found this on the Forward Look Forum of forcbodiesonly.com. Thought I’d share it with the CC audience just in case the photos should suddenly disappear from the […] -
![“Cars are driven by people. The guiding principle behind everything we make at Volvo, therefore, is, and must remain, safety.” This sentiment was originally attributed to the Swedish automaker’s co-founders, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Volvo Safety Concept Car Of 1978")
Auto-Biography: The Volvo Safety Concept Car Of 1978
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 16 Comments“Cars are driven by people. The guiding principle behind everything we make at Volvo, therefore, is, and must remain, safety.” This sentiment was originally attributed to the Swedish automaker’s co-founders, […] -
![(first posted 12/18/2015) “A what??” That response probably greeted quite a few of the 50,000 US consumers who bought Daihatsus during the 5 years when they were offered for sale […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/L-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Daihatsu Rocky SE – Technical Knockout")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Daihatsu Rocky SE – Technical Knockout
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 64 Comments(first posted 12/18/2015) “A what??” That response probably greeted quite a few of the 50,000 US consumers who bought Daihatsus during the 5 years when they were offered for sale […] -
![(first posted 6/8/2018) When someone says “Beep Beep”, the first thing that comes to mind can be generational. In my age group the Road Runner (cartoon or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1959RamblerAmerican01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler American – Beep Beep")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler American – Beep Beep
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 52 Comments(first posted 6/8/2018) When someone says “Beep Beep”, the first thing that comes to mind can be generational. In my age group the Road Runner (cartoon or […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: Three GM Faces – Two Monte Carlos & One Cadillac
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 17 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Jerome Solberg. -
![So far, we have featured at CC a few galleries of cars hauling trailers, often on the move. This time, I figured it would be nice to offer a variation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tumblr_nivdluP3I11txhgk3o1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars, Trailer Parks & Trailer Homes – ’50s-’60s-’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars, Trailer Parks & Trailer Homes – ’50s-’60s-’70s
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 36 CommentsSo far, we have featured at CC a few galleries of cars hauling trailers, often on the move. This time, I figured it would be nice to offer a variation […] -
![That our likes and preferences evolve and shift as we age is an undisputed fact of life. From our love of sweets in our early days, to eventually enjoying bitter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_20240519_160338643_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Peugeot 404 Wagon – On Matters Of Aging And Shifting Delights")
CC Capsule: Peugeot 404 Wagon – On Matters Of Aging And Shifting Delights
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 23 CommentsThat our likes and preferences evolve and shift as we age is an undisputed fact of life. From our love of sweets in our early days, to eventually enjoying bitter […]
