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![(Yesterday we shared Part 1 of the curbside finds at Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. We follow today with Part 2) Text and photos by riveranotario. Car spotting was even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/renault.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Car Spotting In Uruguay, Part 2")
CC Outtakes: Car Spotting In Uruguay, Part 2
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 16 Comments(Yesterday we shared Part 1 of the curbside finds at Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. We follow today with Part 2) Text and photos by riveranotario. Car spotting was even […] -
![Something a bit different; two CCs of some note given their locations, one outside a used car trader on a British industrial estate and the other on a side street […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20240330_121531-tile.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtakes: Daimler Series III or ’70 Cadillac De Ville – The Best In The World Or The Standard Of The World?")
Curbside Outtakes: Daimler Series III or ’70 Cadillac De Ville – The Best In The World Or The Standard Of The World?
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 17 CommentsSomething a bit different; two CCs of some note given their locations, one outside a used car trader on a British industrial estate and the other on a side street […] -
![Birds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/010-1996-Ford-Thunderbird-LX-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns")
Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 44 CommentsBirds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […] -
![(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1966OldsToronado11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 136 Comments(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […] -
![(first posted 4/29/2018) We all know the Lancaster – the real heavyweight of the RAF’s campaign over Germany and the occupied nations of Western Europe. As Britain celebrates the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/01-Color-photo-of-a-RAF-Vickers-Wellington-MkX-RAF-82OTU-Red-17-J-HE575-England-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Classic – 1937 Vickers Wellington – Bomber Command’s Only Ever-Present")
Rampside Classic – 1937 Vickers Wellington – Bomber Command’s Only Ever-Present
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 35 Comments(first posted 4/29/2018) We all know the Lancaster – the real heavyweight of the RAF’s campaign over Germany and the occupied nations of Western Europe. As Britain celebrates the […] -
Vintage Dealers: 1957 Imperials In The Showroom
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 20 Comments -
![It pays to walk down a different alley once in a while…in this case, the payoff was a nothing less than a LeSharo, which has become exceedingly rare. It has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0071.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alleyside Outtake: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – “Caution, I’m Slow”")
Alleyside Outtake: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – “Caution, I’m Slow”
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 12 CommentsIt pays to walk down a different alley once in a while…in this case, the payoff was a nothing less than a LeSharo, which has become exceedingly rare. It has […] -
![Text and Images by Riveranotario. This February I was for the first time in Colonia del Sacramento, in Uruguay. This city is one of the most well-known tourist destinations in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unnamed-8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Car Spotting In Uruguay, Part 1")
CC Outtakes: Car Spotting In Uruguay, Part 1
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 8 CommentsText and Images by Riveranotario. This February I was for the first time in Colonia del Sacramento, in Uruguay. This city is one of the most well-known tourist destinations in […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by Hyperpack. Being in the public eye is tough. Celebrities, politicians and Youtubers know it. And then, product planners. After all, a product goes out there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53670020598_4c4093bde1_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1973 Pontiac Catalina 400 — Role Playing; From Lead Actor To Ensemble Player")
Cohort Classic: 1973 Pontiac Catalina 400 — Role Playing; From Lead Actor To Ensemble Player
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 29 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Hyperpack. Being in the public eye is tough. Celebrities, politicians and Youtubers know it. And then, product planners. After all, a product goes out there […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2015) If you were a typical white-skin, white-collar middle-class Pop with a wife and 2.3 kids, and were looking to spend three grand on a nice-ish white sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-060-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – The Best $3,000 Big Sedan In 1966?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – The Best $3,000 Big Sedan In 1966?
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 131 Comments(first posted 3/19/2015) If you were a typical white-skin, white-collar middle-class Pop with a wife and 2.3 kids, and were looking to spend three grand on a nice-ish white sedan […] -
![(first posted 4/28/2018) The early 50s were a very fertile time for automotive creativity, and engine swapping was as rampant as wife swapping (supposedly) was in certain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Studillac-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Mechanix Illustrated Review: Tom McCahill Tests the 1953 Studillac – Effortless 125mph Top Speed")
Vintage Mechanix Illustrated Review: Tom McCahill Tests the 1953 Studillac – Effortless 125mph Top Speed
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 4/28/2018) The early 50s were a very fertile time for automotive creativity, and engine swapping was as rampant as wife swapping (supposedly) was in certain […] -
![With winter well in the rearview mirror, it’s time for a little of car washing in the old-fashioned way. No pressure hoses, no power tools. Just buckets, bowls, sponges and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tumblr_6a8f91894fa3d4b018087cd4cbbb0948_e4e38c24_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Car Washing In The ’50s & ’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Car Washing In The ’50s & ’60s
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 36 CommentsWith winter well in the rearview mirror, it’s time for a little of car washing in the old-fashioned way. No pressure hoses, no power tools. Just buckets, bowls, sponges and […] -
![No fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1813.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway)")
CC Global: 2023 Trucks@Twenthe – Happy Hunting Ground (For Truck Enthusiasts, Anyway)
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 17 CommentsNo fear when these guys show up in your rear-view mirror, it’s just that family names ending on -ing or -ink are commonplace in the eastern regions of the Netherlands, […] -
![It was late 2021 and the time had come to deal with matters that had been put off long enough. The mission? To move out a bunch of personal stuff […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20220608_151433094_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Toyota Truck (N30,N40) – HiLux Day!")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Toyota Truck (N30,N40) – HiLux Day!
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 14 CommentsIt was late 2021 and the time had come to deal with matters that had been put off long enough. The mission? To move out a bunch of personal stuff […] -
![The “odd man hypothesis” was first advanced in Michael Crichton’s 1969 seminal techno-thriller novel The Andromeda Strain. Crichton presented it so convincingly that for decades afterward, I believed it to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Volvo-240-Green-Books-e1714077045766.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Volvo and the Odd Man Hypothesis")
Auto-Biography: Volvo and the Odd Man Hypothesis
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 15 CommentsThe “odd man hypothesis” was first advanced in Michael Crichton’s 1969 seminal techno-thriller novel The Andromeda Strain. Crichton presented it so convincingly that for decades afterward, I believed it to […]
